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“You let me carry the conch, Ralph. I’ll show him the one thing he hasn’t got.” Piggy is annoying, intelligent and is ready to show Jack “the one thing he hasn’t got”. The conch.
how is it describe/introduce into the text How is it ‘used’ Find quotes where it is mentioned What ideas does it convey
Ralph – Appearance: fair hair, male, young, taller than piggy, past childhood, boxers body Jack – Appearance: floating coat, tall, thin, bony, hair red beneath a black hat Simon – Appearance: “skinny, vivid little boy” “straight hair that hung down, black and coarse” shorter than Ralph and Jack
“Describe at least one important object in the written text.Explain why that object was important. Quotes: “rule of the conch” – “laid the conch with great care in the grass at his feet” – Jack showing respect for this object after he was not elected “If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; […]
She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Metaphor, comparing life to […]
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And […]
Title: Gone Girl Text type: Thriller Author: Gillian Flynn A gripping storey based around the disappearance of Nick Dunne’s wife, Amy Dunne, the fictional thriller, Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn. Told from both characters perspectives we unravel the case of the missing girl and learn that there are two sides to every story. Amy Dunne, […]