BOOKTEST 5V1 Mijke tonnon 1. A) “About a boy” B) Nick Hornby C) 1998 2. A) The story takes place in 1994/1995. Because in the story they celebrate New year´s eve. They think back of 1994‚ about what kind of year it was‚ and they hope 1995 will be better. B) The story takes place in London‚ the boy describes that he moved from Cambridge to London‚ and that London is very different from Cambridge. 3. Marcus: Marcus is a twelve year old boy‚ his father is called Clive and his mother Fiona. His parents
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One of the main characters in Nick Hornby’s novel About a Boy and the eponymous film based upon it is Fiona. Fiona is Marcus’ forty-year-old mother‚ who tries to raise Marcus as a perfect person into a falling world on her own‚ ever since she divorced Marcus’ father several years ago. Until the very end of the story‚ Fiona is incapable of seeing her own wrongs‚ and thus‚ she raises her son as a boy who seemingly is every parent’s dream‚ but also is unfamiliar with social norms in areas such as clothing
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lunatic. ________________________________________ [Fiona is crying] Fiona: I mean‚ he’s a special – very‚ very special boy and he’s got a special soul‚ and I’ve wounded it. Will: Oh‚ please‚ just shut up. You’re wounding my soul. ________________________________________ Christine: Oh‚ no... it’s just I thought you had hidden depths. Will: No‚ no‚ you’ve always had that wrong about me. I really am this shallow. ________________________________________ Fiona: He’s expressing himself! Will: No‚
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person’s eyes. The poem describes Chicago and everything that’s happening in the surroundings. A person’s eyes see more than some people think. “They tell me you are wicked and I believed them‚ for I have seen your fainted women under the gas lamps the farm boys‚” states imagery in the poem. Meaning the people of the town are bad‚ and how people are afraid. “Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action‚ cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness”‚ states a simile in the poem. The simile is comparing
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About a Boy: Characterization Will Freeman Will Freeman is one of the protagonists in the novel ’About a boy’ by Nick Hornby. Through the novel Will experiences a change from a carefree‚ selfish and superficial single guy to a sensitive‚ understanding and loving man in a relationship. In the beginning of the novel Will is 36 years old and lives alone in a luxury flat.He is a single‚ has no family left and doesn‘t have real friends. Besides that‚ Will is used to have only short term relationships
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September 2012 Summer Reading Assignment: About a Boy Insensible Will‚ who lives comfortably off of the money from a popular Christmas song his father wrote‚ comes up with the idea to join a Single Parents Alone Together‚ (SPAT)‚ group in order to pick up single moms. What he chooses to overlook however‚ is the fact that he does not have any children. This sparks a chain of events beginning with him meeting Marcus‚ an awkward young teenage boy who is being raised by a depressed‚ single
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ABOUT A BOY What happens when two completely different worlds are colliding and suddenly becomes a united world? “A man is an island‚ and I’m Ibiza”. Will’s motto is based on one premise: people should only care about themselves and no one should take responsibility for other people’s problems. I think that the reason why Will has taken such an attitude to life is that he has never faced any real problems during his life. The only person he has to think about is himself‚ and he has
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Nikki Giovanni’s "Poem for Black Boys" is a poignant literary work that addresses several issues concerning the young black male in America and the conflicting views taken by members of the African-American community during the Civil Rights Movement with an inclination towards the peaceful movement perpetuated by the likes of Dr. Martin Luther king‚ Jr. and his non-violent contemporaries. Giovanni’s use of allusion‚ imagery and the sardonic humor of the speaker blend effortlessly to denounce all
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Marcus Brewer is a 12-year-old boy who is unusual‚ but very considerate. He is a vegetarian‚ lives with his mother‚ Fiona in a flat‚ but they are not wealthy. Marcus is different‚ and is having a hard time both at home and school. Marcus seems to be sensitive‚ dejected and awkward. First‚ Marcus is sensitive because when Fiona tells Marcus that she loves him in front of kids at Marcus’s school‚ even though it is embarrassing for Marcus‚ he still tells her “I love you too” (10). Marcus also
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In “Indian Boy” (Sherman Alexie) and “Blaxicans” (Richard Rodriguez)‚ both of the authors show how immigrants helped shape American culture by leaving their culture to help shape a better culture for themselves. The texts by Sherman Alexie and Richard Rodriguez both show how they are based on how they both abandoned their culture behind to help shape a better one for themselves. They also did not leave their culture so they can shape a better one but they also abandoned their native people meaning
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