inspector calls
What is the role of the Inspector in an Inspector calls "An Inspector calls" is a play by J.B. Priestley, written in 1945 and first performed in 1946. It is set in the spring of 1912; a significant period of history two weeks before the titanic made her maiden voyage (and last) and two years before World War one began. During this period, social divisions were much wider than in the post war era and women had little work rights. Priestley's political and social beliefs were implicated into "An Inspector calls" as it is a morality play which tries to teach us of our responsibility for each other. One of the more major characters in this play is the Inspector as he affects every other character in the play in some way and in this essay, I will be examining all of the roles of the Inspector, how he carries them out and what he represents. At face value, "An Inspector calls" seems to be a detective thriller and the Inspectors role; to interrogate the Birlings. He does more than this. He tries to make the other characters feel remorse and empathy for what they have all done to Eva Smith and eventually accept responsibility for the action and then later on, voice his opinions of socialism and responsibility. After the Inspector questions to Sheila, "And was it the girls fault?" Sheila answers, "No, not really. It was my own fault" and then snaps at Gerald "I expect you've done
The Book Thief Review
Transfer-Encoding: chunked Human Nature In,The Book Thief,we learn about the different types of human nature, from the kindness to the cruelty. Death is the narrator and struggles to come to terms with the difference between the evil plans of the Nazi government and the goodwill and courage of a few German people. His curiosity leads him to uncovering Liesel’s story and he becomes attached to certain features for characters such as; Liesel, Rudy, Hans Hubermann and Rosa Hubermann. The Book Thief goes through some of the most evil things in history and it takes us through these various times. We witness the torture of the Jews in the book, from when Liesel and Rudy witness the streets with the destroyed houses and shops. The Nazi’s classify them as subhumans and make them march through Molching, while they are being tortured by the Nazi soldiers which is totally wrong. Hans Hubermann showed great compassion and pity even though there would be consequences, as he rushes to a crowd of Jews and gives and old man a piece of bread. “The Jew stood before him, expecting another handful of derision, but he watched with everyone else as Hans Hubermann held his hand out and presented a piece of bread, like magic”. This quote says, that even though his punishment is being sent to the war, it is connected to his act of kindness and he provides a much needed role model for
In the extract of the novel Nervous Condition by Tsitsi Dangarembga, she makes it possible to sympathize for Tambu
Transfer-Encoding: chunked In the extract of the novel “Nervous Condition” by Tsitsi Dangarembga, she makes it possible to sympathize for Tambu. Babamukuru’s mistreatment towards Tambu, Tambu’s feeling, and her womanhood support this idea. Also, language devices and sound devices help make the reader sympathize deeply for Tambu. Dangarembga first helps sympathize through Babamaukuru’s mistreatment towards Tambu because she was suffering from his threats and his power over her. One can see through this example “he threatened all sort of things.” This example shows that he treats her badly which would make the reader feel sad for her sufferings. In addition, “Babamukuru was always categorical when he made these statements” and “Nyasha suffered many more of them than I had.” These examples in the extract of the essay makes us feel sympathy to Tambu’s mistreatment and also Nyasha’s as well because Babamukuru wants to be treat like a god and thinks that “anyone who defies my authority is an evil thing in this house, bent on destroying what I have made” even though he did something wrong. More importantly, he does not even care why Tambu does not want to go to the wedding. The sound devices and hard consonants and metaphor helps to add more impact of violence into Babamukuru rage to Tambu like “my uncle’s volcanic temper.” Dangarembga helps
How does Paver make this extract of "Dark Matter"(p.148-149) frightening?
Transfer-Encoding: chunked How does Paver make this extract (p.148-149) frightening? Paver uses many techniques to make this extract frightening. It is when Jack had just got lost but manages to find his way back to his cabin. He has already encountered a ghost and read about local folklore about the ghost and has another experience with the ghost. Paver uses techniques such as punctuation for effect, short sentences and mystery and she commonly shows lots of detail but rarely tells which means you cannot be sure till you read it. Paver uses many ways to create fright for the reader, for example punctuation for effect. Paver says, “a black tide drowning…” (p.149). The ellipsis allows the reader the time to create an image and then to understand the terror. Also, a tide is normally blue or clear, similar to the sea, which seems normal and calm whereas this is black, dark and menacing, almost like Dark Matter. It reinforces that there is nothing normal about this place, for example, when Paver says, “Fog had darkened the blotchy stains to black”. When Paver says “drowning”, it gives the idea that there is some dark controlling ‘ghost’ that can drown a wave. It is particularly menacing because a black tide gives the reader the idea that it is powerful and almost has an agenda. The fact that the ghost can ‘drown’ this tide frightens the reader. The
How far do you agree that the writer brings different characters to life in the extract from Mayhew's 'Paved with Gold'?
Transfer-Encoding: chunked English Homework – 20 Marks Refer the extract by Mayhew, taken from his novel paved with gold, published in 1855. A student having read the text said: “The writer brings the different characters to life for the reader. It is as if you are standing on the street with them” To what extent do you agree? Mayhew uses the oxymoron “beggar babes” in the 5th paragraph, which emphasises the harsh reality that even the youngest members of this group have to beg in order to survive. The alliteration links the adjective to the noun which again further emphasises the harsh reality of the life of the lower classes within the extract. This powerful description of how the characters have to beg in order to scrape a meagre living enables the reader to better imagine the squalid conditions that these people live in. In the fourth paragraph, Mayhew uses structure to his advantage by asyndetically listing individual descriptions of characters which creates unique identities for the characters, which helps bring the characters to life in the reader’s mind. This is further enhanced by the descriptions of the clothing of the characters; for example, “greasy garments”. Again, the use of alliteration here helps link the adjective and the very general noun which further emphasises the bad condition the character’s possessions are in currently in.
Death Of A Salesman
The Death of a Salesman 'The Death of a Salesman' is one of Arthur Miller's earlier plays and was written in 1949. The play is based in Yonkers, New York in 1940. Miller's Father was in a substantial financial crisis as there was a recession which led the family business to be put in jeopardy. Due to the recession and the Miller financial crisis, Arthur had to pay for his own tuition to study journalism and play writing in the University of Michigan. All of Arthur's plays were based on his life and all of the experiences he had encountered. Miller wrote his plays this way as he would have a first hand account of the events. 'The Death of a Salesman' is a disguise of Arthur Miller's past time of his family business's bankruptcy and financial crisis. In 'The Death of a Salesman', Willy Loman is in a crisis. He's about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy don't respect him and can't seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make things up to his family. Willy Loman is a small, old man who believes he is of no significance. He just hopes for his children to do the best and be happy with what they achieve in life. Willy elaborates with images from the past and convinces himself that all is ok. It isn't. His role idolises a great salesman of his time, now to be just of an old age that sells his personality and
Do you think Sampath finally achieves his freedom from society?
Do you think Sampath finally achieves his freedom from society? In my opinion, Sampath finally achieves freedom from society to some extent. On the other it can be argued that since it’s an open ending that we’ll never truly know. Evidence pointing towards the idea that Sampath is free from society could be, when he climbs the tree and becomes a hermit no one questioned his actions any longer. This might show that Sampath is free from societies expectations however he is not free from society itself as they follow him to the tree. Secondly Sampath spends most of his time in the tree not interacting with anyone but the environment around him. Even when people came to ask Sampath’s advice it was he that was influencing them not the other way round. Finally the fact that it is implied that Sampath turns into a guava means that he’d be free of society for good. On the other hand towards the end many people like the chief brigadier and the police superintendent follow Sampath and try to solve the monkey problem. In effect society has followed Sampath. Moreover they tried using techniques which society found ‘acceptable’. Secondly, Pinky is still deeply involved in social life (Hungry hop boy and shopping). Pinky makes a big scene about those two things when she’s with Sampath. For example she asked if Sampath would like ‘to come along with the hungry hop boy’
This essay will analyse an extract from the book Help by Penelope Lively.
Reading comprehension This essay will analyse an extract from the book “Help” by Penelope Lively. The novel is about a lady called Jenny who hires someone to help her around her home, her name is Mrs Porch. At first Jenny enjoys Mrs Porch’s company. However, soon Jenny realises that Mrs Porch has been stealing from Jenny. When Jenny confronts Mrs Porch, she subtly blackmailed Jenny giving her no option but to take the seemingly better one. Jenny was to leave the purse where it was as usual so that Mrs Porch can take her money whenever she chooses, if not, Mrs Porch will simply leave, while Jenny has then got to clean the house by herself, without success. In lines 1-18 we see that Henry is in control of Jenny, by deciding what decisions she should obtain and how she should seize them; we know this attitude when we are told that “He said it in a tone that meant there was no discussion.” The declarative sentence here highlights the absolute certainty that that no one can change his mind and not to question Henry’s judgment. Henry addresses Jenny as though he is speaking to a child, we see this in “He put the paper down and said in a slow and careful voice that meant: listen because I am not going to repeat this.” This quote reflects the idea that Henry believes that Jenny is inadequate and isn’t capable of carrying out a simple task and believes that he
The short story Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver is about two people who are in a huge fight.
Sophia Alexandra Colov, 2p English assignment August 2012 Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver The short story ‘Popular Mechanics’ by Raymond Carver is about two people who are in a huge fight. The narrator of the story does not describe the characters’ feelings or looks in this story, and that is why the setting in ‘Popular Mechanics’ is very important because they symbolize the events and the main characters, so as readers we have to make our own details and pictures of how each person in the story feels and looks like. “Early that day the weather turned and the snow was melting into dirty water.” (p. 1, l.1-2) This element tells us what is going on inside the house. All these things that are happening outside are also happening mentally inside. The use of the word snow can mean pure and compares to the relationship of the man and the woman, before it melted to dirty water, which could be a separation. The use of adjectives bad and dark shows us how the emotions and mood is of the main characters. “Cars slushed by on the street outside, where is was getting dark. But is was getting dark on the inside too.” (p. 1, l. 3-5) This shows how the love, the relationship was built on, that love is now gone and the relationship is going to end. The story begins
The Policeman's notes for "Lamb To The Slaughter"
August 20, 1990 The date is August 20, 1990. My partner and I have received a call from Mrs. Maloney at 8pm. The call is about her husband, Patrick was dead and requested us to go there as soon as possible. She cried her heart out in the conversation. My partner and I took about approximately few minutes to reach Mrs. Maloney’s house. Just when we reached inside, we saw Patrick lying on the floor. About 5 minutes later, 2 detectives and 1 doctor came to the crime scene to investigate. Mrs. Maloney briefly told us the story about going out to the grocer and coming back to find him on the floor. While she was talking and crying. We discovered a small patch of congealed blood on the dead man’s head. The doctor was informed to perform an investigation of the blood on the floor as well, including the corpse. During the brief questioning, Mrs. Maloney told us that she went to the nearest grocer. In 15 minutes my partner was back with a page of notes that could prove Mrs. Maloney might not be the suspect. My partner and I suspected the murder weapon is either a large piece of metal or a heavy metal vase. We asked Mrs. Maloney about the murder weapon but she said she did not have such things in her property. Then I told her that Mr. Maloney was being killed by a blow on the back of the head administered with a heavy blunt instrument, mostly is a large piece of metal. My
