THESIS:
* Directly answer question: 1 sentence
* Thesis statement:
- Through our own interactions with discoveries presented in texts across time, our perceptions of ourselves and others can facilitate a fresh and renewed understanding of the world and its people.
-Through life we are filled with revelation as we are exposed to the ever-changing world, with this we are incited to grow physically, intellectually and spiritually, developing new ideas and perspectives.
* Introduce texts: Ernesto Che Guevara’s memoir, The Motorcycle Diaries first published in 1995 follows his journey through Latin America, with idealistic revelations, Guevara challenges the reader to accept his changing perspective of society through personal interactions with …show more content…
*Direction: The following essay will explore how Guevara and Skrzynecki portray exposure to harsh circumstances prompt us to realise our place in the world.
PARA 1:
The discoveries we make of humanities repeating nature allows individuals for growth and learning. The Motorcycle Diaries begins as a planned journey for Che and Alberto to experience the physical landscape, people and culture, but as the trip progresses serendipitous discoveries of class-consciousness, spiritual connections with the land and Che’s true emotional nature surface throughout the journey. The ‘La Giochonda’s smile’ vignette describing Guevara’s interaction with an asthmatic chilean woman, captures a significant moment of revelation on his journey. The …show more content…
The diary entries in The Motorcycle Diaries present substantial amounts of visual evidence of the physical discoveries experienced, but the use of techniques such as extended metaphors and verbs also delineate more personal discoveries. In the discovery of the ocean, the numerical inference “nearing 30” demonstrates that new discoveries can occur at any age, and that these discoveries may be more profound later in life as they force one to consider their regrets and better appreciate the experience. The verb phrase “Alberto is seeing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time”, demonstrates that this experience for Alberto is both literal and metaphysical, the emotional and spiritual power of the ocean is confronting, though these new perspectives transform and renew him. The extended metaphor “… signifies an infinite number of paths to all ends of the earth” emphasises that the exploratory nature of their journey will expand their minds.
PARA 4:
In some cases the way in which we learn to move forward is when we discover and accept new things about ourselves and our identities. In ‘Postcard’ Skrzynecki’s use of direct speech “a lone tree whispers we will meet again before you die” personifies Poland and proposes it is luring him to where he belongs, this foreshadows that in order to appreciate his identity he must first
* Directly answer question: 1 sentence
* Thesis statement:
- Through our own interactions with discoveries presented in texts across time, our perceptions of ourselves and others can facilitate a fresh and renewed understanding of the world and its people.
-Through life we are filled with revelation as we are exposed to the ever-changing world, with this we are incited to grow physically, intellectually and spiritually, developing new ideas and perspectives.
* Introduce texts: Ernesto Che Guevara’s memoir, The Motorcycle Diaries first published in 1995 follows his journey through Latin America, with idealistic revelations, Guevara challenges the reader to accept his changing perspective of society through personal interactions with …show more content…
*Direction: The following essay will explore how Guevara and Skrzynecki portray exposure to harsh circumstances prompt us to realise our place in the world.
PARA 1:
The discoveries we make of humanities repeating nature allows individuals for growth and learning. The Motorcycle Diaries begins as a planned journey for Che and Alberto to experience the physical landscape, people and culture, but as the trip progresses serendipitous discoveries of class-consciousness, spiritual connections with the land and Che’s true emotional nature surface throughout the journey. The ‘La Giochonda’s smile’ vignette describing Guevara’s interaction with an asthmatic chilean woman, captures a significant moment of revelation on his journey. The …show more content…
The diary entries in The Motorcycle Diaries present substantial amounts of visual evidence of the physical discoveries experienced, but the use of techniques such as extended metaphors and verbs also delineate more personal discoveries. In the discovery of the ocean, the numerical inference “nearing 30” demonstrates that new discoveries can occur at any age, and that these discoveries may be more profound later in life as they force one to consider their regrets and better appreciate the experience. The verb phrase “Alberto is seeing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time”, demonstrates that this experience for Alberto is both literal and metaphysical, the emotional and spiritual power of the ocean is confronting, though these new perspectives transform and renew him. The extended metaphor “… signifies an infinite number of paths to all ends of the earth” emphasises that the exploratory nature of their journey will expand their minds.
PARA 4:
In some cases the way in which we learn to move forward is when we discover and accept new things about ourselves and our identities. In ‘Postcard’ Skrzynecki’s use of direct speech “a lone tree whispers we will meet again before you die” personifies Poland and proposes it is luring him to where he belongs, this foreshadows that in order to appreciate his identity he must first