Iris Vera February 26‚ 2012 Professor Prugh English 160 LET ME FIND MY OWN HUSBAND Should your family and cultural background determine who you love? How about who you marry? Sarita James is a South Indian young woman who wrote a personal narrative titled “ LET ME FIND MY OWN HUSBAND’’. In this story she recounts the pressures placed on her by her family to find a “suitable boy” for marriage. “Suitable boy” states Sarita is a term used
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How To Write Literary Analysis The Literary Essay: A Step-by-Step Guide When you read for pleasure‚ your only goal is enjoyment. You might find yourself reading to get caught up in an exciting story‚ to learn about an interesting time or place‚ or just to pass time. Maybe you’re looking for inspiration‚ guidance‚ or a reflection of your own life. There are as many different‚ valid ways of reading a book as there are books in the world. When you read a work of literature in an English class
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Husband Today is the day. It is December 20 1776. Today I’m headed off to go join the war. I’m going Delaware to meet up with General washington and his troops. They are planning to attack the British while they are celebrating Christmas. Many people have died and they needed more soldiers so I volunteered. Wife Today is the day. My husband is going off to war. He kissed me goodbye and told me that he was going to go meet up with General Washington. It has been said that the General has lost many
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Alice Munro grew up on a small farm which provided her with a firsthand view of the imagery she would come to use in her writing. One story with a small farm family is “Boys and Girls.” It is an initiation story of a young girl at conflict with the gender roles placed upon her. At a time when gender roles were being challenged‚ Munro writes about a fox farmer’s daughter. The girl wants to help her father‚ but that is a man’s work. Munro’s own father was a fox farmer turned foundry worker turned turkey
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If I met three famous people who I like‚ I would be one of most happiest people in the world.I don’t know what I would do‚ but I would be very happy. I will tell you about three famous people who I would like to meet. At first I would like to meet my favourite boy-band Backstreet Boys. It’s the best boy-band in pop music history. They are five guys from the USA‚ and they became very famous after their album ’’Millennium’’ release in 1999.I’m their very big fan since 2007. And if I met them I would
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Anne Bradstreet’s poem‚ "To My Dear and Loving Husband‚" is a short poem in which she shows her undying love and tenderness toward her husband. The poem has five stanzas‚ each stanza was ryhming couplets in the entire poem which are AABBCCDD and EEFF‚ the end of each word in each line are sharing the same rhythm and tone that gives the poem an arranged ‚organized ‚and musical structure. Also. it has twelve lines‚ the beginning word of the fifth line which is “I” we can infer that the poem is written
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“I Have a Dream” Literary Analysis The American Civil Rights Movement Leader Martin Luther King Jr. Delivered his infamous “I Have A Dream” speech on August 28‚ 1963‚ during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom‚ in Washington D.C. This speech has arguably become one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century and argues for equal rights for all mankind. The “I Have a Dream” speech compares different situations from 100 years ago to now‚ for African Americans. 100 years ago‚ on January
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HOW I MET MYSELF – THEMES & MORAL VALUES Themes Moral Values (Lessons Learnt) Characters involved 1. Determination / Perseverance / Persistence (Tidak berputus asa / mempunyai keazaman yang tinggi) We must be determined / persevered / persistent to achieve what we want. John Taylor 2. Family Love We must love our family. John Taylor‚ Andrea Taylor SAMPLE QUESTIONS The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language 1. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne 2
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Composers are connected in their desire to express their personal values within a changing world The comparative study of Fay Weldon’s non fiction text Letters to Alice and Jane Austen’s comedy of manners narrative Pride and Prejudice reveal connections between the authors in their desire to express their personal values and beliefs through the vehicle of their fictional characters. Exploration of connections such as the value of literature and the lives of women in different societies presented
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culture. The struggle for equality between male and female has been perpetuating for decades and yet no change has occurred because of the rigid social construction of gendered roles. In “Boys and Girls”‚ in the backdrop of a countryside in 1950s‚ Alice Munro depicts the hardships and successes of the rite of passage into adulthood through her portrayal of a young female who goes through the process of growing up. She presents the subject of the profound unfairness of sex-role stereotyping‚ and the effect
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