Letter to Daniel: Despatches from the Heart

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What feeling does Keane have 1. What feeling does Keane have for his son and the future?for his son and the future? I said I would think about it. But I didn't 'think'. Instead, one morning early, sitting up with the baby in one arm, I just started to write. Directly to my son.

youyou think is Fergal Keane’sthink is Fergal Keane’s main purposemain purpose for writing this for writing this letter. letter. Keane compares his new life to a 1. Keane compares his new life to a long sentence – why is this long sentence – why is this appropriate given his occupation and appropriate given his occupation and how does he develop the idea?how does he develop the idea? However, audience and purpose in non-fiction will vary However, audience and purpose in non-fiction will vary and are extremely important. and are extremely important.

The big idea in Letter to Daniel is about the writer writing a letter for when he grows up. He is very proud of his son and wants to protect him. He is writing this letter with Daniel cradled in his left arm. This story describes a person; the person is Daniel. Also the writer expresses their own thoughts and Surely FOOC - as we correspondents call it - was the place to talk about our experience of other people's lives and countries, not to reflect on our own. For in the years after the letter I found myself gradually becoming lost in the disease that took his life. Lastly, throughout the letter the writer relates to a particular theme. This theme first becomes apparent to me when the writer uses the phrase; The word choice of “coming” gives me the idea that he has waited and wanted for him, and now that he has finally arrived his whole world has been turned upside down. He looks on things differently now and Daniel has caused him to re-evaluate the risks he has taken as a reporter. I feel that the writer’s use of imagery to convey information helps me to understand his thoughts and emotions throughout the letter.

When I read the Letter now, and I remember that morning with the baby asleep in my lap, I see a young father about to start out on the greatest adventure of his life. He doesn't know that yet, of course. The writer is conflicted. He is very happy and overjoyed about his son but also feels differently when it comes to the world. He thinks the world is a very cruel place because of the things he has seen with his won two eyes. Letter to Daniel is about Daniel’s father writing a letter to him explaining how hr is so tells his son how he is overjoyed about his son being born because his wife seems happier then ever as well as him. Also they were waiting for him to be This sentence acts as a turning point, with This sentence acts as a turning point, with Keane telling Daniel that another reason why Keane telling Daniel that another reason why he feels so protective towards his son is that he feels so protective towards his son is that he never really knew his own father who had he never really knew his own father who had died, an alcoholic, separated from his wife died, an alcoholic, separated from his wife and family.and family.It is possible to live a faithful life while surrounded by pagan influences, if one serves the Lord wholeheartedly (ch. 1). express his feelings of pride and joy at having a new-born express his feelings of pride and joy at having a new-born son;son; The setting also has a significant role to play in triggering an emotional response from the reader in the opening paragraphs. Keane creates a peaceful and tranquil setting in the opening paragraphs through his word choice. He says " there is a soft quiet in our apartment". This highlights the calm silence of his apartment and also emphasises the Setting is important in this third of the letter as it describes Keane's birth and also his childhood. He describes his mother being alone in a "big city". This conveys an idea of loneliness and isolation and is as though Keane is distancing himself from the situation being described, establishing that this is a story that many can identify with, it is a universal experience.