In the text ‘Why Not’ the author uses many language features to express why a photograph has a personal value to them. These language features are frequently used throughout the text. They include metaphors, similes, emotive language, and personification. The author compares what may seem like a normal Tuesday sunrise to a wonderful surprise that […]

The Life of Forrest Gump If you want a movie that will take you on a thrilling adventure that will make you laugh and cry, I recommend Forrest Gump. This film has gotten 24 film awards, and with that being said I’m sure you will want to give this movie a go if you haven’t […]

Planning: introduction  takes us on a journey, a love story, we get to know the characters very well, it’s very different to other movies, many historic moments that occur, adventure, ‘have you ever heard the saying “we were like peas and carrots?”‘, a favourite brief plot overview: An emotional story filled with friendship, family and […]

Text title – The Lovely Bones Author/Director – Alice Sebold Text type – Novel Date read – Term One 2020 BRIEF PLOT OVERVIEW The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold takes us on an emotional roller coaster ride through a 1973 mystery that is known as a murder. “My name is Salmon, like the fish; first […]

The Great Gatsby, The Curious of Benjamin Button, Winter Dreams and Babes in the Woods have all got a connection. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of these 3 books and 1 movie, has shown a similarity to link them all together. This similarity has been shown through a golden girl. A golden girl is a […]

Ok so I want you guys to think of the last time you had hunger pains. I know its a weird question to ask and you probably can’t even think of the last time you had them but I know that I have had a lot. Keep that thought till the end. There was this […]

The clock alarms goes of and ben dies and the hummingbird comes and daisy dies. That there is a sign for death in the situations of the scene Before Benjamin Button dies in the movie he there is a big montage of the younger life. It shows him from a young boy to a baby. […]

Darkness leaves, pushing the current back further and further out, showing more of the coast. As sky wakes up spreading its energy across the land of blues, greens and yellows, and 35 degree weather makes the humid air reach high points. The population fills every free spot that they can find, making the waterfront feel […]

Characters 3 key characters: Nick: Nick at the beginning of the book was very different from the rest of the other characters. His father had said to him “‘whenever you feel like criticizing anyone’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”’ This tell […]

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