Text title: Mahtab’s story                                                                                           Author/ director: Libby Gleeson        […]

It’s been 17 years since the reign of the Taliban came crashing down, but Afghan women still continue to be oppressed and abused. Although the Taliban is long gone, in modern day Afghanistan it’s legacy of war still lingers, striking fear and havoc, especially for women and their rights. These women were and to an […]

Level two: English wide reading log Text title: The sun and her flowers, pg 84 Author/director: Rupi Kaur Text type: poem Date read: Friday 8th june In this poem by Rupi Kaur, “A Never Ending Search” she talks about being lost and the value of beauty. She talks about the hunger for attention desired by […]

I intend to write a literary essay discussing the topic on the kite runner by Khaled Hosseini and the focus being on narrative P.O.V, foreshadowing and symbolism to develop on the main character, Amir.ˇ Discuss how the author uses language techniques to develop a main character in the novel, and how this character helps you understand one or […]

SOCIAL: castes     low/ Hazara  high/ Pashtun                                                                    HISTORICAL: before and after the Russian invasion                […]

The Kite Runner is a novel about social standards and the growth from child to man. Set in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1975,before the Russian invasion, we look into the lives of Amir, Baba, Hassan, Rahim kahn and Ali, boys and men living in separation by cast, poor and rich. The Main character, Amir, tells the […]