Category: Communication

The flood lamps blinked on in a torrent of streaming bright light, illuminating the single dark track, walled on either side. At the finish a single box held seats, the remainder of the vast stadium empty. Footsteps echoed off the walls and three figures entered the solitary box via a previously unseen door, the light…

Looming out of the mist beyond the gateway, the battersea power station rose, it’s derilect chimneys no longer billowing smoke, it’s halls put to a new use. A better use. Two soldiers stood guard, in the shadows almost within touching distance of the monolithic building. A car drew up to the silent gateway, the driver…

Beyond the gateway, the great building loomed. Two soldiers waited by the bridges end, almost within touching distance of its walls. A car hovered over the security grid, the drivers ID being checked by the guard inside the booth. Two more soldiers waited between the car and the bridge, ready to stand by at a…

Explore the methods Steinbeck uses to demonstrate the effects of isolation on people in ‘Of Mice and Men’ ‘A few miles south of Soledad…’ Soledad. Solitude. Within the first line of John Steinbeck’s novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’, a major theme is subliminally established; ‘Soledad’ translating directly from Spanish as ‘Solitude’, essentially setting the book…

Explore the methods Steinbeck uses to demonstrate the effects of isolation on people in ‘Of Mice and Men’ ‘A few miles south of Soledad…’ Soledad. Solitude. Within the first line of John Steinbeck’s novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’, a major theme is subliminally established; ‘Soledad’ translating directly from Spanish as ‘Solitude’, essentially setting the book…

Explore the methods Steinbeck uses to demonstrate the effects of isolation on people in ‘Of Mice and Men’ ‘A few miles away from Soledad…’ Soledad. Solitude. Within the first line of John Steinbeck’s novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’, a major theme is subliminally established; ‘Soledad’ translating directly from Spanish as ‘Solitude’, essentially setting the book…

‘A few miles away from Soledad…’ Soledad. Solitude. Within the first line of John Steinbeck’s novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’, a major theme is subliminally established; ‘Soledad’ translating directly from Spanish as ‘Solitude’, essentially setting the book ‘A few miles away from solitude’. Demonstrated here is a key method Steinbeck has used to develop his…

To demonstrate the effects of isolation, a notable theme in of mice and men, Steinbeck uses the methods of setting, prejudice, foreshadowing, the destruction of dreams and weaknesses. Setting – Soledad, (foreshadowing) lonely setting Prejudice – Curley’s wife (anti feminism (?) all men scared) , crooks (racism, not allowed into bunk room etc…) Destruction of…

‘A few miles south of Soledad…’. Soledad. Solitude. Within the first page of John Steinbeck’s novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’, Steinbeck’s main theme, isolation, is subliminally made clear; Soledad translating directly from Spanish as ‘solitude’. Here, Steinbeck has used foreshadowing as a method to demonstrate the theme, essentially setting the whole book a few miles…

Hi Alex, I’m excited that you’ve selected Paradox as a focussing point for your theme study. I’ll include here some initial ideas for texts, plays, films and other media, and add to it over time. (Remember you can access the official outline and examples of prior students’ work here: http://waugh10.www.edutronic.net/category/theme-study/) Catch 22 – Cleverly suggested…