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WRITTEN LAW IS NOT ALWAYS EQUIVALENT TO JUSTICE

In The Caucasian Chalk Circle, the Written law is not always equivalent to justice. Justify this statement basing your illustration on the Play. Many modern-day societies are built around the written law. Such law defines the sovereignty, powers and the rights of each individual. However, the laws also dictate the limitations to such rights and their impact. In the play, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brecht observes that sometimes, the written law is not always justice.  In the prologue, the old man representing the Rosa Luxembourg, exclaims that the disputed land belongs to them by law upon which, the Girl Tractorist observes that such laws ought to be changed. Although this is an indicator of the changing rules, it also postulates the new norm -  a norm that transcends laws that have refused to keep up with the changing society. During the times when Azdak was judge, the written rule becomes the judge's cushion. Instead of following the written law, Azdak follow

WRITING YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY 2

There are various skills that you require to make your essay appealing to the examiner. We have already looked at the Introduction, the body, and the conclusion. In this episode, we are going to focus on individual writing skills.  In the last post, we talked about the topic sentence. This sentence should tell the reader what your paragraph is about. When writing the topic sentence, one of the best ways to make it resonate with the reader is using the EDINGLY format. Edingly refers to the use of an -ed and -ing verb form and a -ly adverb. For example, you can say,  "Beaten and bruised, he hurriedly ran screaming to his mama." " Realising that he was in deep trouble, Azdak slowly made his exit from Grusinia taking Simon's 30 piasters with him.  Such sentences create a more dramatic entry into a paragraph which is your intention to attract more marks. However, you cannot fashion such sentences out of whim, you need to practice it until you make it. Edingly is al

WRITING YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY

Writing high school essay is as simple as telling a story. Students ought to find their own perspective in relation to the question asked then whip out the writing magic and get to work .   Writing an essay is as simple as telling a story. In a case where the essay is based on the set text, then your essay should reflect the contents therein. It should be clear that different examination councils have different ways and the number of words per essay. However, the simple truth is that all essays follow very simple guidelines.  Firstly. as a student of English or any subject that requires an essay, you need to read the question well and understand what is expected of you. Thereafter, think of the perspective you will take to argue your points. Perspective is your point of view, that is, how you understand the question and the relationships that exist between the question and the set text- if there is any. Once you have identified your perspective, it is important to list down the p

PESSIMISM IN JOHN STEINBECK'S THE PEARL

Steinbeck speaks about the impossibility of making it in a highly polarised world where class defines individual standards of living.  Every author has their own perspective of the society expressed in their work of art. Some writers have chosen to retain the status quo which is the bedrock of the society even today. Hard as it may be to believe, society is defined by its hierarchical order, which is disturbed like in The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht brings around chaos where the weak and poor enjoy a certain form of justice. Bertolt Brecht uses anarchy to bring a semblance of Justice in Grusinia where an arrogant judge- Azdak dispenses justice to the weak and punishes the corrupt and reach. This lasts for a short while before normalcy is returned. The book the Great Expectations and Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables somehow border on the pessimist side of the society. However, it is Steinbeck who puts into context the pessimistic view of the society. The pessimism in