I jump into the wild water. The waves crash around me as I swim towards my turquoise purse. I try to fight the strength of the waves and grab my purse and swim back to the boat. Linda and Jessie grab my sore arms and pull me back to safety. “Candy!” Linda scolds me like…
Recently, in English class we have read and studied the famous play by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, which is based on true events. The play is neither a comedy nor drama but a tragedy. However, what exactly makes the play, Julius Caesar a tragedy? All of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes in his plays have a fatal flaw which leads to…
In 1939 when Batman was created, I don’t think anyone thought it would be such a great hit. Yet here we are, 75 years later and he is regarded as one of the most powerful and important superheroes in the comic world by a vast majority. Bruce Wayne is Batman’s or ‘The Dark Knights’…
This is an ad promoting the product of the Waffle Cones at McDonald’s. This print advertisement was found in a magazine, and has no specific target audience. The company, McDonald’s hopes to gain no new customers as this is for their existing customers that like to eat ice cream in Summer (because, who doesn’t?). This…
Recently in class, we have been reading the ‘Lockie Leonard Scumbuster’ play, by Garry Fry, based on the novel by Tim Winton. At first glance, I thought this book was not my type. The story line was quite confusing and I often found myself reading a paragraph over and over again. It would be a…
Seabirds which search for food in the Tasman Sea are mistaking plastic for food and are left to die on Lord Howe Island, just to the east of Australia. Surveys show that some birds stomachs held more than 50 pieces of plastic and in the latest survey one even contained more than 200! The birds…
Year 9 English @ Bossley Park High 