Writing 1211 17 February 2013 There are billions upon billions of postcards with pictures on them in the world. Why do people send these postcards? What is the meaning? Many postcards have pictures on them and are sent from spots of vacations or even just to say hello. Sometimes they hold great meaning‚ or sometimes their just sent for the beautiful picture stored on the front. For the most part‚ when people think of postcards they think of a beautiful picture that symbolizes happy times. However
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Postcard from a travel snob First thoughts 1. The poem decides two very different types of holiday. a. What general impression do you get of each type of holiday? The first reference sets an image of your average holiday resort. The other however‚ portrays the accommodation as ‘peaceful’. b. Which does the writer seem to prefer? The writer seems to prefer the sound of a normal holiday resort‚ filled with drunken tourists etc. Looking more closely 1. ‘Wish you were here!’
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Unit 2 – English4C – “Outsiders” Assignment one – “The Snob” By: Morley Callaghan 1. The reason that John ignores his father in this story is he thinks that Grace wouldn’t like him because‚ she only likes and appreciates the people in her “class”. When John first notices his father in the store “his coat was thrown open‚ two buttons on his shirt were undone‚ his grey hair was too long‚ and in his rather shabby clothes he looked very much like a working man‚ carpenter perhaps” made him resent
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W.M. Thackeray and "Vanity Fair" William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) was born to a prosperous middle-class family in India His father was an English official in Calcutta. After his father’s death‚ when the boy was 3 years old‚ he was brought to England to be educated at school and later at Cambridge University. Being a student‚ William devoted much time to drawing cartoons and writing verses‚ chiefly parodies. He couldn’t bear the scholastic atmosphere of the University‚ and as his ambition
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English 12H Blanche DuBois When the play begins‚ Blanche is a fallen woman in society’s eyes. Her family fortune and estate are gone she lost her young husband to suicide years earlier‚ and she is a social outcast due to her sexual behavior. She also has a bad drinking problem‚ which she doesn’t hide very well. Behind her facade of being high class‚ Blanche is an insecure individual who has been disowned by society. She is an aging Southern belle who lives in a state of panic about her fading
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tortoise‚ and two budgerigars. When she got home from shool‚ Sophie received two anonymous messages in her mailbox (the first asking‚ "Who are you?"‚ the second asking‚ "Where does the world come from?"). Checking the mailbox again‚ she finds a postcard. It is a birthday card from Hilde’s father‚ apologizing that he could not be there for her birthday‚ and also for sending the card through Sophie‚ because it was "the easiest way." Sophie is completely confused at this point. Where did the letters
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and because of this‚ she becomes addicted to that idea and the postcards as well. She seems very angry with her mother because she does not seem to invest as much time as she does into the postcards. “I’ve been faithful‚ too‚ you see. I’ve always looked up where you were in the atlas‚ and put your postcards in the box. Sixty-three postcards‚ four hundred-odd lines of scrawl: our life together.” She believes that all of these postcards represent their life and all of the things that they have shared
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story - Walter Streeter - gets the postcards with messages from anonymous and starts thinking them over. The author uses simile “like other novelists” to show that he is not the only one who gets such postcards. Walter was used to getting communications from strangers‚ sometimes they were friendly‚ sometimes they were critical. At first he was glad that he didn’t have to answer them as a writer should grudge time and energy for that. He even tore the first postcard away. But something has interested
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Grade 11 SBA REVIEW THE SNOB CONTEXT CLUES* MAIN IDEA LITERARY ELEMENTS* The Snob by Morley Callaghan 1 IT WAS at the book counter in the department store that John Harcourt‚ the student‚ caught a glimpse of his father. At first he could not be sure in the crowd that pushed along the aisle‚ but there was something about the color of the back of the elderly man’s neck‚ something about the faded felt hat‚ that he knew very well. Harcourt was standing with the girl he loved‚ buying a book
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receive written correspondence from family these days‚ but I have no shortage of receiving e-mails and digital photos from them. This includes pictures from cellular phones‚ for when they are on the go. So long for postcards. No more going to the local tourist trap‚ walking to the postcard display‚ and twirling it around‚ searching for that perfect card to send. A jaunt to the airport these days will reveal a bevy of laptop and tablet computers. Some will be doing business on them others‚ maybe schoolwork
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