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Paragraph 1- introduction Needs to refer back to the question Include the definition of prejudice Prejudice is when people prejudge people generally because of their gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality and other characteristics Talk about the key points of the story: characters and their experiences with isolation Language historic content…

In the novel Of Mice and Men prejudice effects the minor characters by making them isolated from socialising with the other characters on the ranch. Prejudice is when people prejudge people generally because of their gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality and other characteristics. The prejudging of people leads these minor…

1) The character I will be analysing in the novel is Candy. Candy is an elderly man which has obviously worked on the ranch for many years. He is very misunderstood by the other characters and interpreted in the wrong way. In the novel the only two characters who appreciate and understand Candy is George and…

During this period, many people were unemployed. The 1930’s was the decade of the depression. For most families, life was very hard. Lots of people had very little to eat or wear. they found clothing wherever they could and sometimes shared their space with another family or two and those families pooled their money to…

In this time period women were treated unfairly and thought of as sexual objects rather then equal people. The fact that Candy called Curley’s wife a tart implies this thought. Curley’s wife seems to live up to this stereotype made by the men. We realise this from the clothing which isn’t really suitable for a…

Language devices in poetry can significantly strengthen the poems meaning. In the poem futility the poet shows his mood and attitude change towards the personified sun between the two stanzas. Personification is when we give a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman. In the first stanza Wilfred Owen shows a positive, nice attitude

This essay demonstrates a confident and developing ability to analyse language and to put the analysis into a wider context. You have organised your ideas with clarity and supported your points with amble reference to detail. Your explanation of how the linguistic features are creative is developed thoroughly throughout the piece and you also show…

I’m going to write a short paragraph outlining the basic story of the poem the charge of the light brigade by Alfred Tennyson. This poem is telling us about the failing of the battle of Balaclava in 1854. Britain was in battle with France,  Sardinia and ottoman empire against Russian forces. This poem has a…