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    About A Boy chapter summaries 1. Marcus intro- relationship with mum/splitting up with Roger. 2. Will intro- How cool Will thinks he is/visits John and Christine/not fit to be a godparent. 3. Marcus- fears and insecurities/bullied at school/singing in class. 4. Will- meeting Angie/begins his interest in single mothers. 5. Marcus- mum’s (Fiona) depression/isolated at school- other misfits don’t like negative attention Marcus brings. 6. Will- SPAT/the hunt for single‚ attractive mums/pretending

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    Bad Boy Chapter Summary

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    In the book bad boy‚ Walter Dean Myers talks about his family background. In chapter one‚ Walter discussed his feelings about having no feelings for Mary Dolly Green because she died during the birth of my younger sister. Roots‚ the title of chapter one helps us to understand Walter’s background Even though Mary Dooly Green was Walters birth mother‚ he considered Florence Dean‚ his father first wife‚ his real mother. Walter had several family members that lived in this house. My father was now raising

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    The film "About a boy" by the Weitz-Brothers is about a boy who has got social problems in school and at home and a man who gets involved in the life of the boy and finally helps him and at the same time himself to get along better in life. Will‚ Hugh Grant‚ has got nothing serious to do in his life. He lives of the money the song of his father makes. His life seems to be based on getting to know women. To get his aim he starts to invent children only to get more sympathy from the single mothers

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    About a boy

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    About a boy The thirty-eight years old main character‚ Will Freeman lives in London with a very comfortable and lonely lifestyle. Will doesn’t have to work‚ because his father was a successful singer and became famous when he wrote a song called “Santa’s Super Sleigh”. Instead of working Will spends most of his time to watch television‚ shopping‚ drinking‚ smoking cigarettes and driving around with his expensive Audi TT. Will is an irresponsibility person and does not want to be stepfather for

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    About a Boy

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    English Essay The novel About a boy by Nick Hornby Is constructed in such a way that it challenges our understanding of the world. Through the point of view and construction of the characters Will and Marcus my own understanding of the world‚ particularly ideas of masculinity are challenged. The point of view in About a boy is limited omniscient‚ each chapter changes narrator from Will to Marcus‚ and the thoughts and feelings of both characters are conveyed to the readers. “"People often thought

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    Introduction In “The Radioactive Boy Scout”‚ by Ken Silverstein‚ a small town boy-named David Hahn-dives into the experimental world of not only chemistry but nuclear engineering. In this atomic novel the reader delves deep into the world of a child prodigy and the tale of nuclear romance. This radioactive account of a boy’s journey from small town chemist to a star-crossed engineer is nothing short of explosive. Key Idea 1 In the early chapters of the book David Hahn was found mixing various chemicals

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    analysis of about a boy

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    Analysis of about a boy – Nick Hornby Title: about a boy Author: Nick Hornby Nick Horny was born non April 17‚ 1957 in England. He is an English author staying in Highbury‚ Islington in London. At an early age he became a dedicated reader‚ and red all from comic books to prose. In 1998‚ Horny finished his first novel‚ which was about a boy. One of the many books he has written‚ about a boy‚ helped him to achieve the E.M Forster Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999. Since he

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    Analysis: 'About A Boy'

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    BOOKTEST 5V1 Mijke tonnon 1. A) “About a boy” B) Nick Hornby C) 1998 2. A) The story takes place in 1994/1995. Because in the story they celebrate New year´s eve. They think back of 1994‚ about what kind of year it was‚ and they hope 1995 will be better. B) The story takes place in London‚ the boy describes that he moved from Cambridge to London‚ and that London is very different from Cambridge. 3. Marcus: Marcus is a twelve year old boy‚ his father is called Clive and his mother Fiona. His parents

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    One of the main characters in Nick Hornby’s novel About a Boy and the eponymous film based upon it is Fiona. Fiona is Marcus’ forty-year-old mother‚ who tries to raise Marcus as a perfect person into a falling world on her own‚ ever since she divorced Marcus’ father several years ago. Until the very end of the story‚ Fiona is incapable of seeing her own wrongs‚ and thus‚ she raises her son as a boy who seemingly is every parent’s dream‚ but also is unfamiliar with social norms in areas such as clothing

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    by Ponyboy early in the first chapter. Ponyboy is talking about how he stays out of trouble most of the time because Darry would get extremely upset with him because it might jeopardize their ability to live together. These boy are living on the poor‚ east side where they are a part of a group of boys called greasers who come from poor‚ rough backgrounds. The three brothers are handed an unfortunate situation in life where they are completely on their own to go about life‚ as long as they stay out

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