I realised that not all of Duffy’s poems are as directly linked to gender and the imbalance of power between males and females, but these poems did show me that all of her work that we have looked at has still in some way linked into the global issue of an imbalance in power. The […]
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Contextual Questions about Starred Up
TEXT: Starred Up (movie) – directed by David Mackenzie, written by Jonathan Asser Question 1: How can texts offer multiple perspectives of a single issue, topic or theme? The film Starred Up provides the audience with a variety of perspectives on the issue of the British prison systems. The writer himself was a […]
How ‘In Your Defence’ by Sarah Langford has impacted me
The book, In Your Defence by Sarah Langford, is about a barrister (the author) in Britain who highlights many problems and complications within the legal system. Langford writes about 11 different cases she has represented with a focus on family and criminal law. I am very interested in legal systems and the pros and cons […]
What my reading says about me…
Often get discouraged by more advanced texts even though I could easily read them I choose a lot of realistic fiction because I can relate to the text more easily Lots of the books I read and enjoy are ones where I share a similar perspective to the speaker I like historical fiction because I […]
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What are your course goals/aims/hopes? During this course, I hope to deepen my understanding of the English language and how impactful the way we use it can be. I feel that I haven’t put in as much effort as I could in the past because I had taken for granted the fact I could get […]