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    the birds

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    upon us. These things are things I would never wish on someone. The birds have just come through the children’s bedroom. With great rage they have went for there eyes and hand. The only thing I could do was fight. They came in swarms at me as I moved into the bedroom. The only thing I had to protect myself was the towel in my hand‚ and as I fought them back with my towel they went for my eyes. I am lucky I can still see. With the birds now dead in bunches on the floor I cant stop thinking about why they

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    of soldiers in World War 1. One of this group is unable to get on his helmet‚ and suffers horribly. Through his shifting rhythms‚ dramatic description‚ and rich‚ raw images‚ Owen seeks to convince us that the horror of war far outweighs the patriotic cliches of those who glamorize war. In the first of four stanzas‚ Owen presents the death-like calm before the storm of the gas attack. Alliteration and onomatopoeia join with powerful figurative and literal images of war to produce a pitiful

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    The Song of Solomon Summary: Written by the wisest man to ever live‚ Solomon‚ “Song of Songs” is a composition of lyric poems which portrays the theme of love between a man and a woman and can be seen almost written as a diary of sorts. The book explores the feelings‚ hopes‚ fears‚ and the passion between a man and a woman. It can be seen as a celebration of human sexuality. Just through the first few chapters‚ we learn so much of what a relationship is supposed to look like for the believer and

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    Horrors of War by Joshua Gonzalez aka NeonFx War stories before Erich Maria Remarque’s times still leaned toward themes of glory‚ adventure‚ and honor. In presenting his realistic version of a soldier’s experience‚ Remarque stripped that from war novels in his antiwar novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque accurately depicts both the physical and mental hardships of war. This novel should be read by all soldiers thinking of enlisting in the army for several reasons. First‚ the novel describes

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    Write about how Faulks tells the story in the first section of Part 2‚ 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

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    How does Faulks tell the story in pages 243-250 of ‘Birdsong’? In pages 243-250‚ Faulks uses the character of Elizabeth to introduce a new section of the story‚ England 1978. In this section Faulks uses third person narrative to tell the story from Elizabeth’s perspective in order to give an omniscient approach. Faulks uses third person narrative to present the reader with a wide range of different viewpoints from different characters. Faulks alludes to previous events that happened in part 2 but

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    and Frost both write about birds. Compare and contrast two poems‚ one by each poet‚ taking account of the methods (the situation of the speaker‚ and the form‚ structure and language‚ including imagery and tones) which each poet uses to write about birds. Both Edward Thomas and Robert Frost write about birds in their poems ‘The Owl’ and ‘The Oven Bird’. ‘The Oven Bird’ by Robert Frost was written in 1916 and published in the Mountain Interval. It is a poem about an Oven Bird who sits on a tree on a

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    How does Faulks explore the character of the central protagonist through the prime relationships in ’Birdsong’? In Birdsong‚ Faulks represents different relationships with Stephen throughout. Many different relationships portray different experiences of love with each character and Stephen. Within my essay I will explain some of the different relationships with Stephen and how Faulks explores them. The form of Birdsong is a novel‚ this helps Faulks describe with detail the relationships with Stephen

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    Bird By Bird Summary

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    Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott was a very enlightening reading experience. You can see within the first page of reading that the author has been influenced by writing at an early age. It made her seem very credible and gave more influence on her words about writing. I like that at some points she goes past the surface of just talking about why she liked writing‚ but also what her family was like and how her childhood affected her. Her humor helped to make this

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    horror conventions

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    by Samuel Bayer are both classified as being in the horror genre. Directors use specific Narrative conventions such as the soundtrack‚ special effects and the monster itself to create suspense and fear within the film. Horror films have progressed over time to offer more conventions to make the films more thrilling to the audience. The sound track played in the film Nightmare on Elm Street differs only slightly to Jeepers Creepers. In horror films the sound track tends to include suspense building

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