Describe a person you admire. Though I have lived a colourful and varied life, the event which had the greatest effect on my well-being was the day I came of age, for it was on this day that it had been arranged that I should be told that my father was

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English Paper 2, Part B

Describe  a person you admire.  

        Though I have lived a colourful and varied life, the event which had the greatest effect on my well-being was the day I came of age, for it was on this day that it had been arranged that I should be told that my father was a loaf of bread.  

        It was a shock at the time and I still believe that my mother could have waited until my birthday guests had left before she told me, but looking back on it today I can see that I should really not have been so surprised after all.  Dad had always been small in stature and concealed himself with heavy clothing, and sometimes I would find crumbs where he had been sitting.  However, in my childish naivety, I attributed this behaviour to eccentricity and never asked him about it.

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        Other clues that I can see with the benefit of hindsight are numerous.  Birds were always fond of him, and he would always refuse to sit by the fireside.  What a fool I was not to have read the signs.  Surely nothing else could account for his love of butter, but in my youthful ignorance I never made the obvious connection.

                Finally knowing his secret has affected me profoundly.  Where as before I could badger him incessantly insisting that he come into the swimming pool instead of staying dry by the side, I now know how better to accommodate for ...

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***** This is an excellent and extremely funny piece of writing. It is original and quirky and the writer has created an ironic voice which is consistently maintained. This reads like the opening chapter of a fashionably funny novel and is superbly controlled. There are a few lapses in expression but generally a well written piece of description which shows real creativity.