The history Boys is a comedy play based on a group of intelligent and funny sixth-form boys in the 1980’s.The boys find themselves in different sitations‚whether it’s to do with love‚ heartbreak or heir further education and their future. These situations that they are faced with‚ contribute o he humur the play. In the beginning of the play‚we are introduced to one of he boys teachers‚Mr Hector.The relationship between Hector and the boys seems informal and sexual as he hits the boys and allows the
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The flapper era was the time of the worship of youth (pandorasbox/flapper). Flappers were women of the Jazz Age. They had measurements of pre-adolescent boys‚ with no waistline‚ no bust‚ and no butt. Flappers had short hair worn no longer than chin length‚ called bobs. Their hair was often dyed and waved into flat‚ head-hugging curls and accessorized with wide‚ soft headbands. It was a new and most original style for women. A lot of make-up was worn by flappers that they even put on in public which
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Funny Boy‚ a novel by Shyam Selvadurai‚ tells us a story through the eyes of a growing Tamil homosexual boy‚ Arjie. By using a first person narrator‚ Selvadurai vividly describes Arjie¡¯s struggle to negotiate life in Sinhala-dominated Colombo. Besides‚ the horrible ethnic violence between Tamil and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka was also highlighted throughout the novel. Selvadurai developed the theme of ethnic violence by telling various incidents and facts through the narrator of Arjie‚ beginning with
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Memories of Scout The narrator Jean Louise Finch‚ nicknamed Scout‚ in Lee ’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is a complex‚ innocent character. She possesses a wide range of traits‚ which undergo a transformation‚ as she matures. My interest in Scout stems from three main qualities of her personality with which I can personally identify. She displays curiosity‚ courage‚ and a love of reading throughout the novel. Scout ’s curiosity is revealed through questions she asks her father to understand what
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Butcher Boy: an overlooked gem Over the years‚ numerous directors have portrayed childhood in film‚ and some of them have done so in an extremely affecting and poignant way. Films like Francois Truffuaut’s 400 blows or Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander have left their mark on film history‚ partly because the directors dared to present childhood as a period of great insecurity and unhappiness‚ and not as the most idyllic period of one’s life. “The Butcher boy”‚ a
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In Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible” Lyman Lamartine tells his story about his brother Henry‚ and the red convertible‚ showing them joy but also heartache. Henry and Lyman are Native American and live in Chippewa. Lyman narrates the story and explains how he and his brother spot the red convertible one day walking down Portage‚ and are fortuitous enough to have money to purchase it. The brother’s then start out on a summer adventure‚ driving place to place eventually leading them to Alaska after
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I have done some reading in Rosa Parks. I have read that her real name was Rosa Louise McCauley she was born on February4‚ 1913 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama‚ US. After her parents divorce‚ rosa her mother and sibling to pine level‚ Alabama here where Rosa maternal grandparents lived‚ who were former slaves. Rosa attended segregated school throughout her childhood‚ which her and her sibling had to walk to while the white student in her community rode a bus. She also attended a secondary school but had
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Scout‚ also known as Jean Louise Finch is one of the most important roles in the book‚ as she is one of the main characters‚ and the book is based around her. She is the youngest person in her family‚ and is a very smart character that knows a lot more than most/all people of her age‚ she is also very mature and respectful‚ especially in the way that she speaks to people‚ she uses very mature words and talks quite sophisticatedly. Scout’s father Atticus inspires her to push her limits and learn what
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa‚ and it’s located slightly above the equator. The DRC is bordered by Angola‚ the Central African Republic‚ Burundi‚ Rwanda‚ Sudan‚ Tanzania‚ Uganda‚ and Zambia. They are the poorest country in Africa‚ yet it is considered by many to be the richest country because of its natural resources (Rural Poverty Portal). Located in the DRC is many valuable resources such as tin‚ tantalum‚ and tungsten.There are seventy-five million people
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Madonna Louise Ciccone was born in Bay City‚ Michigan‚ on August 16‚ 1958. Her father‚ Silvio Anthony Ciccone‚ is a first-generation Italian American (with roots in Pacentro‚ Italy)‚ while her mother‚ Madonna Louise (née Fortin)‚ was of French Canadian descent.[2] Her father later worked as a design engineer for Chrysler and General Motors. As Madonna had the same name as her mother‚ family members called her "Little Nonni".[3] The third of six children from her father’s first marriage‚ her full-blood
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