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Of mice and men -notes

Discrimination: -Disrespect of women-treated as sexual objects, and didn’t have the same rights as men, for example we are not given a name for Curly’s wife, she is just called ‘Curly’s Wife’, showing that at the time women were thought… Continue Reading →

Notable themes to look for in ‘Of Mice and Men’

Friendship/the value of friendship The effect of isolation Presentation of characters

Salinas river area

“Agriculture dominates the economy of the valley. Promoters call the Salinas Valley “the Salad Bowl of the World”for the production of lettuce, broccoli, peppers and numerous other crops. The climate is also ideal for the floral industry and grape vineyards… Continue Reading →

Futility by Wilfred Owen – analysis

Wilfred Owen’s poem is questioning the hopelessness of war – what is the purpose of mankind if we are only going to destroy ourselves? The poem also questions god; why did god create us, and if he is omnipotent and… Continue Reading →

‘Come on, Come back’ by Stevie Smith – poem story

Vaudevue, a female soldier is fleeing for her life across the feilds of Austerlitz after escaping ‘ML5’, possibly a form of extermination gas. Despite escaping, she is not entirely sane. She sits on the ground on a rock, on a… Continue Reading →

Come on, come back – information, ideas and understanding it

INFORMATION ‘Austerlitz’: the poet imagines a future battle on an old battleground. Austerlitz is now in the Czech Republic, but in 1805 it was in Austria. It was here that Napoleon and his French troops defeated the armies of Russia… Continue Reading →

Poetic device featuring in the poem ‘9/11: Out of the Blue’ by Simon Armatige

The author has used future tenseĀ interrogatives to create a pathos of sheer hopelessness, due to the fact that the reader or listener already has a foresight into the fate of the character. For instance the line “So when will you… Continue Reading →

Spoken Language Study assessment 2012 FINAL PIECE.

Assessment The English language is an enormous, flowing language, with all sorts of creative aspects and devices. Creativity in the English language is evident through use of text speech, occurring due to the lack of paralinguistic features in addition to… Continue Reading →

GCSE assessment October 2012 day 2

Assessment The English language is an enormous, flowing language, with all sorts of creative aspects and devices. Creativity in the English language is evident through use of text speech, occurring due to the lack of paralinguistic features in addition to… Continue Reading →

GCSE assessment day 1

Assessment The English language is an enormous, flowing language, with all sorts of creative aspects and devices. Creativity in the English language is evident through use of text speech, occurring due to the lack of paralinguistic features in addition to… Continue Reading →

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