Paper 1 Reflection
I feel like this practice paper 1 went fairly well. I was able to describe the two texts in detail, and effectively analyze the similarities and differences between them. These two texts were somewhat easy to compare, due to them focusing on the same specific issue and both being somewhat concise in their storytelling. In my paper, I focused on the texts’ focus on gender stereotyping, particularly of young girls, during the 1980s, when these texts were written. Overall, I feel like I was able to write a relatively effective paper, and feel generally confident about writing similar papers in the future. Text 1 was a cartoon depicting a conversation between a new mother and a nurse where the nurse assumes the mother's baby's gender through its stereotypical features. Due to the visual style of this text, it was somewhat easy to analyze. The style of the characters, as well as the exaggerated emotions expressed by th...
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