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    “To Set Our House in Order”‚ a short story by Margaret Lawrence. Margaret wrote this short story based on the 1930 great depression‚ which is why the characters Vanessa and her parents live in the elderly grandmother’s house. Although moving away from their own house and home was hard Vanessa’s parents showed compassion towards the elderly grandmother so they move to help and support her through tough times. Also in the story although short it emphasizes the 6 elements of fiction‚ plot‚ character

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    In the short story To Set Our House in Order‚ written by Margaret Laurence‚ the story took place in Grandmother Macleod’s house during the depression of the 1930’s. Ewen the son of Grandmother MacLeod and his family Beth and Vanessa moved in with f=Grandmother MacLeod when Ewen who is a doctor couldn’t afford the persistence for his family. Ewen wife Beth was pregnant which was not easy during this time but also because Beth had a miscarriage once before however Grandmother MacLeod and her iron-fisted

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    Puritan religious ideas are found in Anne Bradstreet’s poem “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House”‚ in which themes of devotion and selfless love for God are present throughout. There are also instances where those religious ideologies clash with the emotional response the speaker of the poem has while watching the burning house; and in this paper I argue that‚ through allusion to scripture and poetic form‚ there are comments on the struggle between knowing scripture and actually

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    We will be looking at the extract our house. We will discuss and analyse the context of the whole musical‚ the audience reaction the characters and other things that may make this musical unique. We will also analyse 2 songs and look in depth as to why they are popular. We will also look at the cultural influences that Madness have in their music. The musical that has been chosen and cut down for an hour long performance is our house. The musical looks at different themes and issues throughout

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    Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet LITERARY FOCUS: THE PLAIN STYLE The Puritans favored “plainness” in all things: in dress‚ in the architecture and design of their churches‚ in their forms of worship‚ and in language. Unlike the ornate “high style” popular in England at the time‚ the Puritan plain style used simple sentences and common words from everyday speech. The plain style contained few or no classical allusions‚ Latin quotations‚ or elaborate figures of speech. The plain

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    books but due to a fire‚ all her books and belonging turned into ashes. In order to pay homage to her library she wrote‚ Upon the Burning of Our House. • Anne’s audience ranges since it was never intended to be published. • She was known for writing to her husband‚ her poem‚ To My Dear and Loving Husband‚ and‚ A Letter to Her Husband‚ Absent Upon Publick Employment‚ was dedicated to him. • Her poem‚ Upon the Burning of Our House‚ was intended for her family to remember their grand library. • A good

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    Building Our House by Jonathan Bean According to the Boston Globe Horn Book Award website‚ the winning titles must be published in the United States. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the Editor of the Horn Book. The books are recognized in the categories of fiction/poetry‚ picture books‚ and nonfiction literature. In Building Our House‚ Bean creates an engaging story as well as a look into a warm family setting. A little girl narrates

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    William Styron’s Set This House on Fire This novel has been criticized for it’s character analysis in that it "often relies too heavily upon psychological explanations‚ a kind of rational reductionism that reduces matphysical speculations to Freudian solutions." Most of the pages are spent trying to explain the motive behind these actions using psychological analysis. Styron starts at the end of his story‚ comes back to the beginning‚ and then tries to explain the outcome by hopping from

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    least one paragraph to answer the question. Paragraphs will be well developed and grammatically correct. Read each question very carefully and answer them completely. 1. What does the speaker learn from the fire in the poem “Upon the Burning of Our House”? Use three details from the poem and explain response with textual support. (1 paragraph) The speaker learns that nothing really belongs to them that it all get claimed by god eventually even if they think it’s theirs for the time being it all

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    economically. On the poem‚ “Upon the Burning of Our House”‚ Bradstreet says that “There lay that store I counted best. My pleasant things in ashes lie.” She wasn’t worried about her house when it was burning down‚ even with her precious items that she had because her husband belonged to the rich community and it could be recovered. But in another hand‚ the poor communities can’t do anything about it. They can’t blame them or God and recover their houses. In another poem of Bradstreet’s‚ she says that

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