“The Ballad of the Sad Café‚” written by Carson McCullers‚ takes place in a small‚ rural town in Georgia. This novella focuses around the life of a store clerk‚ Ms. Amelia‚ who was married to a man named Marvin Macy and after ten days of a bitter relationship between the two they got divorced. Several years after this event‚ a stranger named Cousin Lymon came to town claiming to be Ms. Amelia’s relative. She took a fondness to him and soon Ms. Amelia’s store was turned into a café because the whole
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Highlighting and Underlining Exercise A. Direction: Identify words or phrases that need underlining or italicizing in the following sentences. 1. "Au revoir mes étudiants‚" my French professor said to his students. 2. The bee went bzzz as it flew past my ear. 3. The shelf to your left has the Chicago Times‚ the New York Times‚ USA Today‚ and the L.A. Times; the one on the right has the news magazines TIME‚ Newsweek‚ and U.S. News and World Report. 4. Number the Stars‚ written
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for. To start off‚ the townsfolk’s isolation and poverty made me feel as if I had too much. They had no education‚ not enough food to go around‚ not even value for their lives‚ which was “given to … [them] free and taken without being paid for.” (McCullers‚ 40) They were shallow and took joy in petty and unnecessary gossip‚ but only because they didn’t know any better. I felt greatly disheartened when the café was destroyed‚ because it was the only symbol of happiness they had‚ and even that was taken
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Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov: A Comparative Analysis Ms. Sangita L. Patil Research Scholar‚ Shivaji University‚ Kolhapur (India) The comparative analysis of the stories of two famous contemporary writers Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov gives an opportunity to follow the development of the genre of short stories in Canadian and in Russian literature. Both are stalwarts of their respective literature. Commenting on the greatness of A. Chekhov‚ E. B. Tager writes: As
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At the center‚ is John Singer‚ who rents a room in the Kelly house after his deaf companion‚ Antonapoulos‚ is sent away to an asylum. Mick Kelly is a teenage girl that dreams of becoming a trained musician; Jake Blount‚ an alcoholic socialist; Dr. Copeland‚ the town’s black doctor; and Biff Brannon‚ the owner of the local café. All the characters regularly visit Singer‚ telling him about the pain and injustices in their lives. Whether quiet or loud‚ deliberate or uncontrolled‚ the five voices in
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The life and times of Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey was born on January 5‚ 1931 in Rogers‚ Texas to Lula Elizabeth Ailey. Lula was only 17 years old at the time of his birth. His father abandoned the family when Alvin was only six months old. Because the era Alvin was born in was the Great Depression‚ the Aileys moved around often. Growing up during the great depression also meant that his mother had a hard time finding work. Unfortunately‚ Alvin also grew up during a time of racial segregation‚ violence
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?l - tF ATLANTIC MONTHLY CToSE READIiYG Learning to rarite bg leant;ng to read BY FRANCINE PROSE say. Because if what people mean is: Can the love of lauguage be taught? Can a grft for storytelling be taught? thenthe enswer is no. Which may be why the’question is so often asked in a skeptical leng imFlying that‚ unlike the multiplication tables or the principles of auto mechanics‚ creativity can’t be tansmitted from teacher to student Lnagine Milton enrolling in a graduate program for
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In the introduction to this novella it is revealed that whilst on an excursion with the singer Gypsy Rose Lee our author had an epiphany.This altered the course her main character Frankie would take on her overwhelming voyage of life change and discovery.McCullers rescued her subject from the perils of falling in love with ones piano teacher and puts her now ’In love with the bride of her brotherand wants to join the wedding`.Beyond this revelation however the plot doesnt thicken yet this
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1. Colloquial Language: pg. 73 paragraph 5 “Shuddup‚ shuddup‚” Sherman shouted. It is spelled the way a southern man would say it. Pg. 72 paragraph 3 “No‚ I never tasted caviar‚ nor champagne either.” The grammar is not correct‚ which is the way most people talk in casual conversation. 2. Comic Relief: pg. 240-241 Paragraph 6 “I said‚ quit poking me‚” the Judge shouted again. … “Please don’t cut me off.” In the midst of Malone dying the Judge is making a fool of himself on the radio. Pg
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101 Great Books 101 Great Books Recommended Reading for High School Students and Readers of all Ages (Provided by collegeboard.com) **Denotes titles typically included in the CdS Curriculum Author | Title | Author | Title | ------- | **Beowulf | Ford‚ Ford Madox | The Good Soldier | Achebe‚ Chinua | Things Fall Apart | Goethe‚ Johann Wolfgan von | Faust | Agee‚ James | A Death in the Family | Golding‚ William | Lord of the Flies | Austen‚ Jane | Pride and Prejudice | Hardy‚ Thomas |
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