
2.4 Wilfred Owen essay task: Dulce et decorum est, Anthem of doomed
Wilfred Owen uses different language techniques throughout his poem ‘Dulce et decorum set,’ and ‘Anthem of doomed,’ to raise awareness of the limited human rights soldiers had during World War One, between 1914-18. He also …

Reading Response 6: To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Harper Lee’s “To kill a Mockingbird,” is a challenging book, which encounters many different perspectives on race, feminism, and bringing up two children as a solo parent. This book is told from a first person …

Reading response 5: Last Chance U
“Last chance U,” directed by Greg Whitely and Adam Ridley is a documentary confronting everything around football, indicating how much it can change someones life. The documentary follows a season of football with the East …

Practice Essay
4. Analyse how language features revealed the writer’s purpose in the written text(s). 3 Points Purpose was to show setting, emotion, and the feeling and description of the perspective the book is told from which is …

The Maturation of Liesel Meminger
1) Initially what would you imagine a person who steals books to be like? Untrustworthy? Mysterious? Evil? How does Liesel differ from your initial notions of who a “book thief would be”? Ive never really imagined …

Reading response 4: The Fat Boy, Owen Marshall
Owen Marshall’s short story, “The Fat Boy,” displays an unknown ‘ fat boy,’ who is constantly seen throughout town, only when crimes have or are about to happen. It has a common symbol and is …

Reading response 3: Prince Valiant – Owen Marshall
Owen Marshall’s short story “Prince Valiant,” is a very confronting story for any reader based around a stereotypical farmer in New Zealand. The novel could be broken into sections firstly the author describing the classic …

The prologue: Colour imagery
Question One: White is represented to be the snowy weather and the coldness of the event that is taking place. This colour imagery makes me think everyone is very cold and the characters have a …

Narration of Death
Markus Zusak has clever used Death as the narrator of the text, hinting its mindset and personality throughout the text. For example during the beginning of the text he says “You will know me well enough …