How does the present interact with the past in Coming Home? by Kate Johnson https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn Year 12 Literature en-us 2021-09-08 14:58:54 UTC 2026-01-07 11:20:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f928.png Instructions: KateJohnson https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1725168847 On the Padlet wall, brainstorm your responses to the question:

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]]> 2021-09-08 15:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1725168847 Set design KateJohnson https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726372239 House set up for Veronica's childhood at the beginning. Importance of Oupa's mug on the nail by the door - becomes Alfred's. Symbol of home.]]> 2021-09-09 00:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726372239 Nostalgia KateJohnson https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726373907 Whose? for what?

Is Veronica trying to reconstruct the past, or change it when she comes home?]]> 2021-09-09 00:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726373907 P76 Oupa enters through the door https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726377248 Base one the truth that Oupa is dead already in the present, this conversation between Veronica and Oupa is a connection between the present and the past.
-a chance for Veronica to explain her purpose in going to Cape Town and her remorse of leaving the hometown and never coming back before Oupa dies.]]> 2021-09-09 00:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726377248 Alfred KateJohnson https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726377453 Memory seems important to him. Why?]]> 2021-09-09 00:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726377453 Motif https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726378578 Pumpkin seed
Past: Oupa plants pumpkin seeds and wait for them to grow, calls it "little miracle".
Present: Veronica resonates with Oupa when she had Mannetjie.
- used repeatedly throughout the play in order to represent the hope from the past that continues into the present.]]> 2021-09-09 00:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726378578 Oupa's appearence https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726380051 after knowing that Oupa is dead, Veronica felt sorry for not coming back earlier. Then she imagined a figure of Oupa and started to chat with him. Shows that when Veronica is helpless and tired, she think of Oupa first.]]> 2021-09-09 00:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726380051 Singing KateJohnson https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726380836 Veronica's childhood dream
Did Veronica ever gave up her dream? How does singing show her character development?]]> 2021-09-09 00:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726380836 childhood memories with Oupa https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726382422 2021-09-09 00:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726382422 Alfred's memory with Oupa https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726383139 2021-09-09 00:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726383139 Childhood Dreams https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726383839 Veronica: singing
- went to Cape Town, tend to achieve her dream
- Alfred mentioned about Veronica always want to sing

Alfred: buy a red bicycle
- Veronica made a song for Alfred and his red bicycle

How does Veronica and Alfred's attitude toward their dreams show the impact of their past experience and the reality faced by their society?]]> 2021-09-09 00:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726383839 AIDS https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726383934 What is the influence of Veronica's death? Does her death show the tragic cycle never stop in the society?]]> 2021-09-09 00:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726383934 Confessions KateJohnson https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726384096 Facing the past
Veronica and Alfred]]> 2021-09-09 00:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726384096 Oupa's pumpkins https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726384173 Pumpkin seeds symbolise different things for different characters, so can they be seen as Oupa's heritage passed on in a sense?

Also Alfred mentions that when the frost came, Oupa smiled because a little pumpkin survived the weather. Considering that Veronica sees Mannetjie as a miracle just like pumpkin seeds, could the two be connected in a way?]]> 2021-09-09 00:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726384173 Veronica's life in Cape town https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726384775 2021-09-09 00:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726384775 Countryside / Context KateJohnson https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726392295 2021-09-09 00:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726392295 Oupa's House https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726395821 In what ways does Oupa's house connect the past to the present?]]> 2021-09-09 00:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726395821 Character development https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726400554 Alfred and Veronica grew up in the same village but became very different adults. How does this show the significance of their past? ]]> 2021-09-09 00:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1726400554 Present & Past-Oupa https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1730044401 2021-09-10 04:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1730044401 https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1730045547 2021-09-10 04:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1730045547 Set Design Presentation KateJohnson https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1730051085 2021-09-10 04:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/KateJohnson/5pv2odxpuou5yawn/wish/1730051085