Barry Hines in general

A Kestrel for a Knave - Barry Hines

A Kestrel for a Knave written by Barry Hines, a book that is structured in a series of flashbacks. The past is mixed in with the present. A moving book that focus’s on the relationship between one boy, Billy Casper and his hawk. The Hawk brings something into Billy’s life, something worth living for. Something he was lacking before. His home life is a mixture of bitterness and loneliness, nobody loves him or cares for him, and his older brother makes lives for worse for him. Constantly bullying him, and destroying any happiness he may have. School is no better than home, the school’s policy is one of punishment, the cane will be used if it has ...

A Kestrel for a Knave - Barry Hines

A Kestrel for a Knave written by Barry Hines, a book that is structured in a series of flashbacks. The past is mixed in with the present. A moving book that focus’s on the relationship between one boy, Billy Casper and his hawk. The Hawk brings something into Billy’s life, something worth living for. Something he was lacking before. His home life is a mixture of bitterness and loneliness, nobody loves him or cares for him, and his older brother makes lives for worse for him. Constantly bullying him, and destroying any happiness he may have. School is no better than home, the school’s policy is one of punishment, the cane will be used if it has ...

A Kestrel for a Knave - Barry Hines

I was made to read this book as part of my gcse coursework and exams and to be honest the first time i read it i found it very boring. This is possibly because i was reading it in class and often other people would be reading it out loud (poorly). However, after i had watched the movie based on the book, i read the book again to get a more in depth understanding and found it a lot more interesting. I think that this was for several reasons. One was that i could put faces to the characters and imagine the story in my head as i read the book. Another is that i think that the second time i read it i took my time, as i had already absorbed the most important information. I found that you ...

A Kestrel for a Knave - Barry Hines

I was made to read this book as part of my gcse coursework and exams and to be honest the first time i read it i found it very boring. This is possibly because i was reading it in class and often other people would be reading it out loud (poorly). However, after i had watched the movie based on the book, i read the book again to get a more in depth understanding and found it a lot more interesting. I think that this was for several reasons. One was that i could put faces to the characters and imagine the story in my head as i read the book. Another is that i think that the second time i read it i took my time, as i had already absorbed the most important information. I found that you ...