Reviews Blood On The Tracks Town Where Time Stands Still
Uploaded by joeydaprof on Jun 12, 2006
Blood On The Tracks
Blood On The Tracks is an extract taken from an article in Metro Magazine. It is targeted at an intellectual audience hence it offers valuable insights into meaning in media-based texts. This article investigates the notion of the road metaphor being a major element in any type of journey.
The text opens in an analytical tone; “the road metaphor is significant in many ways”, an authoritative statement which presents the subject of the article. The sophisticated style of writing and the use of critical language allows the reader to engage in the text as the composer explores the notion road metaphor.
The first paragraph demonstrates the significance of the road metaphor describing a road as something which “cuts across…nature and culture”, and “enabling a way”. This positive tone challenges the responder’s imagination and in doing so allows the responder to portray the road metaphor positively. By describing a dilemma as “a life as a crossroad”, the composer is able to through the use of imagination to make a metaphorical connection between life and a road, reinforcing its significance.
In the second paragraph, the composer cites examples of the significance of the road metaphor in a long list of genres and example texts, demonstrating the extent to which the road metaphor is significant in various texts throughout time. Describing it as “embedded within…ourselves” and having “paved the way”, the composer reinforces to the responder her perception of the road metaphor as a powerful motif.
It is followed by an analysis of Beneath Clouds; an Australian film that the composer perhaps feels is undervalued, debating the notion that it appears to be “a deceptively simple narrative”. Describing it as “hardly groundbreaking in terms of style or approach”, she then points out that it “nonetheless manages to blaze its own trail within Australian cinema”. The word “blaze” connotes speed, and reflects the composer’s personal opinion of it. The metaphorical journey is then explained, describing the characters as “travellers heading for the borders of their respective identities”. Through this the responders begin to use their imagination to absorb the context and claims made by the reviewer.
The Town Where Time Stands Still
This short extract of The Town Where Time Stands Still by Geok Lim relates well to the concept of journey. It uses formal and complex language to discuss the motivations behind travelling.
Lim believes that a combined motive of the search for the...