Children of B&B Essay Practice

Children of B&B Essay Practice

Essay question: ‘Describe an incident which changes the course of events in the text. Explain how this helped you to understand an important idea in the text’

Statement	Example/Evidence (include a quote)	EXplain quote	EXplain Effect on the Reader	Your link -- to another part of the text	Your link -- to the wider world
The incident of saran carving the word maggot into Zelie's back helped me to understand the important idea of prejudice because it shows how far king Saran would go to torture Zelie just because she is different from him.	We see this in the text when Saran says “I admire your defiance child. It's impressive you’ve made it this far. But I wouldn't be doing my job as King if i didn't remind you what you are”	This shows that saran is abusing his power and taking out his anger on Zelie because of what happened to his old family but he is only allowed to do this because he is King	This made the reader feel bad for Zelie because she is on the receiving end of King saran abusing his powers.	It reminded me of another important part of the book when saran killed Amari's friend Binta because this also shows the idea of Prejudice.	In the real world, this idea is important because you shouldn't treat people differently no matter what even if they are different from you
Another way the incident of saran cutting the word “maggot” into Zelie's back helps us understand the idea from the other perspective because it shows us how vulnerable and helpless Zelie is when saran is torturing her. helped me to understand the important idea from the other perspective because it shows us how vulnerable and helpless Zelie is when saran is abusing his powers	We see this in the text when...	This means that…	This made the reader feel________ because _________.	It reminded me of another important part in the book when __________, because this also shows the idea of __________.	In the real world, this idea is important because ___________.