In "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home‚" Craig Raine uses many metaphors to describe what a Martian would see if he came to earth. In the first stanza Raine uses metaphors to describe what a Martian may think a book looks like. Raine makes reference to William Caxton‚ who was the first to print books in England‚ in the first stanza; "Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings / and some are treasured for their markings. A book would resemble a bird when opened‚ the wings being the many pages‚ and
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Earth and human behaviour from a Martian ’s "alien" point of view. Marxist theories aid in the interpretation of this poem in that Raine suggests that the printing presses rule the world- or at least its censorship. Freudian literary theories also come in useful when analysing "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" especially with the last two stanzas being about the metaphysical world of dreams. Raine ’s unusual world hypothetically assumes a future state‚ where Martians do exist to the extent that they
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Activity 1- Getting to know others Students will watch the movie "Fat boy chronicles" and discuss how the viewers learn more about the different sides of characters’ personality as the movie progresses‚ and which characters were they able to identify with. After reaching the conclusion that the more you get to know someone you can better understand them and empathize with them‚ the teacher will ask students to pair up with someone they don’t normally spend time with. Together‚ Each will come up
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Passage 1: Chronicles of a Death Foretold Barely in the first passage of the book Chronicles of a Death Foretold‚ the author has already raised many questions for the readers. Ultimately‚ this novel can be classified into the mystery genre. Firstly‚ not only does the title of the book suggests "death‚" but also the very first sentence of the book "On the day they were going to kill him... to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on." confirmed this idea. The author has caught the readers’
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Activity Log Week 1 On the first week of my Engineering project I had to think about what I should make. Some of the suggested ideas where ruled out‚ but the Electronic door lock was a good ideas so I was able to stick with it. I began to do some research on how the frame of the door lock will look like and the material needed. I did most of the material research on the internet going to different websites such as Homebase‚ and Argos. Week 2 In the second week of work on my project I began to
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DAILY LESSON LOG MUSIC IV DATE SECTION & TIME LESSON / TOPIC MATERIALS NEEDED EVALUATION OTHER ACTIVITIES (Enrichment and Remedial) June 17‚ 2013 4.5 – 8:30-9:30 Music of the 20th Century New sound in music Chance music Electronic music Minimalist music Laptop‚ speaker‚ Recorded sample music of Chance music‚ electronic music and minimalist music. 97% of the students are able to comprehend. Research on the lives of the following composers: La monte young Steve Reich
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World Literature - Reader Response Log - Oedipus Rex Section|Line(s) |Questions|Reader’s Commentary|| Prologue|1-150|1. Describe the dramatic purpose of the Prologue.|The prologue sets the atmosphere of Oedipus Rex‚ and gets the reader interested.|| |8|2. How does Oedipus characterize himself in line 8?|He sees himself as famous to all men.|| |25-30|3. Describe the conditions in Thebes as depicted by the Priest in lines 25-30.|There is disease infecting the fruit and cattle of their land‚ and
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold At first glance‚ Garcia Marquez’s novella appears to be just another murder mystery. This‚ however‚ is not the case (pun intended). The story opens with a declaration that the main character‚ Santiago Nasar‚ will ultimately meet his end. Garcia Marquez employs a very matter-of-fact tone throughout the novel. By stating the facts in such a way‚ he is able to create a narrator whose attitude mimics that of a journalist. The narrator remains anonymous throughout
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Columbian Culture in the First two Chapters “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” is a very poignant and compelling novel written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez it is the story written in an omniscient point of view after the narrator’s return to the Colombian town to resolve the details of a murder twenty years after it had taken place. The book has been written in a first person narrative by the narrator arguably as the witness to the events that occurred‚ sharing all of the characters’ thoughts. Marquez’s
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of a dark and ravaged Seattle‚ Washington. The film Chronicle directed by Josh Trank is a fantasy filled drama about three average high-school students that obtain strange telekinetic abilities from some unknown “thing” they discover when exploring a vast underground cavern. The film takes a grim turn student Andrew Detmer begins to use the powers he has received to create mass destruction as well as to take revenge on his abusive father. Chronicle gives the audience a firsthand look at how bullying
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