power of literature
English Assessment Draft
Intro
Have you ever read a book that was more than a favourite?// More than one you could read over and over?/ A book that truly changed something about who you are and how you live?// What's the book?/ Why or how// did you change?
Literature has informed my life in many different ways, it has given me opportunities to discover, think, evaluate and analyse the world around me giving myself a better insight and a wide perspective of life. Through my study of literature it has helped me develop better thinking skills, vocabulary, comprehension and good cognitive skills. Literature has contributed to my developing and confidence in my own beliefs, goals opinions and views.
The 3 books I’ve selected for my examples of literature are: Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Charlie and the chocolate factory by Roald Dhal.
One of the pieces of literature that has truly changed the person I am today Is little princess written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Little Princess is a literary, canonical book. It has successfully tick-tocked its way around the test of time clock and has remained popular since the 1800’s till toady as a young reader’s fictional text. Little Princess is the story of seven-year-old Sara Crewe and her father Captain Crewe, who are both visiting Miss Minchin's boarding school for girls in London. Captain Crewe is very wealthy and wants Sara to have a lavish, comfortable future. Despite being pampered all her life in India, Sara herself is very intelligent, polite, and creative. Headmistress Miss Minchin is secretly jealous and dislikes Sara for her cleverness, but openly praises and flatters her because of her father's wealth Sara's friendliness and love for pretending and storytelling, makes her popular with most of the school's students. They soon begin regarding her as a princess. But with a certain unfortunate turn of events, when Sara's father dies after a couple of
Intro
Have you ever read a book that was more than a favourite?// More than one you could read over and over?/ A book that truly changed something about who you are and how you live?// What's the book?/ Why or how// did you change?
Literature has informed my life in many different ways, it has given me opportunities to discover, think, evaluate and analyse the world around me giving myself a better insight and a wide perspective of life. Through my study of literature it has helped me develop better thinking skills, vocabulary, comprehension and good cognitive skills. Literature has contributed to my developing and confidence in my own beliefs, goals opinions and views.
The 3 books I’ve selected for my examples of literature are: Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Charlie and the chocolate factory by Roald Dhal.
One of the pieces of literature that has truly changed the person I am today Is little princess written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Little Princess is a literary, canonical book. It has successfully tick-tocked its way around the test of time clock and has remained popular since the 1800’s till toady as a young reader’s fictional text. Little Princess is the story of seven-year-old Sara Crewe and her father Captain Crewe, who are both visiting Miss Minchin's boarding school for girls in London. Captain Crewe is very wealthy and wants Sara to have a lavish, comfortable future. Despite being pampered all her life in India, Sara herself is very intelligent, polite, and creative. Headmistress Miss Minchin is secretly jealous and dislikes Sara for her cleverness, but openly praises and flatters her because of her father's wealth Sara's friendliness and love for pretending and storytelling, makes her popular with most of the school's students. They soon begin regarding her as a princess. But with a certain unfortunate turn of events, when Sara's father dies after a couple of