Critical essay

• What is the technique used in the quote "He fell into some grotesque shape of wire, was barbed and tore at his clothes and flesh"?

  personification
• What does the word choice in "He fell into some grotesque shape of wire" convey?

  It highlights the dangers of the situation
• What does the metaphor in " death must be near" suggest about the character's situation?

  His life was at risk and that danger was following him closely
• What does the phrase "His heart was a wild thing in his breast" imply about his emotional state?

  He is experiencing intense fear
• What does the quote "Freddy," said one, "your father's got away" reveal?

  It indicates a plot twist
• What does the word choice in "the young men lifted the body and swung it under the lorry" suggest about their attitude?

  They are immoral and disrespectful
• What does the quote "People, arise! The world is dead" suggest about the state of society?

  It indicates a bleak and hopeless situation
• What is the technique used in the quote "The wasteland, full of wire and iron and the bodies of old cars"?

  Metaphor
• What does the metaphor "like is an island of safety in a sea of peril" convey about the bus?

  It highlights the bus is safety drifting away leaving him in the amidst danger
• What does the phrase "Mercy was the unknown word" imply about the character's experience?

  It suggests a lack of compassion in his life
• What does the phrase "This heart was pounding on his breast" reveal about the character's emotional state?

  He is experiencing anxiety or fear
• What are the key themes presented in "The Wasteland"?

  • Despair and hopelessness
  • The struggle for survival
  • disintegration of society
  • immorality
• How does the setting of "The Wasteland" contribute to its themes?

  • Represents desolation and decay
  • Reflects characters' emotional struggles
  • Enhances the sense of danger and fear
• Like an island of ... in a sea of ...

  safety perils
• his heart was ... on his ...

  pounding breast
• ... was the unknown ...

  mercy word
• their ... was ...

  intention unspeakable
• Death must be ...

  near
• His ... was like a ... thing in his ...

  Heart wild breast
• "Freddy" said ... , "your father's got ..."

  one away
• The young men lifted the body and ... it under the …

  swung lorry
• ... arise! the world is ...

  People dead
• What technique do u use for the paragraphs

  Seal
• 4 steps of structure

  1. at the beginning, introduces
  2. rising action, Key incident
  3. climax, plot twist
  4. resolution, conclusion
• 5 analysing words

  1. emphasises
  2. suggests
  3. highlight
  4. shows
  5. demonstrates
• always ask...

  why
• Analysis - He fell into some grotesque shape of wire; it was barbed and tore at his clothes and flesh

  The barbed wire resembles the crown of thorns that Jesus during his crucifixion, saying the wire tore at him suggests that the wire is a live and fighting him, the word choice of grotesque demonstrates that the wire looks very gross and ugly.
• Order of quotes

  1. like an island of safety in a sea of perils.
  2. his heart was pounding on his breast
  3. mercy was the unknown word
  4. Their intention was unspeakable
  5. he fell into some grotesque shape of wire; it was barbed and tore at his clothes and flesh
  6. death must be near
  7. His heart was like a wild thing in his breast
  8. "Freddy" said one "your fathers got away."
  9. The young men lifted the body and swung it under the lorry
  10. "People, arise! The world is dead."
• Authors name

  Alan Paton
• The name of the short story

  The wastland
• Where is the wasteland suggested to be set

  in South africa where crime was very high
• what is a metaphor

  a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
• what is a similie

  like or as