The Geranium Formal letter of complaint I am Sandra a dear friend of Marney’s and I am writing this letter to you because I want to complain about the fact that no family member stepped in to support my friend Marney during her time of need. I recently found out that my friend Marney has been abused by her husband. I have realized that this has been happening after watching a TV programme dealing with the subject of abused wives and what they do to hide their abused lives. I suddenly understand
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Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual‚ biennial‚ and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics‚ but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long‚ palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white‚ pink‚ purple or blue‚ often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it
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“The Geranium” In this short story the Geranium it explains an average day in the life of a girl who gets physically and verbally abused by her husband. Her life is controlled and she is constantly working around the house. She thinks of having a job but she is not allowed as her job is around the house and looking after her kids. In the short story the main character Marney is the mother of children and a wife of Bob who is introduced near the end of the text. Marneys husband controls her
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Date: 15/02/10 Title: The Geranium Text type: Short story Author: Patricia Grace This short story‚ ’The Geranium’‚ by Patricia Grace and published 1993‚ is a perfect example of Battered woman syndrome and the mental effects it has on a person in this case Marney. In the geranium‚ the main character‚ Marney is a stay at home mother. She cleans intensely all day and seems rather dull. She does not leave the house even when one of the girls tells her to "come for a stretch." You
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questions threaten and intimidate Marney to make sure that he ‘better not find out different”. Again we can sense Marney’s terror through her hesitations “Sandra gave...She said to put it...in water...and might grow.” When Bob finds out about “The Geranium” he tells her to “chuck that thing out” and she throws it away without a question‚ even though earlier on we see that she really wanted it. This is a clear demonstration of his control and dominance over Marney. Bob’s aggressive abuse is another
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In the short stories the “Big Brother Little Sister” by Witi Ihamaera and “The Geranium” by Patricia Grace the characters make important decisions that affects their lives. In the course of both stories we learn that the characters suffer from domestic abuse and want to be free but at the end they decide to stay. In Big Brother Little Sister the reader learns that the most important decision that Hema makes is to go back home even thought their life is miserable. When the once the children’s mum
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Poetry Analysis The poem “The Geranium” by Theodore Roethke tells the story of a bachelor‚ formerly a party animal‚ now a lonely‚ aging man‚ through a sustained metaphor which uses the speaker’s geranium as a symbol for the disregard of his own health. The plant is never well‚ nor is he‚ due to the speaker being as inconsiderate to the geranium as he is to himself. With imagery‚ alliteration‚ and symbolism‚ much is learned about the speaker through a simple geranium to which he is intrinsically intertwined
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Legend‚ and central to Henry Lawson ’s short story‚ "Water Them Geraniums." This toughness is made possible by mate ship that is often associated‚ for example in Lawson ’s Mitchell stories‚ with masculinity. In this essay‚ I will argue that Lawson has broadened mate ship to incorporate women who appear to be the frontier of the Bush. Firstly‚ identification of Lawson ’s personal history that connects with the characters and themes in "Water Them Geraniums" will be discussed. Further discussion on how
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LALALALALALLALALALLALA Story-story” is a circle game for all ages. The group of performers sit and a moderator (us) stands in the middle and provides a setting for the story. Then we point to a person in the circle and they begin telling a story (says 2 sentences). After the first storyteller has described the beginning of the story‚ the moderator points to another person‚ the story continues on; the new person picks up from the last word and tries to continue the narrative. Every performer should
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Badheka‚Gijubhai ( 1885 -1939 ) Girijashanker Badheka‚ generally known as Gijubhai‚ the most outstanding personality in the field of pre-primary education‚ was born to Bhagwanji and Sm. Kashiba of Vala in Saurashtra at Chittal 9Saurashtra) in the house of his maternal grandfather on 15 November 1885. He had his early education at a primary school at Vala and later passed the Matriculation from Bhavnagar around 1905. He joined the Shamlals College‚ but had to leave his studies incomplete and
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