Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Almost everything you need to know about the importance of characters in of mice and men can be determined through the way they look and what people say about them. I will talk about one of the main characters, Lennie. Lennie is described in the book as ‘large’ and ‘simple minded’ man, in the book,…

“It wasn’t taking me as well”. Page 118 Simon, on the mountain, voices his defiance against the mountain, the worldly predator that he felt was out to get him. This feature is known as ‘personification’. the link between this small detail and the big idea of the power of nature is that mountains are recognised…

She aExplain some of the thoughts and feelings Claire Francis has during the storm. I this extract from her book, the first thing she felt was unprepared from another blow by gale force winds, which seemed to take her completely by surprise, another thing she felt was exhausted, this was because of the daunting physical…

Explain how the headline and picture are effective and how they link to the text. The Headline :’Up, Up and Away; the day armchair travel really took off’ is effective because of the way it is written in the article and the text itself. an Obvious attention grabber would be that it is written in…

What do you learn from Ben Leach’s article about the issues and concerns regarding the building of wind farms? From Ben Leach’s article, We can learn that the building of new wind farms can potentially ruin beauty spots where they are built, ruining views and landscapes in large areas which has called for more rules…

Compare the different ways in which language is used for effect in the two texts, give some examples and analyse the effects. (Storm at sea & Source 1) In source 1, the newspaper article about wind farms, the first thing you can notice is that the style of writing is very formal, the effect of…