Next Term‚ we’ll Mash You By Penelope Lively Do you know about violence or bullying‚ or just heard about before? If you have or want to hear a short story about this kind of story‚ you might lie down and read this. In the text ”Next Term‚ we’ll mash you” we hear about this boy Charles who get threatened by some guys at his new school‚ because he is the ”new member.” How bad can it actually be? Next Term‚ we’ll Mash you is about a young boy named Charles who is sitting in a car with his parents
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Essay on Black Dog By Penelope Lively Brenda Case is a mid-age housewife with personal problems. The English modern short story “Black Dog”‚ written by Penelope Lively‚ portrays Mrs. Case as being a frustrated woman with a peculiar manner‚ besides this she has difficulties to adapt within the society’s norms. This is probably because Brenda Case is going through the largest crisis in her life; the mid-life crisis. This gives Brenda some difficult factors to deal with. She is going through this
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ANALYSIS OF THREE PROTAGONIST CHARACTERS IN DIFFERENT TEENAGE SHORT STORIES: ‘’NEXT TERM‚ WE’LL MASH YOU’’ BY PENELOPE LIVELY‚ ‘’SECRETS’’ BY BERNARD MACLAVERTY AND ‘’THE LICENCE’’ BY FRANK TUOHY Penelope Lively ‘’Next Term‚ We’LL Mash You’’ (1987)‚ Frank Tuohy ‘’The Licence’’ (1964) and Bernard MacLaverty ‘’Secrets’’ (1977) all these three authors wrote didactic literature about young adults and the problems they have to face. The short stories focus on three
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Analysis and interpretation “Clara’s Day” by Penelope Lively takes place in a school in London‚ approximately in the mid 80s. 15 year old Clara Tilling takes her clothes off in morning assembly one day‚ and walks naked through the crowd into the form-room‚ where she put on a science overall. Moments later a teacher brings her clothes‚ and Clara continues school. People are patting her back and giving her attention‚ which wears off at lunch time. Later‚ Clara is called to the Head’s office where
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by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely if ever do they forgive them." Do you think he is right in his statement? This is a short story (adapted to a radio play) about little Charles and his first meeting with the private school his parents think that he should attend. How does he feel about his parents’ choice of school? Does anyone care? Note that in the UK a public school is a private school. In this short story‚ Penelope Lively (1933-) introduces us to the world
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Both Sylvia Plath and Penelope Lively explore situations that evoke the primal fear in all of us. They use various images and different symbols to explore these fears through neurosis‚ nightmares and hallucinations. “The blue capes all dissolved and vanished”‚ just like their childhood’s innocence. The whole dreamy fantasy world of the two main characters (Sandra‚ from ‘The Darkness Out there’ and the little girl from ‘Superman and Paula Brown’s New Snowsuit’) burnt into ashes by the antagonist.
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coasts & hydrology -Do poem essay -Plan kinder transport essay Commentary: Moon Tiger‚ 1987‚ by Penelope Lively This monologue depicts the thoughts of an elderly woman who is dying in a hospital. She gives us a her views and description of language which shows us the importance it holds in her life. She talks about the history of language saying ‘we open our mouths and out flow words whose ancestries we do not even know.’ This shows that she cares greatly about words and their origin and it is important
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In the excerpt from the novel “Moon Tiger” by Penelope Lively‚ a brother and a sister are searching for fossils while their mother waits nearby. The speaker uses an array of literary devices such as imagery and dialogue to dramatize the complex relationship among the three characters in the except. Lively illustrates to the readers that situations are translated differently to different people. The author introduces siblings as they are outside looking for fossils. The conflict is initially presented
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David Brooks begins his paper‚ “What You’ll Do Next.” by introducing his reader to the latest phenomenon for predicting human behaviour‚ big data. Big data‚ as defined by Google are “extremely large data sets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns‚ trends‚ and associations‚ especially relating to human behavior and interactions.” (Google search) Advocates for this new system‚ such as Viktor Mayer-Schönberg and Kenneth Cukier‚ authors of the book “Big Data”‚ say that it offers a
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Monster Mash Everyone loves a good scare. The rush we feel when our worst nightmares are realized‚ and yet that small inkling in our minds reminds us‚ this isn’t real. It’s fun. First we clench and scream and our hearts pop out of our chests. Then‚ we smile‚ laugh‚ and say “wow‚ that scared me” escape our lips‚ and we again move on with the rest of our average everyday lives. It’s exciting‚ and to some‚ arousing. But the concept of horror raises an all too common inquiry. What if you could become
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