Alice Munro published “How I Met My Husband” in her book Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You (1974). Told from the first-person point of view‚ the story layers the voice of the fifteen-year-old Edie‚ working as a “hired girl” in the house of the comparatively wealthy Peebles family‚ with that of the adult Edie‚ now happily married and wiser than she was as a teenager. Edie’s voice is colloquial and friendly‚ keenly aware of its audience. In this way‚ the story celebrates the art of storytelling
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I have undergone a detailed study of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is set in the fictional town of Maycomb in the Southern State of Alabama during the Great Depression. A wide assortment of characters endure various difficulties however a prominent case that comes to mind is Atticus. Amongst the struggles this character faces are raising his children alone ‚ having to defend a black man in court and finally he must learn to cope with the attack on his children. The narrator Scout
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This book is an autobiography of a boy‚ called Christy Brown‚ with cerebral palsy. This book explains his hard childhood life and how he discovers his incredible skill of drawing and writing with his left foot. This book follows his life until the age of 22. Christy is the main character. He is a child living in Dublin‚ Ireland with his very large family. He is the 10th child of 22 children. Christy is a character of great intelligence but is not a character with a big sense of humour. Christy Brown
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Kenya Pollonais English: 150 Prof: Victoria A. Chevalier 11/03/13 “I Will Be Me That’s My Theme” The poem “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes presents a powerful critique of racism in America and‚ while recognizing the difficulties of integration‚ presents the idea that the foremost characteristic amongst all people is that we share the same human experience. The premise behind this poem is that the narrator is a black college student whose instructor
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Blueprint 1 A Blueprint for Coming of Age Blueprint 2 The short story How I Met my Husband is a story about a fifteen year old girl who has a coming of age experience while working for a doctor and his wife. The author‚ Alice Munro utilizes several literary techniques to convey a very relatable theme‚ that of young idealized romance and the ironies we learn about
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I Grieve and Dare Not Show my Discontent Queen Elizabeth I Theme: the inner suffering of the persona’s emotions‚ unable to express due to the persona’s authorized position in society‚ thus pretending not to be affected at all. Key quotes: “Or let me live with some more sweet content‚/Or die and so forget what love ere meant” Biographical reference: Queen Elizabeth I’s marriage not materialized with her “little frog” Francis‚ Duke of Alencon by the fact that he was French. Thus‚ had to part
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Am I my Brother’s Keeper? John Steinbeck’s classic novel‚ “Of Mice and Men” describes the friendship of two migrant farm workers‚ Lenny and George who traveled together in search of work in the 1940’s post depression era in California. After Lenny’s Aunt Clara dies George feels obligated to care for Lenny after he promised Aunt Clara that he would watch out for him. To his demise‚ Lenny was mentally handicapped‚ incredibly strong‚ and liked to touch soft things. He wasn’t able to control his compulsion
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Virginia Woolf initiations this Essay: What if Shakespeare Had Had a Sister? By being very dismayed about not being able to acquire an explanation on why men are richer than women or why women are poorer than men. She wants to make sure that she gets facts and not opinion. Thus she decided to visit the time of Elizabeth and discover why women did not write‚ but men were writing non-stop and achieving literary excellence. Shakespeare comes up and Woolf compares his writings to “enchanted spider webs
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meeting my best friend was really funny. Her name is Leslie. We have hilarious moments together. We both know we can’t stay mad at each other. But most of all we both love each other like blood sisters. I moved to Corona my last month of my freshman year. I was sad because I didn’t know anybody in all my new classes. Except my sister who was a freshman too. I wanted somebody to talk to besides my sister. We both wanted a new friend. Two days pasted and my sister met a girl who was ok but I didn’t
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Probably‚ with all the stress from school‚ homework‚ projects‚ assignments and the Board Exams‚ nothing other than a morning walk can (or at least is said to) relieve you of all your worries. After telling my sister about my stress‚ she proved to me that she was stereotypical; and forced me to join her for a walk in the nearby forest the next morning; as it was a Sunday. And of course‚ just like any other forest‚ we could hear birds chirping‚ look and marvel at the chirping birds and insects
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