ENGLISH: TEXT RESPONSE “The characters in ‘Year of Wonders’ lose faith in humanity rather than in God.” To what extent do you agree? Geraldine Brooks’ novel “Year of Wonders” explores how grief and difficulty can cause peoples’ faith to undergo change. Brooks focuses on the various ways in which characters struggle to maintain faith in humanity and God and‚ often‚ turn to alternative sources of relief. Many attempt to maintain their faith in humanity‚ as is exemplified by the Mompellions‚ who
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Year of Wonder explores the complexity of human nature and the consequences of human actions “He brought the wide world with him” Anna Frith admires George Viccars for being well-travelled but does not realise that he has brought not only his knowledge of the world but also the perils of disease with him. Silhouetted against the sepulchral backdrop of the blighted Eyam‚ Geraldine Brooks depicts a community caught in extraordinary times in her historical novel “Year of Wonder”. The novel conveys
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God’s ways. The “casket of gold” which God had sent to Eyam was used to “refine” the population was Mompellion’s view of the plague as shown in ‘Year Of Wonders’. Mompellion’s deep and complex nature shown towards women‚ and also the incompetency of the citizens in Eyam is reflected in his actions through the year of 1666. Brooks shows Mompellion’s nature to be both courageous but also flawed. Mompellion’s courageous and unselfish caliber was shown through the decisions he made regarding the towns
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Practice Essay Topic 1: Year of Wonders “in her novel Year of Wonders‚ Geraldine Brooks has shown the plague brought out the best and the worst in the people of Eyam”. Discuss. Throughout the historical fiction novel Year of Wonders‚ author Geraldine Brooks shows the audience that the horrific burden of the plague brought out the best and the worst in the people of Eyam. Under these unfamiliar circumstances‚ each of the villagers reacts differently to their losses‚ and how they handle themselves
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In what ways does Brooks explore both brutality and hope in Year of Wonders? In the novel Year of Wonders‚ the text explores the brutality of nature and people within a small community stricken with disease‚ but also the sense of hope‚ which characters encounter in their own ways. The exploration of brutal maltreatment to particular characters within the novel emphasises the changes to everyone’s behaviour during the plague. From Anna having a childhood of abuse‚ to Puritans within the community
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Year of Wonders Essay Topics 1. “Anna is the embodiment of goodness while Mompellion is the embodiment of selfishness.” Do you agree? 2. “Year of Wonders explores how fear can tear apart the lives of individuals and society as a whole.” To what extent do you agree? 3. Who is the real heroine of the novel; Anna Frith or Elinor Mompellion? 4. “Year of Wonders illustrates that some people will react irrationally to people and occurrences that they do not understand.” Discuss. 5. “The characters
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“The plague changes one world and replaces it with another. Discuss In Geraldine Brooks’ novel ‘Year of Wonders’ many characters worlds change throughout the book as a result of the plague. In particular Aphra Bont‚ Anna Frith and Michael Mompellion. Aphra is living in a world where she is now alone and starts to go insane. Michael‚ the once respected town Rector loses his faith after the death of his wife and Anna Frith‚ the main protagonist of the novel and a very courageous one at that as she
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Year of Wonders‚ written by Geraldine Brookes‚ is a historical novel about a small town called Eyam that gets infected by the Black Plague. But instead of fleeing in terror‚ the town stays‚ and keeps the plague from escaping to any more towns in the region. However‚ these innocent citizens will not be free from this‚ because even if these townsfolk live through the ordeal‚ the memories of that place will never escape them. The aspect of fear is at the heart of this novel‚ as the residents of Eyam
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The Wonder Years: Television’s Most Rebellious Comedy Many shows struggle to capture the feeling of nostalgia and wonder that the The Wonder Years expertly tackled throughout nearly its entire run. The show follows it’s main character Kevin Arnold and to a lesser extent his friends Winnie and Paul as they go through Junior High and High School. The show starts in the year 1968 where the pilot introduces the audience to the Arnold family
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The plague brings out the best in the village. Do you agree? Throughout the plague year many of the villagers were affected by the tragic hit of the plague. One of the main themes in the novel ‘’fear’’ is something that highly affects the actions and and can completely change their values and morals. Fear which comes complimentary with the plague and can bring out the best and the worst in the villagers. Times of crisis can bring out a monster in all of us‚ but can a just like jon said “these
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