by melaniewp | Mar 10, 2014 | Analysis, Cambridge IGCSE, Essays, IGCSE English, Short Stories, Stories of Ourselves
Essay on The Destructors from Stories of Ourselves for the Cambridge IGCSE Anthology. Find the story here.Explore how Graham Greene presents the shifting power within the group as leadership passes from Blackie to T.From the first sentence, Greene establishes the...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Short Stories, The Monkey's Paw, Third Person
This story is scary. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…The Monkey’s PawW.W. Jacobs, 1902WITHOUT, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess,...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Omniscient Narrator, Short Stories, Third Person
The Gift of the MagiO. HenryOne dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent...
