Dick and Jane

There are opposite ends of every spectrum, and a happy medium in the middle. The combinations are endless; too hungry and too full, too hot and too cold, too bright and too dark, etc. The same goes for human traits; while some are more important than others, the balance is more often than not off. A lucky few are gifted with the perfect amount of each trait, sitting right between the poles. Tom Stoppard shapes Thomasina, the one character with the perfect balance of thinking with her brain and…

In order to analyse the extent to which Catherine the Great can be thought of as an enlightened despot, it is first necessary to define the term enlightenment. Immanuel Kant’s definition is effective to consider how far Catherine fulfils this description. Kant suggests that a lack of courage and resolution to use one’s own understanding without the guidance of another creates a self-incurred immaturity from which one must emerge in order to be enlightened. By saying, ‘Have courage to use your…

The purpose of the advertisement is to persuade other students to read Dance of Shadows, by Yelena Black. The choices that I’ve made to ensure I fulfil this purpose is trying to make the advertisement eye-catching and having enough information on the advertisement, making people want to read the novel and find out what happens. The target audience of the advertisement are girls from the age of thirteen or have a high reading level. These people are the target audience because they would enjoy…

Elizabeth proves herself being a fallible heroine from the very beginning of the story. Her quickly made opinion of Mr Darcy shows an example of hurt pride leading to deep prejudice. The moment she decides to despise Mr Darcy is important for the plot as all the following mistakes are based on this particular one. Mr Bingley tries to convince Mr Darcy to dance with Elizabeth but Darcy does not feel attracted to her and his comment about Elizabeth being “tolerable, but not handsome enough to…

books ever since she was little. She’s the author of The New York Times Bestselling series, “The Mortal Instruments.” There are many events in her life that shaped the who she is today. Some events are when she traveled with her parents, When she read Jane Austen’s, “The Beautiful Cassandra,” and when she wrote fanfictions and was an assistant editor at “The Hollywood Reporter.” According to “Cassandra Clare,” Ms. Clare traveled to many different places when she was younger(famousauthors.org).…

Joyce Carol Oates is an admired writer famous for her amazing novels, short stories, and more. Born on June 16, 1938 in the small rural town of Lockport, New York, she began writing as a young child. She grew up in the country and started her education in a small one-room school house where books and writing sources were very limited. Early on as a child Oates quickly developed a love for writing and literature. Her first inspiration was the book “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, a gift from…

Much like the young Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte spent majority of her young life dreaming of fictional worlds, far off lands, and alternate realities. Bronte’s childhood consisted of strict education following her mother, Maria Branwell's death in 1821. Gerin explains, “Leaving no memory with her surviving children, not even with the clever five-year-old Charlotte, her part in the moral makeup of her daughters was yet primordial and lasting. Her love letters, written to Patrick during their…

When writing is said to be uncertain in exactness with regards to the meaning of language it is ambiguous. Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw is the perfect example of text that is ambiguous in nature. In the story a young woman takes a job as a Governess for two seemingly perfect children. Quickly after she starts her job however she starts to realize there are unnatural forces in the house with them. the nature of evil that is hinted at in this ghost story and the suspense it keeps the…

Despite the evil and deception that individuals may encounter during challenging times, they will learn to change their perspective which fosters personal growth. This is evident in O'brien's characterisation of Ann Burden, where she matures into an adult through the hardships she endures. Through dialogue and a decisive tone, O’Brien shows that she gains the skills and confidence to survive physically and emotionally and learns that not everything is black and white, evident in, “ I have…

In the diary, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, the character Anne Frank can be described as a person who is in love. For example, in page 415 Anne shows that she was the one trying to get Peter and not the other way around. She always thought of Peter as a sweet person who just needed friendship and love that would never do anything wrong. Anne too just wanted a friend who would help her and so she drew him and they became friends and soon after that they became intimate…