UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle
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“HELP! HE-” I start yelling but get cut of when a hand goes over my mouth‚ “Be quiet will you!” My captor yelled sounding worried. Without thinking I stick my tongue out. “Gross” He yelled before letting go. I grinned in victory‚ before opening my mouth to start. “Try something like that again and you will regret it” His tone now harsh and scary‚ causing me to be quiet. His hands returned to my sides as he guided me forward. “Don’t touch me” I grumbled. “Is that up to you now?” He asked. I huffed
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movie‚ watch Pulp Fiction. I am interested in many television programs‚ novels and films‚ but when posed the question to explain or evaluate a specific favorite‚ I easily choose Pulp Fiction. Released in 1994 and directed by Quentin Tarantino‚ the plot of this film lets you take a glimpse into the not so normal lives of two hired killers‚ a boxer who will sacrifice it all for money‚ a ruthless gangster and a pair of armed robbers. All whose lives come crashing together in four stories running simultaneously
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Dimitri Raymond History 350 12/12/13 12 Years A Slave First I’ll start off by saying this was a good movie and it had my attention from start to finish. In is movie there was a man by the name of Solomon Northup who was a free slave born in New York. Solomon had a wife and two kids‚ and was also a great violin player. Solomon life seemed like it was all good until he ran into the wrong group of people. Because he was a good violinist people wanted to hear him so he got this offer from two white
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towards her. She seemed to have caught on that it was a serious matter and nodded her head indicating she was listening. “ Remember how I told ya I came from a ranch. Well that’s not the entire story. I fled from the ranch‚” I told her as she looked confused. I continued on telling Rose the entire story. From meeting Lennie‚ the incident in Salinas‚ working at the ranch‚ Curley’s wife’s death and finally Lennie’s death. “ I killed him Rose‚ “ I said as I reached out for Rose’s hand. Rose snatched
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Stolpestad is a short story written by William Lychack in 2008. The short story takes place in a little town named Stolpestad. In this story we meet a man who works as a police officer1‚ one day he is called to a house where he is told that they have some problems with a dog. He goes there‚ and finds that the dog is sick‚ the mother asks him to shoot the dog‚ which he does after asking if they shouldn’t take it to the vet. While being at a bar after work his wife calls him telling him that there
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This harsh‚ real life view of the world‚ is reflected and ever present in Italian Noir Detective Fiction‚ and mirrors the daily realities faced by Italians who are both observers and victims of the organized crime performed by many criminal sanctions of the Mafia. Many of the horrific‚ jaw dropping stories told by authors of the noir‚ such as Massimo Carlotto and Andrea Camilleri‚ are often true stories based on factual crime cases that go unsolved‚ and therefore reflect the popular notion that life
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Josie’s Departure Hilary Clinton said‚ “We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.” Society is the collection of people living together in a more or less ordered community. There is so much hostility happening in societies that people are aware of. The Day it Happened by Rosario Morales proves that society condones domestic violence‚ teaches decision making‚ and promotes social interactions. Society teaches continual domestic violence especially in
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What is Utopia? According to The Random House Dictionary‚ utopia is a place or state of political or social perfection based upon the novel of Utopia by Thomas More. Philosophers‚ writers of all sorts of novels and movies are constantly trying to imagine and conceive plans for an idyllic state of today. The irony of utopia is that it means ‘no place‚ good place’ implying that utopia is an idealistic place that can never happen in reality. Then‚ what is dystopia? Thefreedictionary.com’s definition
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EIGHTH GRADE SUGGESTED SUMMER READING BRAGG MIDDLE SCHOOL Gardendale‚ Alabama 2011-2012 FICTION Austen‚ Jane. Pride and Prejudice. In early 19th-century England‚ a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters. AR 27.0/Level 12.0. Classic Fiction. Avi. Crispin: the Cross of Lead. Falsely accused of theft and murder‚ an orphaned peasant boy in 14th-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life
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