Writers Essays

“To discover is to gain sight or knowledge of something.” How have ideas about discovery been shown in Away and The Book Thief Discovery allows main characters to gain sight or knowledge into themselves and others. This is evident in Michael Gow’s Away, as seen through the characters of Gwen, …

Women are treated as though they are very weak. Women were not allowed to live their lives for themselves. A woman has to perform duties and routines in a relationship as the men choose and tells her to do. But there is always a time when people realize that the …

Shakespeare’s ​ A Midsummer Night’s Dream ​ has been made into four different movies. One of  the movies, is Michael Hoffman’s 1999 ​ A Midsummer Night’s Dream​. Even though the Shakespeare’s original play is different from Hoffman’s film, the main idea that true love is not easy is still presented. The characters, plot, …

In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell the author wants to show how too much power in the hands of one individual can lead to inequality and unfair advantages. In the story it was said all animals should be treated equally, but as the story progressed all the animals …

The book was written in the 1900’s which was an area where women and black people were marginalized by society due to their sex or skin colour. In the book, the first time we are introduced to Curley’s Wife is through another character: Candy. This suggests that she must be …

Analyse how important techniques are used to engage your emotions in a text (or texts) you have studied. The film ‘Into the Wild’, by Sean Penn, is a very emotional story telling the tragic true story of Chris McCandles. Through several techniques the audience’s emotions are engaged. The style of …

Frankenstein by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was birthed from a competition on “who could write the best ghost story” between herself and a friend of hers, poet Lord Byron. On January 1, 1818 the manuscript was published and immediately became a bestseller during her time (SparkNotesEditors) This book has …

If you were given the opportunity to travel back in time would you? Does a small change in the past have a significant effect in the future? People often say to be mindful of your actions as there are always consequences that follow. Bradbury uses his short story “A Sound …

Introduction The Count of Monte Cristo was written by Alexandre Dumas. It was first published in 1844. More recently, it was published by Bantam Dell in 1956 in New York, New York. The book I read was translated by Lowell Bair. The story takes place in the 1800s in France, …

Both of William Blake’s poems reflects on the heart wrenching and unfortunate things young boys in the late 1700s were forced to do as chimney sweepers, yet their point of views and tones are quite different. Whereas in the first poem, Blake uses an innocent and undeserving young boy as …