Essay on the Works of George Mackay Brown
Controlled Assessment Task Unit 3 part a: Understanding Written Text
Explore the ways the writer presents relationships between characters in the text you have studied.
ESSAY PLAN
intro – what I will be writing about, state author and title of 7 stories, expand on author and brief about his characters and island life section on relationships character, family, husband and wife, immediate family (son/daughter), friends, community, outsiders, animals eg, horse items eg, spade write about language similes, metaphors, factual, poetic, powerful short sentences, humour, narrative, dialogues *** use lots of quotes from the stories throughout essay***
Controlled Assessment Task Unit 3 part a: Understanding Written Text
Explore the ways the writer presents relationships between characters in the text you have studied.
George Mackay Brown (1921-1996)
This script is about exploring the ways in which George Mackay Brown (GMB) presents relationships between characters in the following seven short stories – Shell Story, The Paraffin Lamp, The Bright Spade, Tam, The Wireless Set, Three Old Men and Icarus. GMB was from the Orkney Island and presented a clear understanding of Island life from the stories that have been studied. He was the youngest of six children; born 17 October 1921. Except for periods as a mature student on mainland Scotland, he lived all his life in the town of Stromness in the Orkney Islands. He was affected by tuberculosis as a child, which recurred, rendering him unable to work on the land or sea as the majority of village folk did. Instead he took to writing.
Relationship can be complex at best; not only between two people eg, husband and wife, but also between a community, friends, outsiders, animals and even inanimate objects. GMB explores relationships in great depth in his stories and has an
Explore the ways the writer presents relationships between characters in the text you have studied.
ESSAY PLAN
intro – what I will be writing about, state author and title of 7 stories, expand on author and brief about his characters and island life section on relationships character, family, husband and wife, immediate family (son/daughter), friends, community, outsiders, animals eg, horse items eg, spade write about language similes, metaphors, factual, poetic, powerful short sentences, humour, narrative, dialogues *** use lots of quotes from the stories throughout essay***
Controlled Assessment Task Unit 3 part a: Understanding Written Text
Explore the ways the writer presents relationships between characters in the text you have studied.
George Mackay Brown (1921-1996)
This script is about exploring the ways in which George Mackay Brown (GMB) presents relationships between characters in the following seven short stories – Shell Story, The Paraffin Lamp, The Bright Spade, Tam, The Wireless Set, Three Old Men and Icarus. GMB was from the Orkney Island and presented a clear understanding of Island life from the stories that have been studied. He was the youngest of six children; born 17 October 1921. Except for periods as a mature student on mainland Scotland, he lived all his life in the town of Stromness in the Orkney Islands. He was affected by tuberculosis as a child, which recurred, rendering him unable to work on the land or sea as the majority of village folk did. Instead he took to writing.
Relationship can be complex at best; not only between two people eg, husband and wife, but also between a community, friends, outsiders, animals and even inanimate objects. GMB explores relationships in great depth in his stories and has an