More than just the disease Choose a novel or short story which deals with an important human issue: for example‚ poverty‚ war‚ family conflict‚ injustice‚ or any other issue you regard as important More Than Just the Disease by Bernard MacLaverty is a short story which deals with the themes of class distinction‚ rights of passage and a person suffering mentally which effects the characters in the short story. There is conflict between the two main characters Neil and his mum. This short story
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<center><b>By close reference to "More Than Just The Disease"‚ show what feelings you have for Neil in the course of the story. What lessons do you suppose he has learned by the end of it?</b></center> <br> <br>In the story‚ "More than Just the Disease"‚ Neil who was away from home for a holiday with the Middleton family experienced and learned much. The best part was how Neil managed to take the first step of overcoming his shyness‚ not to "suffer from more than just the disease". <br> <br>At the start of
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MORE THAN JUST A DISEASE Plot Focuses on a young boy‚ Neil who has a skin condition called psoriasis. This disease makes Neil feel insecure and his mother’s attitude towards him also does not help‚ she is almost ashamed of her sons condition and this makes Neil feel that he has hide the fact that he has psoriasis. Neil feels the pressure when he goes to stay with his friend Michael and his family‚ and faces situations where people may find out about his condition. These experiences help mature
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Cal by Bernard MacLaverty Cal by Bernard MacLaverty tells us the tragic story about a young‚ unemployed Catholic named Cal Maclusky. He lives in Northern Ireland in an ulster where mostly Protestants live and is the son of a stubborn widowed abattoir man who refuses to leave his home even though their house had been firebomb threatened several times. Cal’s life is tough and trouble always seems to find him‚ his mother died when he was eight‚ Protestants give him a hard time and as if that wasn’t
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More than Just a Disease A story of an outsider in a different world‚ Neil is a teenage boy with troubles in a society where he is excluded. Bothered by psoriasis‚ his red‚ flaky skin often prevented him from doing activities he would have otherwise loved to join in. In this story the author writes about the divided class systems‚ the inability to fit into society‚ overcoming fears‚ and allowing others to understand. In the story‚ the author describes Neil as self-conscious‚ easily influenced
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Nathan Buttle Mr. Koenig CP English 10 Sept. 9 2013 More than Just Riding Before I rode motocross‚ I thought you just get on the bike and twist the throttle. One year ago‚ I got my first dirt bike for my birthday. In the beginning‚ I just rode on simple trails down the street at my friend CJ’s house. My friend Brett invited me to go to a motocross track one day and I decided to try it out. I didn’t think anything of it‚ until after one lap I had to pull off the track because I was exhausted
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LenNee’ Kimbell Professor O’Roark ENGL 210-103 13 March 2014 More than just “Brownies” “Brownies‚” by ZZ Packer is about a Brownie troop of fourth-grade African American girls from suburban Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ who go to summer camp. (Gale) At the camp‚ they have an altercation with another troop called troop 909 which were all white girls. They believed that one of the white girls addressed them with a racial insult by calling one of them the “N” word. Apparently they feel offended and seek revenge
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Sarah Mills WE ARE MORE THAN JUST A GRADE: We all have different thought processes and skills‚ so why are we individuals all tested by the same means? Society tries to change us to fit into their puzzle called life‚ when we should be changing the picture. This is the same society that tells us abortions is wrong yet looks down on teenage parents. This society also sells products to promote healthy skin and hair‚ yet the women on the package have hair extensions‚ fake nails‚ and are photo shopped
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More than Just a Game People often consider football as just a game or sport‚ but to others it’s not just a game or sport. Football has changed my life in many different ways. For the first time in my life‚ I was able to understand the concepts of life when joined the Independence High Football Team. It showed how I use to be an outsider to actually feeling part of something. I now have a totally different outlook on life. When I enrolled into Independence High School I would considered myself
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Sports: More Than Just a Game More than 7.6 million high school students played sports during the 2010-2011 school year‚ an increase of nearly 40‚000 students compared to 2009-2010 according to usnews.com. Why is this number so high? The benefits of playing sports are not just physical. While many students get involved in high school athletics for sheer love of the game‚ there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities as well. Being an athlete teaches life lessons like
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