ENGLISH EXTENSION 1

Ways of Thinking
Key Terminology

Paradigm
o An accepted way of thinking

Elective: After the Bomb

Context
o Period: 6/8/1945 to Collapse of the Berlin War
o After the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
o Paradigm changes
Mortality
Total Annihilation without memory or trace
Mutually Assured Destruction
Human Shadows
The markings left by the vaporization of humans
Develops and influences writings
o Existentialism
o Nihilism
o Absurdism

PARADIGMS

Scientific Paradigms
o Military-Industrial Complex
The fusion and interrelationship between USA military and
science started and increased during the cold war

HSC Examination

One two hour examination

o Two Sections
Creative/Imaginative writing
Critical Essay
o One hour per section as opposed to 40 min per section in English
Advanced.

Aim for 1500 words per paper