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… Continue Reading →

‘Cant blame a person for lookin” Curley’s wife is portrayed as acting in a flirtatious manner, as shown by this quote, and due to her being the wife of Curley – the farm boss’s son – is treated with constant… Continue Reading →

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 →

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

“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 →

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 →