![]() ![]() ![]() “The room is stiff with a charred awkwardness, with languages I can’t speak.‘In these stories, hope and despair are perfectly balanced.’ Do you agree?.‘It is often the secondary characters who help convey themes in these stories.’ Discuss.‘ Characters in these stories have little control over their own lives.’ Do you agree?.‘The narrative points of view reveal the characters’ deeply personal responses to life’s challenges.’ Discuss.‘Gender plays no role in the emotional fates of the characters in Like a House on Fire.’ To what extent do you agree?.The protagonist in ‘White Spirit’ describes herself as “a dowdy, sad sparrow amongst peacocks.” How does Kennedy figurative language to communicate her themes? Like a House on Fire is a collection of short stories by the author, Cate Kennedy, and unlike a lot of other texts on the study design, this book portrays a lot of very domestic situations, which seems fairly boring compared to some of the other texts that other students might be doing.‘The characters in these stories are all finding ways of “keeping up appearances”.’ Discuss.‘ Like a House on Fire shows that family relationships are never perfect.’ Do you agree?.Like a House on Fire finds strength in ordinary people’. ![]() ![]() How are the characters in Like A House on Fire trapped by their circumstance?.Cate Kennedy has said ‘I think heroes are people who cope.’ How do the stories in Like a House on Fire illustrate this statement?.(Click here for how to unpack the prompt) In Like a House on Fire, Cate Kennedy finds strength in ordinary people. ![]()
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