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Instructions
In order to successfully express your ideas analytically you must be quite sure that you recognize the differences between 3 kinds of writing:
- Descriptive
- Commentary on meaning
- Critical analysis and evaluation
Thomas Hardy tells his readers about a farmer called Gabriel Oak and we see him described in several locations – in the local church, looking through his neighbours’ windows and walking across his fields.
Notes
This would be a very poor start because it says nothing about how Hardy has written and it undermines the literary qualities of the piece by implying that Gabriel Oak is a real farmer as opposed to Hardy’s imaginative presentation of a character.