Transcript The Simple Gift – Essay Prep

Steven Herrick’s “The Simple Gift” highlights the
importance of spiritual wealth in the formation of identity.
Explain.
Having an abundance of non-material
riches associated with the soul. For
example relationships, beliefs
Condition of being oneself,
continuity in personality over
time.
Now we come up with our contention
What is our answer to this question?
Here is mine.
In “The Simple Gift” meaningful relationships
develop characters sense of self through the
implication of worth.
Time to have a go and come up with your
own. Remember you need to be able to
support it with the text.
Use what you have learned, Save you it Can.
Now we plan the rest of
our Essay
Introduction
• Contention – Done
Body Paragraphs
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Topic Sentence
Evidence
Explanation
Link
Conclusion
• Link
Planning Body Paragraphs
Topic Sentence and Evidence
0 Questions you need to answer:
0 What points can you make that support our contention?
0 What evidence (quotes, examples) can you use from the
text?
0 Caitlin finds an identity from her relationship with Billy
because her parents do not provide her with a sense of
worth.
0 Pages 88, 107, 190, 36
0 “ I can’t wait for University”
0 “none of this means anything”
0 Old Bill gradually regains a sense of his former self through
his relationship with Billy and the adoption of a paternal
role.
0 Page 72
0 Pages 159 – 169
0 Billy’s identity and values are clearly emphasised through the
heroic roll provided his relationship with Old Bill.
0 Page 85
What it needs to do:
1. Introduce the Text
2. Contention
3. Introduction of body
Steven Herrick’s humbling verse novel “The Simple Gift” is
the story of sixteen year old Billy Luckett who willingly
embraces homelessness after fleeing his drunken father. His
escape leads to the town of Bendarat where he quickly forms
meaningful relationships with two individuals from vastly
different pockets of society. These emotional connections act to
develop a distinct sense of self present in all three principle
characters through the creation of a clear feeling of worth. For
Billy this involves the fulfilment of his values realised in his
relationship with Old Bill where as the more clearly defined
purpose that he’s presence gives Caitlin allows both to mature a
clear sense of identity as they grow in the coarse of the novel. In
contrast Old Bill has lost his identity when he meets Billy at the
Bendarat “Hilton” and it is only through the adoption of
forgotten paternal instincts in their relationship that he
recaptures his sense of self.
Intro of text
Steven Herrick’s humbling verse novel “The Simple Gift” is the story
of sixteen year old Billy Luckett who willingly embraces homelessness
after fleeing his drunken father. His escape leads to the town of
Bendarat where he quickly forms meaningful relationships with two
individuals from vastly different pockets of society.
These emotional connections act to develop a distinct sense of self
present in all three principle characters through the creation of a clear
feeling of worth.
CONTENTION
For Billy this involves the fulfilment of his values realised in his
relationship with Old Bill where as the more clearly defined purpose
that he’s presence gives Caitlin allows both to mature a clear sense of
identity as they grow in the coarse of the novel. In contrast Old Bill has
lost his identity when he meets Billy at the Bendarat “Hilton” and it is
only through the adoption of forgotten paternal instincts in their
relationship that he recaptures his sense of self.
Introduction of Body