Writers Essays

George Orwell’s ‘A Homage to Catalonia’ is a very emotional piece. We find this from the beginning of the extract when Orwell starts off with “it is very hard to describe what I Felt”. From this we feel quite sympathetic towards him. It becomes clear he finds it awkward and …

Warning by jenny joseph is a humorous way of looking towards old age. It is written as a monologue within which the poet describes how she will behave when she is an old woman. In The first stanza she talks about herself and lists all the things she will do …

I will first write a brief overview of each poem, starting with ‘ Still I Rise ‘ Still I Rise has seven stanzas, each with a definate rhyme scheme of ABCB, with the endings of the second and last lines rhyming. The Poem is written to be read with one …

Robert Frost has an exceptional relationship to nature. Being a farmer in New England, he was surrounded by the beauty and tranquillity of nature. Frost, through his poems explores man’s relationship to nature, capturing every detail, the importance of nature and how human’s become sidetracked in worldly issues. In the …

The opening chapters of any novel are key in introducing the reader to the storyline. There are numerous ways in which to attach the reader early on in, and to, the novel. The opening chapters are where the reader will become acquainted with key characters, become involved in the characters’ …

Oliver Twist was written by Charles Dickens and published between 1837 and 1838 in a monthly magazine called “Bentleys Miscellany”. It was published in parts of 3 or 4 chapters every month. It was written about a poor, 9-year-old boy who has to survive in a harsh, Victorian England. Using …

Oliver Twist is one of Dickens’ early novels and one of his best loved. It has what you would expect from him: memorable characters, evocative descriptions, melodrama, a plot that relies on completely incredible coincidences. Dickens is the master of descriptive narrative and he conjures a grim and compelling view …

Dickens presents his criticism of the education for the labouring class in a sarcastic manner. He has created the classroom as a factory. The purpose of the education in Coketown is to root out the innocence and imagination of young children so they will grow into utilitarian robots expecting nothing …

In both The Poor Relation and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, the main story revolves around the main character’s tendency to live in a fantasy world. In this way the two short stories are very similar. However, the way the two authors, Dickens and Thurber, have treated this main …

“I know why the caged bird sings” is one of the six autobiographies written by Maya Angelou. I think that she has written this book to show people that even though some people can have a disturbed childhood they can still achieve highly in life. The story is mainly set …