First published in the Madras‚ India‚ newspaper The Hindu in 1960‚ ‘‘A Horse and Two Goats’’ did not achieve a wide international audience until 1970 when it became the title story of R. K. Narayan’s seventh collection of short stories‚ A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories. It reached an even wider audience in 1985 when it was included in Under the Banyan Tree‚ Narayan’s tenth and best-selling collection. By this time Narayan was well established as one of the most prominent Indian authors writing
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Irony in Rocking Horse Winner The world famous story Rocking-Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence tells a story of a family filled with inner conflicts about money all portrayed through the innocent of a young boy. Affection and attention is something that all kids wanted‚ so did the protagonist in the story‚ Paul. He tried to get his mother’s attention and love by seeking ways to find luck that brings all the money‚ so she can be happy again. In the end‚ he succeeded but still didn’t get his mother’s
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D.H. Lawrence’s 1926 short story‚ The Rocking Horse Winner‚ can be seen as an exemplum of love and materialism to coexist. The various family members in the story expose the greedy and materialistic obsession. The mother in the story‚ Hester‚ portrays an unsatisfiable desire for a luxurious lifestyle. Although Hester was born beautiful and “started with all the advantages”1(436)‚ Hester believes she has become unlucky after marrying. In an attempt to satisfy his mother’s desires‚ Paul‚ “went off
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This is NOT a Horse There were a hundred painted shapes on the ground. We looked at eachother in doubt. “How is this ever going to fit together?”said Maddie. “I have no idea”. Last summer I went to arts camp in Michigan. My friends Maddie‚ Eleanor‚ Jessie and I had been working on this modern art piece for a week and the art opening was in two days. So far we had about one hundred wooden shapes covered in “cream cheese”‚ a mix of plaster like paint and acrylics. I had tried to lay out so they went
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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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What Makes a Man‚ A Man? There comes a time in a boy’s life when he starts pondering the thoughts of what it takes to be a man. Some boys believe they are not a man unless they have reached a point of maturity and mental intelligence. Some boys only want to be a kid their entire lives. For others‚ being a man requires ownership of certain objects. These objects can range from money‚ to cars‚ and to even owning a gun. Author Richard Wright wrote a short story concerning this subject titled
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The Rocking-Horse Winner Growing up in my small town of Kaufman‚ Texas I never paid attention to the name brand material items everyone had to have. I could have cared less about the newest “fad.” If I had food to eat and a roof over my head I considered it wealthy. I hadn’t the slightest clue about name brands or the fanciest televisions. Those were the golden days‚ where you weren’t judged by the amount of money you had or the brand of the jeans you wore. Individuals knew you by your characteristics
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narration connect literature and life because they all lay the foundation for English literature and this “Book of Life” we experience everyday. Conflict is the driving force behind a story. In the story The Most Dangerous Game‚ they use the conflict Man v.s Man by pitting Reinsford against two men who wants to hunt him instead of animals. The men who want to hunt him‚ General Zaroff and Ivan‚ say that “They’ve grown tired of the usual big game and want to move on to something even more challenging.” At
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Do you believe that a galloping horse can be so fast that it can actually fly in the sky and even higher than a swallow? In the horse culture of China‚ it indeed has been recorded that the swiftest horses could actually catch up with birds. The work of ancient Chinese art I referring to is the Bronze Galloping Horse‚ from the East Han Dynasty about 2‚000 years ago. By 221 B.C.E.‚ the Qin ruler‚ Shih Huang Ti‚ had replaced the last Zhou emperor‚ and ruled all of China. In fact‚ his title‚ Shih Huang
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In “The Man Who Was Almost a Man‚” Richard Wright tells the story of a seventeen year old boy working on a farm. The boy‚ Dave‚ is talked down to by the other fieldhands at the farm‚ and thought that buying a gun might elevate him to a position that would allow him to avoid their mockery and become more of a “man.” Dave’s hopes that a gun might liberate him really ends up doing the opposite‚ as an incident involving a pistol he purchased puts him 50 dollars in debt‚ and gives his parents further
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