Outdoor Appreciation: Final Reflection

Throughout my outdoor appreciation experience, going on treks and biking in different nature sites has allowed me to interact more with the ecosystems I have learned about in school.  I have gained new knowledge on the different ecosystems in Singapore during my treks, which has helped me develop a deeper appreciation for the different ecosystems.  […]

With reference to two of the texts you have studied, compare and contrast how the writers establish a sense of place in the openings.

Atwood in The Handmaid’s Tale (THT) and McCarthy in The Road (TR)both use visual imagery in the descriptions of the setting, giving a sense of a dystopian future in the opening of their texts. Descriptions of the treatment of the boy in TR, he is considered to be more important, compared to the treatment of […]