Major Essay Question: In the novel ‘Ransom’‚ Malouf provides us with characters‚ which each in their own way represent aspects of the heroic ideal. Discuss the statement in relation to Achilles and EITHER Somax or Priam. In your response you should consider how Malouf uses Language and other stylistic features to depict the different types of heroes presented. Quotes: Highlighted yellow Questionable quotes: Highlighted green Techniques: Highlighted light blue Questionable Techniques:
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QUESTTION: While "I’m Not Scared" revolves around the adult’s world of corruption and violence‚ it is essentially about the child’s world of friendship and betrayal.’ ANALYSIS: Niccolò Amminiti’s "I’m Not Scared" is s novel which explores the topics of friendship‚ loyalty‚ betrayal‚ violence and morality. Essentially‚ the story follows Michele’s innocent perception of an adult world‚ and his gradual spiral into a state of lost innocence caused by the very ones who are closest to him. Even
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Held to Ransom Alone and seemingly lost‚ I was heading down the street unaware of my destination. There was an elderly lady standing beside me‚ who‚ with immense concern‚ asked me “Where are you going?” I replied “I’m going for a stroll.” The sight of other people roaming the streets comforted me and gave me a sense of security. A colorful‚ vivid‚ neon sign reading “Game Lounge” just across the street took my heed‚ and intrigued me to go inside. As I began walking I fell headlong onto the sidewalk
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‘The true power of Priam’s vision lies in the fact that it challenges the will of the gods and asserts the agency of men.’ Discuss.In David Malouf’s Ransom‚ the fall of Hector‚ “the noblest warrior” in all of Troy‚ causes Priam to become certain of the atrocities soon to befall Troy and its citizens‚ infusing his responsibilities as a king with a sense of guilt which stems from his “weak protection”. However‚ after receiving a vision of him from the goddess Iris‚ with no symbols of “royal dignity”
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A Christmas Carol’ Topic: ‘Charles Dickens presents a warning to society through his novella ‘A Christmas Carol’. Discuss. Fictional stories‚ although based upon make-believe tales‚ can often expose the truth behind an author’s personal views and ideals‚ as well as act as powerful tools to present social messages and warnings to readers across many generations. ‘A Christmas Carol’‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ is a novella in which social inequality is highlighted through the journey of a notorious
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25th June 2013 Reading Response #2 Text Type: Short Story Text Title: The Dolls House Author: Katherine Mansfield In the short story "The Dolls House"‚ Katherine Mansfield expresses the theme of discrimination
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Text response essay The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas D’arcy McGregor 9b The boy in the striped pyjamas is a profanation. This fictional novel by author John Boyne is set in the early 1940’s and tells the tale of a German boy’s friendship with a Jewish boy imprisoned within a concentration camp. Whilst the novel is moving‚ clever and seemingly informative‚ it is actually an inaccurate account of the Holocaust and as such‚ may misinform readers who have no other knowledge of this time in history
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The Little Prince – Text Response Essay ‘The Little Prince’ written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery conveys life lessons through the novella. Many of the lessons revolve around meeting characters. De Saint-Exupery cleverly interweaves these messages throughout the prince’s conversation with the pilot which include many encounters with characters who teach the little prince lessons about kindness‚ modesty‚ conceitedness‚ lying and narrow mindedness. The most prominent are the lessons of looking with
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Animal Farm Text Response Essay James Ramm George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a novella which is about a group of animals who rebel against their cruel master‚ but are soon overcome by corruption. In the text‚ George Orwell illustrates to reader that this corruption of the original ideals in Animal Farm was caused by this greed and hunger for power. Greed in George Orwell’s novella Animal Farm is a main
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Animal Farm Creative Text Response Childrens Story Once upon a time there was a farm called Manor Farm which was run by farmer Mr. Jones. There was many different animals including pigs‚ horses‚ dogs and chickens. One day all the animals gathered in the barn for a meeting that Old Major had organised. He told them a dream he had which was about all animals being free with no humans. A few days later Old Major died and Mr. Jones gets kicked off the farm and the animals decide to take over
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