The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 Author: Sue Townsend Published: Mandarin Paperbacks‚ 1983 Setting: from Thursday January 1st to Saturday April 3rd (Two years later) Plot Summary Adrian is an acne plagued thirteen-year-old teenager who reports his thoughts and experiences in his secret diary every day. He finds himself confronted with all sorts of problems‚ worries about his father who works all day and is a heavy smoker and drinker‚ about his dog that runs away and regularly has
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way Muriel is treated throughout the movie and the way she acts in return. Muriel is forever being told she is not good enough and is an embarrassment‚ which is why she tries to transform herself into a new person. And so the story unfolds and the plot thickens. Muriel meets Rhonda (Rachael Griffiths) at Hibiscus Island
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My Life in Pink/Ma Vie en rose (Alain Berliner‚ 1997) To what extent does the opening sequence of the film prepare the audience for what is to follow in terms of genre‚ subject matter‚ mood‚ characters and plot development? Although French by language‚ ‘Ma Vie En Rose’ is directed by Belgian director‚ Alain Berliner‚ and therefore shares the concerns and troubles lurking in the subconscious mind of the Belgian people‚ mainly‚ the confusion over their national identity‚ as the country is divided
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stages of Apartheid South Africa. In Maru she reflects upon her own experiences of love‚ loneliness and prejudice. Prejudice spreads as one discriminates against another and creates false images. Love contradicts loneliness‚ which diminishes as the plot progresses. Prejudice affects love and promotes loneliness. Initially one may assume that prejudice is only between different races. However‚ Bessie Head displays tribal prejudice through‚ “the expressions of disgust on the faces of the Batswana
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defined his genius. His best known play is Death of a Salesman”. Death of a Salesman the title alone gives everything away. The play is entirely filled with lots of element and device such as plot‚ spectacle‚ irony and tragedy this is the work of a great piece of work. We will pay attention to plot‚ irony and tragedy in the play. The play triumphs in keeping the reader and by extension the audience’s attention and intrigue. Taking a scene from the play Act one. Willy while playing a game of
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Chapter 4 (85-94) – “The fire was dead…” to the end. What is the Importance of this section in the plot of the novel? How does this passage help our understanding of the main characters? How does it help us to understand what Golding is trying to say in the novel as a whole? The major event of these few pages is the first sentence. “The fire was dead.” This is clear and simple‚ like Ralphs anger at the confirmation of his fears at the fact it has gone out; this is exaggerated further by the
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A Literal Review on Oppression: An One-act Comedy by Xilin Ding After having read the excellent one-act drama by Xilin Ding‚ I was amused by the humorous dialogue and plots. At the same time‚ I feel that there are some pent-up feelings I must talk about. This play uses a humorous way to express the agony of the playwright about the bitter experience of his friend who later died a nasty death. The topic of oppression and anti-oppression is supposed to be serious‚ but in this play‚ the playwright
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The Landlady appears to be very nice‚ friendly and kind‚ which we can read in the text: “She was about forty-five or fifty years old… she gave him a warm welcoming smile” and “she seemed terribly nice!”. As we follow the plot‚ the reality of her is that she is probably a serial killer and maybe has a psychic illness. The character of Mary Maloney is similar to the character of the Landlady. They’re both killers‚ but there is a little difference between them‚ because we think the Landlady is a
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Compare and Contrast Essay Have you ever wanted to compare and contrast two stories? The Landlady and The Tell-Tale Heart are two very different stories. They are written in different time periods‚ with different styles‚ and have little in common. However‚ they also have many similarities. This essay will compare and explain the two stories‚ then contrast them. The Landlady was written by Roald Dahl‚ and was published in 1959. The story was written in a hospitable setting‚ that seems perfectly
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actual stories‚ instead how the authors who wrote the stories. The two stories are The Landlady wrote by Roald Dahl‚ There Will Come Soft Rains written by Ray Bradbury and they will both be reviewed. The two authors use satisfying writing styles and genres and a different audience in which the main characters talk to. But‚ they both write suspenseful stories and give their characters a good background and also good plot for the story in which on how it’s going to end. They also have kind of the same writing
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