The Ways That Golding Presents the Island Setting of “Lord of the Flies” William Golding wrote Lord of the Flies in 1954. It tells the story of a group of young boys who are stranded on a previously uninhabited island with no adults around to save them. Golding used the idea of an island as a blank canvas backdrop in several ways which greatly enhance the effectiveness of the story. The island has no other humans on it‚ and shows no signs of man ever living there before. The landscape is perfect
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Explore the way the writer presents the relationship between George and Lennie in “Of Mice and Men” Of Mice and Men was written in the 1937 by John Steinbeck‚ he other well know books as the Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden‚ h also received a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. This book is set in the 1930s and set in California‚ his home region. During this time‚ the USA was suffering from a great depression‚ this meant that it was hard to find job because the economy was very weak‚ so to find
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Explore the ways that John Steinbeck presents strong feelings/attitudes in Of Mice And Men. A strong attitude portrayed in the novel is Racism. John Steinbeck uses the character Crooks in order to represent racism and what it was like for the black community during the Great Depression. The ranchmen and Curley’s wife all display racist attitudes towards Crooks‚ for example in chapter four Curley’s Wife says "Well you just keep your place then‚ Nigger. I could get you strung
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Explore the ways in which Frayn presents the character of Keith in Spies. Frayn presents the character of Keith in Spies through the protagonist Stephen’s recollection of their childhood adventures as best friends. Keith is shown as aware and confident in his knowledge and status‚ with an imagination so seemingly limitless to the point of violence. Despite this‚ Frayn evokes sympathy from the reader by portraying Keith for what he truly is: a young boy who uses the spying game as a means of
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Explore the ways in which Susan Hill presents the woman in black. Before we meet the woman‚ Susan Hill uses the description of the setting in ‘A London Particular’ to foresee what she is like‚ predicting something wicked. London was described as “Inferno” full of “red-eyed and demonic” “ghostly figures”. These all suggest that Hill was describing or comparing London to Hell‚ which could imply that Mr Arthur Kipps was about to enter into his own personal hell‚ containing a “ghostly figure” of haunting
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Explore the ways in which Dickinson presents her beliefs on Mortality Dickinson has created many poems on the theme of death‚ her main influence on the idea of death in her poems cam from the amount of close relation deaths she faced. Due to the extensive amount of funerals she has had to attend she no longer feels as though attending these funerals are something she feels is right to do‚ but something she sees as that she now has to do almost like she sees it as a duty. Even though with all these
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English coursework‚ James Luxton Explore the ways in which bullies and victims are presented in Lord of the Flies and DNA. Bullies and Victims play vital roles in both the novel and the play. The authors‚ Golding and Kelly‚ both put their characters through similar trials. In Lord of the Flies‚ Golding’s characters turn from normal school boys‚ to savages who are prepared to kill one another to gain power. Golding suggests that under certain circumstances‚ people will naturally begin to become
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Explore the ways Harper Lee presents conflict in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Conflict can be a disagreement or an argument between individuals or communities‚ for example different ideas or interests can result in conflict. Conflict can be used to describe physical combat or verbal opposition between people. To Kill A Mockingbird is set in 1930s South America; this was the time of the Great Depression after the American Stock Market collapsed in 1929. Times were hard and there is a lot of poverty in
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ESSAY QUESTION - Explore the ways relationships are presented in the texts you have studied. In the captivating play ‘Twelfth Night’ by William Shakespeare‚ an insight into intense relationships has been presented between two individuals. This theme also refers to relationships during the Elizabethan era‚ in the sixteenth century which were refined according to statues. I feel that Orsino and Olivia are two characters who embrace an inadequate relationship due to the fact that
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Explore the ways Shakespeare and Dickens present human weakness in the texts you have studied. In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare presents human weakness through the characters. At the start of the play Shakespeare presents the theme of love‚ which is shown through the character Romeo. Romeo is portrayed as a confused boy yearning for Rosaline’s love. His unrequited love clouds his mind and his judgment. However‚ later on‚ when Romeo becomes devoted to Juliet he becomes more of a man. This
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