How does Adeline Yen Mah communicate her experience of growing up in Hong Kong in the 1950?
How does Adeline Yen Mah communicate her experience of growing up in Hong Kong in the 1950?
The 1950s were a great year for Mah, she went and bought herself an ice-cream, after spending a day in the park…
NO NO NO! NO description and be direct to the question, including your 3 MAIN POINTS(hypothesis to develop). That is it!
Adeline Yen Mah tries to express her experience of growing up in Hong Kong through portrayal of importance of education for her as well as description of her distant relations within her family. This all is supported by the emotional progression of the writer as well as strong emotive language. Overall the extract arouses readers’ sympathy towards the girl as an effect of her treatment.
P – point
E- explanation
E- examle
L Language
E effect
Starting from our main point or hypothesis which you will be developing and supporting
1. ) The author coveys the importance of education for her by unwillingness to leave the school and, at the same time, expression of her excitement to enter a London university. To portray the sadness when talking about the end of the school year the writer starts the extract with a short sentence in depressive tone “Time went by relentlessly and It was Saturday again”. The sentence has an immediate effect on the reader creating the moody and gloomy atmosphere when talking about the end of the lessons as well as representing the inner emotions of the writer. The author, moreover, illustrates her sincere regret of finishing the school and never coming back by expressing her well-being and even aspects of disparity through metaphorical ”leaving school throbbed at the back of my mind like a persistent toothache” as the pain was almost physical, allowing the reader to feel the entire extent of Adeline emotions. This is further reinforced by the pathetic fallacy of ‘typhoon’, broadcasted on the radio, picturing what was happening inside her mind, the complete disorder of thoughts. Nevertheless,
The 1950s were a great year for Mah, she went and bought herself an ice-cream, after spending a day in the park…
NO NO NO! NO description and be direct to the question, including your 3 MAIN POINTS(hypothesis to develop). That is it!
Adeline Yen Mah tries to express her experience of growing up in Hong Kong through portrayal of importance of education for her as well as description of her distant relations within her family. This all is supported by the emotional progression of the writer as well as strong emotive language. Overall the extract arouses readers’ sympathy towards the girl as an effect of her treatment.
P – point
E- explanation
E- examle
L Language
E effect
Starting from our main point or hypothesis which you will be developing and supporting
1. ) The author coveys the importance of education for her by unwillingness to leave the school and, at the same time, expression of her excitement to enter a London university. To portray the sadness when talking about the end of the school year the writer starts the extract with a short sentence in depressive tone “Time went by relentlessly and It was Saturday again”. The sentence has an immediate effect on the reader creating the moody and gloomy atmosphere when talking about the end of the lessons as well as representing the inner emotions of the writer. The author, moreover, illustrates her sincere regret of finishing the school and never coming back by expressing her well-being and even aspects of disparity through metaphorical ”leaving school throbbed at the back of my mind like a persistent toothache” as the pain was almost physical, allowing the reader to feel the entire extent of Adeline emotions. This is further reinforced by the pathetic fallacy of ‘typhoon’, broadcasted on the radio, picturing what was happening inside her mind, the complete disorder of thoughts. Nevertheless,