Listen as the humm of Audi engines announce the arrival of the boys and their mothers, the long shadows sliding over dew heavy grass. Black and silver. The school sits low and glassy, oddly lifeless without the boys laughter to fill it up, waiting. No one walks. No one, but the Brown Boy. He comes […]

Survival is an interesting topic, because everyone has a series of unique trials to endure in life, and our choices in those situations are simply the result of an attempt to ensure our own survival. At the end of the day, whatever survival means for the individual they will fight for it with all they […]

I have been agonising over the perfect experience that has opened my eyes to my white privilege to begin my essay with. However my bubble is so complete, that other than what I have heard I have no real first hand experience that shows me the extent of my privilege. I, like most of my […]

Dear Mrs BagleyMy name is Ruby Rochelle Burke. My name was actually a very controversial topic for my parents, as, years ago a hairdresser named Ruby cut a piece of my mum’s brothers ear. Ever since the event she has disliked Ruby’s in general, so did not give in easily to my Dad wanting the […]

In the poem Osymandias Shelly conveys the underlying theme of hubris through alliteration, quotation and other language effects. In the beginning of the poem, when speaking of the expression found on a broken statue Shelly quotes the sneer as having ‘cold command’. The use of alliteration draws our attention to this line, putting emphasis on […]

Gattaca History has shown us everything we need to know in terms of what to change in order to create a better future. However, selective memory and the very human tendency of denial in the face of discomfort or hardship lands us living as our ancestors did, repeating history, none the wiser. This is one […]

“Describe at least one idea that changed your perspective or point of view from the film.” “There is no gene for human spirit.” In a world where humans are engineered in a lab – made, to be perfect this quote is particularly pertinent. Jerome – a leading character in the film Gattaca – proves these […]

    Hello. to begin my speech I would like you to -ignore your gender for a moment – and imagine that today you find out that you are pregnant. I know gentlemen that it is not something you ever imagined for yourself, but you are going to have a baby. Immediately you start to […]

act one, scene one: Characters: 3 witches 3 witches conversing, deciding to meet Macbeth on the heath after the battle is done            Witches “when the hurlyburly’s done when the battle’s lost and won” First of many paradoxes used by the witches. “fair is foul and foul is fair”   act […]

There are two fundamental psychological human needs. One is the need for control, the other is the need for relatedness – as, after all, we are social beings by nature. Through our phones and text language we are able to communicate at all hours, with people on the other side of the world a mind […]