Expectations According to the National Center for Education Statistics‚ a record of 21.8 million students are expected to attend American colleges and universities in the fall of 2013‚ constituting an increase of about 6.5 million since the fall of 2000. An average of 87.4% of those students are also expected to graduate within six years of their enrollment year. And of course‚ one can only assume that the students have their own expectations from college as well. Students expect to attain a
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readers to be aware of certain themes and ideas through the presentation of experiences of which we may relate to. Lloyd Jones’ Mister Pip (2006) presents the theme of the power of literature through the construction of the characters‚ Matilda‚ Dolores and several more. Through these characters‚ literature (or story-telling) is an extremely powerful theme in Mister Pip as it not only provides an escape for the community‚ but also as a tool to bring them together and shape their views of the world.
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Mister Pip Section 1 1 – Mr. Watts ‘He looked like someone who had seen or known great suffering and hadn’t been able to forget it.’ p1 ‘We never saw him smile.’ p1 ‘Because Pop Eye was the only white for miles around‚ little kids stared at him until their ice blocks melted over their black hands.’ p3 ‘She could not see what us kids had come to see: a kind man.’ p41 2 – Themes 1. Island life there was a lot told about island life‚ what the environment is like‚ what the people are like
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Why is Frankenstein considered a Gothic novel and Great Expectations considered realist? The Gothic sub-genre takes its name from the medieval or Gothic architecture of the oppressive castles favoured by novelists such as Horace Walpole (Walder‚ The Realist Novel‚ p.28). Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1764) is usually considered the first Gothic novel‚ introducing familiar elements such as the isolated‚ atmospheric setting for sinister‚ supernatural occurrences‚ the obsessive‚ solitary hero tortured
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Analyse how an important relationship helped you to understand ONE main character. One of the most important relationships in a young girl’s life is the relationship with their mother. In the novel‚ Mr Pip‚ written by Lloyd Jones‚ we are shown the relationship between Matilda and her mother Dolores. Through this relationship‚ we as a reader are able to understand the character Dolores more thoroughly. By exploring the character Dolores and her relationship with Matilda‚ we as a reader will be
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Comparison of the ways women are presented in ‘Salome’ and ‘Havisham’ The two poems are written by a twentieth century poet called Carol Ann Duffy. In her poems women are presented in various ways. For example‚ the women in her poems ‘Salome’ and ‘Havisham’ are both quite deranged together with disturbed characteristics as they view love and relationships in two different ways – anger and bitterness. Duffy is known to write about traumatising scenes from childhood‚ adolescence‚ and adult life
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artist and musicians alike always had a unique sense of showmanship. They all however share a quality that is the very essence of music‚ delivering a message through their lyrical content. Lyrics to me‚ and I assume the majority of people‚ represent a great deal of importance. Lyrical content especially in today’s society shares a connection with the artist and audience. It brings the audience into their world‚ and at times you can sense the many hardships portrayed. People nowadays listen carefully into
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In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy creates an interesting character. Write about the way the character is created‚ and compare this with the way other characters are created in three other poems. You should compare it with one poem by Simon Armitage and two poems from the pre-1912 poetry bank. In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy explores the character of Mrs Havisham and develops her by using vivid imagery and metaphors. She starts the poem with ‘Beloved sweetheart bastard’ which is an oxymoron‚ used to display
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ensures that they are able and confident in what they are teaching. In addition they should be familiar with the school curriculum along with skills in curriculum development which allows HLTA’s to be able to teach independent to group/age related expectations and teaching methods. They should have sufficient understanding of their specialist area of which they are assigned to whether this be young‚ teenagers‚ special needs‚ gifted and talented children. They should also have good knowledge of the
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“We produce destructive people by the way we treat them in childhood.”An exploration of the lasting impact of childhood in Jane Eyre and Great Expectations. Throughout the two texts‚ Jane Eyre and Great Expectations‚ the way children are brought up has moulded the child’s personality and behaviour‚ whether they become destructive or not . I shall be evaluating Jane’s early childhood as described by Charlotte Bronte‚ considering her treatment from Mrs Reed and Mr Brocklehurst‚ and the lasting impact
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