Stand By Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (1 Viewer)

[maybelle6]

Hi people, i was wondering if anyone has used Stand By Me the movie as a related text for the journey topic for standard english...
Ive already posted sumthing on this but got no replies.. I am in serious need of help with this text as i have few notes... THANKS GUYS !!!!

 

[emma15677]

I'm usign it for physical journeys..it's pretty good

 

[maybelle6]

hey dude, thanks for the reply.. Do you have any notes you would be willing to send me on the text please???

 

[gracie007]

hey i used stand by me last year for hsc journeys...the only reason i used it was because i am in love with that movie, its the best..and because id seen it soo many times i knew it off by heart and knew so many quotes, so that was one less thing i had to study for if i used it in hte exam.
therefore, i dont have any notes i dont think. what was it u needed help with? are u doing standard or advanced?

 

[maybelle6]

hey i used stand by me last year for hsc journeys...the only reason i used it was because i am in love with that movie, its the best..and because id seen it soo many times i knew it off by heart and knew so many quotes, so that was one less thing i had to study for if i used it in hte exam.
therefore, i dont have any notes i dont think. what was it u needed help with? are u doing standard or advanced?

Hey thanks heaps for the reply..
Im in standard, i pretty much just need to get a grasp of how in ties together with the immigrant poems.. and i need a specific scene but im not sure which one to use.. Wat are the main points n quotes u think i should use???

 

[emma15677]

there's the use of narrator voice over when he compares his experiences to how he feels at present when comparing them to the past. also the use of symbolism - train tracks = new journey. various scenes include facing the thugs, jumpong off the bridge to avoid being hit by a train and not claiming the dead body show various concepts such as new experiences and growing and maturing within the friednship of the boys.

 

[ellen.louise]

We did it in class for change in year 11...

I don't know what happened to my notes though.

from what I remember there was:

themes of life and death (the body they go to find, the attitudes towards death, the protagonist's dead brother)

rites of passage: the boys were always scared of the teenagers but near to the end the protagonist stands up to them: this is symbolic of him becoming a man.

the train tracks as a metaphor for journey: especially diverging from the train tracks and entering the forest to take a 'short cut'

Personal voice

Cyclic structure to do with theme of life and death: the 'kid' is now an adult. I can't remember if with kids of his own?

 

[jodi..1]

Aww why couldn't I have read this thread earlier, just used it as a related text in my trials yesterday

 

[Briq.]

Wait, so we CAN use this for inner journey, right? I've been tossing up between a few movies, but all my sups. are pretty weak at the moment.