Thanks Jonny for the last minute advice before the HSC exams ☺☺, I had trouble answering the question in a meaningful way but now I feel so much more confident!🙏🙏🙏🙏 (the example helped so much)
Thanks for the video. Could you provide a comment on this thesis i wrote from rewriting my trial question? The question was- Texts allow readers to explore the full range of human behaviour, and thus enrich our understanding of humanity'. My thesis with this strategy: In his Mennippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), George Orwell enables readers to explore the full range of human behaviour of psychological manipulation, which threatens individual freedom, in order to enrich the responder's unconscious understanding of the post-war state of humanity with the dystopian potential of totalitarian will-to power.- Note- i couldn't really provide an adjective to the human behaviour because the question already specified it as ''full range''. 2022 HSC question- Common Module ‘How does Orwell represent the emotions arising from human experiences through the features of prose fiction? In his Menippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four, (1949), George Orwell employs the dystopian features of prose fiction that threatens individual freedom to represent the controlled emotions arising from oppressive human experiences highlighting the logical consequences of totalitarian leadership. 2021 ‘Analyse how your prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the challenges they face?’ In his Menippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four, (1949), George Orwell uses the tripartite structure that threatens personal autonomy to represent the relentless ways oppressed individuals respond to arduous challenges they face foregrounding the dangers of totalitarian control.
2020 How effectively does Nineteen Eighty-Four tell stories to reveal both the personal and shared nature of human experience? In his Menippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four, (1949), George Orwell effectively tells dystopian stories through Prose Fictive elements to reveal both the alienated personal and shared nature of oppressive human experiences foregrounding the dangers of totalitarian regimes. 2019 To what extent does the exploration of human experience in Nineteen Eighty-Four invite you to reconsider your understanding of loneliness? George Orwell’s Menippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four, (1949), is an exploration of the intrusive human experiences which seek to threaten individuality in order to invite us to reconsider our understanding of collective loneliness thus focalising the consequences of the purse ideals inherent in the totalitarian mentality.
It's a solid attempt but (1) the "full range" part could be handled better by avoiding the double use of "of". Note the adjustsments below: instead of "of", you can say "within" to specify the context you are referring to. You can then follow then with a "from...to...." phrase to provide the RANGE; and (2) because it's about "humanity", not "view of the world" (which is similar), you can probably be more concise and avoid jamming in the 'post-war' and 'unconscious' in this sentence. Mention those after though. In his satirical novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), George Orwell illuminates the full range of human behaviour within contexts of totalitarian oppression, from psychological manipulation to the rebellious pursuit of autonomy, enriching the responder's understanding of humanity's susceptibility, but also resistance, to ideological control.
Both can work. A thesis should always introduce your core argument, however some thesis statements also introduce the text. I have included the text in the example for simplicity. Some questions lend themselves to a more high-level thesis statement that does not mention the text; other questions are SPECIFIC TO THE TEXT, which makes introducing the text straight away more compelling.
Thanks Jonny for the last minute advice before the HSC exams ☺☺, I had trouble answering the question in a meaningful way but now I feel so much more confident!🙏🙏🙏🙏 (the example helped so much)
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Thanks for the video. Could you provide a comment on this thesis i wrote from rewriting my trial question? The question was- Texts allow readers to explore the full range of human behaviour, and thus enrich our understanding of humanity'.
My thesis with this strategy:
In his Mennippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), George Orwell enables readers to explore the full range of human behaviour of psychological manipulation, which threatens individual freedom, in order to enrich the responder's unconscious understanding of the post-war state of humanity with the dystopian potential of totalitarian will-to power.- Note- i couldn't really provide an adjective to the human behaviour because the question already specified it as ''full range''.
2022 HSC question- Common Module
‘How does Orwell represent the emotions arising from human experiences through the features of prose fiction?
In his Menippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four, (1949), George Orwell employs the dystopian features of prose fiction that threatens individual freedom to represent the controlled emotions arising from oppressive human experiences highlighting the logical consequences of totalitarian leadership.
2021
‘Analyse how your prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the challenges they face?’
In his Menippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four, (1949), George Orwell uses the tripartite structure that threatens personal autonomy to represent the relentless ways oppressed individuals respond to arduous challenges they face foregrounding the dangers of totalitarian control.
2020
How effectively does Nineteen Eighty-Four tell stories to reveal both the personal and shared nature of human experience?
In his Menippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four, (1949), George Orwell effectively tells dystopian stories through Prose Fictive elements to reveal both the alienated personal and shared nature of oppressive human experiences foregrounding the dangers of totalitarian regimes.
2019
To what extent does the exploration of human experience in Nineteen Eighty-Four invite you to reconsider your understanding of loneliness?
George Orwell’s Menippean Satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four, (1949), is an exploration of the intrusive human experiences which seek to threaten individuality in order to invite us to reconsider our understanding of collective loneliness thus focalising the consequences of the purse ideals inherent in the totalitarian mentality.
It's a solid attempt but (1) the "full range" part could be handled better by avoiding the double use of "of". Note the adjustsments below: instead of "of", you can say "within" to specify the context you are referring to. You can then follow then with a "from...to...." phrase to provide the RANGE; and (2) because it's about "humanity", not "view of the world" (which is similar), you can probably be more concise and avoid jamming in the 'post-war' and 'unconscious' in this sentence. Mention those after though.
In his satirical novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), George Orwell illuminates the full range of human behaviour within contexts of totalitarian oppression, from psychological manipulation to the rebellious pursuit of autonomy, enriching the responder's understanding of humanity's susceptibility, but also resistance, to ideological control.
I thought the thesis was a conceptual statement then we introduce the text
Both can work. A thesis should always introduce your core argument, however some thesis statements also introduce the text. I have included the text in the example for simplicity. Some questions lend themselves to a more high-level thesis statement that does not mention the text; other questions are SPECIFIC TO THE TEXT, which makes introducing the text straight away more compelling.