An Extract from “George’s Marvelous Medicine” By Roald Dahl GRANDMA Now you heard what your mother said‚ George. Don’t forget my medicine. And just try to behave yourself for once while she’s away. You can make me a nice cup of tea for a start .That’ll keep you out of mischief for a few minutes. One spoon sugar and no milk. It’s not sweet enough. Put more sugar in. Where’s the saucer? I won’t have a cup without a saucer. And what about a teaspoon‚ if you please? I’ll stir my own
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English 11 In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting "Gracious Goodness"‚ by Marge Piercy and "To Have Succeeded"‚ by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Both these poem provided different meanings to be succeesful. Most people think having money or being famous is the key to being succeesful‚ but that’s not the case. In "Gracious Goodness"‚ by Marge Piercy‚ the author talks about this person helping a bird who had a barbed hook in them. So the person kindly borrowed a pair of clippers and got the
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Name: CHURCHIL OBIERO Instruction: Task: Date: MEMOIR QUESTION 1 The whys and wherefores for writing a memoir are diverse and vast. Some aim at leaving legacy to their successors while others do it to share wisdom. One’s awareness of the purpose for writing a particular memoir presents an emotional power for doing the job. Since everyone wants to leave a good legacy‚ it is extraordinarily difficult to tell the dark side of the story. As a result‚ not all things presented by the authors are
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cyclist will keep his or her mind on what they are doing such as lane position‚ gear selection and so forth. Motorist often let their mind wander because they don’t have to worry about shifting gears with an automatic transmission. As a motorist myself‚ I am guilty of the wandering mind. You will see many times motorist concentrating on something other than driving; for example‚ eating while driving‚ talking on cell phones or texting. Although we both have to share the road there are similar to different
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Question 1 The settlers from the early 1600’s settled in the Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay colony areas. These two colonies included states from New England colonies like Virginia‚ Maryland‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut and the Carolinas. These two colonies were very different socially‚ politically‚ and economically. The Massachusetts Bay settlers didn’t have as many problems as the Virginia‚ also known as the Chesapeake Colony‚ people because they were much smarter
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Compare and contrast the literary style‚ themes and characterisation from Jane Austen’s ‘Northanger Abbey’ and Ian McEwan’s ‘Atonement’. Atonement follows the story of Briony Tallis‚ who witnesses events between her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner the son of her father’s housemaid. Briony ’s innocence gives way to a misinterpretation of what she sees‚ triggering her imagination to run wild and leads to an unspeakable crime that changes all of their lives. Jane Austen’s first novel Northanger
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In Walt Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing‚” and Claude McKay’s “America” the poets present a similar view of America‚ but they do so in a very different manor. While both show a love for America and focus on life in America‚ that is where their similarities end. Whitman’s view of America is up-beat and positive‚ focusing on the life of everyday people in America. McKay’s view of America is much more negative‚ and reveals the dark side of the American life. Each used various literary tools to portray
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though we have to wait until a movie comes out on DVD‚ or television‚ by choosing to watch a new movie at home‚ it is more comfortable and cheaper than going to a theater. In reality‚ it all depends on an individual’s urgency to want to see a movie. I think there are times when we all want to get out of the house for a movie night. And then there are times when we would rather stay at home‚ and just relax watching a movie. There are both pros and cons to each choice. Watching a movie at home is definitely
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to choose one path to spend their lives. The poem is not only based on only one theme i.e. taking chances but it also has themes like‚ experimenting new thing‚ not following the crowd‚ and taking a stand on something. But this is totally different from Eudora Welty “A Worn Path”. Eudora shows in her story that Phoenix Jackson has no choice to select her path in order to heal her grandson. She has to take a path that end in place where she could find medicine for her grandson. No matter the path is
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Understanding Poems‚ Prose and Plays: TMA02 Analyse a passage from A View from A Bridge that runs from “Eddie‚ moving up steps into doorway: Well‚ I’ll see ya‚ fellas” on page 5 to “Beatrice – her hands clasp at her breast; she seems half in fear‚ half in unutterable joy: They’re alright?” on page 8 of your edition of the play. The extract took place in the beginning of the play in the first act before the arrival of Beatrice’s cousins. In this part of the development of the play‚ we are about
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