HL essay on Silence by Shüsaku EndöThis HL essay is a response to Shüsaku Endö"s Silence, a novel about two 17th Century Portugese Christian missionaries sent to Japan. While the essay has some strengths and does reasonably well overall, there are also some clear areas that students will be able to identify for improvement, most notably in terms of how analysis and evaluation is used to support and develop the argument.