Hannah McHale AP Eng. Summer Reading Assignment Novel Questions - Chapter One 1. Explain what Fitzgerald achieved by using Nick’s point of view to tell Gatsby’s story? He’s able to analyze and criticize. 2. What do we learn about Nick Carraway in the introductory section of the novel? From a good family‚ in bonds. 3. In discussing East Egg and West Egg‚ Nick states: “To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.” Indicate what
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Paule Marshall in her first semi-autobiographical novel Brown girl‚ Brownstones gives a panoramic view of the multifarious aspects of black experience through a collage of black men and women characters in the Depression era America. The central figure Selina Boyce‚ the point of impact of the novel‚ who like “a faceted crystal or gem mounted on a pivot” (Marshall‚ Brown girl‚ Brownstones 237)refracts light on a multitude of themes and experiences pivotal in the construction of the contemporary post-War
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Short Stories AQA Anthology Revision Booklet English Literature Unit 1: Part A: Modern Prose The Examination This is worth 20% of the total GCSE It is 45 minutes of a 90 minute exam. You must answer ONE question. The question is in two parts: Part A: you respond to a passage from the text Part B: you must link this passage to the whole text. Assessment Criteria AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant
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Maestro (1989) by Peter Goldsworthy notes Warning!! Most of this stuff didn’t come from my English teacher. A lot of it happened when I just started thinking about the novel and what it might mean‚ so please don’t blame me if your English teacher thinks its wrong or whatever. If you have any questions about what I mean about anything I’ve written‚ inbox or call me if you want. Synopsis: The story of‚ among other things‚ a teenage boy (Paul Crabbe) living in Darwin from the late 1960s onwards
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Plot summary The novel begins with an anecdote‚ used as an epigraph‚ in which Susie recalls her father amusing her as a child by shaking a snow globe with a small penguin inside all by himself. When she worries about the penguin‚ he says‚ "Don’t worry‚ Susie. He’s got a nice life. He’s trapped inside a perfect world." In the opening sentences‚ Susie introduces herself to us and takes us to the date of her death‚ December 6‚ 1973‚ "before kids of all races and genders started appearing on milk cartons
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Dogeaters is Jessica Hagedorn’s first novel. The author returned to her native Philippines in 1988 to write the work‚ and it was published in 1990 when it received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. The novel reflects the eclectic life of its author whose experiences have included acting‚ singing‚ songwriting‚ and writing poetry‚ drama‚ and fiction. For the most part‚ Dogeaters has been well received by critics and scholars who commend its experimental nature and innovative
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Dicle Erbay AKE 612/712 Assist. Prof. Dr. Bilge Mutluay UNLIMITED SEMIOSIS‚ INTERTEXUALITY AND EX-CENTRICITY IN UMBERTO ECO’S THE NAME OF THE ROSE The title of The Name of the Rose suggests many interpretations about the thick book at first glance. Umberto Eco talks about this first impression and why he chose this title for his book in his expository article he published in Alphabeta called “Postille” (after). He says that the idea for the title was coincidental and
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Grendel Major Works Notes Title Grendel by John Gardner (American) Original date of publication: 1971 by Knopf‚ Inc. Gardner writes this from Grendel’s point of view in Beowulf‚ an Old English heroic poem‚ where Grendel is the antagonist Setting: Time: 4th ~5th century A.D. Place: Denmark Social environment: 1. Grendel is lonely * Nobody understands him except the dragon * He can’t understand his own mother. * The only ones he can understand other than
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fiery spirit that defined her charactera s a child. Throughout the novel jane encounters numerous women who offer her either positive or negative models of women. In a book which is so concerned with the narrator’s own development‚ a typical BILDUNGSROMAN‚it is perhaps inevitable that these role models should be reperesented in ways that emphasize the role they have in formation pf her character and opinions. The initial female characters that we are introduced to‚apart from Jane herself are Mrs
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Reading Delirious New York PROFESSOR: Felicity Dale Scott STUDENT: Fu Ran NY/Paris GSAPP Final Paper for AA4705 Architectural publication is certainly a good way to know about one architect and his or her works. However‚ to know about different architects‚ you may need different types of publication. To know Frank Gehry‚ you need an album of his Bilbao Guggenheim Museum while to know Sejima Kazuyo‚ you need one issue
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