TrackingaText:SpiesbyMichaelFrayn1:ChapterOne:pages3–6Thenarrator(Stephen)isdisturbedbythe smellofacertainshrubeveryJune.Ittriggershismemoryandmakeshimthinkofthepast.Particularly,hethinks ofKeithandKeith'smotherHeremembersKeith'smother,hereyessparklingandherlaughterThenhe remembershercryingandhenotknowingwhattodo.Heremembersthatthewholethingstartedwithsixwords spokenbyKeith.Heresolvestogoback...
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SpiesCourseworkEssayMichaelFrayn'smethodofshiftingbetweenpastandpresentwhilenarratingthenovel Spiesmakesthestorymoreengagingandmoremovingforthereader.Heisabletoeffectivelyportraythe innocenceofchildhoodthroughnarratingasanoldmanlookingbackathimselfgrowingupinWWIIandasa youngboylivingatthetime.Fraynalsousesshiftsbetweenpastandpresenttobetteremploycertainkeythemes suchaswithholdinginformation,whichisabletoenhancehowengaging
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MichaelFrayn'smethodofshiftingbetweenpastandpresentwhilenarratingthenovelSpiesmakesthestorymore engagingandmoremovingforthereader.Heisabletoeffectivelyportraytheinnocenceofchildhoodthrough narratingasanoldmanlookingbackathimselfgrowingupinWWIIandasayoungboylivingatthetimeFrayn alsousesshiftsbetweenpastandpresenttobetteremploycertainkeythemessuchaswithholdinginformation, whichisabletoenhancehowengaginganddramaticthe
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MichaelFraynwrotethepartlyautobiographicalnovel"Spies"in2002Duringthe1940s,therewerefixedideas aboutmasculinity.Masculinityconcludesthatmenshouldbeaudacious,independentandassertive.DuringWorld WarII,menfeltemasculatedevenmoreiftheycouldnotgooutandbrawlPerhapsMrHaywardisacommenton thedangersofmasculinityandsocialexpectation;hefeelsheneedstoovercompensatebyalwayscompleting physicaltasksandassertsmorecontroloverhishousehold...