From The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger The thing was, I couldn’t think of a room or a house or anything to describe the way Stradlater said he had to have. I’m not too crazy about describing rooms and houses anyway. So what I did, I wrote about my brother Allie’s baseball mitt. It …
Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand men. …
The short story that has been analysed can be read through the following link: http://ciscohouston.com/docs/docs/greats/chaser.html ‘The Chaser’ penned by John Collier is a modern commentary on the patriarchal system of the current day society, where men are parallel to animals while women a simple object to win over. Through the third person narrative where a man …
To Kill A Mockingbird The above link is a PDF document consisting of notes I had made before my IGCSE exam. It does not include cohesive notes, but rather abstract ones – making it easier to include personal notes as well as edit it to one’s own preference. The quotes given are vital as IGCSE …
Poems used are ‘The Tyger’ by William Blake and ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas. The use of imagery is a common literary device in poetry, specifically used to allow readers an attractive presentation of the poet’s true message. Some poets employ concrete imagery to allow a vivid picture of …
The Kettle on the Boat In this short story, Qissunguaq, a six-year-old Inuit girl, is going out with her family. It is morning. Papa is loading some bags onto our little boat. I ask him where we are going. He says we are going to the other side of the lake. “Why are we going …
Explain how the writer creates tension and suspense in this extract. Read More »
Jamaican Inn It was a cold grey day in late November. The weather had changed overnight, when a backing wind brought a granite sky and mizzling rain with it, and although it was now only a little after two o’clock in the afternoon the pallor of a winter evening seemed to have closed upon the hills, cloaking them …
Explain how the writer presents an uncomfortable journey in this extract. Read More »
The act of courage is played out by characters in different forms in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. It takes place with small acts such as Miss Maudie not complaining when her house is burned down, or acts which changes the entire way of a character is perceived, such as Mrs. Dubose’s fight against her addiction. …
