AP Literature and Composition 5 September 2012 The Rocking-Horse Winner Questions 1. The purpose of this story is to show the importance of the choices that you make. If you’re going to wish for something‚ just make sure to think twice about it before the wish finalizes. In this simplistic style of writing‚ direct characterization and its use of the wish motif make this story a fable of sorts‚ a tale meant to teach a lesson. The story is centered around a child who potentially has magical
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delicate peppermint aroma and the slightly sweet yet pungent odour of ripe sorghum wafting over from the sides of the path – nothing new there. But as they marched through the heavy mist‚ his nose detected a new‚ sickly- sweet odour‚ neither yellow nor red‚ blending with the smells of peppermint and sorghum to call up memories hidden deep in his soul. Six days later‚ the fifteenth day of the eighth month‚ the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. A bright round moon climbed slowly in the sky above the solemn
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www.the-criterion.com The Criterion An International Journal in English ISSN 0976-8165 Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood as a Mirror of the African Revolution Akinwumi Olutola Federal University Oye‚ Ekiti State‚ Nigeria Abstract The paper focuses on African revolution through Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood. It analyses the revolutionary temper over the years especially in the contemporary African novels. Many African writers and some intellectuals have been preoccupied with social and
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The Red Panda comes from the family of Ailuridae and its scientific name is Ailurus Fulgens. The Red Fox‚ whose scientific name is Vulpes Vulpes‚ is from the Canidae family. They are both mammals and are the same size. However‚ the Red Panda and the Red Fox share similarities and differences in their appearance‚ habitat‚ diet‚ behaviour‚ reproduction and status of population. First of all‚ the Red Panda and the Red Fox are quite similar but a little different in their appearance. Like the Red
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polite‚ when asking Edward for a sweet. "Yes‚ of course.Take as many as you want" Edward showing his generous side‚ and also he is trying to make friends as he has been lonely because Mrs Lyons is so over protective. "See‚this means that we’re blood brothers‚an’ that we always have to stand by each other.” Mickey and Edward are now close friends and this is parallel to their separation as they now consider eachother brothers anyway. "There’s no such thing as a bogey man.It’s a-a superstition"
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critical thinking strategies to analyze the short stories from the fiction section of the Mercury Reader. 1. Title of Selection: The Rocking-Horse Winner 2. Author: D.H. Lawrence. Was born in a coal town in the dusty industrial area of England but didn’t find his way to the mines because of his mother. His writing mostly criticizes society. 3. Theme: Possessions are not more important than personal connections. Paul is trying to get more and more money for the mother because that seems
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THE RED CARDIGAN J.C.Burke’s book‚ The red Cardigan is about a young girl who claims to have a ‘gift’ where she knows things and see’s them before they happen. Evie‚ the young girl had the special gift passed down from her grandmother. The text explores the themes of psychological realism‚ crime mystery and the supernatural. This book was very detailed and interesting which kept me wanting to read more. The Red Cardigan is about Evie seeing things that others don’t. She likes to draw but sometimes
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Rotten Blood Critic Shannon Winnubst says‚ “The collective nightmare AIDS performs some of our worst cultural anxieties about desire‚ fear‚ and aggression; about gender‚ sexuality‚ and race; about history‚ bodies‚ and violence.” As unpleasant as it is to deal with AIDS Patients (vampires)‚ when a crime results in bloodshed‚ the blood left behind functions as evidence for investigators (people). A bloodstain pattern analyst (people stereotypes) can’t simply glance at drips and smears of blood and immediately
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In Cold Blood was the story of two men whom were on parole when they brutally killed the Clutter family‚ a successful farm family from Holcomb Kansas. Perry Smith along with Richard Dick Hancock were hanged for the murders. Perry was a short man with a tall temper he never married; Perry was mentally and physically abused by his father as a child. Dick‚ on the other hand‚ came from more of a normal background. Truman Capote the writer of the book also had a terrible upbringing where he was
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Are horse slaughter houses humane? The term “horse slaughter” refers exclusively to the killing and processing of horses for human consumption. When looking up synonyms from the online source thesaurus.com for the word “slaughter‚” words like murder‚ bloodbath‚ and destruction come up. Horse slaughter is not humane euthanasia. While “euthanasia” is defined as a gentle‚ painless death provided in order to prevent suffering‚ slaughter is a brutal and terrifying end for horses. Although there are no
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