Sabira Abdulla Mr. Craig Sinclair English 102 25 September 2012 Dystopia: Ray Russell’s “The Room” The short story “The Room‚” by Ray Russell‚ focuses on aspects developing in our society and creates exaggerations to show a future world that psychologically destroys the people. It explores the excess advertisement and addiction to technology present in the West today. While the protagonist tries to escape his horrible life‚ where he seeks refuge turns out to be a conspiracy of the government
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The portrayal of war in WW1 literature demonstrates a transition between glorification and futility. Through a detailed discussion of Birdsong‚ a selection of War Poetry and reference to Journey’s End‚ explore this portrayal. The people of 21st century Britain are very much aware that World War One was a bloodbath in which the lives of an entire generation of young men were wasted. Their sacrifice‚ however only succeeded in forming the foundations for another brutal conflict 20 years later. World
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“The Masque of The Red Death” written by Edgar Allan Poe has symbolism throughout the story. Most of the objects and or people in the story symbolized different meanings. The symbolism that stood out the most was the 7 rooms in the castle. Each of the rooms represented the stages of life and the last one being death. The castle consisted of seven rooms‚ the first room started in the east after that the rest of the rooms were towards the west. This can symbolize the sun rising in the east and setting
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while in Craig Lockhart psychiatric unit for Officers only. Sebastian Faulks wrote Birdsong in 1993 and even though he was not alive during the war he has included the feelings and accuracy of recreating and reflecting on the world of World War One‚ very similar to someone like Wilfred Owen who died in battle. Before Faulks wrote Birdsong he was obsessed with the War‚ collecting memorabilia such as poems. Birdsong will be compared to the Six Poets of the Great War‚ an anthology of poets including
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beginning with the words "JACK FIREBRACE LAY forty-five feet underground" .. And ending with the words... "A rising melody under the scratch of a thick gramophone needle...” (Pages 121 to 138 Vintage Edition). (21 marks) Faulks tells the story of Birdsong in the introduction of Part 2 by instantly creating a dramatic effect by changing every key factor from part 1 to Part 2 including which decade it is in and the characters. The first line of Part 2 instantly creates a gripping effect on the reader
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My Room As I sleepily stumble into my house at midnight there is only one place I want to be: my room. As I walk in I try to avoid the clothes thrown all over like landmines in a battlefield. My room is the closest resemblance to me‚ someone who loves sports and music. I flop onto my bed staring up at the ceiling light covered in baseballs and basketballs. In one of the corners of the ceiling there is an ugly yellow stain the size of a football from my once leaky roof. My room has changed
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The Poker Room The poker room is a very unique and exciting place‚ but it can also be a frustrating place. Poker is a game for everyone. There are many different types of people in a poker room‚ anywhere from rich to middle class and in some cases lower than that. There are many sights and sounds all around‚ from the people to the décor‚ as well as the materials for the games. Poker consists of lots of different games and there’s usually at least one table for each game type. All of this makes
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Heated Room of Sweat This room was my domain‚ my escape from reality‚ my room of hard work and determination. This overly heated room was one of my favorite places to be when I was in high school. I let off a lot of steam in this sweaty room. This giant room was where the best and most athletic athletes in the school came to practice and put in work to put a poster and their name of themselves on the wall next to the previous posters. As I open the door to my old high school wrestling room‚ I get
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How does H.G Wells create tension and suspense in “the Red Room” The red room written by H.G.Wells was written in the year 1894. It is written in a gothic style and is a physiological thriller that was very popular at the time. The story involves many of the typical themes and settings such as a dark haunted castle‚ spiral staircases‚ evil shadows and subterranean passages. H.G.Wells uses a lot of language techniques like similes‚ metaphors‚ onomatopoeia‚ alliteration and repetition to create
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There are many different ways in which HG Wells builds up tension and suspense in ’The Red Room’. One way in which he does this is through the use of language. One of the main effective uses of language in ’The Red Room’ is the use of personification; "made the shadows cower and quiver". The shadow embeds fear into the reader‚ as they wonder if the shadow is alive‚ which creates tension as the reader wonders what will happen next. Furthermore‚ the fact that the phrase makes it seem that the shadows
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