Around 1 page – or however much needed to answer the dotpoints. 1 paragraph for each dotpoints. Obviously you would have needed to have read The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara
—
– What aspects of social context are evident in The Motorcycle Diaries (education, work, family relationships and friendships – professional or personal, leisure etc.)?
– What cultural contexts are engaged with in your text? (may include traditions, heritage, language, celebrations, rituals, identity, religious beliefs, food, clothing)
– What is the political context? (Examine relationships of power, government power, bullying, force, demands, any character or indidiual that is forced or coerced into acting in a certain way or who is restricted from acting in a certain way by a higher power)
– What is the author’s historical context?
– What gender contexts are present in the text? (Examine the roles of males and females and whether they present stereotypes or challenge stereotypes).
– How has religious context influenced the writing of his text?
– What is the intellectual context explored in the text – ideas about life, philosophy – the big ideas the text deals with?
