ENGLISH 1ST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LITERATURE - WHEN RAIN CLOUDS GATHER NOTE: This lesson focuses on the historical background to the story and a synopsis of all the chapters. Summary of chapters gives the story line i.e. main issues in each chapter. Do not disregard the book and depend on this summary‚ they could be some omissions. Furthermore you are expected to interrogate the text and draw your own personal conclusions about what the writer has presented. Lastly apply the different literary
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There are two authors that I would like to compare and contrast. Not their 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
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9-29-13 Rough draft "During Wind and Rain" by Thomas Hardy No matter how happy life can be‚ death awaits all. In the poem “During Wind and Rain”‚ the author‚ Thomas Hardy‚ emphasizes his growing thoughts about death through the use of alliteration‚ personification‚ and punctuation. With these devices Hardy creates the main point of death awaits all. In the poem Hardy also uses Imagery to convey a sense of gloom. The most striking image of death is found in the alliteration‚ “rotten rose is ripped”
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“I Hear America Singing” and “Let America Be America Again” are great poems‚ that give us insight to the culture of our country and reflect the ideas of the day. There are many differences and similarities in both of these poems. America is suppose to be a free country you can have laws but don’t have segregating laws and laws that make people not want to be in this country because of the laws. Both of these poems have a bunch of really great information in them to write a similarities and differences
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history‚ many different authors have written marvelous works that have inspired and intrigued readers. One of those authors is Walt Whitman‚ he wrote about the greatness of America and how happy people are to be there. In his Poem “ I Hear America Singing”‚ the genre he writes about is clearly portrayed. Another great and talented author is Angela de Hoyos‚ she works to help represent the Hispanic community and through words be the voice of so many people. In the poem “To Walt Whitman” her genre style
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When one thinks about the thoughts running through a dog’s mind typically actions like playing catch‚ chasing cats‚ eating‚ or being pet comes to our minds. But by reading the book The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein‚ we understand there are some dogs that have larger desires and greater things on their mind rather than wondering when the next time they’ll eat. Enzo understood to be a terrier‚ pays impeccable attention to detail. Just in a matter of second of being around his owner Denny
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There Will Come Soft Rains Essay Each author works hard to create a strong atmosphere in order to support his specific message. By using foreshadowing and setting‚ Ray Bradbury is able to produce a mysterious and vacant atmosphere in his short story‚ “There Will Come Soft Rains”. Ray Bradbury further supports his theme of how technology can be beneficial to mankind‚ however‚ it can also pose as a potential detriment to the human race and has the ability to take over and destroy lives. Ray Bradbury’s
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Poe died in 1849‚ Jack Finney died in 1995‚ and Ray Bradbury in 2012‚ yet they all have a few things in common‚ for example‚ they all use setting to support and develop theme and plot. One example‚ from Bradbury’s work‚ would be “There Will Come Soft Rain” published in 1950. In this short story‚ all human life has been removed. All that is left in this dystopian society are robot and animal life. The story goes through the day where there are no people‚ only a smart house with electric helpers. The
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Black Rain The novel‚ Black Rain‚ is a first hand recall of the events of a man’s life during the bombing of Hiroshima. The main character‚ Shigematsu Shizuma‚ is concerned that his niece‚ Yasuko‚ will be unable to marry because prospective husbands are scared off due to the fact that she was near the bombing and that her or her children will suffer the effects of this radiation sickness that had already affected so many. In his quest to find a husband for his niece he decides to rewrite his
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Cat in the Rain Hemingway “Avanti‚” George said. He looked up from his book. In the doorway stood the maid. She held a big tortoise-shell cat pressed tight against her and swung down against her body. “Excuse me‚” she said‚ “the padrone asked me to bring this for the Signora.” “Look honey‚” George said while he looked at the maid‚ “they brought you a cat.” She examined the cat and walked towards the maid. “Thank you. I mean gracias” she said and quickly closed the door. George had started
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