Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition 2012-13 Syllabus/Brandt INTRODUCTION: An AP English course in Literature and Composition engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the close reading of selected texts‚ students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read‚ students consider a work’s structure‚ style‚ and themes as well as such smaller-scale
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In Narnia‚ the children grow up in what appears to be a sheltered world. The four children in the real world are isolated and away from the reality‚ which is a world of war and devastation. This would explain why C.S. Lewis made the world of Narnia a world of perpetual winter. Since the children were so oblivious of what their world actually was‚ their perception was frozen and they were unable to see what was truly going on. As the novel progresses‚ the four realize that there is a war‚ and as they
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A Closer Look at We Were the Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates caught the hearts and attention of many when she wrote We Were the Mulvaneys. Oates was born during the Great Depression‚ a time when feminism and gender played a big role in her life. (Powers 333). Even as a small child‚ she enjoyed writing. She majored in English and eventually earned her master’s degree. Shortly after‚ she taught at the University of Detroit‚ University of Windsor‚ and at Princeton. Aside from her teaching career‚ she
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people’s settings Settings Questions & Answers Learner Name: NB: This unit may require some observations which will be shown in pink. You can write your answers in the ‘Q’ box below as it expands on computer. Please add ‘real life’ experiences you may have had as examples in your answers. You can show your assessor any reports you may have written as proof but not to go into your folder as it’s confidential. 1. Understand why effective communication is important in adult social care settings Q.1
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Routine‚ Escape‚ and Life & Death in “Araby” Of the many stories in this collection‚ Joyce uses many themes in each particular story and reuses the themes again many times in the stories following. The three major themes that were quite a standout were when the main character of one story had to deal with either: the Imprisonment of Routine‚ the Strong Willing Desire for Escape‚ or the Corresponding Intersection of Life and Death. Along with many others‚ “Araby” had these three themes laid out in
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Thesis In James Joyce’s short story Araby he is successful in creating an intense narrative. He does this in such a way that he enables the reader to feel what it is actually like to live in Dublin at the turn of the century when the Catholic Church had an enormous amount of authority over Dubliner’s. The reader is able to feel the narrators exhausting struggle to escape this influence of the Catholic Church by replacing it with a materialistic driven love for a girl.
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1. At the end of "Araby" the narrator sees himself as "driven and derided by vanity." One meaning of "vanity" is that state of being empty‚ idle‚ valueless." Another meaning is "exaggerated self-love." Still another is "hunger for praise or admiration." Each of these definitions of vanity could apply to the narrator. The definition of vanity meaning "exaggerated self-love relates to the narrator because at a point in the text‚ the boy realizes that his romantic feelings for Mangan’s sister are a
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English 126 29 November 2012 Joyce Carol Oates‚ The Author of "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Many critics have found that the possibility of the psychological changes of a teenager is a discussable topic to learn and argue about. Connie‚ the young teenage girl in the story of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” faces an unpredictably-dangerous
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January 2015 Jay Gatsby’s Impossible Dream Many symbols are incorporated throughout The Great Gatsby. As the story begins‚ these symbols are slowly introduced and start to show meaning as the story progresses. The characters Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ Pam‚ Tom‚ Jordan‚ Myrtle‚ and Wilson all give these symbols meaning by instilling them throughout the novel. The message that the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is trying to tell us readers is how the American Dream is unattainable. This message
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Non-Ambiguous: A Dream and Reality Now Severed Wesley J.A. Todd America was the great melting pot. It was full of many diverse flavors. Some were spicy‚ some were tart‚ and some were even bitter; it was boiling and brimming‚ but it is now burning. Is our pot too full; is it time to replace the lid? Bruce Springsteen once stated‚ “I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.” One may feel that the American dream is no longer ambiguous with the American reality. America
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