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I decided to write my creative response in the form of a narrative with my opening scene the end of my story. My audience is readers of a collection of war stories, where my piece will be published. It is an anti-war story that tells of the hardships the soldiers have to face and how they are pushed to their limits. By having an orientation, complication and resolution, it really reflects the style of a narrative, and it was how I was able to solve the conflict with Reed getting hung. I described Reed as “small and skinny for his age” as it draws connections with Rooke’s appearance. I also wanted to bring out how Rooke’s parents are ashamed of him, and having that aspect in my own story pushes Reed to sign up for the army. One of the main themes I centred my piece around was moral dilemma and loyalty. In The Lieutenant there is a moment where Rooke has to go on an expedition to kill and bring back the heads of six natives and this is a turning point for him as he has to come to terms with the fact that he doesn’t agree with what is happening. I drew on this moment when Reed refuses to kill the young boy as a direct link to the novel. I wanted my readers to feel the might of Reed’s decision to refuse the orders like how the readers of The Lieutenant did with Rooke, and how hard it is for both characters to go against who they believe in.

In Reed’s speech when he finally stands up to Governor Clarkson is a direct link to the moment where Rooke stands up. It is an important moment for his development as a characters, as it is the point where Reed says enough is enough. I described the gun as cold, sleek and foreign to Reed, as I wanted my readers to see that Reed had doubts about the army even before he refused the Governor’s orders to shoot the boy.

As The Lieutenant had Governor Gilbert who had sent the orders for the expedition, I wanted a superior that was unreasonable so that my audience could see that the orders to kill the boy came from an unjust place.

I made the boy familiar to Reed through his younger brother to evoke feelings in my readers, as if to say ‘Could you shoot your own sibling?’ and as a link to Rooke and Anne. It shows that Reed has instincts to protect, not attack like what the Governor wanted in his own soldiers.

My story ends with Reed getting hung as an almost alternative ending to The Lieutenant as this is what would have happened to Rooke if he wasn’t exiled to Antigua.

I made connections to Grenville’s The Lieutenant multiple times through the style of my writing which composed of descriptive and figurative language. I wanted to set up detailed scenes to entice my readers and so they could really picture what my characters were feeling and seeing in that exact moment, “…the blackness overtook his every sense”, “…every inch of the street was covered in a thick layer of blood.” Grenville’s The Lieutenant featured a lot of figurative language which brings to life her scenes and characters and I wanted that moving power of words to reflect through my own writing.

-What form and why? -Who is the narrator/writer and the intended audience? -Which aspect of the text is explored. Why is this important to the text? How does the form help you achieve this? -How does your response demonstrate knowledge of key moments, characters ideas and values of the text. -Language features used and their intended effect....