UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0500/32 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 3 Directed Writing and Composition May/June 2011 2 hours Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper *2895530782* READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write
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towards the attainment of greater literature and encourage the Americans to discover the transformation that come with reading. The Big Read has fascinated several writers globally and as such has acted as a milestone in the development of literature and the related components of literature. Imagine and re-imagine a world that existed without books. The novels and short stories that were written by Bradbury helped to significantly shape the history of the American literature. We will first start off by
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African-Americans have been treated unfairly in the past‚ they were forced into obedience by white people and have suffered in various ways because of their skin colour. Lynching was a common form of punishment; usually by being hung in public as spectators watched. African-Americans did not deserve to be punished‚ but were often susceptible to unfair treatment. They were ridiculed and seen as property rather than human. Young people of colour grew up witnessing this unfair treatment‚ losing their
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American Dream Today the United States is not the same as it was years ago‚ our needs and wants are different. People try to earn money to get something they don’t need and simply want; Meanwhile‚ they are struggling to provide themselves with necessaries. The American Dream today is not dead‚ but instead it is viewed differently today than it was in the past. The American Dream is about how each individual will have an equal chance at succeeding through hard work and determination. The American
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With a Disability: The Role of Social Support for African American Parents‚ it will examine and discuss the articles main theoretic points‚ and explain some of its strengths and weaknesses Main Points Jung-Hwa Ha article‚ Parenting a Child With a Disability: The Role of Social Support for African American Parents‚ attempts to observe the impact on the mental and physical health of urban dwelling African American parents parenting a disabled
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The American Myth of Social Mobility is an article that focuses on the “American Dream” and how people strive toward social mobility. The question is whether that is achievable or not. The author makes a point that wealth begins with one generation and typically trickles down from there. Someone with wealthier parents is more likely to become wealthy as well. “We see that there is far less social mobility in the United States than in other countries and other studies have shown clearly that this
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The American Dream in the Film Social Media The American Dream is described as having the opportunity to achieve success by hard work‚ determination‚ dedication‚ access to education‚ and equality (Freese). At one time the American dream was the ability to put a roof over you and your family’s heads. To change the world is now the new American dream. Though struggles and unexpected tribulations will more times than none occur‚ and success and failure may be the outcome‚ it’s the possibility of that
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Social media and emerging mobile technologies have forever changed the visual sense of human interaction. Everyone is related to each other in this vast network created by the Internet. It shows us the connection between people in the world everyday. In American society‚ using social media can help many people find sources of information for your studies‚ work and share their thoughts and minds. It can be said that the media are a place of sharing‚ connection and communication of all people in America
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Cindy Weinstein claims in Family‚ Kinship‚ and Sympathy in Nineteenth-Century American Literature‚ with respect to Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women‚ that this piece of sentimental literature has a “profound awareness of the relative fragility of the biological family and a commitment to strengthening and redefining it according to the logic of love”(Weinstein 4). Through Weinstein’s claim‚ she states that biological‚ familial ties are not what define a family; it is‚ however‚ through the love that
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American Literature from Puritanism to Romanticism Comparison of Puritanism‚ the Age of Reason‚ and Romanticism. Puritanism hard times God-centered (look for answers from God)→ unknown is defined as God Salem witch trials Puritanism→mysticism→orderly way of life extremism Age of Reason→easier times→human-centered→logical analysis of the environment (look for answers in human intellect and reasoning ability—result is an emotional emptiness; nothing to explain why there is evil or happiness)→
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