Prince‚ The Nightingale and the Rose‚ The Selfish Giant‚ The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket. The Happy Prince The protagonist of the story is a gilt and decorated statue of a prince‚ who stands on a tall column overlooking a city. A swallow‚ rather proud and flighty‚ and who has delayed his migration to Egypt for the love of a reed‚ rests on the statue’s plinth‚ only to be disturbed by a falling tear from the statue above. The statue is that of the Happy Prince‚ high above the city and
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Divine Toledo Monday‚ March 2‚ 2015 I.CHAPTERS 1-5(PP. 1-47) Reading Questions 1. The flashback is used to give a history behind the story and also background information about the author. Based on the narrator‚ I learned that he does not have a mother and his father is very popular in his town. In the first chapter‚ the description of the winter day in 1975 sounds as if the narrator is hiding something as well. They might be burying their past‚ but it also states that it always claws its way out
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derision. The traditional Afghan society has made life difficult for a number of Afghan women who are still living at their father’s house and are not married yet. “Girls who remain single at their parents’ house for a longer time find it shameful to face the people. It is painful for them seeing women of their age that are already married and are a mother. Families should not demand a lot of money from the suitors.” “Some families refuse to give their daughter’s hand‚ because the boy’s family cannot
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Ismail Gulgee Engineer and Artist Born: October 25th‚ 1926 Died: December 16th‚ 2007 Biography Ismail Gulgee was born in Peshawar‚ Pakistan. He completed his early education in Pakistan and for higher studies he went to United States‚ there he completed his Civil Engineering from Columbia University and Harvard University. During his studies he started painting for his soul satisfaction. Gulgee explains it like this: “My work is the externalization of my inner journey. Through it I communicate
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The definition of bravery in the Standard College Dictionary Canadian Edition is‚ “the quality of mind or spirit enabling one to meet danger or opposition with fearlessness‚ calmness‚ and firmness.” Bravery is a quality that is shown by many of the characters in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The characters are brave in their effort to protect physical well-being‚ personal values‚ their reputation and sanity. In the novel the characters exhibit genuine bravery in order to guard the
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poverty‚ sufferer and helplessness in ordinary people and his heart that was filled with sympathy echoed with those going through a tough life. At the end‚ the happy prince devoted jewelries and his golden appearance with the help of his love—the swallow into good cause resulting them both been disposed by the mayor and replaced by the mayor`s own statue. The story of the Happy Prince is categorized as allegory. It demonstrates that not only the incredible self-serving dispositions in human nature
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asks a swallow to do tasks for him. It is a simple yet meaningful story; therefore‚ this essay will first be about the summary of the story then it will discuss the symbolism of the statue of the Happy Prince‚ next it will show the contribution of the statue in the story‚ and the last paragraph will be the reflection of the whole story. The story took place in a city where the statue of the happy prince‚ which was coated in gold‚ was placed in the middle of the city. One day a little swallow went
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Short story is fictional work of prose that is shorter in length than a novel. Edgar Allan Poe‚ in his essay "The Philosophy of Composition‚" said that a short story should be read in one sitting‚ anywhere from a half hour to two hours. In contemporary fiction‚ a short story can range from 1‚000 to 20‚000 words. Because of the shorter length‚ a short story usually focuses on one plot‚ one main character (with a few additional minor characters)‚ and one central theme‚ whereas a novel can tackle multiple
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published in 1888. It is an allegory. The story is religious and is full of happiness. Happy Prince is a statue with a smile on his lips. It is made of gold‚ sapphires‚ and brilliants. Some time ago he was a boy with not knowing what tears were. Swallow is a bird‚ helping Happy Prince to please people. The story begins very strange with a describing of a beautiful statue‚ standing very high. In the story we can find a lot of similes‚ metaphors‚ flash-backs. A simile is describing Happy Prince:
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are shown the strain of such guilt through the incident between Hassan and Amir at the pomegranate tree following Hassan’s rape. It is also demonstrated when Amir returns to Kabul to retrieve Sohrab and he is attacked by Assef‚ his childhood bully. He says‚ “My Body was broken… but I felt healed.” For Amir‚ returning to Kabul was a place to provide an opportunity
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