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12ENGA1 ENGLISH QUOTES FOR TRIALS 33381484

Havoc: A Life in Accidents

Themes:

Accidents

® His father’s encounters impact on the family

o Winton’s father’s crash, and Winton’s own crash.

Chaos

® Shaped by his father’s job and being a reckless teenager.

Vulnerability

® Negative experiences that stay with us and shape us, along with accepting and managing these experiences.

Summaries

Part One

® Motorcyclists overtook Winton and his father then came off of his bike, being injured.

Part Two

® Focuses on accidents – particularly his father’s work and then his accident, and how it affected his family.

Part Three

® Winton’s father returns to work after the accident and Winton becomes afraid of riding.

Part Four

® Winton reflects on his own accident then threw himself into his writing.

Part Five

® Winton witnesses a car accident.

Part Six

® Winton reflects on how people avoid trouble, but sometimes it still happens.

Rubric Links

Part One

® Allows us to see the world differently – as more fragile and precious – and reflect personally through empathy.

® Recognise the enduring negative experiences is an inevitable aspect of humanity.

Part Two

® Allows us to deepen our understanding of how texts represent the individual and collective human experiences and qualities.

Part Three

® Allows us to challenge assumptions and make informed judgements about how context can shape meaning.

Part Four

® Allows us to further explore representations of human experiences illuminated in texts.

Part Five

® Allows us to examine emotions that arise from experiences.

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