In the piece, the mood of the writing is quite dark, no one likes talking about death and not to this extent to going into it with depth. The talk of decaying bodies and graveyards is not a subject that is very happy, but with the tone that he gives it in it does not sound like he […]
Background and plot synopsis Background In 1990 the government of Papua New Guinea decided to blockade Bougainville. Bougainville is tropical and fertile but it also contains the richest copper mine in the world. The villages were the victims. They lost their power, their medical supplies, their doctors, their schools. They were abandoned by Australia. They […]
Al Jazeera documentaries are good material for your Reading Logs – including one on our very own Mr Waugh at his former school in London! http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/rebel-education/
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Driven by passion or strong emotions rather than logic or reason The protagonist of this story has a deep obsession with the eye of the old man which could be classed as his passion. This draws him to the old man, making him feel deeply connected to him just from the way he looks at the […]
Driven by passion or strong emotions rather than logic or reason Obsession with the eye – “His eye was like the eye of a vulture, the eye of one of those terrible birds that watch and wait while an animal dies, and then fall upon the dead body and pull it to pieces to eat it.” […]
Characters Engaging the audience Evidence Gatsby Through his illusion and lies “He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy’s” “paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.” Daisy Her emotions and how she presents herself She vanished into her rich house, into her rich, full life, leaving […]
Have you ever realized that we live in a world where people pretend to be someone they’re not? People prefer to live the illusion of someone else rather than to be their self. In the world we live in everyone around us isn’t always who they seem but instead an illusion. In the texts: ‘The […]