The film ”Fargo” is a 1996 film directed by the Coen brothers (Joel and Ethan). The film is based in a wintery Minnesota. The theme of ‘Greed’ is shown throughout the film by various characters. In the film, greed is shown by the Coen brother through the use of film techniques such as Low Camera […]

Analyse how characters were used to explore the concept of justice. And then there were none Agatha christie During this essay I will be talking about the theme justice, and why Wargrave chose to kill the people on the island. The theme of justice is explored is because of the specific characters on the island […]

There is a big problem in NZ with gang violence, social issues, and racism,  also there is a disconnection from society within the young Maori community. This theme is evident in the films/books Boy, by Taika Waititi, Dark horse, by James Napier Robertson, yellow brick road, by Witi Ihimaera, Wild pork, and watercress, by Barry […]

We knocked the bastard off,   Listen up kids, Sir Edmund Hillary, one of new Zealand’s greatest   Sir ed grew up in Tuakau New Zealand and soon moved to Auckland, when he was 16 he dreamed of being a young adventurer, when he went on a school trip to Ruapehu he fell in love […]

In the 2014 film “dark horse” directed by James Napier Robertson, the character mana faces scariness when his dad a gang member punches his mentally ill uncle in the face after his fellow teammate wins the Auckland chess competition. This is the scene where Manas dad punches genesis and tells him to get in the […]

Describe at least one important character in the written text. Explain how this character is revealed to you throughout the text and/or how this character helps you understand an important theme/idea in the novel. The character Ricky Baker develops as he leaves the city due to the judicial and education systems failing him.Ricky soon finds […]

A challenge faced by the character Ricky Baker in Barry Crump’s novel Wild Pork and Watercress is after Ricky’s aunt Bella dies and Ricky and Uncle Hec were hiding in the bush. This challenge helped me understand that Ricky was a persevering, independent young man who and was able to exceeded his own expectations survive numerous […]

Crump uses Ricky bakers narrative point of view to give an authentic New Zealand voice to the story. Ricky bakes is a good example of how the new Zealand language has developed differently to how the queens english is.The language features used in the story are really informal because of the slang used in young […]

a) When the poet is talking about the cows and the rocks she is talking about a simile, because the poet talks about the cows stitting their wet and shiny from the rain. b) It is a simile because the poet says “as” 2.The poet is talking about a metaphor “The shed is an island […]