CLASS XII / HOLIDAY HOMEWORK(2013-14) Subject: English 1. Draft a poster to be issued by the department of health suggesting ways how you can prevent diarrhea during the monsoons (50 words) 2. Close on the heels of recording the largest number of women dying during child birth‚ the country now occupies another top spot. According to finding of UNICEF‚ India records the highest number of deaths of children who die before reaching their fifth birthday. Draft a letter to editor‚ giving
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Are people inherently evil or good? “He stumbled over a root and the cry that pursued him rose even higher. He saw a shelter burst into flames and the fire flapped at his right shoulder and there was the glitter of water…” Here‚ Golding describes the transformation from civilization to savagery as a manhunt. Jack’s tribe strives to kill Ralph‚ the last surviving member of the rival faction on the island. William Golding portrays the inherent evil‚ goodness‚ and fearfulness and that there is balance
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he become more concerned about his wants and pleasure over everything else. Lord Henry is a nobleman who plays a major role in the change of Dorian Gray. Basil is an artist a friend of Lord Henry; soon he becomes very obsessed with Dorian. In this essay I will be talking about the. Every book has themes‚ and in Dorian gray the main theme (in my point of view) is the purpose of art‚ this is why basil draws a painting of Dorian
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Brooke Hannon English 12 AP March 18th‚ 2013 Gender Roles in Hamlet Hamlet‚ written by the well-known Shakespeare‚ is a story which involves men who are implored to be “manly” by directing the lives of the women in order to make their own lives comfortable and refraining from copying feminine behavior. Hamlet and Ophelia‚ two characters who are supposedly in love with each other‚ are examples of how the men and women in this story are expected to live up to the stereotypical standards set by
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Dylan Osborn English 111H T/Th 11:10 Dr. Monda The Influences on the Religious Beliefs of Robert Frost and Thomas Hardy In today’s world violence and hardship are not difficult to come by. Whether one looks at the poverty stricken villages of Africa or even the poor areas of America‚ called the land of the free‚ there are millions of people who endure a great deal of misery everyday. After reading detailed biographies about the authors Robert Frost and Thomas Hardy‚ it is
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Typhoon A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E. This region is referred to as the northwest Pacific basin.[1] For organizational purposes‚ the northern Pacific Ocean is divided into three regions: the eastern (North America to 140°W)‚ central (140°W to 180°)‚ and western (180° to 100°E). Identical phenomena in the eastern north Pacific are called hurricanes‚ with tropical cyclones moving into the western
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Do you know who is the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Harvard University ? Today I would like to introduce a book called Helen Keller A Life to all of you. The book was written by Dorothy Herrmann. And it’s subject is biography about the life of Helen Keller. I will divide my presentation in four parts‚ they are the introduction‚ reason why I chose this book to read‚ the message we can get‚ and my feeling to this book. The book contains many chapters about
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Odysseus of the Underworld As I finish reading ‘The Odyssey’‚ story that is told by homer a poet who loved to tell stories of the gods and all the adventures and journeys the heroes went through. Odysseus the man who is astute and cares nothing but to get home to Ithaca where there‚ lies his kingdom‚ life‚ wife‚ and son who he had left when he was just born. While some might argue that Odysseus is not a hero‚ his decidedly heroic actions outweigh all of his faults because he is dishonest‚ self-centered
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Graded Assignment Unit Test‚ Part 2: How a Story Unfolds Answer the questions below using complete sentences. Be sure to support your answers with specific examples from the stories. (20 points) 1. Both “Silky” Bob in “After Twenty Years” and Peyton Farquhar in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” face threatening situations. Compare and contrast the way each author depicts these situations by discussing the characters’ behavior and feelings about their respective predicaments. Answer: Well
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Relationships in Depth A relationship is a companionship that can lead to happiness. On the other hand it can cause frustration. Realizing a problem and correcting it can help keep a happy relationship. When both people in a relationship work together to overcome a problem then it shows the level of intensity that lies within the relationship. In particular‚ an analysis of the relationship between a husband and wife from “Cathedral” by Raymond Caver‚ can quite easily be a great example of
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