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How I Live Now, What I Was, Just In Case By Meg Rosoff...Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult...Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen...Mummy's Little Girl by Jane Elliot...Case Histories by Kate Atkinson...A Curious Incident Of the Dog In The Night Time by Mark Haddon...The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne...A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (which of the series?)...Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli...Holes by Louis Sachar...The Host by Stephanie Meyer...anymore are welcome...I may have read them 
What similar themes do they have?...so far I've got...coming of age...role of women...parent/child relationships...forbidden love...good and evil...dystopia...transgression...duality...survival...unconventional girls...future before and after war...man and the natural world...lies and deceit...sin...dysfunctional families...war...though which one should I focus on...and include in my question?...any ideas for a question would be good too :'3
Thanking You In Advance, In Anticipation Of Your Reply :'O!
What similar themes do they have?...so far I've got...coming of age...role of women...parent/child relationships...forbidden love...good and evil...dystopia...transgression...duality...survival...unconventional girls...future before and after war...man and the natural world...lies and deceit...sin...dysfunctional families...war...though which one should I focus on...and include in my question?...any ideas for a question would be good too :'3
Thanking You In Advance, In Anticipation Of Your Reply :'O!
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What could be quite interesting to do is maybe Jane Eyre and Girl, Interrupted.
Your main focus could be about the prejudiced against women, such as with the typing staff being only women whilst the supervisory staff are only men and having to adhere to strict dress codes at her typing job in Girl, Interrupted. This could be paired with the obscurity of women in Jane Eyre. Due to it being written and set in Victorian Times even Queen Victoria called women's rights 'folly' and declaring (a quote from the top of my head might not be exact) 'God created men and women different so let them remain each in their own position'. This shows Jane to struggle to overcome the boundaries of the era and Mr. Brocklehurst, Edward Rochester, and St. John Rivers all place impediments on her. Even in the end she is Rochester's 'prop and guide'. Bertha Mason is the symbol of the Victorian woman who is locked away. This links with the freedom and captivity issues in Girl, Interrupted and even in Jane Eyre the red room symbolises her freedom which she finally breaks free from.
There is also a generation gap in both novels as the physicians in Girl, Interrupted and the substitute mother which is Diana, Mary and Miss Temple.
There's a fabulous section in chapter 12 that declares 'Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.'
There's lots of links you could find if you do the reading and the research. They're both well known so finding sparknotes and critics quotes to add in to your work should be extremely straight forwards. Good luck
Your main focus could be about the prejudiced against women, such as with the typing staff being only women whilst the supervisory staff are only men and having to adhere to strict dress codes at her typing job in Girl, Interrupted. This could be paired with the obscurity of women in Jane Eyre. Due to it being written and set in Victorian Times even Queen Victoria called women's rights 'folly' and declaring (a quote from the top of my head might not be exact) 'God created men and women different so let them remain each in their own position'. This shows Jane to struggle to overcome the boundaries of the era and Mr. Brocklehurst, Edward Rochester, and St. John Rivers all place impediments on her. Even in the end she is Rochester's 'prop and guide'. Bertha Mason is the symbol of the Victorian woman who is locked away. This links with the freedom and captivity issues in Girl, Interrupted and even in Jane Eyre the red room symbolises her freedom which she finally breaks free from.
There is also a generation gap in both novels as the physicians in Girl, Interrupted and the substitute mother which is Diana, Mary and Miss Temple.
There's a fabulous section in chapter 12 that declares 'Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.'
There's lots of links you could find if you do the reading and the research. They're both well known so finding sparknotes and critics quotes to add in to your work should be extremely straight forwards. Good luck
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What could be quite interesting to do is maybe Jane Eyre and Girl, Interrupted.
Your main focus could be about the prejudiced against women, such as with the typing staff being only women whilst the supervisory staff are only men and having to adhere to strict dress codes at her typing job in Girl, Interrupted. This could be paired with the obscurity of women in Jane Eyre. Due to it being written and set in Victorian Times even Queen Victoria called women's rights 'folly' and declaring (a quote from the top of my head might not be exact) 'God created men and women different so let them remain each in their own position'. This shows Jane to struggle to overcome the boundaries of the era and Mr. Brocklehurst, Edward Rochester, and St. John Rivers all place impediments on her. Even in the end she is Rochester's 'prop and guide'. Bertha Mason is the symbol of the Victorian woman who is locked away. This links with the freedom and captivity issues in Girl, Interrupted and even in Jane Eyre the red room symbolises her freedom which she finally breaks free from.
There is also a generation gap in both novels as the physicians in Girl, Interrupted and the substitute mother which is Diana, Mary and Miss Temple.
There's a fabulous section in chapter 12 that declares 'Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.'
There's lots of links you could find if you do the reading and the research. They're both well known so finding sparknotes and critics quotes to add in to your work should be extremely straight forwards. Good luck
What could be quite interesting to do is maybe Jane Eyre and Girl, Interrupted.
Your main focus could be about the prejudiced against women, such as with the typing staff being only women whilst the supervisory staff are only men and having to adhere to strict dress codes at her typing job in Girl, Interrupted. This could be paired with the obscurity of women in Jane Eyre. Due to it being written and set in Victorian Times even Queen Victoria called women's rights 'folly' and declaring (a quote from the top of my head might not be exact) 'God created men and women different so let them remain each in their own position'. This shows Jane to struggle to overcome the boundaries of the era and Mr. Brocklehurst, Edward Rochester, and St. John Rivers all place impediments on her. Even in the end she is Rochester's 'prop and guide'. Bertha Mason is the symbol of the Victorian woman who is locked away. This links with the freedom and captivity issues in Girl, Interrupted and even in Jane Eyre the red room symbolises her freedom which she finally breaks free from.
There is also a generation gap in both novels as the physicians in Girl, Interrupted and the substitute mother which is Diana, Mary and Miss Temple.
There's a fabulous section in chapter 12 that declares 'Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.'
There's lots of links you could find if you do the reading and the research. They're both well known so finding sparknotes and critics quotes to add in to your work should be extremely straight forwards. Good luck
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Have you read any Shakespeare, Victorian novels or any that are considered modern classics (such as and Woolf or Steinbeck or Orwell etc.)? These are just novels that would be really easy to focus and analyse that's all.
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Thinking about it, I don't know what board you're on but for our coursework we could use a poem as comparative work. For example I looked at betrayal in Othello, Enduring Love and then Modern Love by Meredith, his collection of 50 sonnets. I don't know if you'd feel comfortable with that but you could analyse a long war poem in close detail and compare how it explores the harsh realities/how it's hedged and propaganda to the boy in the striped pajamas. Because then if you haven't read it it doesn't really mater as it won't take long and the analysis of it won't be too bad. If you're up for it I wouldn't mind pointing out a few poems and pointing you in the right direction with analysis.
Just a thought.
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(Original post by emma-lauren)
Have you read any Shakespeare, Victorian novels or any that are considered modern classics (such as and Woolf or Steinbeck or Orwell etc.)? These are just novels that would be really easy to focus and analyse that's all.
Have you read any Shakespeare, Victorian novels or any that are considered modern classics (such as and Woolf or Steinbeck or Orwell etc.)? These are just novels that would be really easy to focus and analyse that's all.
(Original post by emma-lauren)
Thinking about it, I don't know what board you're on but for our coursework we could use a poem as comparative work. For example I looked at betrayal in Othello, Enduring Love and then Modern Love by Meredith, his collection of 50 sonnets. I don't know if you'd feel comfortable with that but you could analyse a long war poem in close detail and compare how it explores the harsh realities/how it's hedged and propaganda to the boy in the striped pajamas. Because then if you haven't read it it doesn't really mater as it won't take long and the analysis of it won't be too bad. If you're up for it I wouldn't mind pointing out a few poems and pointing you in the right direction with analysis.
Just a thought.
Thinking about it, I don't know what board you're on but for our coursework we could use a poem as comparative work. For example I looked at betrayal in Othello, Enduring Love and then Modern Love by Meredith, his collection of 50 sonnets. I don't know if you'd feel comfortable with that but you could analyse a long war poem in close detail and compare how it explores the harsh realities/how it's hedged and propaganda to the boy in the striped pajamas. Because then if you haven't read it it doesn't really mater as it won't take long and the analysis of it won't be too bad. If you're up for it I wouldn't mind pointing out a few poems and pointing you in the right direction with analysis.
Just a thought.
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