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 […]
Title: Family Holiday Author: S Daly Place: Extract from a Short Story, Phenomena Type of publication: Extract of a Short Story a) The flimsy bridge that hangs over deap water. Also the waves on the beach that sucked everything with it. b) i. Onomatopoea The waves crashed… ii. By using onomatopoeia in this piece it […]
http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/health/article/257584/One-love-One-Less/ A girl comes to school each day with a smile on her face, walking around with people, talking and laughing, being ‘normal’ but what we see could just be an illusion. The illusion of this smile could be dangerous even if we don’t know it. It hides her loneliness, her endless sadness that can’t […]
People who pretend to be something they are not Social classes Photo shop Movies/tv shows Illusion of childhood Celebrities and their life Teenagers
Important Event Positive/negative Impact Evidence Gatsby and Daisy rennin Positive impact – as it brang Daisy and Gatsby back together after all the years that had passed “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!” “Their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire” Gatsbys death Negative – Nick now had […]
5. Describe at least one important place in the written text. Explain how that place helped you to understand an important message in the text. Throughout the novel, The valley of ashes teaches us that even though you may work hard, it doesn’t mean that you will get where you want to be. The valley […]
Language Key Ideas Example Connotative Language Illusion “Jordan’s slender golden arm” Simile Illusion “a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men, who move dimly and crumbling through […]