CHAPTER 1 – Do You Know About Storks? 1. How many children go to the school in Shora? 2. Who is the biggest of the schoolchildren? 3. The author says ‘we really should have started with Lina’. Why does he say that is? 4. What lesson does Lina interrupt to tell the teacher and the class about her story? 5. Why is Lina interested in storks? 6. What do the boys know about storks? 7. What task does the teacher set for the children to do? 8. Why do you think
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You‚ Tin Woodman‚ and I are alike – we were both empty. All around me‚ there were people whose lives were blossoming with youthful pastel colors while I stood half-disgusted‚ half-ashamed at the clean slate stretching back to my birth. It seemed that I had to be “creative” and “individualistic” – popular words these days – in sketching out my life‚ but how? I was lost in the dark‚ groping for the light switch while others forged ahead. This feeling of ostracism left me with fear and hatred towards
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Late one night‚ a drunken Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) is out trying to recapture his glory days of high school sports by leaping hurdles on a track field‚ dreaming about his moments as a youthful athlete. Unexpectedly‚ he falls‚ leaving him dependent on a crutch. Brick‚ along with his wife‚ Maggie "the Cat" (Elizabeth Taylor)‚ are seen the next day visiting his family in Mississippi‚ waiting to celebrate Big Daddy’s (Burl Ives) 65th birthday. Depressed‚ Brick decides to spend his days inside drinking
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“The Brave Tin Soldier‚” a Fairy Tale originally wrote by Hans Christen Anderson in 1838; while a great work in its self is a bit of a read. There is a more modern version done as a movie short‚ by TRUEMAX academy‚ of the H.C. Andersen’s tale‚ it is titled‚ "The Steadfast Tin Soldier‚” and posted online Aug 12‚ 2008. In the following paper I will give a brief description of the fairy tale‚ how the two fairy tales are similar‚ how they are different‚ and if the same moral is portrayed. The difference
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for a Lead-Tin System V.O.L.Tabell Department of Mining‚ Metallurgical and Materials Engineering University of the Philippines‚ Diliman vo_tabell@yahoo.com Abstract This paper discusses the use of the cooling curves in the determination of the phase diagram of a Lead-Tin system. The inflection points of these cooling curves were obtained by melting a series of mixtures of lead and tin at varying compositions. These critical points were used on a temperature versus percent tin plot‚ thus
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the tone of the pieces. Tennessee Williams was an exceptional American writer who at the time was able to earn criticism and praise for exploring themes of sexuality that no one at the time really would. He earned the Pulitzer prize for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. From feeling exiled due to his sexualty Williams was able to pour his feelings into characters that resemble him. The plays that I have read of him are filled with autobiographical references of himself.
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What was the relationship between Brick‚ Maggie‚ and Skipper? Brick is caught in the middle of a former love triangle in the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Maggie is Brick’s wife and Skipper is Brick’s former lover. Brick can not stand Maggie and is very unhappy with her. I believe that Maggie is Brick’s cover up since being a homosexual was frowned upon in this era he wanted to appear “normal.” Maggie knew that Brick and Skipper were secretly lovers so she confronted Skipper about it and in Skipper’s
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Theme of Sexual Repression in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof‚ written by Tennessee Williams in 1955‚ portrays the homosexuality through the conversations Brick has with Maggie and Big Daddy. The film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof‚ by screenwriters Richard Brooks and James Poe released in 1958‚ removes the homosexuality in the movie. Brick does not know who he is or what his sexual orientation is‚ and is afraid of not being able to achieve the masculine ideal. Brick represents the
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Grace Newfrock Mrs. Dunphy Honors American Studies 31 March 2010 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Essay In the play‚ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof‚ Tennessee Williams mentions explores realism on a new dimension. He mentions controversial themes such as suicide‚ sex‚ marital issues‚ alcoholism‚ and greed. Although Williams experienced his fair share of drama in his lifetime‚ he is able to bring together many of the issues that many Americans were experiencing in their own homes. A critic once said‚ “His
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There are many differences in "Tin Star" and "High noon" but I think that Carl Foreman made changes for the better. In the beginning of "High Noon" will Cane gets married and will quit completely when he heard that frank miller is coming back‚ and gets told to leave and quit working as A Marshall. In the beginning of "Tin Star" Will Kane (Duane) goes to the cemetery to see his wife that had died a long ago. I think that Carl Foreman changed this although he could make it more dramatic and make him
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