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Of mice and men- curleys wife quick analysis

Focus on characterisation (1) select a character (2) find a key quotation that you think sums up there character (3) select one line of physical description that defines them in your mind (4) find a quote by another character that… Continue Reading →

Annotations of “of mice and men”

Poor respect for women. Immense disrespect for black people Steinbeck constantly repeats the fact that Lenny must return to the brush if he gets in trouble. Curley’s wife isn’t named at the start, her name is not used by anyone…. Continue Reading →

Theme Study

Provisional Theme: The Nature of the Human Soul

Controlled Assessment: Spoken Language Study

Comment: This essay demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the subtleties of spoken and text-based communication. It also communicates, in many cases, with clarity and precision – allowing you to express a wide range of ideas, and to extend and develop… Continue Reading →

Futility poem

Futility, by the poet Wilfred Owen is an exploration of the question ‘what is our purpose?’. Owen tries to suggest that surely our purpose isn’t to kill each other in war. He personifies the sun describing it as a kind… Continue Reading →

Next to of course god America I

Next of course god America I is a poem that lists things about the authors home country, the United States. At first he seems to be praising his country but it soon becomes evident with re reading that the poem… Continue Reading →

Analysis of the extract from out of the blue by Simon Armitage

This poem has a deep sense of pathos and dramatic irony, for example in previous stanzas it is mentioned that the main character has died, as evidenced by the quote ” All lost in dust “. Also as this is… Continue Reading →

You left this in class today…

my essay day two

Assessment: Spoken Language study Explore the view that speaking, and/ or web based interactions can be very creative form of language use.   Spoken and text language are very creative forms of language, using nuances and other language features, such… Continue Reading →

My essay first day

Assessment: Spoken Language study Explore the view that speaking, and/ or web based interactions can be very creative form of language use.   Spoken and text language are very creative forms of language, using nuances and other language features, such… Continue Reading →

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