Perspectives

When analysing the short story “Diary of an Interesting Year” by Helen Simpson, we recommend you focus on different perspectives, such as current issues, the literary period, works in the same genre, and works with the same the…

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Current issues

The issue on which the short story is based is that of global warming. Helen Simpson’s story functions as a cautionary tale meant to make people aware of the importance of global warming and its consequenc…

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Literary period

The short story “Diary of an Interesting Year” by Helen Simpson is Modernist in style. One of the features of Modernism in literature is the use of a first-person narrator, something which is als…

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Works in the same genre

“Diary of an Interesting Year” can be considered a dystopian story. A dystopia is defined as a displeasing society, often one with a totalitarian government or without law and order. As the story reveals, the society in 2040 is far from being utopic or ideal – food is scarc…

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Works with the same theme

The theme of survival has been explored in the short story “2BR02B” by Kurt Vonnegut (Contexts, p. 226). This is yet ano…