Characterisation

them safe. It has made me more aware of the struggles that my parents, and parents everywhere, go through to make choices, sacrifices for the sake of their children. I have come to this understanding through the author’s use of point of view, characterisation and emotive language in the novel. The Adoration of Jenna Fox is written in first person point of view. It is narrated by the main character, seventeen-year-old Jenna Fox. We, as the readers, experience Jenna’s story through her eyes and…

It is for this reason that I felt Ellie’s characterisation is perfectly symbolic of a navigational compass. Before the war broke out, Ellie had a strong sense of right and wrong as her family always valued truth and trusted Ellie to do the right thing. This is evident when her father entrusts only…

I’ll be starting my analysis during the Inspector's final speech on page 207 and finishing halfway down page 208. Throughout my speech I will be making references to some of the primary key themes and ideas in the play which are: Social Duty and Responsibility. I’m analysing this section because this is the point that Priestley adds another dimension to the play where by we first see the family rationalise the legitimacy of the inspectors lessons. During this time we see the divide between the…

a Jewish boy who is held in Auschwitz and become friends with him. Boyne explores the theme of friendship, innocence and the theme of arbitrary boundaries. He uses characterisation, symbolism and dramatic to convey his main ideas. In the book, Boyne shows us the theme of the power of friendship using narrative voice and characterisation. Bruno, while adventuring, met a boy named Shmuel, who was on the opposite sides of a fence. They meet, and quickly become friends. When Bruno was apologising to…

Characterisation Characterisation is a literary device that is used in literature to introduce and explain the details about a certain character in a story. In book The Great Gatsby, the main characterisation revolves around the social status of the characters. The major character of the book, Jay Gatsby, is evidently wealthy, but he does not come from or belong to the upper stratum of the society. The author used the dialogue and appearance of Gatsby to reflect on his wealth and social statues…

War has a significant impact on society, revealing certain aspects of human nature otherwise hidden. From a historical perspective, both Joseph Heller and Ian McEwan criticise the nature of war through Catch-22 and Atonement respectively. Both authors reflect upon values and attitudes present during wartime through the portrayal of characters reflecting these and create a ‘constructed world’ of war, reflecting aspects of reality, to discuss and criticise the questioning of reality consequential…

journalists need to go beyond simple and exact reporting and offer some more in-depth interpretations on current affairs. He stresses the tensions caused by post-war paranoia and threats made against a country through his portrayal of the acting and characterisations, editing, sound, lighting and framing (Caulfield, 2007). Good Night, and Good Luck cleverly displays and educates the audience of the era of McCarthyism. George Clooney…

‘The Reader’ by Bernard Schlink and film Cabaret directed by Bob Fosse illustrates the way in which good and evil are a uniting force; wherein one cannot be wholly good or evil. Composers explore good triumphing over evil through context, and the representation of characters, along with metaphorical language and imagery; in doing so, compelling the reader to question their moral thinking and definitions of both good and evil. As judgements change and develop over time, the German society after…

Twelfth Night to She’s the Man In the comedy play Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare explores the key idea of Hidden Identity through his characterisation of Viola and Duke Orsino. He also explores how in some situations girls/boys have to dress or pretend to be someone they’re not to fit into society. This idea has been transformed into a modern day context in the Andy Fickmans film She’s the Man. She used the same characters that were in both texts but placed in a new setting and a new…

this that we see the impact of the materialistic nature of the American Dream. Fitzgerald has achieved this sharp contrast through literary convections such as characterisation, imagery and setting in the novel. Fitzgerald uses literary convections to convey particular social meaning and to comment…