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… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

‘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… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

‘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… Continue Reading →