Month: May 2014
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Comparison notes- Belfast Confetti and Bayonet Charge
Ideas connecting them: Both poems are about the actions, responses and description of each person during an extreme event. One event is war and one is a terrorist attack. Both events are dangerous causing destruction and causing death. Belfast confetti is in first person and bayonet charge is in the third person. Techniques: The use of…
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Poetry
Poems-Meanings: Come on, come back- A women’s who has been effected by war and ends up killing herself Hawk roosting- Smply a hawk rejoicing in its power and being the apex predator. The uncomplicated joy of being the top of the food chain and having nothing to challenge you. Bayonet Charge- What it’s like to…
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Courage is presented:
Touching the Void- Courage? Throughout Joe’s journey he has a great deal of courage. Courage is needed in such environments to succeed. His courage is always maintained but presented in different ways especially after his injury. ‘If you succeed one dream, you come back to square one and its not long before you’re conjuring up…
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What methods does Simpson use to create a sense of what is to come in the rest of the book
The writer uses foreshadowing to give us a sense of what is going to happen in the book. In the chapter he refers to problems which become present as the book continues. The chapters name ‘storm at the summit’ suggests to us that something bad is going to happen through the word ‘storm’. When they…