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Comparing ideas of identity and isolation in ‘Disabled and ‘Kamikaze’

I can compare the presentation of identity and isolation in Owen's ‘Disabled’ and Garland's ‘Kamikaze’.

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Comparing ideas of identity and isolation in ‘Disabled and ‘Kamikaze’

I can compare the presentation of identity and isolation in Owen's ‘Disabled’ and Garland's ‘Kamikaze’.

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Key learning points

  1. Both Owen and Garland suggest that war can mean the loss of one’s identity.
  2. Both Owen and Garland consider that returning from war can create a sense of isolation.
  3. Arguably, neither Owen nor Garland present the soldiers’ sacrifices as worthwhile.
  4. Owen explores how physical changes can be associated with this loss of identity and feelings of isolation.
  5. Garland explores how ideological changes can be associated with this loss of identity and feelings of isolation.

Keywords

  • Aftermath - the period that follows an unpleasant event or accident, and the effects that it causes

  • Isolation - the state of feeling alone and without friends or help

  • Ideological - based on or relating to a particular set of ideas or beliefs

  • Futile - achieving no result; not effective or successful

  • Ostracised - to be excluded from a society or group

Common misconception

A comparative response should only focus on the differences between two poems.

An effective comparative response considers the similarities between the poems as well as nuanced differences within those similarities.


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It would be useful to re-read Owen's 'Disabled' and Garland's 'Kamikaze' before this lesson.
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  • Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following comparative conjunctions would you use to show a difference between one thing and another?
similarly
Correct answer: alternatively
Correct answer: contrastingly
likewise
Q2.
Which of the following is an accurate summary of Owen's 'Disabled'?
Correct answer: The poem depicts an injured soldier in the aftermath of war.
The poem depicts a father returning home in the aftermath of war.
The poem depicts a mother waiting for her son to return from war.
Q3.
Which of the following is an accurate summary of Garland's 'Kamikaze'?
The poem is about a successful Kamikaze pilot and his family's reaction to him.
Correct answer: The poem is about a failed Kamikaze pilot and his family's reaction to him.
The poem is about a Kamikaze pilot wondering whether to complete his mission.
Q4.
In an analytical essay, which of the following is the definition of a thesis statement?
explains the focus of the individual paragraph
summarises the individual paragraph
Correct answer: explains the overarching argument
Q5.
'The state of feeling alone and without friends or help' is the definition of which word beginning with 'i'?
Correct Answer: isolation, isolated, Isolation
Q6.
'The period that follows an unpleasant event or accident, and the effects that it causes' is the definition of which word beginning with 'a'?
Correct Answer: aftermath, Aftermath

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following are similarities between Owen's 'Disabled' and Garland's 'Kamikaze'?
Correct answer: Both poems suggest that soldiers feel isolated in the aftermath of war.
Both poems suggest that soldiers feel proud in the aftermath of war.
Both poems suggest that soldiers feel angry in the aftermath of war.
Q2.
Arguably, both poems __________ the nature of war.
glorify
Correct answer: question
revere
Q3.
Place the elements of a comparative introduction in chronological order.
1 - sentence about both poems/poets exploring overarching similarity
2 - narrow down on the similarities in both poems in relation to big ideas
3 - specific thesis - nuanced differences within that similarity
Q4.
'Based on or relating to a particular set of ideas or beliefs' is the definition of which of the following?
geological
biological
Correct answer: ideological
pedagogical
Q5.
'Achieving no result; not effective or successful' is the definition of which word beginning with 'f'?
Correct Answer: futile, futility, Futile
Q6.
'To be excluded from a society or group' is the definition of which word beginning with 'o'?
Correct Answer: ostracised, ostracise, ostracising, Ostracised