expected to read this out loud? How? I stumble and stutter slowly fighting through the double-edged blades of d’s and b’s the‚ gaping maws of silent e’s‚ the poisoned spikes of ph’s. My first-grade teacher spits acid‚ “Why don’t you just focus?”. The thousand-eyed monster shifts and shows it’s eyes white‚ restless‚ ready to strike with the laughter of 25 tiny voices. I fight alone through switching numbers as 21’s turn to 12’s. I fight alone‚ slogging through the muck of short passages‚ while others soar
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“The Maypole of Merry Mount” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story about a young couple in love who must choose between a lifestyle of Puritanism or the lifestyle of the people of Merry Mount. Level 1- What are the names of the Lord and Lady of May? *The Lady of May is named Edith and the Lord of May is named Edgar. Level 2- What does the forest symbolize in Hawthorne’s “The Maypole of Merry Mount”? *Hawthorne uses the forest to symbolize a place where immoral and lawless activities
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word "dys" (meaning "bad") and "topos"(meaning "place). The story "Ones who walked away from Omelas" focuses on the utopia splitting because of ones sacrifice and neglect. For the theme of "Ones who walked away from Omelas" is that to achieve happiness‚ one should not be sacrificed for being neglected by others. The irony here is Omelas seems like a great‚ happy town; however they treat this feeble-minded child horribly. In short story "Harrison Bergeron"‚ the government has altered society to be
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second years in high school. That did not mean that he completely agreed with the decision that each and every student in his class were eligible to moved on to the next grade‚ or even become an Exwire. But alas‚ no matter how hard he argued about the matter‚ it couldn’t change the fact that they had all passed. Nevertheless‚ the teenage boy didn’t let these small annoyances distract him from his studies. In fact‚he used it as motivation and remained at the top of the class with Konekomaru. However
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS AS LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 9695 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 Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allen Poe 2. The Open Boat Stephen Crane 3. The Door in the Wall HG Wells 4. The People Before Maurice
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Season”‚ the protagonists are positively influenced by a family member‚ maturing them and having a positive effect on their lives. In “A Rupee Earned”‚ the father teaches the son how to make his own money and be less dependent of others. In “To Everything There Is a Season”‚ the boy’s family tells him that Santa Claus does not exist‚ helping him mature. First‚ in the fable “A Rupee Earned” by I.F. Bultakin‚ the relationship between the father and the son positively affected the son’s life because
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between the ways Duffy and Pugh explore the power and limitations of language? In your response you must include detailed critical discussion of at least two of Duffy’s poems.” Duffy explores the “power of words” in being able to translate as well as influence complex emotions and thoughts‚ thus reflecting on the possibilities of language. She addresses the elusive nature of meaning‚ which –although expressed uniformly through language-is also restricted in being unable to fully interpret that which
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The Bicycle Short Story In the story “The Bicycle” by Jillian Horton‚ Hannah‚ the main character‚ is a pianist who lives with her aunt‚ Tante Rose. She is given the opportunity to travel to New York so she can audition at a school. Unfortunately Hannah does not take that opportunity and decides to stay. In this case I agree with her decision at the end Firstly‚ Hannah lived all her life with very limited time for herself. Everything revolved around piano and her Jewish religion. She wanted to live
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two minutes have passed. He changes to the foreign buzzer and will soon be finished with the last minute news flashes. The opening portion of his broadcast is coming to an end. A long pause‚ then‚ ¨Attention‚ Mr. and Mrs. America..¨ american bundists→ bundts our voice of
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every year‚ his family has to spread the joy without him. Later Scrooge is visited by three spirits who try to help him change his ways. The Ghosts of Christmas Past‚ Present‚ and Future. In the end he does change his ways and he is one of the nicest people in the entire world. Charles Dickens is the author of this amazing book and every author has a purpose or a reason for writing a book‚ a message they want to give the reader. Now we ask ourselves the age old question who is the audience? And what
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