PENGUIN ACTIVE READING Teacher Support Programme Teacher’s notes LEVEL 3 Stories of Courage Clare Gray Stories 5–6: Prisoner for Peace tells the story of Burmese Aung San Suu Kyi‚ the unofficial leader of Burma. Her government was removed from power by the Burmese army in 1988‚ and she was placed under house arrest shortly afterward. Since that time she has fought tirelessly for democracy. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991 and continues to fight for her people’s freedom
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Cinderella is a folktale that has become a story that many people can relate to‚ whether they know it or not. The story has so many different variants‚ which is why it has spread across the world and become so popular. It’s popularity is with people of all ages‚ since the story is relatable to anything that is going on. Cinderella is a story of a young girl‚ who is treated as a servant‚ that has the desire to attend the ball. Her stepmother and stepsisters try to keep her as far away from that
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Katherine Mansfield Project "The Canary" by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) is the last story that Mansfield completed. After first being published in 1922 it was included by her husband John Middleton Murry in a collection of her work he published shortly after her death in 1923‚ The Dove’s Nest and other Stories. It is very tempting to read an especial import into this story given that Mansfield knew her death was probably close at hand. It is has been said that the English
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This paper will take a key interest in the migration story of my parents Barbara Heinemann and Kirby Clark and their story in relation to identify the factors that shaped the migration and resettlement of migrants in the 1980’s and the Australian government’s policies and desires. How the processes of alienation and assimilation affected migrants who came from a western culture and how acceptance and ‘mateship’ was difficult to find in Australians. I will do this while comparing the similarities
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A short story concentrates on creating a single dynamic effect and is limited in character and situation. It is a language of maximum yet economical effect. Every word must do a job‚ sometimes several jobs. Short stories are filled with numerous language and sound devices. These language and sound devices create a stronger image of the scenario or the characters within the text‚ which contribute to the overall pre-designed effect.As it is shown in the metaphor ’lipstick bleeding gently’ in Cinnamon
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examine the use of narrative in contemporary photography. Narrative photography suggests to us that the image‚ or images presented to us may have a story to tell‚ a message to communicate or a philosophy to convey. That story could be familiar to us in some way‚ drawing on references to art‚ cinema‚ theatre‚ or literature or may refer to personal values‚ shared beliefs‚ moral attitudes or have some significance within our perception of modern society and culture. The unfamiliar narrative is that which
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Analysis: Nine Stories by JD Salinger For those like me who couldn’t find any insightful analyses about this collection on the Internet: You’re welcome. I have finally figured out what this is about (I think). So the fancy book club met a couple weeks ago to discuss Nine Stories by JD Salinger. Much despair was had because of our varied and confused insights into Salinger’s stories. Was Seymour a pedophile? What’s up with the random last line in "Just Before the War with the Eskimos?" How should
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The Story of an Hour written by Kate Chopin‚ who is known for the contribution of gaining women’s right‚ describes Mrs. Mallard has her sudden freedom when she hears about the death of her husband. The story illustrates the authority of a man has over a woman. Women are properties of men in a conservative society‚ so it is hard for women to have their own lives. The Story of an Hour is a short story which Chopin illustrates women’s desire to escape their marital prison‚ and the whole story is a
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STORY 1: “The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross The story “The Lamp at Noon” takes place in a dried up‚ unfertile desert. Dust storms are causing health problems for the family. The setting is crucial to create the dark and sad atmosphere of the story because it was all about the fact that there is something wrong with the place that it dried out their farm which caused them to suffer. Which also creates a mood of being dull‚ lonely and monotonous. The couple‚ Ellen and Paul‚ has been arguing about
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literary approach is what I’m going to use for Kate Chopin’s on The Story of an Hour. The best definition I can give for literary approach is a literary approach is a way of looking at literature i.e. how you read a piece of literature. This approach has interested me for this story and it will be the approach I will be using for it. When I read this story I found the use of the term persona used for it. This is when the teller of the story is referred into it or the narrator of the poem may or may not
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