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    is a Garden in Her Face: Superficial and unrequited love The garden is used as a metaphor to describe her face (also uses her not her face) Campion suggests the root of love came from lust and desirability Metaphor: ‘There is a garden in her face where roses and white lilies grow” compares her face to a garden and therefore nature’s work of art Comparison between the roses (passion) and white lilies (purity)‚ white skin and rose colored cheeks By a garden being in her face it is figurative language:

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    Imagery in “My Son the Fanatic” Imagery in the language: Look especially on metaphors‚ similes and symbols. You also have to interpret the title Julie - page 193-194 Page 193 line 7-8: “His son was outgrowing his teenage attitudes.” It is a metaphor because a plant can grow‚ but your teenage attitudes can’t be outgrowing. Page 193‚ line 15-17: "He was aware that he had become slightly afraid of his son‚ who‚ alongside his silences‚ was developing a sharp tongue. It is a metaphor because your

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    Outlining Father/Son Relationships Based on the Play Fences by August Wilson August Wilson was an influential 20th-century playwright and the most prominent African American of that craft. Born on April 27‚ 1945‚ August Wilson grew up in the Hill district of Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. His childhood experiences in this black slum community would later become part of his dramatic writings. Though he lived much of his adult life in St. Paul‚ Minnesota‚ and in Seattle‚ the characters and plots of his

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    Analysis of My son the Marine By: Frank Schaeffer My son the Marine gives the audience a journey of all sorts of feelings a parent could go through when a child decides to enlist in the service. Frank Schaeffer is the author who starts his story about his son‚ John who sees the Marine recruiters showing up at their home. Frank describes how he couldn’t comprehend on how John could relate to these stern‚ clean men with such flawless uniforms. This uneasy feeling made his wife feel uncertain about

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    Appendix My Son By Natasha Campbell-McBride‚ M.D. Dr. Campbell-McBride‚ a neurologist who also holds a Master’s degree in nutrition‚ lives in Cambridge‚ UK‚ with her husband and her autistic son‚ who was born in the autumn of 1992. Her clinic treats autistic children from around the world‚ and she is currently working on a book on effective autism treatments. This story was written in February 2003. My son is 10 years old. He is in a mainstream school‚ doing well. His academic achievements are

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    J Parvez:Parvez is the protagonist of the story "My son the fanatic" by Hanif Kureishi. He is a Pakistani immigrant and lives with his wife and his son Ali in Britain. He was born in Lahore‚ the son of Pakistani parents. Parvez is very open-minded and has assimilated into Western society. As a taxi-driver‚ drunkard‚ pork-eater and friend of prostitutes‚ he´s totally disinterested in the Koran or in any Islamic beliefs. His attitude to Islam is also affected by negative experiences as a child (".

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    James Baldwin uses a lot of ethos in his essay to show his position as a black man encountering the hardships during his era. Despite being a generation of now free men‚ Baldwin tells his everyday situation and responses he received that show that he was not close at all to being free in the society. It is with this story we get to see his idea of fighting the injustice begin to bloom‚ and led him to become a well-known writer exploring the social issues in the mid-20th American era. Baldwin made

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    My son the fanatic analysis The story takes place in the United Kingdom and here we meet the young Ali. Ali is a Muslim and therefor he is faced with many religious problems. His father‚ Parvaz has worked in Britain for years as a taxi driver. The pay is not good‚ but even though he has spent a lot of money on his son’s education witch includes books and a computer. Parvaz is very proud of his son and his expectations for his son’s future. However Ali turns radically from this clever and

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    Fanaticism ’My son the fanatic’ Translated from Latin fanaticism means one-sidedness‚ which describe it very well. It is when a person is filled with an exaggerated interest and bias enthusiasm‚ often for a religious case. A fanatic will there fore not listen to other arguments than those‚ which already supports the assumed position. Nevertheless‚ fanaticism can actually be many things. It can be quite harmless such as if a person only can tolerate one kind of flower in his garden. This kind

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    The Two Faces of My Father Children model their habits and characteristics through what they usually see and hear from their parents. The influence of parents on their offspring’s values can be the most important influence given to a child in life. Positive and negative parental behavior is remembered even by grown children‚ no matter if their parents have passed away. Scott Russell Sanders‚ a professor of English at Indiana University‚ has written many works based on his own life and experience

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