UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS AS LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 9695 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allen Poe 2. The Open Boat Stephen Crane 3. The Door in the Wall HG Wells 4. The People Before Maurice
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Danger of a Single Story; an eloquent and lively account of the lack of native literature in the childhood of speaker Chimamanda Ngozi. A story of a well-educated Nigerian who noted the lack Nigerian stories in her country. The danger of a single story. A tale of a single-minded story being told by the western world about Ngozi’s home countries. Stories of poverty and unhappiness not expressed in her own life experience. Ngozi’s TED talk warns the listener about the single story. She talks about the
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kinds of stories. One is a nonfiction autobiographical story about a boy‚ while the other is a short story about a girl. However‚ if you look a little closer‚ you will see that both stories actually share a common theme. In both stories the authors teach us that it is important to have the courage to be an individual. In “Everything Will Be Okay”‚ by James Howe‚ the author shows us that you can be whoever you want to be even if things are in your way. Towards the beginning of the story‚ James
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passed through many stages. The oldest and most harmful of all is slavery. The intuition of slavery grew to proportion greater than had been previously observed. Both stories‚ "The Danger of a single story‚" and "Museum Indians‚" share likeness of racial non acceptance‚ discrimination‚ and ineptitude towards others‚ a result of a single story. In the article “Museum Indians‚” readers can detect the contemporary and historical forces combing to keep many communities of color disconnected from majority networks
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The story of Noah and the ark is probably one of the most read stories of the bible. Perhaps it is because of the great tragedy it portrays‚ or because it is a story of salvation. Noah and his family along with the animals were saved from the flood‚ while the other people and animals perished as a result of it. Growing up the story of Noah and the ark was one of my favorites; Quite simply because of the drawings depicting the story. They appeared so beautiful‚ when after many years I’m realizing
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outwards‚ reaching farther than your eye can see‚ you drop onto your newly created land. The two creation stories are very similar but they are more different than you think. The West Africans and the Lakota creation stories were alike in many ways‚ for example they both involved the land starting as sand being dropped into an endless ocean‚ then the sand expanding and creating land‚ also in both stories both of the creators were not happy with what was happening before‚ one had the previous world who
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that do justice for the world. The story “Superassassin” is different than your typical superhero story. Written by Lesley Torneiro‚ this story is focused more on the protagonist’s real-life identity and personality. Tenorio redefines the perspectives on what a superhero is by creating a protagonist that see’s himself as a superhero‚ and of how he views himself in this big world‚ needing to adapt to his everyday life and problems with the choices he makes. This story will change the genre by how it
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Bottom” Reading Response I definitely think the subject of the story is about the fear of the unknown. When you swim in a pool you can see the bottom and everything else that is in the pool. But why are so many people afraid of swimming in open water? Humans fear what they do not understand and cannot see. In a lake or an ocean you do not know what is out there and you start to go crazy fearing the unknown. The main character in the story was terrified of open water. She did not know what was all in
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There are various stories that go along with the name La Llorona‚ the weeping woman. Generally‚ all of them tell the story of a woman who killed her children and threw them in a river‚ then walked the riverbeds searching and crying for her children. Her search is not always motivated by the same reasons throughout the various stories but in every story La Llorona regrets the decision to kill her children. La Llorona’s story is often told with her given name being Maria. In one myth Maria‚ a peasant
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Wagner asked a similar question in “The Haunted Painting”. The title of this article clearly states that this story was about a painting. But this story that I’m about to share is about a vase a harmless lifeless vase. Could it be what the writers of the “History of Ghost Stories” define to be a ghost‚ a specter or a spirit that lives separately from the human body (History of Ghost Stories)? You can never be too sure about
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