Arthur Seaton, the hero of Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning uses this catch phrase as he faces up to life in the factory -as a cog in large machine. He symbolises a new working class for the new post …
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OCR A level Literature: NEA approach
Since the arrival of the new syllabus we have worked with an NEA which really works for us. I learned during last academic year that we need to change our choices. Irritating, but a chance to develop a new approach. …
This house believes Johnny (Rooster) Byron to be the victim of an intolerant and immoral society
A debate in the Lower 6th. Enjoy. We did! https://jwpblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/171109_001.mp3 Read More "This house believes Johnny (Rooster) Byron to be the victim of an intolerant and immoral society"
Why do the audience find Johnny Byron attractive?
This is an essay written as a first homework task for the Lower 6th by a young man called Asher. I think it is mature beyond his years. Please offer comment which I can feed back to him. It is disappointing …
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Jerusalem: the Play by Jez Butterworth
Originally posted on Beyond the Zeitgeist: Do we believe that Johnny “Rooster” Byron is having sex with Phaedra, the 15-year-old girl he’s sheltering from the stepfather who has apparently been sexually abusing her? And, if we do, how come we…
Jerusalem (Butterworth) feeling the ‘beat’ extracts
6 extracts pdf'd for students to work on to disucss the significance of the Beats as outlined in this post. new doc 2017-04-03 18.57.33 Read More "Jerusalem (Butterworth) feeling the ‘beat’ extracts"
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Jerusalem (Butterworth): feel the ‘beat’
Following a comment by Martin Robinson in his excellent presentation at Research Ed: Language, I am going to engage students with some specific focus on the 'Beat' stage direction which appears throughout the text. Students can be confused by a …
