Lamb to the Slaughter Critical Evaluation
Critical Evaluation Lamb to the Slaughter Question: Write a critical evaluation of a short story that you have read which features an unusual character. Say what the story was about, describe the unusual character and comment on how the author made the story interesting for you. 'Lamb to the Slaughter' by Roald Dahl is a short story which I have read recently. The story is written in third person, and is mainly set in the house of the two main characters Mary Maloney, who is expecting a child and her husband Patrick Maloney, who works as a policeman. The house as we are told is in a city in America. When Mary thinks her life is going fine it takes a turn for the worst when her husband arrives home from work one day acting somewhat unusual. We are not told the circumstances why, but he tells Mary that he is leaving her, presumably for another woman. Mary at that moment acts perfectly fine and shows no reaction to the news she has just been told. She then calmly walks down to the cellar to get a frozen leg of lamb and then walks back upstairs and again into the sitting room where Patrick is and asks if he would like his tea. He then loses his temper and shouts at her with his back to her refusing to turn round. She consequently raises the leg of lamb high above her head and brings it down and strikes Patrick on the back of the head. She then takes a several steps
Raw by scott monk
Raw by Scott monk & 28 days To change is to become different. In society people change, there point of views change and so does there perspective. Through these lessons and events that occur in everyone's life you get influenced by people and things around you. In the novel Raw, by Scott Monk and the film 28 days directed by Betty Thomas show significant changes in there lives and perspectives towards life. The Protagonist Brett, in the novel Raw by Scott monk changes significantly throughout the novel. As in a result of breaking the law Brett is sent to a Juvenile center called the Farm. At the beginning when Brett sees the Farm he is arrogant and stubbornness boil inside him " it was a little more than a large country house". In the beginning brett meets sam the owner of the farm and they don't get off to a good start. Sam hands Brett a clipboard to show him his duties but as Brett's ignorance he throws it away. To Brett sam was everything he resented, the more sam tried to change brett the more brett would resist. Brett wasn't going to follow any rules, "he was happy for who he was and the way he lived, he'd beat the system before it beat him in the end Brett would win". In this paragraph Brett shows no remorse and is showing a lot of anger towards Sam. He thinks that everything he does it is his way or no way. As soon as Brett arrives at the farm, Brett is forced to room
Letter to daniel
"Letter to Daniel" Critical Essay "Letter to Daniel" by Fergal Keane is a non-fiction text that triggers an emotional response in the reader. Keane uses effective language, word choice, structure, setting and tone to reflect on his own personal experience which he uses to address the wider themes of the importance of family, forgiveness and the fallibility of man. The text takes the format of a letter from a new father to his newly born son. Keane uses this to reflect on his life experience as not only a new father but also a war correspondent. It also reflects on the horrors of child suffering he has witnessed, his relationship with his alcoholic father and how fatherhood clearly changes his outlook on life. Keane effectively uses language and structure in the opening paragraphs to evoke an emotional response from the reader. The fact that the text is written in letter format highlights that it is something personal. It includes first person thoughts and feelings of the reader which are usually meant for the person the letter is addressed to only. Kean's use of the vocative " My Dear Son" at the beginning of the first paragraph immediately emphasises the feelings he has towards his son and it makes the reader think that the letter is written from the heart. Throughout the letter Keane uses repetition. He says, " We had wanted you, and waited for you, imagined you and
Still I Rise vs I Too Sing America
Black civil rights campaigner, Jesse Jackson, once said, "I am black and I am beautiful...so I must be respected." In their poems 'Still I Rise' and 'I, too, Sing America', Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes also illustrate the idea of celebrating black pride to overcome racism. Through the use of metaphor, repetition and symbolism in their respective poems they show the reader the significance of the African American struggle for equality. In 'Still I Rise', Maya Angelou illustrates how the black race are battling to overcome the racism and hardship of their past. She employs the extended metaphor of the wave, "I'm a black ocean", to show how the black race have been oppressed, just like a tide is pushed back; but they have come back stronger, like waves that crash back to the shore. The rhyming line, "welling and swelling", symbolises the "past that's rooted in pain" of the black people - how they have been hurt, bruised and destroyed by the "hatefulness" expressed towards them, and the "swelling" of these bruises has still not fully faded. Black history is "welling" over with tales of injustice - in The Hurricane, a true film directed by Norman Jewison, Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for a murder he didn't commit just because of the colour of his skin, and there are many more victims of racism just like him. Angelou concludes the wave
ANITA AND ME - Movie Review
ANITA AND ME - Movie Review A Girl Who Just Wants to Have Fun The famous, well known writer and director Meera Syal has written a breathtaking movie 'Anita and Me.' Meera Syal is a best selling novelist and has sold thousands of her fantastic stories one of which is called, 'Anita and Me' all over the country. Syal puts a lot of herself in her work and also she is a British born woman; however she still has her Indian origin which revolves in her story's and movies. Her movies have been compared to the following 'Bend it Like Beckham' and 'East is East.' These movies all have an Indian culture behind them as well as a fun and laughter side. It's also has it's own culture in the movie while being surrounded by the British society, and also one which a young girl wants very much to be a part of, although the dominant culture doesn't mean it is going to be all peachy, if that is what you are thinking, that is what made it the most amusing and most incredible movie of the year. The story of 'Anita and Me' basically revolves round Meena when she was living in a little village called Tollington. Meena is a young Indian girl who was born in Britain. She wants to be like all the other British people in her neighbourhood, eating fish finger instead of chapattis, having colourful flowers in her garden instead of crop and also have a normal life were you could go out whenever you
How is tension and suspense built up in 'The Monkey's Paw' & 'The Signalman?'
Pre-1914 Prose How is tension and suspense built up in 'The Monkey's Paw' & 'The Signalman?' 'The Monkey's Paw' is a horror story with action, tension, suspense and a mysterious death. The whole story takes place in one house. T he story was written in the nineteenth century. It's about a monkey's paw that grants three wishes. However every wish has consequences. In the first paragraph the scene is set and there is a contrast in the way the outside and inside are described. "Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of laburnum villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly" The conditions outside are typical of a horror setting "The night was cold and wet" This creates an unpleasant atmosphere. The characters are inside with the blinds drawn and seem separated from the outside with a burning fire. This creates a clam mood, the total opposite to outside. There seems to be no danger within the house but the reader knows something is going to go wrong. When the old solider first enters the story suspense is built up "As the gate banged to loudly and heavy footsteps came towards the door." The introduction to new character builds up tension by not telling the reader who is trying to enter the house. The sergeant major is reluctant to explain what the monkey's paw is and tries to make out there is nothing special about the
The Snake Stone Critical Evaluation
The Snake Stone Task: Sometimes books make the reader consider issues that he/she would not normally think about. From your reading of 'The Snake Stone' show how the author has achieved this. You should refer to setting, plot, characterisation and style in your response. A book which I have read recently is called 'The Snake Stone' written by Berlie Doherty. The story is written from two perspectives, one being that of a fifteen year old boy name James and the other being that of his mother, Elizabeth, fifteen years previous. The story is mainly set in a town in Central England, but at various points is set in Hollygate. The main characters are James and his mother Elizabeth, The story is about James, who lives with his adoptive parents, but he then decides he wants to track down his real mother. The only things which he has which could help him to the whereabouts of his mother are a stone and a torn envelope stating half of an address. Nobody has any clues as to who his mother could be but they are sure that she was a teenage mother. James was left as a newborn baby in a mailbox outside someone's house with a stone and envelope. James checks maps and soon discovers that his place An example which creates a vivid image is when describing the of birth has to have been in a place called Hollygate. James is supposed to be travelling down to London to practice his hobby
How Does Harper Lee Present Jem As Developing And Changing Over The Course Of The Novel?
How Does Harper Lee Present Jem As Developing And Changing Over The Course Of The Novel? Harper Lee's character Jem Finch from her famous novel, 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is very significant because during the course of the novel he undergoes a great maturation process. As he matures a great deal mentally he sees the evil in society and understands the social and emotional issues as an adult would, which helps him come to understand all the events which are occurring around him. At the beginning of the story Harper Lee illustrates examples of Jem's child-like immaturity. You are told Jem's age by Scout "When I was almost six and Jem was almost ten" (p.6) early on in the novel to help show he is still a child. Harper Lee then goes on to give more early signs in the novel of Jem's naivety when he gives a description of Boo Radley "Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch" (p.13) as you can see the description of Boo it is one of an imaginative child. I think Harper Lee has chosen to include this portrayal of Boo from Jem to help show he is still very much a child, this therefore helps set up the aging process that is to follow. There are many small incidents that show signs of Jem maturing such as Jem eventually stopping all games involving Boo. This is because he matures enough to see Atticus' point
Task- To discuss how Steven Spielberg uses cinematic techniques in the opening sequence of his film Jaws to create tension and suspense.
GCSE ENGLISH COURSEWORK MEDIA JAWS Task- To discuss how Steven Spielberg uses cinematic techniques in the opening sequence of his film "Jaws" to create tension and suspense. Conditions- The film was watched in class and discussed. A final piece of coursework was completed after a first draft. Date Completed- June 2009 Toby Mynett Directed by Steven Spielberg, Jaws was first screened in 1975 and happened to be one of the most successful movies of all time, taking in almost $8,000,000 from the box office within a week. One of the reasons Jaws was so successful was Spielberg's unique approach of capturing elements of fright and history. By effectively blurring the boundary between fact and fiction, the fictional story became all the more believable. Although the film is rated PG, the content in the film is extremely violent and today Jaws would probably be 12A if re-released. Despite Jaws not being one distinct genre, the movie is a combination of thriller, action, and adventure. The film is set in Amity Island, a fictional location situated near the eastern coast of America. There are three main characters in the film - Police Chief Martin Brody, played by Roy Scheider, Quint the knowledgeable fisherman, played by Robert Shaw, and Matt Hooper the marine scientist, played by Richard Dreyfuss. As a gigantic great white shark takes refuge in Amity Beach's waters, Police
The role of animals in The Unbearable lightness of being
Medora Choi 28th July, 2009 What role do animals (Karenin, Mefisto, the crow, the cows, etc.) play in the philosophic structure of The Unbearable Lightness of Being? In Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, the role of animals is always the opposite of the behavior of human being in the philosophic structure. For example, when a human character such as Tomas is experiencing heavy weight, the animals will always be the opposite --- lightness. In this novel, the relationship between of body and soul plays an important part in the role of animals. Tereza had always seen body and soul as one under the influence of her mother "where youth and beauty mean nothing, where the world is nothing but a vast concentration camp of bodies one like the next, with souls invisible" (47), until the day the engineer "lured her up to his flat" (152). Kundera contrasts the "excited" "soul" with the "betraying" "body" revealing the tension between the body and soul. (155) She also understood that "the soul for the first time saw the body as something other than banal" (155) that "this was not the most ordinary of bodies; this was the most extraordinary body" (155). On the contrary, "Karenin knew nothing about the duality of body and soul and had no concept of disgust" (297). Although Kundera does not entirely agree with Descartes, he noted that Descartes belives "when animals
