The First Day back at School
By Tríona Buckley,
Just thinking about it makes me nervous.
It is like starting off at junior infants again.
This year I’m starting secondary school, approximately 10 miles from home.
I’m on my own. I (more…)
Essay- The Loved One
Evelyn Waugh satirises death and life by centring his novel “The Loved One” around two funeral parlours, the Happier Hunting Ground and Whispering Glades. Through death, the characters lives are based. It is through the Happier Hunting Ground and Whispering Glades, (more…)
You could say that this is a story about friendship, and the betrayal of friendship, and friendship lost and regained.” (TDW. ‘Quest for Paradise’)
Although this quotation reveals the core of the story yet it does not meet the great variety of aspects the novel deals with. Whereas its (more…)
My heart is thumping never felt like this before; I’m trembling all over. Just thinking what can happen to me, will I make it in one piece. It’s like a nightmare only I’m awake. When I joined the army I wanted adventure I never thought I would be on the battlefield (more…)
Writing Task
I was angry, devastated. Scared.
I’ve been waiting for what seems a lifetime and there’s only one thing I want to hear. They’re fine, or they’ll be okay. But later I’m to learn a reality that will be devastating.
I’ve been laying (more…)
