Chapter 1 When despair crawls out from all corners of the night, when the cold moves in only to meet the warmth of my blood, when my soul quivers at the thought of distant memories, I shudder and say one word with every heartbeat, every pulse, every piece of my soul- liberation. The dawning sun […]
Directors Intention: The power ideas hold and their ability to shape society “We are told to remember the idea, not the man because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world” – Evey Hammond. In the critically acclaimed dystopian […]
Literature tends to represent our flawed past and acts as a warning to us in a futuristic context. When writing “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Margaret Atwood said, “I made a rule for myself: I would not include anything that human beings had not already done in some other place or time, or for which the technology […]
Dulce et Decorum est “It is sweet and fitting to die for ones country” “Dulce et Decorum est”, written by Wilfred Owen utilises language techniques to create an image for the reader about”the great war”. The reader will realise the atrocity of war through the way Owen conveys how integrity and patriotism shouldn’t be idolised […]
In the film “The Fault in Our Stars”, directed by Josh Boone we are introduced to two cancer patients who fall in love after meeting in their cancer support group. As the reader we are brought through the challenges and fear of both cancer and love. Ultimately from this novel I learnt to enjoy life […]
A child’s maturation depends on their experiences and the choices they act upon them. In the “Book Thief”, by Markus Zusak, Liesel chooses to read texts which influence her personal experiences. She chooses her likes, dislikes and how to react in times of conflict as part of her maturation. As the reader we are brought […]
In the “Doll’s House”, by Katherine Mansfield the idea of discrimination and the importance of equality is expressed throughout her short story. This is done by use of dialog between social classes based in the 1920s. This allowed me to obtain contrast between both adult and child narrative voices, allowing me to experience both opinions […]
Analyse how language features revealed the writer’s purpose in the written text(s). A child’s maturation is the emergence of personal and behavioural characteristics dependent on their experiences through the process of growth. In the “Book Thief”, by Markus Zusak, Liesel chooses to read texts which influence her personal experiences. She chooses her likes, dislikes and how […]
In the book, “On the train”, written by Fiona Kidman we are introduced to the view points of a man named Dick, who has down syndrome, the book reveals the seperation Dick feels and how all he wants is love and acceptance. Throughout the short story I see Kidman develop the idea of discrimination against […]
Analyse how language features revealed the writer’s purpose in the written text(s). The books (symbols) reveal the writers purpose to show Liesels maturation as she reads each one. 1. Grave diggers handbook – disposition and experiences -represents great loss, great sorrow, and her feelings of abandonment. -It represents the end of one phase of her […]