The dystopian genre is able to capture interest because it is in human nature to want to picture the worst. A dystopian narrative is depicted as an imagined place, usually in the future, where everything is unpleasant or bad. This idea of a dystopian world has been used to entertain people, convey messages or alter opinions. An […]

For the briefest moment, the smoke parted, revealing the apparent tranquillity of the statue erected before it blanket over them again. A mass of bone sewn together under the strength of flesh leather, ‘Fury’. Amongst the crowded mess of people, rancid odours rose from the cluster. Flies gathered on backs, attracted by years of sweat […]

There was a brief amount of time before the smoke would blanket over them again, revealing the apparent tranquillity of the statue erected. A mass of bone sewn together under the strength of flesh, ‘Fury’. Amongst the crowded mess of people, rancid odours rose from the cluster. Flies gathered on backs, attracted by years of […]

Before him stood the shady, shrouded, shadowed coliseum, ominous and tall. Above the colossal structure plooms of darkness suffocated the air, the breath inhaled turned to ash in one’s mouth, the smoke from flesh filled the world and with it memories of an atrocious chief tending barbecue.

To be successful, a text must bring us moments of joy. To be successful, a text must bring us moments of joy. It is the way that characters change in a text that makes them human. Without moments of joy, a character is unable to convey their emotion, the reader is unable to connect with the […]

“Good literature enlightens, great literature inspires action.” Great literature inspires action as it can cause emotional and independent thought, it allows one to form their own ideas. These ideas that form may grow to define a person and their actions. When Winston reads the book by Goldstein Good literature at the time may be only […]

In America until 1969, interracial marriage was illegal simply because two peoples skin colours did not match. That sounds ridiculous to us, doesn’t it? All be it today, people and politicians aren’t that direct, but either way, we’re not that dumb… we all know how wrong it is to allow a woman to kill an innocent […]

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing” How is it, that we stand by and allow the unwinding of our social mores and norms in our society by those who disregard the most human principles of mankind? We observe the slow degradation of our humanity […]

“for some reason, the telescreen in the living room was in an unusual position” I first only thought of this to be Winston being lucky and allowing a hero to form inside of him, but through discussion in the class, I thought that with all the meticulous watching of people and trying to catch traitors, how could […]