Billy elliot related text suggestions?? (1 Viewer)

[ihateenglish2]

recently my school gave me assignment for common module, the prescribed text is billy elliot and we have to present a 'ted talk' and relate to quote 'Our identity has already been chosen for us; but it's up to us to accept it - or fight and change it.'. Can anyone pls suggest me some related text which is short preferably?

 

[icycledough]

Some potential related texts you may want to use are:

• ‘Listening to Michael Jackson in Tehran’ by Ali Alizadeh
• Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Boy (Biography)
• Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin (Biography)
• The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
• Growing Up- U. A Fanthorpe (Poetry)
  

 

[amdspotter]

Some potential related texts you may want to use are:

• ‘Listening to Michael Jackson in Tehran’ by Ali Alizadeh
• Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Boy (Biography)
• Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin (Biography)
• The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
• Growing Up- U. A Fanthorpe (Poetry)

Hey m8 do you know of any good related texts for the same q but 1984

 

[ihateenglish2]

Some potential related texts you may want to use are:

• ‘Listening to Michael Jackson in Tehran’ by Ali Alizadeh
• Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Boy (Biography)
• Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin (Biography)
• The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
• Growing Up- U. A Fanthorpe (Poetry)

Thanks alot m8!!

 

[jimmysmith560]

Hey m8 do you know of any good related texts for the same q but 1984

Regarding 1984, you may wish to consider the following related material:

• Harrison Bergeron - a short story by Kurt Vonnegut
• Hotel Room, 12th Floor - a poem by Norman MacCaig
• Flowering Judas - a short story by Katherine Ann Porter
• The Handmaid's Tale - TV series by Bruce Miller
• If We Must Die - a poem by Claude McKay

 

[nebula_light14]

Some potential related texts you may want to use are:

• ‘Listening to Michael Jackson in Tehran’ by Ali Alizadeh
• Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Boy (Biography)
• Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin (Biography)
• The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
• Growing Up- U. A Fanthorpe (Poetry)

do you have a copy of the the poem Growing Up by any chance? or know where we can get it from?

 

[icycledough]

do you have a copy of the the poem Growing Up by any chance? or know where we can get it from?

No, sorry, I don't have a copy of the poem on me. I have tried looking it up on various websites but haven't been successful doing so; perhaps, you may be able to find it.

 

[ihateenglish2]

do you have a copy of the the poem Growing Up by any chance? or know where we can get it from?

I am also not able to find it, can someone tell where can we get it?