Sixty Lights

Introduction

Global. Sixty Lights is a layered meditation on loss and grief and of finding joy in unexpected flashes, it is a passionate and somehow lonely book about the in-between parts of life; which are ultimately flawed. The novel dives into the life of Lucy Strange, an independent girl growing up in the Victorian world who moves between Australia, England and India, fascinated by light and photography - touching the lives of all that know her. Thesis. 3 points.

Global for structure and language

Prose serves as a judgement of individual experiences, enhanced through its technical devices.

Global for structure

Prose serves as a judgement of individual experiences, enhanced through its structure.

Global for POV

Focalising on a variety of perspectives functions to develop themes and meanings in a novel.

Global for reading strategy

Readers are able to discover meanings and ideas by applying different strategies.

4 ideas

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Development from child to adulthood quotes

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Celebrating imperfections/maculate world quotes

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Exercising choice regardless of circumstance quotes

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Grief/trauma quotes

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POV question - The 3 ideas you will use and how

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Structure question - The 3 ideas you will use and how

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Language question - The 3 ideas you will use and how

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Reading strategy question - The 3 ideas you will use and how

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Audience Expectations for Sixty Lights

I expected Lucy to - Continue to feel the same way for Mrs Minchin- Not have a passion for the downfalls of the world - like many of her time did - Be shaped by her own circumstances and expectations/restrictions for women - Be changed by her loss, that it would damage her - this was fulfilled/highlighted

Context

Production context is evident given Lucy pursues her own passions, unlike the women of her time who were restricted by their family role.