Three Literary Text Overviews

The best writers break some(prenominal)(prenominal) the rules. This is exactly what Australian composers Melina Marchetta and Gwen Harwood confound successfully done by incorporating what was familiar and closest to them into their texts flavor for Alibrandi, The Violets and Mother Who Gave Me Life. some(prenominal) parallels can be move between Marchetta and Harwoods in the flesh(predicate) circumstances and the perspectives that are evident at bottom each of the texts. Good break of day/afternoon teachers and students, today I have chosen to stress on the power of computer memory and parent and child relationships, both intergenerational and interpersonal.\nMelina Marchettas personal context remarkablely influences the setting and sections in Looking for Alibrandi, as she bases it around what she was accustomed to at the time. The loving character of Nona Katia is derived straight from Marchettas Grandmother, who, just like the character in the book, came out to Aus tralia from Italy during the 1930s and loved to tell stories of her sometime(prenominal) experiences. Marchettas Italian hereditary pattern is reflected in the text, particularly through with(predicate) Nonas memories, which enable her to recommend her brilliant experiences, as rise up as hardships, including the loneliness she set about when she first came to Australia. The Australians new nuting about us Jozzie, you wonder why some people my age cannot chatter English. Marchettas utilise of syntax allows her too accurately represent the Italian dialect, wake how the context of the author has the dominance to affect their language choice. Nonas cultural context has a significant impact on the generations that follow, helping Josie to uncover the verity about her family.\nThe Power and sizeableness of memory is also significant in The Violets by Gwen Harwood, a sensory poem in which the persona recounts a departed childhood memory. Extrapolated from Harwoods bear exper iences, the memory is triggered by the excitant of the olfactory se...