THE SECRET GARDEN SUMMARY Mary Lennox lives with her rich parents in India. No one has ever really cared for her; hardly anyone knows she is even there. One day a cholera epidemic breaks out and nearly everyone dies. Mary hides in the nursery and when she wakes up the next morning‚ there is no one left. She is sent to England where her uncle‚ Archibald Craven‚ lives. A woman called Medlock is sent to take her to the manor. Normally the 500 year old Misselthwaite Manor on the Yorkshire moors isn’t
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Chapter 1: Lying on her bed‚ Lily waits for the return of the bees that have begun to live in the walls of her bedroom. The year is 1964; Lily is about to turn fourteen. She lives alone with her father‚ Terrance Ray‚ and their black housekeeper and nanny‚ Rosaleen. Lily can’t bring herself to call her cruel‚ confused father “Daddy‚” so she calls him T. Ray instead. Rosaleen warns her to watch out‚ because “bees swarm before death.” Lily insists on telling T. Ray about the bees‚ so she wakes him
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Especially the perceptions about AIDS of community and even the patients are not enough to rescue the patient from improper judgments of society. To bear resentment against society for having boycotted the patients‚ Allan Stratton wrote Chanda’s Secrets. Through this novel‚ he shows us the real lives of AIDS patients‚ the loss‚ the loneliness and their tragic fates while facing death in the contemporary society. Not only Africa but also all over the world there is a lot of prejudice and misunderstanding
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The Secrets of Being You Natasha Trethewey was born in 1966 in Gulfport‚ Mississippi. Her parents had an interracial marriage and at that point and time in Mississippi it was a crime to have a marriage of such. Natasha feels as if there is “White Lies” about her life in itself. In 2000‚ she wrote “White Lies” which describes her life as she was growing up. She writes three types of poems; Domestic Work‚ Bellocq Ophelia‚ and Native Guard. Trethewey was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. The narrator
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The Secret gives you anything you want: happiness‚ health‚ and wealth.” (Bob Proctor). As dubious as it may seem‚ people do indeed want to obtain at least one of these in their lifetime; now what can this secret offer? Maybe a sense of clarity to better one’s life indeed. This Book was introduced to me not too long ago‚ very conveniently to say the least. What to expect from this book is to understand the possibly hidden potential stuck inside every one of us‚ and the provided wisdom given from modern
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The Secret Garden By: Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnet Frances Hodgson Burnett | | | | | Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children’s stories‚ in particular The Secret Garden (winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959)‚ A Little Princess‚ and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Born Frances Eliza Hodgson‚ she lived in Cheetham Hill‚ Manchester. When
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In the novel Chanda’s secrets‚ Allan Stratton uses characterization to emphasize the heroism that lies within all of us. Even in the poorest conditions‚ when there is no other option left we find courage we are not aware of possessing. Chanda Kabelo faces many situations that display her heroism through a matter of thoughts and actions. Chanda pursues an education‚ despite her negative surroundings. This takes courage because she still has to provide for her family. While having thoughts about
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and renovation of the outlet. They will discuss and the franchisor will bring their expert designer team to plan how the interior design of the new outlet could be. Franchisor needs to make sure the design follows the standardized outlet design of Secret Recipe which is their theme colour of red. This will give the outlet the same environment. At some places the design will be slightly different‚ it depends on the interior designer but the space need to utilize with right position. Allocation for
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Our choices change our identity Our identities are mainly shaped our own decisions and concerns‚ whereas external factors create opportunities to change our identity. Do we choose our identity or is it chosen for us? With infinite opportunities around us‚ we are given a path that leads to a new adventure‚ all determined on whether to follow or refuse. The opportunities around us are often formed from the basis of our family‚ as they make decisions for us when we are born. An individual’s parents
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A key difference between the two texts is the acceptance of their instability. The Bell Jar is clearly about Ester’s mental breakdown and she never seems in denial of this; whereas Richard in The Secret History ignores and hides his instability and it is only through the inconsistencies in his portrayal of the events that reader is able to infer it. This inconsistency is shown through heavy use of the passive voice and the halting‚ slow admittance of his involvement with the murder combined with
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