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    West Side Story The drama/musical‚ which parodies the story of Romeo & Juliet‚ takes place in a city of New York‚ probably in the early 50’s late 40’s. It is a tale of two rival gangs‚ which despises the other in a vicious circle of hate. Riff leader of the Jets; a group mainly of Polish origin and the Sharks of Spanish origin with their leader Bernardo. It seems as though the two rivals have been at their quarrels since before the story took place. Through mysterious fate the neutral one’s

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    War Stories Throughout the years‚ people share stories about war. Whether its in the news‚ or by word of mouth‚ or in a history class‚ people are able to get a feel of what war is said to be like. Many people will never experience war‚ therefore‚ they get to "experience" war through stories. But are all war stories true? Are they believable? In O’brien’s The Things They Carried and the movie documentary Restrepo‚ both tell stories of war‚ but both have a different way of doing so. The

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    PENGUIN ACTIVE READING Teacher Support Programme Teacher’s notes LEVEL 3 Stories of Courage Clare Gray Stories 5–6: Prisoner for Peace tells the story of Burmese Aung San Suu Kyi‚ the unofficial leader of Burma. Her government was removed from power by the Burmese army in 1988‚ and she was placed under house arrest shortly afterward. Since that time she has fought tirelessly for democracy. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991 and continues to fight for her people’s freedom

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    A short story is a brief work of literature‚ usually written in narrative prose.[1] Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century‚ the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. At its most prototypical the short story features a small cast of named characters‚ and focuses on a self-contained incident with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood.[2] In so doing‚ short stories make use of plot‚ resonance‚ and other

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    Cinderella is a folktale that has become a story that many people can relate to‚ whether they know it or not. The story has so many different variants‚ which is why it has spread across the world and become so popular. It’s popularity is with people of all ages‚ since the story is relatable to anything that is going on. Cinderella is a story of a young girl‚ who is treated as a servant‚ that has the desire to attend the ball. Her stepmother and stepsisters try to keep her as far away from that

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    Katherine Mansfield Project "The Canary" by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) is the last story that Mansfield completed. After first being published in 1922 it was included by her husband John Middleton Murry in a collection of her work he published shortly after her death in 1923‚ The Dove’s Nest and other Stories. It is very tempting to read an especial import into this story given that Mansfield knew her death was probably close at hand. It is has been said that the English

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    Amway (short for American Way) is an American multinational direct-selling company that uses multi-level marketing to sell a variety of products‚ primarily in the health‚ beauty‚ and home care markets.[3][4][5] Amway was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andeland Richard DeVos. Based in Ada‚ Michigan‚ the company and family of companies under Alticor reported sales of USD$11.3 billion for the year ended December 31‚ 2012 - the seventh consecutive year of growth for the company.[1] Its product lines include

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    A short story concentrates on creating a single dynamic effect and is limited in character and situation. It is a language of maximum yet economical effect. Every word must do a job‚ sometimes several jobs. Short stories are filled with numerous language and sound devices. These language and sound devices create a stronger image of the scenario or the characters within the text‚ which contribute to the overall pre-designed effect.As it is shown in the metaphor ’lipstick bleeding gently’ in Cinnamon

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    Social Stories with Children with Autism: How to write a Social Story Based on Gray‚ C. (2002) The New Social Story Book The use of Social Stories was pioneered by Carol Gray in 1991 and is being widely used with children Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Social Stories provide the student with accurate information regarding situations s/he encounters. Social rules‚ which can be difficult for children with Autism to understand instinctively‚ are written down as concrete rules in the form of a

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    Analysis: Nine Stories by JD Salinger For those like me who couldn’t find any insightful analyses about this collection on the Internet: You’re welcome. I have finally figured out what this is about (I think). So the fancy book club met a couple weeks ago to discuss Nine Stories by JD Salinger. Much despair was had because of our varied and confused insights into Salinger’s stories. Was Seymour a pedophile? What’s up with the random last line in "Just Before the War with the Eskimos?" How should

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