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How typical are these writings: The First World War

Full Title: By comparing Extracts B and C, and by referring to your wider reading, examine how typical in both style and treatment of subject matter these writings are of literature from or about The First World War Extracts B and C represent only a tiny sample of literature relating to one of the most [...]

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Critical analysis: Extract from “Strange Meeting”

Full Title: Critical analysis of an extract from “Strange Meeting” by Susan Hill This extract begins with an informative introduction to the town of Feuvry. This short history provides the reader with factual context for the coming events, enriching the environment. However, this style quickly changes to a more emotionally based one, describing the “superstition” [...]

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Comparing “The Dead-Beat” and “Mental Cases”

Full Title: A comparison of “The Dead-Beat” and “Mental Cases” by Wilfred Owen “The Dead-Beat”, set in a front-line trench, and “Mental Cases”, set in a mental hospital, were both written by Wilfred Owen and describe situations involving people who have been mentally scarred by their experiences during the First World War. Pat Barker, in [...]

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