Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

At the begin of chapter we are introduced to a new character called Ms Dubose. Harper Lee uses this character to show courage throughout the chapter but at first we do not realise. This is because at the beginning of the chapter. Jem and Ms Dubose have a bit of brawl between each other (…

The children are both shocked by Atticus ‘Jem was paralysed. I had to pinch him to get him moving’ This quote strengthens my point of the children’s surprise this is because earlier in chapter 10 scout said ‘ Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty……..which is we felt reflected upon his abilities and manliness ‘…

A few days ago I was in the back of my dad’s car, on my journey back home from school. It was the conversation that we had, that was after a frustrating day, that intrigued me. I had had an annoying day at school where I felt that my friends and my teachers have mistreated…

Sir, I am struggling to thing of a topic sentence or something to argue for with the topic being Kosovo. I have a few ideas about political and economical problems but I’m finding hard to out it into a sentence

It was a Sunday afternoon, 14:56. The drizzle of the rain from my bedroom window seemed to sum up life. “Why’d she go?” I heard myself mumble. It had not occurred to me that my body had had its own agenda, probably food. I wanted to stay but the voice of my feet overpowered my…

Shakespeare in this scene presents Lady Macbeth as a responsible calm leader. He has done this to embed his theme of power. This theme is important to the play because it would keep the audience at unease as they watch this characters have to make irrational quick decisions. One way in which Shakespeare has done…

The Great Gatsby is a love-conflict novel set in the early 1900s New York in which, for Gatsby-young, handsome, rich, popular but yet mysterious-always seems alone in a crowd as his is suppressed by his infulfillment. The novel is told through the eyes of Nick Carraway, a young upcoming saleman, who develops a relationship with…

Shakespeare presents Macbeth as a man that is power hungry. He may have done this to emphasize his theme of power.One way in which Shakespeare has done this is in the use of imperative sentence and deviations of line structures. “Sleek o’er YOUR rugged looks. BE BRIGHT AND JOVIAL among YOUR guest tonight” At this…

Dearest wife, For it hath been far too long since your voice hath echoed my ears. I hath longed to speak of to you for my successes will more than please you. I have won my battle, again, which will surely end the war. This hath led to my rising in ranks for now I…

Shakespeare uses metaphors/allegorys to suppress an image of LM. ‘My hands are of your color, but I shame To wear a heart so white.’ This extract is an LM is stating that her hands are of the same colour of Macbeth, red, but what she says afterwards is interesting. According to ‘no fear’ website the…