because Miranda receives a strange note asking her to record future events and write down the location of her spare key. As the novel progresses‚ she is the detective in finding out who the notes are written from. The book was published by Wendy Lamb books in 2009. CHARACTERS Miranda who is a sixth grade student living in New York City. She lives with her single mother and has had the same best friend ever since she was young. Soon after her best friend gets punch for no reason‚ Miranda discovers
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she helps woman. But as Eva Smith approaches the charity as a Miss Birling‚ a pregnant single woman with no where to go and no money‚ Mrs Birling is offended at this and refuses to give Eva Smith any money or help. By calling herself Mrs Birling priestly builds some dramatic tension as he hints that maybe a birling had something to do with Eva’s pregnancy. She also says that she has stopped receiving money off the father as she fears that it may be stolen. This is strange as at the time it would
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When You Reach Me follows a sixth-grade protagonist‚ Miranda. She lives with her single mother who has a kindhearted boyfriend‚ Richard. Miranda’s best friend Sal‚ who she knew since she was a small child‚ had recently started ignoring Miranda after he had been punched in the face by another boy‚ Marcus. A homeless man lives on the corner of Miranda’s street. She calls him the "laughing man" for his tendency to laugh without cause. Miranda notices that he always utters the words "book bag pocket
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and my own.” This is a quote from the first note Miranda receives from the anonymous person in the book When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. A 12 year old girl named Miranda lives in New York City in the 1970’s. She gets notes from an anonymous person who can predict the future. The notes ask her to cooperate to the directions given in order to save someone’s life. She must choose to follow the mysterious directions or simply ignore them. Miranda has many relationships throughout the story that have
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role in both characters‚ Clegg and Miranda. One can see that obsession is present in Clegg’s point of view as he stalks Miranda around London. Miranda’s obsession is found in her diary about a man she loves. Both obsessions between Clegg and Miranda differ significantly. At the beginning of The Collector‚ the reader is introduced to Clegg as he is watching over Miranda in the Town Hall Annexe‚ where he works. Days that Clegg worked he would gawk over Miranda; "When I have a free moment I stood
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‘An Inspector Calls’ Essay We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. How does Priestly present this theme through the use of character‚ action and dramatic devices? ‘An Inspector Calls’ by ‘J.B Priestly’ is a post world war 2 drama set in 1912. The play is set in the industrial town of Brumley‚ the play is set in the front room of the Birling household. The play follows the classical unities rule where the play is set in one place‚ this allows future
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rest of the family as they are all suggesting she isn’t there to hear the rest of the conversation between the family‚ Gerald and the inspector.With close reference to the extract‚ show how Priestly creates mood and atmosphere for an audience. In this scene the inspector is interrogating Mrs Birling. Priestly creates mood and atmosphere when the inspector mentions why Eva came to Mrs Birling’s charity organisation for help.
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failure‚ the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy‚ its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery”- Winston Churchill Winston Churchill thinks that socialism is a philosophy of failure however John Steinbeck author Of Mice and Men & JB Priestly author of An Inspector Calls would say that capitalism creates the failure in society not socialism. Both authors create a microcosm to show us how society was like at the time. This is called social realism. The two texts show how rich people are
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An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly - A* GCSE English Literature Drama Coursework An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly - A* GCSE English Literature Drama Coursework Page 1 of 11 by Luno2012 29 Followers Scroll to the bottom of the page to find more A* GRADE GCSE coursework! An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley A* GCSE English Literature essay writing Helpful hints! The text in bold will give you pointers and advice as to what you should include in your essay‚ and why this will
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of the communication or action between the character has to be shown through Miranda because it is her point of view throughout the story. Miranda‚ the protagonist‚ is the only character in the book that you are able to see
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