I have just finished writing an essay on the novella ‘Chroncicle of a Death Foretold’. You can find it under the ‘Text Response’ category. I’m interested in exploring concepts such as masculinity and gender roles. Here’s my introduction: The idea that ‘homicide is a legitimate defence of honor’ goes to the heart of Marquez’s critique […]

I have written a couple of Close Passage essays that are now available for purchase. Check out my introduction to: Blazing in Gold and quenching in Purple – 228 Two Butterflies went out at Noon – 533 The saddest noise, the sweetest noise – 1764 Foregrounding grief as a pre-eminent concern, the poems (228), (553) […]

Hello there, I’m sharing my wicked little piece that is a response to ‘The Dressmaker’. I hope you like it. Sample response ‘The Dressmaker’ – note that I haven’t used a prompt. Socially excluded, Mad Molly lives on the outskirts of Dungatar, at arm’s reach from the small-minded townsfolk in Jocelyn Moorehouses’s 2015 film noir […]

It’s been a while, but I’m back. I have, these summer holidays, been puzzling over Alias Grace. I have selected it as a Lit text for VCE Literature this year, and I must say that perhaps the strongest sentiment I’m feeling in response to the novel is one of bewilderment. There is absolutely nothing definitive, […]

I thought I’d share some work I’ve been doing with my students.  Here’s a Never Let Me Go/Things We Didn’t See Coming Introduction.  I’ve been having a few technical issues with my website so thought I’d post some content as a form of compensation.   Compare what the texts say about the relationship between truth […]

As a way of delving into these two texts, in this podcast I track character development/narrative voice in the opening chapters.  Comparing points of similarity and points of difference, I focus on the idea of sense making as a way of investigating how the two protagonists navigate uncertain worlds.  If you’re up for footy sirens […]

There’s nothing like simulating the tasks that the kids have to do.  Yesterday some fun was had mimicking the style of Austen’s writing using the opening chapter of Northanger Abbey as the stimulus.  This is what I came up with: Having failed to master the simple act of riding a two wheeled bicycle by the […]

Hello there, In this Screencast I guide you through the introduction that I have written in response to the question: Comparing Texts Texts:  Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam Note that this essay is way too long. ‘Your life must now run the course that’s […]