Writing+a+Log+Entry

a) For each text explain the link between the text and the theme. It should also include at least two specific details from the text to support your explanation.

b) Write a response for each text. After reading and discussing the text you might write about the conclusions you drew or your opinions about: · Characters –eg: the challenges or conflicts they faced; the decisions they made; important relationships · Issues or ideas raised · Events or incidents which held your interest Support your response with at least two specific details from the text.

NOTE: It may be possible to use the same two details to support both your theme link explanation (a) and your response (b). If only two details are included, both must be relevant to your explanation and response.

c) Use this layout and heading format to write your log entries for each text. Note, the link to the theme (supported by two specific details) and the student response (with two specific details supporting the response).

// Date: 14.9.03 // // Title: ‘Miss Brill’ // // Text Type: Short story // // Author: Katherine Mansfield // **// Log entry //**

** I thought ** Katherine Mansfield creates a convincing depiction of a character who lives in a fantasy world. **I felt** sympathy for Miss Brill and how desolate her world is. **I thought** the character in the text was in quite a sad state. She pulls away from people and goes into her own fantasy world for comfort. **This story is linked to the theme of** “The Lonely Situation of women’s’ lives’ because she is poor, unmarried, old, and is unwanted in this situation she has put herself in.

**I thought many aspects of the story were sad.** We can see how lonely Miss Brill is throughout the story. On Sunday afternoons she goes to the park to listen to the band play and watch all the people interacting around her while also eavesdropping on others’ conversations. In her fantasy world Miss Brill sees the whole afternoon as a performance. Before going she prepares to wear an old fox fur. She takes much pride in it and treats it as if it were a real animal. Miss Brill imagines herself and the other people in the park as a company of actors presenting an exciting performance. She imagines that “it was like a play.”


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