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My Greatest ambition
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Mind Map on My Greatest ambition, created by kitty.kat.k on 18/04/2014.
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My Greatest ambition
Opening
Persona
Comically frustrated by convetions
'only thing that was ever real to me'
Juxtaposes fictitious nature of comic strips
Joke = 'Lurie' is successful writer
Representation of Ambition
Escape childhood
Remain in private, imaginary world
Wild ambitions are more real
'dreamers!'
!=Comic disgust
Entirely perosnal
Conversational comic tone
'had any of them read a comic?'
Directly to reader
Comic fustration
'pronounced it not too bad'
Juxtaposes conclusion
Varied sentence structure
Reflects his thoughts
Short = Excitement
Childhood Vs. Adult world
Father represents cynicism of AW
'fifty times a night'
Mocks son
Aspirations
Suit, sarcastic
'a prince
Short, contrasts to time deciding
Bizarre tie
Comic image, juxtaposes language
'standing on tiptoe' 'yelled'
'any day will suit me fine'
Jumps to conclusions, pretending to be Adult
'full-time career'
'yes'
Repetition connotes momentous decision
Expectations (of office)
'ordinary'
Repetition conveys dissapointment
Naivety
Childish self-importance
The Interview
'surprised'
Comic misunderstanding about age
Elephant in the room
'ice cream'
'men in grey suits...three'
More suited to law
Short, child perspective
Overly polite
'please, please sit down'
Repetition, awkwardness
'uncomfortably smiling'
'snapped across the room like a bullet'
'blinding smile'
Attempt to hide nerves
'any old time'
Confident familiarity
Ironic, he's not in control
Ending
Ambition destroyed
Symbolised by magazine closing
'grew out of it'
Growing up=Giving up ambitions
'I had become a dreamer'
Breaks rhythn
Doesn't feel natural
'serious painter'
Ironic, unstable
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