Module B: On Not Winning the Nobel Prize 2008

Question 1

lessing conveys that addressing injustice can only

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occur through action.

Question 2

In the anecdote of her visit to a school in Zimbabwe,

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“Everyone [she] met, everyone, begged for books”

Question 3

“Everyone [she] met, everyone, begged for books”

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alliteration and hyperbole

Question 4

Effect
In the anecdote of her visit to a school in Zimbabwe, “Everyone [she] met, everyone, begged for books” alliteration and hyperbole

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reveals their hunger for knowledge, in the face of their debilitating poverty.

Question 5

In the anecdote of her visit to a “very good school” in North London with
“beautiful buildings”,

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Alliteration

Juxtaposition through contrasting anecdotes

Question 6

Effect
In the anecdote of her visit to a “very good school” in North London with
“beautiful buildings”,

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Juxtaposition & alliteration expose the inequality between the two nations.

Question 7

Her conversation with a teacher who states

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“You know how it is… A lot of the boys have never read….”,

Question 8

Her conversation with a teacher who states “You know how it is… A lot of the boys have never read….”,

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Direct quotation, colloquial language

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effect

Her conversation with a teacher who states “You know how it is… A lot of the boys have never read….”,

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Enhances this theme through portraying western society’s growing disinterest in literature.

Question 10

“he storyteller is deep inside every one of us”

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in speech’s peroration, inclusive language

Question 11

Effect “he storyteller is deep inside every one of us”

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Engages the audience highlighting that sharing stories is an integral part of the human experience.

Question 12

“it is our imaginations which shape us, keep us, create us- for good and for ill.”

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epistrophe of ‘us’ and emotive language

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Effect “it is our imaginations which shape us, keep us, create us- for good and for ill.”

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Creates a sense of unity and highlights the importance of free thinking in defining us.

Question 14

It is the story teller… our phoenix, that represents us at our best, and at our most creative”

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Analogy, figurative language

Question 15

Effect

It is the story teller… our phoenix, that represents us at our best, and at our most creative”

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Conveying that the best of humanity derives from our ability to communicate our experiences through story. Ironically, Lessing is achieving this in her speech, using stories to connect to and better the lives of others. She challenges others to do the same. This not only appeals to Ethos but enhances her credibility as a prominent figure.

Question 16

Conveying that the best of humanity derives from our ability to communicate our experiences through story. Ironically, Lessing is achieving this in her speech, using stories to connect to and better the lives of others. She challenges others to do the same. This not only appeals to Ethos but enhances her credibility as a prominent figure.

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She challenges others to do the same. This not only appeals to Ethos but enhances her credibility as a prominent figure.

Question 17

Conveying that the best of humanity derives from our ability to communicate our experiences through story. Ironically,

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Lessing is achieving this in her speech, using stories to connect to and better the lives of others…

Question 18

Effect “I think it is the women who were talking about…. an education when they had not eaten for three days, that may yet define us.”

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Candid tone, reiterates her sincerity as she ends on a note of hope in that the utter hunger for education and literature might return, improving our lives and our world.

Question 19

Candid tone, reiterates her sincerity as she ends on a note of hope in that the utter hunger for education and literature might return, improving our lives and our world.

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Effect “I think it is the women who were talking about…. an education when they had not eaten for three days, that may yet define us.”

Question 20

“She is reading slowly, mouthing the words”

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musical language

Question 21

likewise in her Nobel prize acceptance speech ‘On Not Winning the Nobel prize, acclaimed British author Doris Lessing selflessly

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uses her speech as a platform to address the disparity between 1st and 3rd world countries, through personal political and global lenses,

Question 22

Have you found that space…?

Into that space whish like a form of listening… will come the words…, ideas, inspiration”

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lyrical language and platonic dialogue

Question 23

Purpose of speech: to bring awareness to the privileged, wealthy societies

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to the extent of inequality that sill exists. Also to make the audience appreciate and possess again the desire for books and education, that only the developing world still possesses.

Question 24

Lessing delivered her speech not only to the Swedish Academy, but to the world.

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The prestige of the event and its international audience provided Lessing with a platform to express her ideas.