Extended Study – Connected Texts
Compare the ways in which the creators of your chosen texts explored self-growth.
In Markus Zusak’s novel When Dogs Cry and in Tom Hooper’s film Les Misérables, stylistic features are used to explore the theme self-growth. Both texts show the idea of self-growth in many different forms. Self-growth with help from others, self-growth due to a difficult situation and self-growth because of a change in beliefs has been explored in Zusak’s When Dogs Cry and Hooper’s Les Misérables. The theme of self-growth is emphasised through the use of imagery, symbolism, cinematography and diegetic sound.
Both texts explore self-growth of characters due to other’s kindness and support. In Les Misérables, Jean grew from a convict reduced to stealing into a …show more content…
The reverend chose not to tell the guards the truth and told them it was a gift he had given Jean and even when the guards had left, the reverend let him keep the silver so he can use it to become an honest man. The reverend gave [him] hope… and gave [him] strength to journey on. After this second chance, Jean decides to turn his life around which is emphasised by Hooper’s use of diegetic sound and cinematography. The scene transitions into the future, shown by camera panning to the sky then back down into the small town Jean is mayor of. The music changes during the panning from dramatic music to light-hearted and fast music to signify to the readers the change in place and the growth of Jean. The lyrics of the song when there is a close up shot of Jean in the new scenery uses idioms to support the change in Jean, emphasising [his] soul [now] belongs to God and he has a new found respect and understanding of others. Similarly, When Dogs Cry explores self-growth due to other’s support although it is not a second chance given to Cameron that makes him grow as a person. Cameron was ashamed of himself, was an
Compare the ways in which the creators of your chosen texts explored self-growth.
In Markus Zusak’s novel When Dogs Cry and in Tom Hooper’s film Les Misérables, stylistic features are used to explore the theme self-growth. Both texts show the idea of self-growth in many different forms. Self-growth with help from others, self-growth due to a difficult situation and self-growth because of a change in beliefs has been explored in Zusak’s When Dogs Cry and Hooper’s Les Misérables. The theme of self-growth is emphasised through the use of imagery, symbolism, cinematography and diegetic sound.
Both texts explore self-growth of characters due to other’s kindness and support. In Les Misérables, Jean grew from a convict reduced to stealing into a …show more content…
The reverend chose not to tell the guards the truth and told them it was a gift he had given Jean and even when the guards had left, the reverend let him keep the silver so he can use it to become an honest man. The reverend gave [him] hope… and gave [him] strength to journey on. After this second chance, Jean decides to turn his life around which is emphasised by Hooper’s use of diegetic sound and cinematography. The scene transitions into the future, shown by camera panning to the sky then back down into the small town Jean is mayor of. The music changes during the panning from dramatic music to light-hearted and fast music to signify to the readers the change in place and the growth of Jean. The lyrics of the song when there is a close up shot of Jean in the new scenery uses idioms to support the change in Jean, emphasising [his] soul [now] belongs to God and he has a new found respect and understanding of others. Similarly, When Dogs Cry explores self-growth due to other’s support although it is not a second chance given to Cameron that makes him grow as a person. Cameron was ashamed of himself, was an