Further to my previous post, I have found myself once more, in the learning zone. Admittedly, not enamoured with ‘Things We Didn’t See Coming‘, arriving at an interpretation upon which to base my comparative thinking has been a little bit of a struggle. There goes my former boast about writing essays irrespective of the climatic conditions.
For the fourth time I have read the book, and finally a breakthrough. I’m a backwards planner and so I have started with a couple of essays to help me solidify my thinking about Amsterdam’s speculative fiction. I’m happy enough with my ideas but I know that there will be further percolation as I explore more deeply, what Amsterdam has to say. I’m quite comfortable with Ishiguro given that as a school, we have used ‘Never Let Me Go‘ as a pairing for the last little while. But there will be different comparative options that admittedly I will need to address.
Anyway…..for those of you wanting a little bit of help as we move into Unit 4, I have written two essays on this pairing. You will find them under the 2022 VCE Comparing Texts category.
