hellooo
so i'm doing creative and i always hear that we should challenge the text's ideas/ themes and not just reuse symbols
how exactly do we challenge the ideas??
To challenge the author's ideas, you just extend on them. For instance, let's say the author's idea is "war is bad because people die"; you can agree with this to a degree, but not 100% as otherwise you'll just be copying the author (nor can you 100% disagree). Instead, you can for example say "war is bad because people die
BUT it is good in certain situations for population control" (probably not the most morally correct example, but whatever). See how the addition of the last part extends on the original idea, making it your own and essentially challenging it?
Some questions of my own;
- How I do write quicker under SAC conditions? I do this thing during English SACs where I just procrastinate (?) by continually rereading over what I've already written and staying there doing nothing. It's not because I don't know what to write next, I do, it's just that I don't want to move on because I feel like what I've written is either not good enough (or even in some cases too good - I just sit there impressed at my own writing. I know, I'm humble), or what I'm going to write next is too hard. Any tips or advice to get out of this mindset?
- Can someone confirm the contention for
this piece for me? I've identified it as something along the lines of "The changes to the citizenship test does not help in ensuring that potential citizens abide by Australian values, and the decision to revise it is a political stunt designed to regain dwindling Coalition support by playing to growing populist views of xenophobia and racism."
Thanks in advance for all help!!