It is winter, out at sea a rickety sailboat is a ball, tossed between waves in a schoolyard game. Cold and icy, the water is a weapon, loaded and lethal. Pale moonlight is the only illumination, turning masts into monsters and bags into bodies, maybe they’re real. A cramped cabin is hidden below deck, strewn […]

Above the sea of opened books, was a young girl sitting comfortably on a deep blue chair, reading. Around her were stacks of unopened stories yet to be explored. Beyond the stacks surrounding her, lay a city littered with innumerable amounts of books, exceeding that of the girls chamber of words. Into the sky flew

The old rattly carriage crawled through the ghastly forest, shuddering on the unforgiving ground.

David Hume || Frankenstein “Reason alone cannot be a motive to the will”, part of one of David Hume’s four thesis on his theory of Passion over Reason. This theory states that human decisions are made dominantly by passion not reason. “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” , Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, portrays […]

Something to change about school If I could change anything about school, it would be to refurbish the handball courts. Handball is a popular lunch time activity enjoyed by many, people play during break times over by the food tech rooms in the walled off area. Getting some lines painted in would be quite helpful, […]

What do you think the most important factor in a persons upbringing is and why? I think that the most important factor in a persons upbringing is their parents/caregivers. A parents job is to take care of you when you’re growing up, because you’re around them so much they become a large influence on your […]

Protagonist [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Key traits in Gothic Fiction Protagonists A God Complex, A distressing event earlier in their life, A flaw in their moral compass, A moment of recognition or revelation. Explain what is meant by each of the statements above and identify how Victor Frankenstein displays these common traits. Use quotations from the text to […]

I’M IN LOVE WITH THE PIKELETS

The Great Gatsby, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Winter Dreams, The Ice Palace. Using these 4 texts written by F. Scott Fitzgerald I will explore and explain significant connects throughout them. Fitzgerald tends to leave similarities in different texts through the likes of characters, techniques, themes etc. In this essay I will be discussing […]

In David Fincher’s film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, the nature of life plays a huge role as a main theme throughout the movie. The way of Benjamin’s life is an unusual concept and it is so abnormal yet so alike to everyone else at the same time. The nature of life is conveyed […]