Activity One: Shaun looked up at the night sky, marvelling at the beauty of the stars. As Shaun’s mind drifted, he began to feel tired, and thus decided that it was one of those occasions on which he would have… Continue Reading →

Crouched down below the decking, searching for my lost coins. My jar of coins had been lost for nearly a year at that point, but that was no deterrence in my hunt. The front door flung open. I rotated quickly,… Continue Reading →

Daughter: Large glasses, aspires to be and practises being a model/pageant contestant, ‘nerdy’, not typically ‘good looking’ Story: I was called into the kitchen by Mother when dinner was prepared. We were eating chicken and salad. It wasn’t very nice…. Continue Reading →

Characteristics: Son – Impressionable, driven (exercise), silent Uncle – Depressed/suicidal, ragged, knowledgeable, exhausted   Desires: Mother – Everything to be OK Daughter – Win a beauty pageant/become a model Son – To create a lasting impression (like Nietzsche) Uncle –… Continue Reading →

Devastation reeks havoc across the nation, casting a long shadow over the loves of everyone in it. Reports of my death dominate the news, gripping Wales in its entirety. Tearful tributes cascade in and my pictures lie, surrounded by flowers… Continue Reading →

The boy looks up at his teacher displaying a combination of arrogance and disinterest. Slouching down into his seat, head tilting downward, gaze fixed ahead. Relaxed shoulders sink down towards the desk’s level, with arms sprawled carelessly across the aforementioned… Continue Reading →

Crouching down below the decking, I scrambled amongst the dirt, as I searched for my lost jar of coins. For the past nine months I had been searching for that jar, but up to that point my efforts came without… Continue Reading →

In the play Macbeth, Shakespeare constructs Lady Macbeth as someone who we view as controlling and, to a certain extent, conscienceless. Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband, Macbeth, into murdering King Duncan, in a bid to obtain the Scottish throne. The… Continue Reading →

In the region of Panem, formerly known as North America, 12 districts surround a city know as ‘The Capitol’. The Capitol is incredibly rich and its people think that they control the districts – which they do – so they… Continue Reading →

Director Ang Lee’s film ‘Life of Pi’, is a visually stunning film about survival and faith. The film adaptation of Yann Martel’s tale of shipwreck and courage does its job in upholding the plot, unlike in many other films that… Continue Reading →