Review of Related Literature Reading is an important skill to help people learn from human knowledge and experience. Through reading‚ knowledge has greatly contributed to the growth of mankind. Reading is the fastest and simplest way to raise people’s educational level (Hung & Tzeng‚ 2001). Thus‚ reading also improves the cognitive perspective of a person. No people are more educated unless they read. Reading also enhances not only the brain‚ but the awareness of a person to different words
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“An individual shape his or her own sense of belonging.” Discuss this view with detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing. One’s sense of belonging is established through their interaction with a community and the actions an individual takes to fit into or be excluded from these communities. Arthur Miller’s dramatisation The Crucible (TC) depicts the chaos and hysteria in 17th century Salem‚ created from a series of accusations. Kate Chopin’s short
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The Glass Castle Do you think that too much change in a family can cause dysfunction? Well in the story “The Glass Castle” the author Jeanette Walls tells her story about how the changes in her family caused dysfunction amongst them. Through her experiences‚ she shows her readers how changes caused mainly by her father changed the lives of their family. In “The Glass Castle” the author uses simile‚ imagery‚ and flashback to show the message of change. The first element Jeanette used to show how
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The Glass Castle. Sounds like a story about some fantasy kingdom with a castle made of glass‚ but it’s not. This is a story about the early life of a young woman‚ Jeannette Walls. From drinking to living in the desert to going to New York‚ her life is a roller coaster ride. However‚ there is one thing you notice in the story: forgiveness. This happened many times in the Walls family. The act of forgiveness ultimately led the family to peace. Forgiveness in a relationship is an important factor which
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Castiel’s breath leaves clouds of haste in the air. He sits on the frame of his window‚ his eyes looking straight at the castle. Today he will visit it for the first time. His father has promised to take Castiel with him. He will see the guards‚ the knights‚ have a quick glance at the throne room‚ and be able to access the tremendous library. He will walk through the huge gate of the castle like an important person‚ he will feel like a nobleman‚ a knight‚ like a prince. It is not astonishing
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A Village Cricket Match It is an excerpt from A.G Macdonnel’s humorous novel ‘England‚ their England’. The English society has been satirized in a light hearted manner especially what is known as ‘Englishness’ ‚ as seen from the eyes of a Scotsman. In this the author humorously describes a cricket match being played between men from England and men from Scotland in the village of Fordendan.The cricketers are petty businessmen or local shopkeepers. The story is presented in a mock epic style and
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Related Studies This part relates the summary method‚ findings and conclusion of studies like dissertation‚ unpublished thesis and other studies viewed. The studies with the current issues and problems compromise of collected research studies are presented respectively according to the problem under investigation. In the study on ‘The Impact of Spare Time Activities on Students’ English Language Skills’ by Sundquist (2009)‚ it aimed to document and verified the relationship between learners’ spare
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The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls‚ published in 2005. It recounts her poverty-stricken childhood‚ and the upbringing of her self-sufficient ideal parents. In this memoir‚ her parents seek freedom from society’s rules‚ and cherish their unstable way of living. Their children‚ however‚ want the exact opposite. They desire the comfort and organization of a normal life. In The Glass Castle‚ they slowly get fed up with their parents‚ and face many obstacles on their way to security
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One of the themes of Howl’s Moving Castle is that when people try to conform to society’s norms‚ they are unhappy‚ or they are not always how they seem. Howl’s Moving Castle is set in pre-modern times starting in the countryside and then it changes from city to countryside for the rest of the story. The story is about Sophie‚ a young girl who works at a hat shop and while she was closing the shop the Wicked Witch of the West cursed Sophie. So‚ Sophie goes out into the world on a journey. Characters
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The Last Castle - Write-up The story portrays a picture of the prisoner (army personnel General Irwin who held a very high rank in the US Army) in a jail in USA. The film basically talks about the leadership skills of the protagonist General Irwin‚ who was found guilty of violating the presidential order and sending the troop to Burundi‚ Africa. In the prison‚ the warden‚ Colonel Winter was trying to make General Irwin‚ understand the system‚ making himself perfectly clear what prisoners are supposed
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