Chapter 10 starts of with Pip pondering over Estella labelling him as common. His next course of action is to try and get biddy to school him, as Mr. Wopsles great aunt, Pips current teacher is always sleeping on the job. After that, Pip meets up with Joe who is found in the Three Jolly Bargemen, drinking with Mr.Wopsle and a strange looking man. The strange man acts very suspiciously in front of Pip and it seems like he is doing it almost purposefully in front of Pip. The highlight of the encounter is when the stranger stirs his drink with a file, almost indirectly remarking that he has knowledge of Pips involvement with the escaped convict. After some conversation the stranger gives Joe some shillings, which is then found to be wrapped in two one pound notes with Joe presuming it was a mistake and making sure the money is kept safe and not spent.

The first book I decided to read for my theme study relating to ambition was The Wise Mans Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. This is the second book in the King-killer chronicles which consists of three books, the first being The Name of the Wind and the third being The Doors of Stone which is predicted to come out in late 2016. The overall story of the first two books surrounds the character of Kvothe, who in the present is presented as a simple innkeeper who is just another person among many. However, the story really starts when an unusual character arrives at his inn, armed with the knowledge of his rich past and convincing him to recount his life story, which is what the majority of the book is made up of, with Kvothe telling the story of his life in a traditional story format. Kvothe starts off accompanying a travelling group of Edemah Ruh, a race of traveling bards and entertainers with his familly. In a random turn of events, the group are brutally murdered by a supposedly mythical group of people called the Chandrian, who most people believe to be a myth. This event sets the stage for the rest of the story, with a young Kvothe journeying for from city to city in search of the University, the learning hub of the world and the only place with infomation on the Chandrian. Kvothe shows a masssive amount of ambition when searching for the university, while overcoming all the emotional and psychical hurdles in his life. The story then follows kvothe’s journey when looking for infomation about the Chandrian. Everywhere he goes he is at a disadvantage in some form due to his wealth, racial prejudice and other factors, but his defining characteristic is that he overcomes everything thrown at him. This clearly shows Kvothe ambition and drive to stride towards his goal and links to the focus of theme study which is ambition.

As I stepped of the the train, I felt the snow crunching under my boot. The navy duffel coat tugged along, worn from over 4 years of use. “Are you lost mate” A man said suspiciously to me, standing in a protective stance. “You don’t look like your from around these parts…watch yourself” he said and briskly walked away.

In Chapter 8, Pip and Mr Pumblechook venture out to Mrs. Haversham’s mansion where Mr.Pumblechook trys to get in but is abruptly shutdown. When Pip enters, he is met by Estella, an apparently rude girl who is around the same age as Pip. She then brought into a candlelit room, in where he first meets Mrs. Haversham who wears a yellowing wedding dress and appears very strange to Pip

Chapter 5 starts of with the cliffhanger that happened at the end of chapter 4 with the soldiers standing outside where Pip was. Initially Pip believes that the soldiers are there for him but its is realised that they are just there for Joe, the blacksmith to fix their cuffs. After a conversation the soldiers reveal that they are there to look for 2 escaped convicts and Pip realises immediately that they were the same two that he met. Joe and Mr Wopsle then offer to accompany them and pip goes along with Joe. After a while, the soldiers find the convict which pip had grown accustomed to and arrest him. When they ask if he stole the food he says yes, therefore covering pips back and it shows some good in him. He is then arrested and the chapter abruptly ends.

Chapter 6 is a very short one and just goes over Pip’s thoughts regarding the arrest of the escaped convict and his return to where he lives in which he is very tired and returns home as if he was drunk.

Chapter 7 starts with Joe teaching Pip how to read and write with his first word being Joe. The conversation then delves into other topics including Joe’s family and his fathers drinking and abuse which Joe defends him about. They then start speaking about Joe and Mrs. Joe’s relationship and how they met while Pip seems slightly uncomfortable about.

Texting is a compact form of communication which is normally used to send brief messages to one another in the most efficient form. Texting and our spoken language have greatly influenced each over. Our spoken language today has been greatly molded  by text communication and vice-versa. The relationship between spoken language and text communication is very close for which will be the focus of this essay.

The first impact of text communication on spoken language is the use of acronyms, commonly used in texting. An acronym is an abbreviation, made up of the initials of a common phrase such as Lol (Laugh out loud) or Tbh (To be honest). The main purpose of using acronyms are to shorten speech in order for it to be written quicker, which is arguably the purpose of text communication, to write in an efficient way so that you can get your message across. Acronyms have slowly impacted the way people speak in everyday situations with the meanings, in some cases slightly changed. One such example of this is the use of the acronym Lol in spoken language which is usually used to signify that a joke is not funny and the use of Lol emphasises this point. This use of Lol is completely the opposite of what it was meant for but over time its become so that it does not correlate its actual meaning any more but it is is now known to be more of a way to acknowledge that something was funny but the person is not actually laughing. This use of Lol is used in both spoken language and text communication which shows that the relationship between both of them is very close.

The next factor is the use of emojis in text communications. Emojis are small digital icons which represent an emotion or idea in electronic communication. They have incorporated facial expressions into to electronic communication which allows words to have many different meanings,depending on the emoji which is being used. They have also allowed text communication to become much more like real life as facial expressions are a big part in how we perceive what someone is saying. For example, a message such as “shut up” would be perceived as fully serious, whereas that same message with a winking face at the end would give it a sense of sarcasm. The emojis have therefore allowed texting to convey a sense of emotion in the user which brings the relationship between text communication and spoken language closer.

My third factor is the use of omissions in communication and writing. An commission is the reduction of a commonly known word such as what becoming “wot”. An omission is used in texting to shorten a word in order for it to become more efficient when writing it. It also replicates the way we say common words as we often do not pronounce the actual word but a variation of it. Omissions are also influenced by slang used in the area where the text users are from. Words like “dat” and “wot” are used daily in many urban areas around the country. This has translated into a wide range of people using it in their text language, mainly for efficiency. That shows how slang has become a daily part of peoples life when texting which therefore shows how spoken language has impacted on texting which means the relationship between both of them has grown closer throughout the years.

One feature of both text communication and spoken language are idioms. An idiom is a common word or phrase which is only understood in a certain group or culture. One example of an idiom which is commonly heard in an about LNS is when people refer to nautical studies as “docks”. An outsider to the school would not understand this phrase as its meaning, although loosely related, the word “docks” would be not be understood as going to a nautical studies lesson by an outsider to the school. This is closely related to text communication as idioms are commonly used when texting, most likely due to the fact the most text conversations are between friends and acquaintances, so they will be more likely to understand the meaning of it. Idioms are also used as they normally shorten the understood meaning, which relates to texting as texting is meant to be a very concise and efficient form of  communication, which could explain their common use. This has shown that idioms are used to be understood in a certain group and be concice which shows the two forms of communication have impacted on eachover.

Homicide by David Simon is a non-fiction book about the homicide department in the American city of Baltimore. This book goes over all what David Simon found out and the  information he discovered while at the Baltimore Homicide department. The Killers, a novel by Ernest Hemingway is a short story which contrasts Homicide as it is fiction. The Killers is set in a 1950’s cafe, with 2 assassins attempting to kill a target.

Both writers use profanity in their texts which is used to create a scene their respective situations. “All right,n*gger” is the phrase one of Hemingway’s characters uses and “your too f*cking dumb” is one which Simon uses. This profanity could suggest that the writer is trying to make the reader have a negative outlook on the person they are portraying as swearing. The major difference between the two texts is the different era’s they are set in with The Killers being set in the 1950’s and Homicide being set in the 1990’s. This effects the language used in the texts with racist words against a specific ethnic minority used in The Killers which is “n*gger”. Hemingway even describes a person using this word which shows that he views it as acceptable while Simon only uses it when trying to create tension.

Another difference in the two texts is that in David Simon’s book,Homicide, he uses 2nd person while in Hemingway’s book,The Killers, he uses 3rd person. An example of this in Simon’s writing is “you sign your name and the monologue resumes” which is 2nd person as Simon is putting “you” in the situation. On the contrary Hemingway uses 3rd person, for example “George looked at the clock on the wall behind the counter” which puts the reader in an all knowing position. Simon however puts us in a situation where we just know how much your character is experiencing so “you” are in the story which effect the reader by putting the reader in the characters shoes. Hemingway does the opposite and uses 3rd person which makes the reader a spectator to the story. This then helps the reader relate to the characters, but in Homicide the readers are made to view themselves in the situation.

Both writers use irony in their texts which is used to create an underlying meaning by saying the opposite or something different then they are implying. An example of this in The Killers is when Al says to George “You’re a pretty bright boy, aren’t you ?”. This is an example of verbal irony as Al doesn’t actually mean that George is a bright boy, but the opposite and in effect patronizing George. We know this because of the context of the situation, which is Al and Max holding George at gunpoint and its unlikely that they would be paying him compliments. An example of irony in Homicide is when the 2nd person character says he doesn’t want to talk to which the detective replies “that’s fine”. This is another example of verbal irony as the detective is saying its fine and being very friendly but in reality he wants to take the criminal down. These two examples of irony show the sheer brutality of the criminal world and how people who are playing the ‘nice guy’ are in truth very manipulative.

The two writers show the consequences of crime in very different ways. David Simon’s book Homicide focus’s on what happens after the crime and in what way it affects someone’s life or the hypothetical ‘you’. In contrast Hemingway’s ,The Killers, show the life of crime as a one which is very brutal for anyone who is caught up in it. To help show the consequences of a life of crime many language techniques are used by the author in which I have explained in this essay that include irony, 2\3rd person and profanity.