English draft
Background: Australian author Jackie French demonstrates that in Australian society today people think that taking a journey is physical but you never really thought it could be a mental and spiritual journey which is what Martin is going to undertake.
Argument (Thesis statement): Jackie French uses metaphorical language and descriptive language to engage the reader. While reading the story she also implies that in Martin’s spiritual and physical journey he learns that a map is more then just a bunch of lines and words. One example of her metaphorical technique is “The shadows were as thick as treacle”, (pg 17).
Main Points: Jackie French uses various language techniques such as a recognisable plot, metaphorical language, descriptive …show more content…
Point (3rd paragraph): As the Journey continues Martin and Meg meet Wullumudulla from thousands of years ago, but does the journey become spiritual up to this point.
E+E: Martin understands that they’re all on the same journey but from different times in the past. Wullumudulla says that he has to go on his own journey which makes Martin very disappointed, but they all finally end up walking the boundaries together. This is when Martin understands that he, Ted, Meg and Wullumudulla are all walking identical boundaries and "that the map is more than just a bunch of lines and words".
Link: This explains what Ted was talking about before about in relation to how we are just the caretakers of the land for future generations to come.
Conclusion: The message is that we need to look after the land for future generations to come. The reader could clearly see throughout the novel not only the physical journey Martin had undertaken but also the spiritual journey as well. By the end of the novel Martin switches his point of view on the land and decides to keep it instead of selling it in order to look after it for the
Background: Australian author Jackie French demonstrates that in Australian society today people think that taking a journey is physical but you never really thought it could be a mental and spiritual journey which is what Martin is going to undertake.
Argument (Thesis statement): Jackie French uses metaphorical language and descriptive language to engage the reader. While reading the story she also implies that in Martin’s spiritual and physical journey he learns that a map is more then just a bunch of lines and words. One example of her metaphorical technique is “The shadows were as thick as treacle”, (pg 17).
Main Points: Jackie French uses various language techniques such as a recognisable plot, metaphorical language, descriptive …show more content…
Point (3rd paragraph): As the Journey continues Martin and Meg meet Wullumudulla from thousands of years ago, but does the journey become spiritual up to this point.
E+E: Martin understands that they’re all on the same journey but from different times in the past. Wullumudulla says that he has to go on his own journey which makes Martin very disappointed, but they all finally end up walking the boundaries together. This is when Martin understands that he, Ted, Meg and Wullumudulla are all walking identical boundaries and "that the map is more than just a bunch of lines and words".
Link: This explains what Ted was talking about before about in relation to how we are just the caretakers of the land for future generations to come.
Conclusion: The message is that we need to look after the land for future generations to come. The reader could clearly see throughout the novel not only the physical journey Martin had undertaken but also the spiritual journey as well. By the end of the novel Martin switches his point of view on the land and decides to keep it instead of selling it in order to look after it for the