The city burned, fire lighting up the sky. The stars and the sun were now indistinguishable, both as large as the other, both growing larger after each blink of the human eye. Red flames began to crowd Sylvia’s brain, fighting to escape through her the fragile wall protecting her eyes. Her bones and her hopes…
Give a problem to a named person in your first sentence and go from there… Willow’s world changed when her parents first told her the news. Well, not really her parents anymore. The woman she used to call her mother looked like a Norse goddess, with glistening white hair, supermodel legs and a face that…
The painful, unknown story behind elite SS assassin, Max Coden.
Strong, independent and intelligent. Portia is the character I believe to be the most honourable, not to mention admirable, throughout the play of Julius Caesar. Her stage appearance is quite brief, but to have me writing a post about her clearly shows she left us all thinking. Her strong and powerful voice brought her to…
Julius Caesar thought he had the whole of Rome kneeling at his feet, willing to lend him their blood and heart. This proves true for the most part, but what Caesar is unaware of is that the people who he thought would be as “constant as the northern star” would have the itchiest palms and…
The princess, the geek, the athlete, the criminal, the basket case. 5 completely different stereotypes put together in Saturday detention. 5 stereotypes that wouldn’t dare socialise in any other school conditions. The breakfast club has shown how these stereotypes don’t really get along. The scene that really shows this is when Brian asks what will…
The Breakfast Club depicts the separation of social groups in a high school environment through the use of stereotypes. On various occasions their characters stereotypes are even talked about between the characters themselves. The characters are shown acting in a way that their social groups are expected to behave. This is shown through the types…
Discuss how the director has positioned you to respond to the characters in the movie. ‘The Breakfast Club’ is an iconic 1985 film, directed by John Hughes. It tells the story of five high school students, from different backgrounds, who must sacrifice their Saturday due to detention. The film incorporates a range of film…
How does ‘The Breakfast Club’ depict the separation of social groups in high school? ‘The Breakfast Club’ cleanly outlines the stereotypes surrounding high school and social groups, a factor very hard to miss whilst watching. It portrays each of the five characters to be as different from one another as humanly possible, separating them from…
The Breakfast Club, a motion picture film, demonstrates an excellent vehicle for specific sociological perspectives. The movie incapsulates adolescents in the 80’s, stereotypical characters and the relationship between social stigmas and achieved status. The Breakfast Club holds a contempt for adult society but also highlights how teenagers are characterised and how they deal with stereotypes…
There is not one day that is different to the other. The Sunrises. It reaches its highest point in the sky. Then it sets. That doesn’t change, no matter how much you analyse it, it will always be the same, 365 days a year for as long as the sun lasts. But there is a…
Much Ado About Nothing Characters: Beatrice: Barbara – cousins with Heather ( is Lorenzo’s niece), quite ‘to herself’, acts like Barry is her greatest enemy, used to be in love with him but everyone secretly knows that there’s still a hint or spark of love she has for him, strict, always holds a grudge on…
Benedick: I, a handsome young gentleman loved by all, especially the ladies. I avouch that anon you shall see a spark of handsomeness in me, you truly will love me. Thou will be so in love that the whole of Messina will be so afeard. Although I, hath no heart of concrete will truly never…
Amnesia Prologue “Beth, don’t do this!” Luke screams shakily, tears are running down his bright red face, I try to break free from his grip but I can’t tug my arm away. “Stop it Luke!….we’re over. I’m going to college and you’re going to become rich and famous and travel the world with your band.…
Modern day version of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.
Enter Beatrice and Benedick. Beatrice: Oh, look at this dizzy-eyed Benedick, blinded by the thought of ‘love’. Wasn’t it he who said that he truly loved none? So whatever has changed him? Benedick: Beatrice, oh Beatrice, where art thou Beatrice? Beatrice: Ugh, he’s like a hell-hated demon! For as much as he wants to love,…
You hear things these days about people making up fan fiction movies scripts and novels to try and show that anyone can do it and that they can write amazing scripts and novels. Then around about a week later everyone hears about them for all the wrong reasons. But I’m not doing that though because:…
Welcome to a new term. To start this term, we’re delving into the wonderful world of genres. We’ll investigate what genres really are, how a text fits into a genre and what elements we need to look for when identifying genre. We’ll explore through reading, viewing and writing in different genres, and we’ll experiment to…
Journal Entry #6 Little Izolda could run faster than all her seven sisters. She could leap and turn and soar through sun-it valleys, leaving them far behind. The creatures of the land loved her dearly. They raced with her to please her and joined in her childish games. But her sisters were jealous and hated…
Cheesy/weird/romantic/tragic supernatural story about the cliched angel x demon pairing.
For this journal task I have chosen to blog about the 2015 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. For those who aren’t major tennis supporters; Wimbledon is a grand slam tournament played once every year at the All England Tennis Club in London, England. This grand slam is considered to be the most prestigious and unique tournament as:…
Growing up in a family where your voice and talents go by unnoticed, you learn to believe that the word “hope” doesn’t exist. You learn to believe that the labels people tag onto you are true. You begin to believe that you are just a shivering soul, helpless and unworthy of life. As a child I…
I chose to write about the blue ringed octopus as I had heard of the book called “The soul of an Octopus”, written by Sy Montgomery, about her observations and relationship with an octopus called Athena. In this book, she describes the intellect, nature and kindred spirit of this aquatic creature, and shares her deep…
Much ado about nothing: modern adaptation: As part of journal we had to transform the play much ado about nothing and put it in a modern situation. I chose the good old cliché high school romance. Beatrice in this adaption is an internet obsessed teenager who is crazy about this boy she started talking to,…
Beatrice: Why hello Benedick, I see you are back from your victorious battle, but I must ask, did you win using skill, or did they surrender because they couldn’t bear to look at your clay-brained face. Benedick: Clay-brained I may be, but if I didn’t come back victorious, you wouldn’t be able to see the…
