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    Jackie Kay

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    If it’s an uncomfortable topic‚ Jackie Kay can make it sound beautiful. She builds up her poems with meters almost like music‚ only to make the twist at the end more dramatic. Her heritage and orphan past are incorporated in her work – they are personal experiences but Kay describes her images so well‚ it’s universal. She’s the speaker and uses her feelings and experiences to teach lessons on acceptance and pain. “Even the Trees” is a stanzaic poem made up of non-rhyming couplets. The steady flow

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    Jackie Kay - Owl

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    Årsprøve i skriftlig engelsk – delprøve 2 A - Jackie Kay ”Owl” The faint‚ almost invisible‚ line between child and adult‚ carefree and responsible‚ becomes more and more blurry and grey the closer you get to it. First‚ it is said that you reach adulthood and step into the real world‚ when you confirm your faith in God‚ but thrusting that threshold yourself‚ you just know you are not yet an adult. So then‚ you postpone it until the age of 18. By then you should be starting your career‚ or at least

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    The Adoption Papers The story of Jackie Kay’s life is as fascinating and complex as her literary works. The comparison is significant because several of Kay’s pieces spring from her biography and they are all concerned with the intricate nature of identity. Kay’s father was a black Nigerian visiting Edinburgh when he met Kay’s white Scottish mother. After he returned to Nigeria‚ the mother discovered she was pregnant and decided to give up the child. Kay was then adopted by a white Glaswegian couple

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    ​Trumpet by Jackie Kay is a construction of the life and identity of Joss Moody – a jazz musician who was found to be female anatomically subsequent to his death through the narration of surrounding individuals. From there arouses the inevitable clash among opposed perspectives towards the sex/gender system: culture norms against a perplexing fuse of identity. ​Firmly representing the idea of separated identity categorization is the voice of the adopted son Colman Moody and the doctor. For Colman

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    John Burningham's Granpa

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    The two characters are the main characters in the story‚ demonstrating their high importance. The young lady is situated looking towards the reader all through the story‚ while ’Granpa’ is seldom looking toward this path. This in this manner implies that while the story might be called ’Granpa’‚ it is the young lady that is the principle character. The granddads seat is additionally a signifier‚ as we see Grandpa in the seat at the absolute starting point‚ and afterward again in the

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    perceived by others and the way they perceive themselves. Kay composed the structure of Trumpet to be ‘very close to Jazz’ using two central melodies surrounded by syncopating rhythms and harmonies. Millie and Colman are two counterpointing voices telling the same story of grief but with different emotional rhythms.1 Kay’s poetic background radiates through her figurative language which serves to intensify the emotional impact of the novel. Kay alters between first and third person narrative voice giving

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    Explore the way Kay presents Colman and his struggle for identity. Jackie Kay reveals in ‘trumpet’ Colman’s battle and inner conflict to identify himself as an individual rather than the son of a famous trumpeter. Nevertheless‚ Jackie Kay conveys Colman’s most bitter struggle and his anguish at being unable to relate to himself when the intricate lie of his father Joss Moody is revealed. In the beginning of the novel‚ in the third chapter‚ Colman’s voice is portrayed to the readers almost literally

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    The third main idea that is similar to the three novels is religion. Little Tree and Granpa do not care for church or for religion. For example‚ the politician at the crossroads store mentioned that Catholics are the rottenest people that ever lived (82). Little Tree agreed that the politician should go back to Washington City to whip the Catholics (83). Granpa mentioned preachers are too focused on themselves‚ that they do not let anybody into the church without the preacher’s approval (152). After

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    Kay Sunderland

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    Kay Sunderland: Making the Grade at Attain Learning Q1. Describe Sunderland’s management and work style. What are her sources of power? Sunderland’s management style can be defined as formal‚ and efficient‚ always setting expectations at the outset of a project‚ tough but fair. She has a great strategic mind-set and provides insightful critiques and suggestions. Sunderland is not afraid to speak her mind and she pushed to develop the best product for the clients. On the other hand she is somewhat

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    Mary Kay

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    MARY KAY Introduction: Mary Kay is one of the largest cosmetic companies in the United States. Mary Kay Ash started her dream in 1963 when she first opened the doors to the very first Beauty by Mary Kay in Dallas‚ TX (Mary Kay‚ Inc.) It all began after she spent 25 years in direct selling for Stanley products. After a successful career with Stanley products‚ she started writing a book about direct sales‚ but it became a book about managing people. She started thinking about what a “dream company”

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