poem is “Horses.” 2. It was written by Edwin Muir. 3. This poem is written in the 1st Person point of view. 4. The speaker appears to be a young man‚ reminiscing about the childhood days of his life. 5. The young man‚ who is the speaker‚ appears to be reminiscing about his childhood‚ and thinking of time long gone‚ when he was at his father’s farm‚ and everything appeared to be wondrous‚ albeit scary. 6. The poem has been set in a farmhouse‚ and in a field full of horses. The country
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The story “All the King’s Horses‚” by Kurt Vonnegut begins with the main cast being held captive in a dark room. Colonel Bryan Kelly‚ his wife‚ margaret‚ two ten year old sons‚ Jerry and Paul‚ and sixteen other crew members were involved in a plane crash over the Asiatic mainland and in the territory of a Communist guerrilla chief and madman‚ Pi Ying’s. On the ground they are marched for a day straight to Pi Ying’s palace home where they are held captive awaiting their fates. Once Colonel Kelly And
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There is a scene in The Horse and His Boy‚ one of C. S. Lewis’ Narnia chronicles‚ in which the fugitive‚ Aravis‚ explains why she fled her homeland. As she begins‚ she switches to a style of speaking that is florid‚ poetic and quite captivating – for in her country‚ children are taught how to tell stories‚ just like English children are taught how to write essays. “The difference”‚ Lewis tells us‚ “is that people want to hear the stories‚ whereas I never heard of anyone who wanted to read the essays
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where the horse is. Second‚ it shows how ambition does not ever stop. Responsibility‚ generosity/greed‚ and the Oedipus complex are the main themes of The Rocking Horse Winner. The tone is one of mysterious irony. The Rocking-Horse takes great pains to create a generally realistic atmosphere and to have its characters respond to external stimuli in the ways that “normal” people would. Details such as the picking of winning horses through a frenzied and debilitating ride on a rocking-horse‚ are central
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All The Pretty Horses Response I really enjoyed reading All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. I personally read it as a novel about a young boy’s quest for what life is all about as well as a sense of belonging‚ which is why I was surprised that even though he returns home‚ at the end of the novel‚ he soon leaves to continue West. Therefore‚ ending the novel with the reader questioning whether or not John Grady ever finds the place he truly belongs. John Grady Cole is a sixteen year old boy
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Plastic is light-weight‚ durable‚ low-cost‚ and has a wide variety of application ranging from a pen‚ which you use to write on the paper‚ to the waste paper basket‚ into which you throw the paper. Plastic undoubtedly has been the one of the greatest achievements by man. (Well‚ not comparable to the wheel though!) Anyhow‚ plastic has proved to be a boon in various ways. When you enter a hospital‚ you can never fail to notice plastic vials‚ bottles‚ syringes‚ tubes‚ and many more articles made of
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Out Stealing Horses In all based coming of age stories‚ they have similar styles and forms that they are written in‚ Out Stealing Horses by Per Peterson is a book about coming of age‚ Though‚ instead of having the character start off in his early years‚ they start off with the character’s old years. A 67-year-old man who has isolated himself from the world only to have flashbacks and memories of his younger self‚ that brings him back to the grief and loneliness he thought he has forgotten about
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Explain why EACH character is important. 2. Describe an important idea in EACH text. Explain why EACH idea is important to teenagers. 3. Describe an unusual event in EACH text. Explain why EACH event interested you. 4. Describe TWO interesting language techniques in EACH text. Explain how EACH technique helps you understand EACH text. 5. Describe a challenge faced by a character or individual in EACH text. Explain how the challenge helps you understand EACH text. 6
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A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat 1• What atmosphere is created in the first three paragraphs that describe the build-up to the race? 4 marks 1. The atmosphere that is created is a one of suspense‚ gusto and fervour. Everyone is speaking with a real passion and their keenness is overwhelming with enthusiasm. At first it all great and cheerful but then the cameraman doubts the scenario and thinks it wouldn’t pull through and this is where the suspense comes from and then it happens and there
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were about being real‚ true‚ not being fake with each other’s. They wasn’t worry about the class system very much. She is right about what she says about D.H. Lawrence’s “The Odeur of Chrysanthemums”. If‚ we look at another of his works‚ like “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”. Mabel feelings are very much real in the story. We can feel her as a person. We can all relate to her in some way. We
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