UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 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 Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle
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chosen to compare the two short stories “The Story of an Hour”‚ by Kate Chopin and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ by James Thurber. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a short story written in 1937. The main character is an older man that drives his wife to town for beauty parlor visits and weekly shopping. “The Story of an Hour” was published in 1894. The main character‚ Louise Mallard‚ thinks that she will find freedom from the death of her husband. These short stories share a common theme‚ gender
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Li-Young Lee’s poem “A Story” depicts the complex relationship between a father and his son. Lee portrays the complexity of their relationship by using point of view to understand how the father feels in this situation. The structure of this poem helps paint the fears the father has by shifting to the future. Also the use of diction adds emotion to the love that is being shared by the father and his son. Through the point of view‚ the structure‚ and the diction used in the poem‚ Lee is able to convey
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Oscar Wilde’s The Model Millionaire which a part of his collection of short stories known as ‘the house of pomegranates’ is a great story from one of the greatest masters of the art known as the short story. This story is a composition of various themes which can be listed as: the material aspect of our life‚ standards in the society‚ love‚ and most importantly the morals of the people residing in the society. Firstly‚ this short story emphasizes the materialistic aspects of life. It speaks about
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Betrayal Life‚ and Love Yunior is on the roller coaster of life and he’s not helping it by creating more upside down spirals with his betrayal and infidelities. Conflict is one of the most important parts of any story. This story is full of conflict‚ internal and external created by his own infidelities‚ along with exceptional usage of literary techniques Diaz writes an exceptional conclusion to Yunior’s life. As he spends years obsessing and dwelling over a relationship‚ that failed‚ as he starts
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good memories from their childhood. Everyone likes to remember their childhood. My childhood was rough‚ but I made sure that every night I got a bed time story. IN order for that to happen I had to pick out a book‚ 10 minutes before I had to go to bed. When I was growing up this was the best book in the world to me. Each time I wanted a story read to me‚ I would pick this book up and ask my mother to read it to me. This book brought so much hope and wisdom to me‚ it made me think about everything
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Mary Catherine Bateson’s story on “Composing a Life Story” allowed me to realize that due to experiences I have become a unique person. I am one person however I have many different versions of myself. I have to become a different version of myself for each environment that I enter into. Indeed it almost sounds like I have multiple personality however that is not the case. When I am at home I must be the loving‚ caring‚ nurturing women who cares for the household‚ her child‚ and all that is involved
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Jack London’s short story The Law of Life follows Koskoosh‚ an elder member of an indigenous tribe in the Klondike‚ through his final living hours. Because of the harsh environment‚ scarcity of food‚ and the importance of the group’s survival‚ the tribe abandons the blind‚ old man in the tundra with only a fire burning nearby and a few pieces of wood to sustain it. While the man waits for death‚ the reader learns‚ through Koskoosh’s memory‚ of his life‚ his tribe’s traditions‚ and the laws of nature
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Most everyone has a role model in their life. They could be a parent‚ a friend‚ a teacher‚ or a sports hero. They could be the D.A.R.E officer who works in your school. He could be someone you read about in a book. A role model is hard to define‚ because it can be different for everyone. Who your role model is depends as much on you as it does on the person you admire. Often‚ it is someone you would like to be like when you get older‚ or someone who does something you find hard to do. They
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The USA and the Peoplehood Model The United States is made up of an enormously wide variety of diverse groups of people‚ each one acquiring its own distinct characteristics. In the spring of 2003‚ Tom Holm‚ Diane Pearson‚ and Ben Chavis refined Cherokee anthropologist Robert K. Thomas’ Peoplehood Model. These scholars introduced Thomas’ model in their scholarly journal titled “Peoplehood: A Model for Extension of Sovereignty in American Indian Studies. This dynamic idea was created by Thomas to
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