Florence Powell – Education and Schooling
Education and Schooling Florence Powell’s experience of education and schooling may have been somewhat limited, however the orphanage she attended describes itself …
Florence Powell – Purpose and Audience
Post 2 – Purpose and Audience Florence Powell’s memoir is an informative yet personal, reflective account of her life in an orphanage …
Florence Powell – Home and Family
Home and Family – Florence Powell Home and family are difficult factors to identify in Florence Powell’s memoir. Although her experiences of …
Florence Powell – Researching Writing Lives
Evaluation post Creating an author blog has allowed me to develop a better understanding of why memoirs are such an essential contribution …
Florence Powell – Education and Schooling
One of Powell’s most consistent themes throughout her memoir is the education and schooling side of her childhood. She provides readers with …
Florence Powell – Life Writing, Class and Identity
In conditions of long work hours, crowded housing and inadequate light, it was difficult enough for them to contemplate themselves, but they …
Florence Powell – Introducing the Author
Introducing the author – Florence Powell Florence Powell’s memoir is an endearingly personal and realistic account of life in an orphanage during …
Florence Powell – Fun and Festivities
Florence Powell’s documentation of the fun and festivities throughout her childhood is limited yet appears deeply sentimental to her, as Powell describes …
Florence Powell – Life and Labour
Labour is an overriding theme of Powell’s memoir, and evidently consumed the majority of her childhood. Powell reflects on the hard labour …
Florence Powell – Habits, Culture and Belief
Habits, Culture and Belief “I did wonder what I had to be grateful for” – Florence Powell (p.15) A fundamental value, habit …