Schools’ Essay Competition 2022

Winning Submissions

L’Eixample Barcelona

Winner of the Senior Category: Sadie Hodges- Dolor y Gloria: A Bullfight in Technicolour

Winner of the Junior Category: Caitlin Taylor- How are themes of observation and audience presented in ‘También la Lluvia’?

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Best Essay in a Foreign Language: Mariella Jasper- Macht Patriotismus mehr Schaden als Nutzen?

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 Köln Germany

Runners up:

Senior Category:

Maisie Price- Answering the prompt: Write about a political movement you’ve found interesting in your chosen country.

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Aniya Pramanik- Une Langue Pour Tou·te·s - How a Keyboard Character Put the French Language in “Mortal Danger”

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Gracie Allen- An Exploration of Dissatisfaction Within Godard’s ‘Pierrot le Fou’

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Junior Category:

Sana Deshpande- Patriotism: An outdated concept?

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Naina Sidhu- Answering the prompt: Does patriotism do more damage than good? Discuss.

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