Year 11 Short Story Unit Writing Task How does “Wild Swans” explore the central character’s experience of adolescence? In Alice Munro’s short narrative Wild Swans‚ the female adolescent narrator‚ Rose‚ travels alone on a train ride to Toronto. On the train she is sexually harassed by a minister and through Rose’s reactions to the harassment‚ readers are given a vivid image of how Rose experiences adolescence. Throughout the story‚ Rose experiences fear and confusion about growing up‚ prompting herx
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isolated from everything and everyone around you? Isolation can be both physical and emotional. Physical isolation can be defined as antisocial or not socially contacting with people. Emotional isolation comes from the inside of a person. They could have issues going on with themselves or in their lives and they feel as if there is no one to turn to‚ so they choose to keep to themselves. Isolation is a common theme experienced in “Into The Wild” by the main character‚ Christopher McCandless. From the
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becoming king. 6. "New honors come upon him‚ / Like our strange garments‚ cleave not to their mold / But with the aid of use‚" is stated in lines 144 through 146 by Banquo after the second prediction of the witches comes true. The significance of this quote is that it’s
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In the story call of the wild‚ the theme of the story is: Love who you trust‚ trust who is loyal‚ and be loyal to those you love. This theme can get you through hard times and gives a powerful impact on people lives. In call of the wild‚ Buck (the main character) goes on a never ending journey only to be found by Thornton. At first‚ buck did not trust Thornton. Considering he was not treated well by his previous masters‚ but when Thornton showed compassion and love to Buck‚ he began to see he was
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Quote # 1: "Is the accuser always holy now?" John Proctor says this to Reverend John Hail in act II. This is when they have come to Proctors house with a warrant for his wife. Reverend Hail starts to say that if she is innocent then the court will prove it. Proctor cuts him off and says‚"If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent‚ or Abigail?" It means that he thinks that they should be looking at the people pointing the finger and see if they are so innocent themselves. They
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“My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn’t change. You have a day‚ and at night‚ and a mouth‚ and a year. We people change - we can be miserable or we can be happy. It’s what you make of your life.” (Brainy Quotes) Cole is a 15 year old boy from Minneapolis. He has dealt with the police for half of his life because his parents don’t care about him.The reason why Cole beats up other kids is‚ he doesn’t care about his life at all. Why Cole needs to change is‚ he’s constility beating
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IMPORTANT QUOTES ‘MACBETH’ Act 1: First Witch: “When shall we three meet again / In thunder‚ lightning‚ or in rain?” All three witches: “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” Sergeant: “but all’s too weak; / For brave Macbeth‚ – well he deserves that name‚ / Disdaining fortune‚ with his brandish’d steel‚ / Which smok’d with bloody execution‚ / Like / valour’s minion carv’d out his passage / Till he fac’d the slave.” Ross: “Bellona’s bridegroom” Duncan: “No more that Thane of Cawdor
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today are Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Both these books share three valuable comparisons. One being that both protagonists go on a self-evolving and physical journey‚ another that both the fathers in the novel share demanding relationships with their sons‚ and the lessons that both boys learned. A journey does not have to be simply walking through the woods. It can actually be a person going through an internal transformation. In Into the Wild and The Road Chris
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Into The Wild Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that opposed against modern day society and modern culture‚ transcendentalist look further than normal people who just settled for what is told to them. Nature is one of the most important aspects‚ Transcendentalists believe nature is linked to god and soul‚ God and Soul can be found in the tranquility of nature. Chris McCandless is a kid fresh out of College who had a dysfunctional family and a dreadful childhood the only people he
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a man who set off into the woods to try and go against the grain of society who then succumbed to mother nature‚ in Jon Krakauer’s novel “Into the Wild”. Many of those readers would have considered Chris dumb and ignorant‚ but I see Chris as following his beliefs with those beliefs relating to Transcendentalism. To start‚ Chris comes from an affluent neighborhood with his need not being money or lodging. Instead he strives to find something more than just the suburbs. Emerson said‚ “In
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