Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Theme Study:

    Provisional Theme: Nature of Reality

  • Futility; Positive and Negative structure

    The poem “Futility” is about the discovery of a dead soldier in the midst of world war 1, however the concepts that relate and revolve around the dead soldier play a much larger part in the poems many meanings. The poem is also set in a very traditional stanza pattern that are of equal length…

  • Controlled Assessment: Spoken Language Study

    Comment: This essay has a number of great strengths. It is organised well, each paragraph dealing with its own specific point and the over-all argument developed thoughtfully as the writing progresses. You make references to a wide range of specific examples to support your ideas and the ideas you develop are sophisticated and original. A…

  • Belfast Confetti – Visualisation

  • Belfast Confetti; Story

    The story of Belfast confetti is about the result of an IRA bomb attack. However the poem is about an inconclusive character that was most probably at the wrong place at the wrong time. To support this statement; “I know this labyrinth so well” this quote implies that he must be a local observer rather…

  • “Out of the blue” effect pathos

    In the poem “Out of the Blue”, the certain theme of the poem is the pathos of the subject. The introduction of the poem brings the effect of everyday, simple life with no drastic changes or consequences but however the poem starts to unfold and by the time the plane and the towers are noted…

  • Controlled Assessment Spoken language and Text FINAL PIECE

    Explore the view that speaking, texting and/or  web-based interactions can be very creative forms of language use. “English is a rich and fruitful language”, this high concept quote is something that I have heard over and over again throughout my life in education. However to answer this question this quote has to become adjusted towards…

  • controlled assessment day 2

    Explore the view that speaking, texting and/or  web-based interactions can be very creative forms of language use. “English is a rich and fruitful language”, this high concept quote is something that I have heard over and over again throughout my life in education. However to answer this question this quote has to become adjusted towards…

  • Preliminary paragraph; Introduction

    The English language has been described as a rich and fruitful language. There are countless times I have heard this statement whether in a Library or in a school. The reason why this statement is so well known is because the concept is so powerful that it inspires people to pass the word. Althoguh it…

  • Preliminary paragraph; The limitations of text and the creative outcome

    Text is limited compared to spoken language. To elaborate on that statement, spoken language has so many more features that can influence conservation such as body language or the volume of voice.  Text initially was just characters and words however people have creatively developed ways of proposing what would happen if the conversation was  spoken. For example…

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