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Text Response: The victims of authoritarian regimes are…
VCE Text Response essay scoring 85%: Set as a dystopian novel originally written in Japanese, Naomi Ogawa’s novel ‘The Memory Police’ explores the theme…
Set as a dystopian novel originally written in Japanese, Naomi Ogawa’s novel ‘The Memory Police’ explores the theme of lost memories and the effect has on individuals who cannot remember their past or look to the future. It compares the way authoritisism is utilised by the oppressor and the oppressed and how the environment thrives on enabling.
Ogawa suggests that those victim to authoritarian regimes are inadvertent supporters of such regime, due to the immediate and unquestioning compliance with actions from such regimes. By doing so, Ogawa critiques the way passiveness is a silent support to authoritarian regime and offers them further power to operate within a state of totalitarian control. For instance, this is evident through the reoccurring theme of disappearances throughout the novel, whether it be roses or calendars, and how ‘no one makes much of a fuss’ over such disappearances. Ogawa depicts this reaction by the island’s inhabitants who would ‘burn, or bury, or toss’, physical disappearances, which serves to explain how this conformed ritual represents the erasure of physical evidence of the past but to also psychologically leave the islanders to accept loss as a passive task in their daily life, thus coming to acceptance and allowing such behaviour to continue. Through this, Ogawa suggests that a regime does not need to use constant physical force to achieve their goals, as creating passive victims, they have created people who will passively conform to the institutional rules, thus streamlining the process of disappearances and the frequent intervals they occur in. Likewise, the passivity creates the support, as without any resistance and instead unintentionally contributing to the disappearances allows the function of the totalitarian regime to continue to run smoothly without any checks or balances, to limit their power. Ultimately, Ogawa infers on how that by refusing to resist, the victims of such systems, unknowingly participate in the passive support necessary for the regime to thrive in such environment.
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: country framework
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 70%: How does Popular culture shape and distort a nation’s identity over time? Popular culture is sought to cause…
How does Popular culture shape and distort a nation’s identity over time?
Popular culture is sought to cause complexities through significantly influencing a nation’s identity, this idea is explored in Don McLean’s famous lyrics ‘American Pie’ released in 1971. McLean’s lyrics encapsulate the major decline in American morality (in the 60s) since the death of ‘innocent’ rock n roll marked by the death of Buddy Holly in 1959. McLean’s ‘American Pie’ was released in 1971 in response to the concerns of immorality of American culture in the 1960s. Americans were highly influenced by modern forms of rock n roll, such as the Brit pop phenomenon ‘The Beatles’, these bands challenged the traditional American national identity through challenging the entrenched idealisations of traditional conservatism (Christianity, rigid gender roles, family of four) in the original ‘American Dream’. The shift in American morality occurred due to the influence of major cultural events such as the peace movements, changes in the second wave of feminism and the Vietnam War in the 1960s, which ultimately challenged the romanticised traditional American Dream McLean is mourning in the lyrics. Therefore, revealing that popular culture and social changes can distort traditional views of American identity.
The speaker encapsulates the idealised and almost romanticised perception of the traditional cultural identity of the American Dream. The song commences with the line “A long long time ago …” This introduction, almost fairy-tale-like in nature, captures the nostalgic longing of the traditional American society in which the protagonist feels significantly connected. The utilisation of past-tense language, such as "remembered" and “used” reinforces the speaker's idealised perception in attaining the traditional idea of the American dream. However, through implementing past-tense language, the speaker demonstrates how the traditional American dream is abstract and unattainable due to major cultural changes in the 1960s. The speaker's reflection on remembering how the music “used to make [the speaker] smile” highlights how traditional and suggested moral popular culture has been overridden by modernised versions of art, which emphasises the protagonist’s inability to connect with his nation due to a lack of familiarity and ultimate disconnection.
VCE · Text Response
Text Response: Tradition is inescapable. To what extent…
VCE Text Response essay scoring 87.5%: From the onset, Marquez presents tradition as an inescapable ever-looming ideology, with gender expectations…
From the onset, Marquez presents tradition as an inescapable ever-looming ideology, with gender expectations serving as a catalyst for the conformative pressures of a society. Although it is prevalent, Marquez critically condemns the generational influences that enforce such ideas on people. This judgment is embedded throughout the characterization of the confined townspeople, with them ultimately serving as representations of the physical and psychological effects such values have on both genders. From a male standpoint, Santiago Nasar is reflected as a victim of the standards of machismo. After his father died, he was "forced" to be "the man of [their] life," which led to him "abandon[ing] his studies" to "take control of the family." This word choice contains connotations of extreme loss and misery, thus insinuating that he, like many other men such as the Vicario twins, is also against values that perpetuate violence and the demanding role of wielding unjust power. As such, Marquez unconventionally presents such gendered rules as extreme forms of loss, which lead to the
VCE · Text Response
Text Response: Tradition is inescapable. To what extent…
VCE Text Response essay scoring 85%: From the onset, Marquez presents tradition as an inescapable ever looming ideology, with gender expectations…
From the onset, Marquez presents tradition as an inescapable ever looming ideology, with gender expectations serving as a catalyst for the conformative pressures of a society. Although it is prevalent, Marquez critically condemns the generational influences that enforce such ideas on people. This judgment is embedded throughout the characterization of the confined townspeople, with them ultimately serving as representations of the physical and psychological effects such values have on both genders. From a male standpoint, Santiago Nasar is reflected as a victim of the standards of machismo. After his father died, he was "forced" to be "the man of [their] life," which led to him "abandon[ing] his studies" to "take control of the family." This word choice contains connotations of extreme loss and misery, thus insinuating that he, like many other men such as the Vicario twins, is also against values that perpetuate violence and the demanding role of wielding unjust power. As such, Marquez unconventionally presents such gendered rules as extreme forms of loss, which lead to the
VCE · Text Response
Text Response: Tradition is inescapable. To what extent…
VCE Text Response essay scoring 72.5%: From the onset, Marquez presents tradition as an inescapable ever looming ideology, with gender expectations…
From the onset, Marquez presents tradition as an inescapable ever looming ideology, with gender expectations serving as a catalyst for the conformative pressures of a society. Although it is prevalent, Marquez critically condemns the generational influences that enforce such ideas on people. This judgment is embedded throughout the characterization of the confined townspeople, with them ultimately serving as representations of the physical and psychological effects such values have on both genders. From a male standpoint Santiago Nasar is reflected as victim of the standards of machismo in a current society, forced to be "the man of [their] life" after his father died which lead to him "abandon[ing] his studies" to "take control of the family", ultimately containing connotations of extreme loss and misery due to drastic choice of describing this event as "forced". Thus insinuatin that he like many other men, such as the vicario twins are also against values that perpetulate violence and the demanding role of wielding unjust power. As such, Marquez unconventionally presents such gendered
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: challenge and protest
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 87.5%: The air doesn't smell like the ocean anymore. It smells like iron. Thick, wet, and heavy. I stand in the…
The air doesn't smell like the ocean anymore. It smells like iron. Thick, wet, and heavy. I stand in the middle of a village that is no longer a village, just a collection of burning wood and broken bodies. My heart hammers against my ribs like a trapped bird. I look down at my hands, and for a second, I can’t see the skin. They are stained a deep, dark crimson that seems to seep into my very pores. I try to wipe it off on my tunic, but it only smears, turning my clothes into a map of my sins.
I had never once questioned the fighting, until now.
Once i was the "great warrior" they all whispered about. The boy who could cut down a commander twice his size before they even drew their breath. I was a spirit of evil, a mindless tool for men who promised me glory. Every time I close my eyes, I see the faces of the people I’ve killed over the last ten years. Their silent stares are a constant headache that no amount of victory can cure. I remember my father’s voice, a memory that feels like a physical blow: "A true warrior needs no sword." I didn't understand it then. I thought a warrior was someone who survived, who wore the bodies he had killed like medals draping across his arms. I never thought about why I was fighting only if I would win.
Around me, the other soldiers are laughing, tossing stolen grain into their wagons. They look at the bodies in the mud not sparing a second thought. My mind keeps replaying my fathers words “no one in this world is your enemy”. I fall to my knees, fingers digging into my skull as my thoughts tear through each other, because for the first time i am not slashing my daggers at an innocent persons neck, I am fighting what ive been taught to be.
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Creative Response: This is a section B personal journey's…
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 87.5%: We are, by nature, fascinated by the possibility of uncovering a pre-existing self that reflects our…
We are, by nature, fascinated by the possibility of uncovering a pre-existing self that reflects our perceived authentic selves and, in turn, inspires others. There is rampant admiration that we bestow on those who pursue an innate interest and then polish it and distil it until it becomes highly noteworthy. Whether it be the late Steve Jobs or the current titan that is Elon Musk, we place them on pedestals and shower them with almost cult-like praise as “revolutionaries, geniuses and expert problem solvers in many areas”. Viewing their personal success from rags to riches, it draws us to attempt to copy the same formula. As humans, we seek validation from our peers and those around us and naturally seek acceptance from society. Thus, in our lifelong search for an identity, we often look up to seemingly untouchable role models and wish for the same monumentous impact, and with this, we aim to state, “This is me”. Fantastical stories such as those
VCE · Text Response
Text Response: ‘In We Have Always Lived in the Castle,…
VCE Text Response essay scoring 77.5%: In Shirley Jackson’s psychological horror novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, the Blackwoods are…
In Shirley Jackson’s psychological horror novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, the Blackwoods are introduced as a family that is isolated from that of the outside world living behind the protection of iron gates; with this they seek to protect themselves from the threat of the outside world and its many influences. Jackson portrays the Blackwoods as a family that isolates itself from the intrusion of society’s changing values and expectations. Through Merricat and her safeguards to protect the manor from the outside world, the author encapsulates her character’s desire to reject change and the conservation of her freedom within her home. This is however disrupted with the introduction of Charles, an outsider who integrates himself into the Blackwoods with his patriarchal and materialistic views, Jackson conveys the idea of change and the influence it has on the Blackwoods. Finally, Jackson presents Uncle Julian as someone who is haunted by the past and is unable to succumb to change when induced in a reality that is unlike that of the past and as a result he ignores change and forces himself into his own man-made world.
Merricat’s “magic” acts as a shield from the outside world in We Have Always Lived in the Castle; as such, she relies on the supernatural to maintain the Blackwoods’ freedom and stasis against change within their home. When describing her buried objects, Merricat notes that “on Sunday mornings she examined her safeguards…” and as long as “they were where [she] had put them nothing could get in to harm [them]”. Merricat's obsession with her items highlights her reliance on the supernatural to protect her family from her perception of society’s harmful nature. Along with this, her obsession is ultimately driven by her desire to maintain the reality the Blackwoods live in away from ripples of change the outside world emits. Jackson further pursues this when Merricat describes the Blackwood land as being “enriched with [her] treasures… held together… in a power taut web [that] never loosened”. Merricat envisions her safeguards creating a protective barrier around the estate; furthermore she also uses a taut web to symbolise the immense power she believes her treasures hold and their ability to prevent society’s influences from intruding in; a loosening in this case would also embody the change outsiders could bring into her reality. By utilising the supernatural, Merricat emphasises her fixation to maintain isolation and the state of equilibrium her family lives in away from society’s influence.
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Audience: class of 2026 graduation speech
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 85%: Playing with the Rules We are told the world is a playground- a vast arena where constraints are defined by…
Playing with the Rules
We are told the world is a playground- a vast arena where constraints are defined by personal boundaries and liberty is a swing waiting for anyone brave enough to jump at the chance.
This may feel like the reality for our suppressed inner child who is still itching to conquer the football field or impress on the dancefloor with the moves they worked hours to memorise.
This has however been abruptly stripped from us as we have made our way through the all - important world of the teenage years. I look around at all the faces of those I once hated, those who once filled me with butterflies, those who I once thought were way too cool to talk to me, and those who I once thought weren't cool enough. Although these comparative categories my immature mind built 6 years ago burden me with immense regret, I cannot help but view this as a reflection. A reflection of the performative environment instilled in us from the moment we walked through these gates. I want us all to reflect on the past 6 years where we have been thrown into an enclosed stage waiting for the final bell screaming ‘freedom, finally’; the freedom from the highschool stage which has diseased our minds with ceaseless comparison and scrutiny.
As teenagers, we live in the same society we did when we were children, only we are defined by our ‘performance’ rather than accepted and free to decide who we are. This society is a stage that has been upheld by us, confining us to ‘lines’ and directions that the community deems essential to achieve the esteemed goal: fitting in.
This is an issue that has infiltrated the spirit of growing up and stripped us of the innocence and wonder that once encapsulated everything we cared about. I come here to argue the necessity in subverting ‘Performance’. Stop controlling your emotions based on the comparison; instead build your emotions on the adventure waiting for you outside these gates. I want to inspire you, the class of 2026. Return to the imaginative wonders of childhood that seem like a vague memory now. We are only a blink away from the uncertain and awe-inspiring world of real life, thus i am asking you to return to your journey in conquering the footy field. Or to finally reveal the dance moves and return to the freedoms of play that have built the forces that high school has silenced.
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: My target audience is the class of…
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 82.5%: Playing with the Rules We are told the world is a playground- a vast arena where constraints are defined by…
Playing with the Rules
We are told the world is a playground- a vast arena where constraints are defined by personal boundaries and liberty is a swing waiting for anyone brave enough to jump at the chance.
This may feel like the reality for our suppressed inner child who is still itching to conquer the football field or impress on the dancefloor with the moves they worked hours to memorise.
This has however been abruptly stripped from us as we have made our way through the all - important world of the teenage years. I look around at all the faces of those I once hated, those who once filled me with butterflies, those who I once thought were way too cool to talk to me, and those who I once thought weren't cool enough. Although these comparative categories my immature mind built 6 years ago burden me with immense regret, I cannot help but view this as a reflection. A reflection of the performative environment instilled in us from the moment we walked through these gates. I want us all to reflect on the past 6 years where we have been thrown into an enclosed stage waiting for the final bell screaming ‘freedom, finally’; the freedom from the highschool stage which has diseased our minds with ceaseless comparison and scrutiny.
As teenagers, we live in the same society we did when we were children, only we are defined by our ‘performance’ rather than accepted and free to decide who we are. This society is a stage that has been facilitated by us, confining us to ‘lines’ and directions that the community deems essential to achieve the esteemed goal: fitting in.
This is an issue that has infiltrated the spirit of growing up and stripped us of the innocence and wonder that once encapsulated everything we cared about. I come here to argue the necessity in subverting ‘Performance’. Stop controlling your emotions based on the comparison; instead build your emotions on the adventure waiting for you outside these gates. I want to inspire you, the class of 2026- only a blink away from the uncertain and awe-inspiring world of real life, to return to your journey in conquering the footy field or to finally reveal the dance moves and return to the freedoms of play that have built the forces that high school has silenced.
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Title: Life's journey is a collection…
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 90%: I remember my mum pulling down a blouse over my head. I had just finished a tantrum, tears were dried up on my…
I remember my mum pulling down a blouse over my head. I had just finished a tantrum, tears were dried up on my cheeks, eyes rimmed with red and my nose was still runny. All I wanted to do was wear normal clothes, clothes that weren't itchy or stood out. But, Vishu, the Kerala new year, meant that I was forced into a cream paavada, lined with gold. My arms felt stuck in the sleeves, the fabric felt stiff against my skin. To top it off, my mum pressed a black pottu onto my forehead, and layered my arms and neck with gold jewellery. I couldn’t move without it clinking with every step. I wanted to run around and play tag with my friends, but the blouse was too tight. It felt like it was stopping me from doing things properly. Even eating was hard. I had to constantly move my bangles out of the way to stop them from getting stuck on my sleeves. I just kept on thinking about the moment I could take it all off and wear my normal clothes. It felt like the kind of story my grandmother would tell, something she could make sound beautiful even when I only felt trapped inside it.
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Creative Response: Writing about Protest - As One
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 92.5%: "As One" To the Editor, The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what…
"As One"
To the Editor,
The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what troubles us.' If this is our moral philosophy, then Australia is experiencing a profound identity crisis. What should trouble us, what should keep every member of Parliament awake until the early hours of the morning, is the systematic breakdown of the Australian Dream.
While you may be sitting inside, blanketed from the chaos outside, young Australians are struggling to find a means of shelter. Since the age of 10, I have been told to save up. Prepare for the future. Financial worry hung upon the shoulders of a little girl too young to understand what a mortgage was. Worries of belonging, school, exercise, clothes and friends continued to weigh me down. But yet I had to worry about shelter.
Repeat that out loud again. Shelter. A basic human right. Meanwhile Australia prides itself on being a progressive 1st world country, and yet we worry about housing. We see that thousands move to Australia every year, but our right to shelter still remains a priority. For so long, the Australian Dream to own a home was attainable. Now, it drifts further and further from reach. Every year, the statistic of people renting grows, like compounding debt, as fewer and fewer are unable to afford a home. This is our pain, our struggle.
Wiesel's philosophy suggests that our moral standing is shaped by our willingness to respond to the struggle of others. Today, that struggle has formed into a normality, at every auction which draws tens to hundreds of people, desperate to get a foot in the door. Where thirty year-olds wonder if they will ever know the dignity of a front door key that belongs to them. Just to have the door of interest and debt slam into their face. And yet where is the help? What is our government doing?
As a generation, we are being told to wait. We are told that the solution is to work harder, to save more, to let go of daily luxuries like coffee. But you can't budget your way out of a broken system. Not in a market where the median house price is twelve times the median income. We have had enough.
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Writing about Protest - As One
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 90%: "As One" To the Editor, The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what troubles…
"As One"
To the Editor,
The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what troubles us.' If this is our moral philosophy, then Australia is experiencing a profound identity crisis. What should trouble us, what should keep every member of Parliament awake until the early hours of the morning, is the systematic breakdown of the Australian Dream.
While you may be sitting inside, blanketed from the chaos outside, young Australians are struggling to find a means of shelter. Since the age of 10, I have been told to save up. Prepare for the future. Financial worry hung upon the shoulders of a little girl too young to understand what a mortgage was. Worries of belonging, school, exercise, clothes and friends continued to weigh me down. But yet I had to worry about shelter.
Repeat that out loud again. Shelter. A basic human right. Meanwhile Australia prides itself on being a progressive 1st world country, and yet we worry about housing. We see that thousands move to Australia every year, but our right to shelter still remains a priority. For so long, the Australian Dream to own a home was attainable. Now, it drifts further and further from reach. Every year, the statistic of people renting grows, like compounding debt, as less and less can afford to own a home. This is our pain, our struggle.
Wiesel's philosophy suggests that our moral standing is shaped by our willingness to respond to the struggle of others. Today, that struggle has formed into a normality, at every auction which draws tens to hundreds of people, desperate to get a foot in the door. Where thirty year-olds wonder if they will ever know the dignity of a front door key that belongs to them. Just to have the door of interest and debt slam into their face. And yet where is the help? What is our government doing?
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Writing about Protest - As One
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 82.5%: "As One" To the Editor, The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what…
"As One"
To the Editor,
The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what troubles us.' If this is our moral philosophy, then Australia is experiencing a profound identity crisis. What should trouble us, what should keep every member of Parliament awake until the early hours of the morning, is the systematic breakdown of the Australian Dream.
While you may be sitting inside, blanketed from the chaos outside, young Australians are struggling to find a means of shelter. Since the age of 10, I have been told to save up. Prepare for the future. Financial worry hung upon the shoulders of a little girl too young to understand what a mortgage was. Worries of belonging, school, exercise, clothes and friends continued to weigh me down. But yet I had to worry about shelter.
Repeat that out loud again. Shelter. A basic human right. Meanwhile Australia prides itself on being a progressive 1st world country, and yet we worry about housing. We see that thousands move to Australia every year, but our right to shelter still remains a priority. For so long, the Australian Dream to own a home was attainable. Now, it drifts further and further from reach. Every year, the statistic of people renting grows, like poison ivy, diminishing the people who own a home. This is our pain, our struggle.
Wiesel's philosophy suggests that our moral standing is shaped by our willingness to respond to the struggle of others. Today, that struggle has formed into a normality, at every auction which draws tens to hundreds of people, desperate to get a foot in the door. Where thirty year-olds wonder if they will ever know the dignity of a front door key that belongs to them. Just to have the door of interest and debt slam into their face. And yet where is the help? What is our government doing?
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Writing about Protest - As One
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 72.5%: "As One" To the Editor, The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what…
"As One"
To the Editor,
The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what troubles us.' If this is our moral philosophy, then Australia needs to wake up and smell the roses. What should trouble us, what should keep every member of Parliament awake until the early hours of the morning, is the systematic breakdown of the Australian Dream.
While you may be sitting inside, blanketed from the chaos outside, young Australians are struggling to find a mean of shelter. Since the age of 10, I have been told to save up. Prepare for the future. Financial worry hung upon the shoulders of a little girl too young to understand what a mortgage was. Worries of belonging, school, exercise, clothes and friends continued to weigh me down. But yet I had to worry about shelter.
Repeat that out loud again. Shelter. A basic human right. Meanwhile Australia prides itself on being a progressive 1st world country, and yet we worry about housing. We see that thousands move to Australia every year, but our right to shelter still remains a priority. For so long, the Australian Dream to own a home was attainable. Now, it drifts further and further from reach. Every year, the statistic of people renting grows, like poison ivy, diminishing the people who own a home. This is our pain, our struggle.
Wiesel's philosophy suggests that our moral standing is shaped by our willingness to respond to the struggle of others. Today, that struggle has formed into a normality, at every auction which draws tens to hundreds of people, desperate to get a foot in the door. Where thirty year-olds wonder if they will ever know the dignity of a front door key that belongs to them. Just to have the door of interest and debt slam into their face. And yet where is the help? What are our Government doing?
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Writing about Protest - As One
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 70%: "As One" To the Editor, The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what troubles…
"As One"
To the Editor,
The Nobel prize winner, Ellie Wiesel, once stated that 'we are defined by what troubles us.' If this is our moral philosophy, then Australia needs to wake up and smell the roses. What should trouble us, what should keep every member of Parliament awake until the early hours of the morning, is the systematic breakdown of the Australian Dream.
While you may be sitting inside, blanketed from the chaos outside, young Australians are struggling to find a mean of shelter. Since the age of 10, I have been told to save up. Prepare for the future. Financial worry hung upon the shoulders of a little girl too young to understand what a mortgage was. Worries of belonging, school, exercise, clothes and friends stacked higher like layers on a cake. The cherry on top, shelter.
Repeat that out loud again. Shelter. A basic human right. Meanwhile Australia prides itself on being a progressive 1st world country, and yet we worry about housing. We see that thousands move to Australia every year, but our right to shelter still remains a priority. For so long, the Australian Dream to own a home was attainable. Now, it drifts further and further from reach. Every year, the statistic of people renting grows, like poison ivy, diminishing the people who own a home. This is our pain, our struggle.
Wiesel's philosophy suggests that our moral standing is shaped by our willingness to respond to the struggle of others. Today, that struggle has formed into a normality, at every auction which draws tens to hundreds of people, desperate to get a foot in the door. Where thirty year-olds wonder if they will ever know the dignity of a front door key that belongs to them. Just to have the door of interest and debt slam into their face. And yet where is the help? What are our government doing?
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Title: ‘Refuse and Redirect’ Stimulus…
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 95%: Refuse and redirect MONOLOGUE REFLECTIVE-EXPRESSIVE What am I to you, just another yellow chink overpopulating…
Refuse and redirect MONOLOGUE REFLECTIVE-EXPRESSIVE
What am I to you, just another yellow chink overpopulating Australia? Even after helping to establish such a strong, growing country with multiculturalism over the years you think we are some aliens. We aren’t “stealing jobs”, we are simply just living our lives, with hard work and making something of ourselves. Many of us come from war torn countries, countries where women have less rights, or maybe just out of love for Australia, yet we get treated with discrimination and disgust. Oh, how it is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end, “welcomed” into a country with freedom, rights and hope for a good life, silently being judged and hated on, just for being who we are, I am fed up, we are fed up. We aren’t going to be your slave by being obedient to everything. Disobedience is the evident form of liberty. Whether you like it or not, we will not stand for this.
“Where are you actually from?”
“Go back to where you came from”
“Why do you eat rice every day?”
“Why do your eyes look so weird”
“Open your eyes” there’s a wall there” “can you see it?”, was what I was told, simply walking out of school one day, I was 14, they were 13. Teach your child some decency and manners. Young kids, highschoolers, adults, all ready to rein us in. This isn’t the country I thought I was born into. It’s not embarrassing for us to be different, it’s embarrassing for you to believe that how you act is acceptable. Embarrassing for your family, friends, relatives, embarrassing for Australians, embarrassing for Australia. The holocaust. Nazis discriminated against Jewish people, the only difference with you is that it’s that subtle shit. Toxic, spreading like a new “joke” or “trend”. Sometimes not everyone knows how racist you are, you’re afraid of getting called out one day, and getting cancelled or frowned upon. If you know it’s the wrong thing to do, then just don’t do it.
“She has slits for eyes”
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Creative Response: Crafting texts - protest blog
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 80%: 2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. We are the nameless ten Million, our voices shouting…
2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. We are the nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the oppressed. Major media organisations kept their lens firmly cast on our mass outrage. All against the backdrop of a potential Iraq Invasion. March 20th 2003. The boardroom of political leaders had finalised a transactional deal for an Iraq invasion. March 20th 2026. Populist anti-war sentiment has fragmented against the boardroom. This is our world; 23 years on from the Iraq Anti-war protests.
At its core, this protest’s legacy challenges the notion that protest was an effective tool. The hand drawn signs and voices fail in sharp contrast to the legislation that pushed troops forward. 23 years on, how did our solidarity of over ten million around the globe collect to simply sit there and do nothing?
Despite 23 years passing, and the shadow of looming forever wars, the demonstration has not been forgotten. There is vast importance in the protests. It declared a world without war to be a possibility. A world-wide radical act of asking citizens, not merely to participate in a march but instead to imagine. That is an act of protest in itself. It altered the blueprint of protest and embedded it into the imagination of civilians. It was a radical act that folded itself the minds of those who marched.
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Creative Response: Crafting texts - protest blog
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 80%: 2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the…
2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the oppressed. Major media organisations kept their lens firmly cast on our mass outrage. All against the backdrop of a potential Iraq Invasion. March 20th 2003. The boardroom of political leaders had finalised a transactional deal for an Iraq invasion. March 20th 2026. Populist anti-war sentiment has fragmented against the boardroom. This is our world; 23 years on from the Iraq Anti-war protests.
At its core, this protest’s legacy challenges the notion that protest was an effective tool. The hand drawn signs and voices fail in sharp contrast to the legislation that pushed troops forward. 23 years on, how did our solidarity of over ten million around the globe collect to simply sit there and do nothing?
Despite 23 years passing, and the shadow of looming forever wars, the demonstration has not been forgotten. There is vast importance in the protests. It declared a world without war to be a possibility. A world-wide radical act of asking citizens, not merely to participate in a march but instead to imagine. That is an act of protest in itself. It altered the blueprint of protest and embedded it into the imagination of civilians. It was a radical act that folded itself the minds of those who marched.
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Creative Response: Crafting texts - protest blog
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 80%: 2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the…
2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the oppressed. Major media organisations kept their lens firmly cast on our mass outrage. All against the backdrop of a potential Iraq Invasion. March 20th 2003. The boardroom of political leaders had finalised a transactional deal for an Iraq invasion. March 20th 2026. Populist anti-war sentiment has fragmented against the boardroom. This is our world; 23 years on from the Iraq Anti-war protests.
At its core, this protest’s legacy challenges the notion that protest was an effective tool. The hand drawn signs and voices fail in sharp contrast to the legislation that pushed troops forward. 23 years on, how did our solidarity of over ten million around the globe collect to simply sit there and do nothing?
Despite 23 years passing, and the shadow of looming forever wars, the demonstration has not been forgotten. There is vast importance in the protests. It declared a world without war to be a possibility. A world-wide radical act of asking citizens, not merely to participate in a march but instead to imagine. That is an act of protest in itself. It altered the blueprint of protest and embedded it into the imagination of civilians. It was a radical act that folded itself the minds of those who marched.
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Crafting texts - protest blog
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 70%: 2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the…
2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the oppressed. Major media organisations kept their lens firmly cast on our mass outrage. All against the backdrop of a potential Iraq Invasion. March 20th 2003. The boardroom of political leaders had finalised a transactional deal for an Iraq invasion. March 20th 2026. Populist anti-war sentiment has fragmented against the boardroom. This is our world; 23 years on from the Iraq Anti-war protests.
At its core, this protest’s legacy challenges the notion that protest was an effective tool. The hand drawn signs and voices fail in sharp contrast to the legislation that pushed troops forward. 23 years on, how did our solidarity of over ten million around the globe collect to simply sit there and do nothing?
Despite 23 years passing, and the shadow of looming forever wars, the demonstration has not been forgotten. There is vast importance in the protests. It declared a world without war to be a possibility. A world-wide radical act of asking citizens, not merely to participate in a march but instead to imagine. That is an act of protest in itself. It altered the blueprint of protest and embedding it into the imagination of civilians. It was a radical act folded into the minds of those who marched.
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Crafting texts - protest blog
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 70%: 2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the…
2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the oppressed. Major media organisations kept their lens firmly cast on our mass outrage. All against the backdrop of a potential Iraq Invasion. March 20th 2003. The boardroom of political leaders had finalised a transactional deal for an Iraq invasion. March 20th 2026. Populist anti-war sentiment has fragmented against the boardroom. This is our world; 23 years on from the Iraq Anti-war protests.
At its core, this protest’s legacy challenges the notion that protest was an effective tool. The hand drawn signs and voices fail in sharp contrast to the legislation that pushed troops forward. 23 years on, how did our solidarity of over ten million around the globe collect to simply sit there and do nothing?
Despite 23 years passing, and the shadow of looming forever wars, the demonstration has not been forgotten. There is vast importance in the protests. It declared a world without war to be a possibility. A world-wide radical act of asking citizens, not merely to participate in a march but instead to imagine. That is an act of protest in itself. It altered the blueprint of protest and embedding it into the imagination of civilians. It was a radical act folded into the minds of those who marched.
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Crafting texts - protest blog
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 67.5%: 2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the…
2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the oppressed. Major media organisations kept their lens firmly cast on our mass outrage. All against the backdrop of a potential Iraq Invasion. March 20th 2003. The boardroom of political leaders had finalised a transactional deal for an Iraq invasion. March 20th 2026. Populist anti-war sentiment has fragmented against the boardroom. This is our world; 23 years on from the Iraq Anti-war protests.
At its core, this protest’s legacy challenges the notion that protest was an effective tool. The hand drawn signs and voices fail in sharp contrast to the legislation that pushed troops forward. 23 years on, how did our solidarity of over ten million around the globe collect to simply sit there and do nothing?
Despite 23 years passing, and the shadow of looming forever wars, the demonstration has not been forgotten. There is vast importance in the protests. It declared a world without war to be a possibility. A world-wide radical act of asking citizens; not merely to participate in a march but instead to imagine. That is an act of protest in itself. It altered the blueprint of protest and embedding it into the imagination of civilians. It was a radical act folded into the minds of those who marched.
VCE · Creative Response
Creative Response: Crafting texts - protest blog
VCE Creative Response essay scoring 65%: 2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the…
2003. Almost every major city in the global West gathered. Nameless ten Million, our voices shouting for the oppressed. Major media organisations kept their lens firmly cast on our mass outrage. All against the backdrop of a potential Iraq Invasion. March 20th 2003. The boardroom of political leaders had finalised a transactional deal for an Iraq invasion. March 20th 2026. Populist anti-war sentiment has fragmented against the boardroom. This is our world; 23 years on from the Iraq Anti-war protests.
At its core, this protest’s legacy challenges the notion that protest was an effective tool. The hand drawn signs and voices fail in sharp contrast to the legislation that pushed troops forward. 23 years on. How did our solidarity of over ten million around the globe collect to simply sit there and do nothing? Our voices were silenced.
Despite 23 years passing, and the shadow of looming forever wars, the demonstration has not been forgotten. There is vast importance in the protests. It declared a world without war to be a possibility. A world-wide radical act of asking citizens; not merely to participate in a march but instead to imagine. That is an act of protest in itself. It altered the blueprint of protest and embedding it into the imagination of civilians. It was a radical act folded into the minds of those who marched.