“Don’t judge a book by its cover”‚ a common American idiom‚ certainly reigns true in the context of this particular novel written by Sue Monk Kidd‚ The Secret Life of Bees. Main character Lily’s stay at the Boatwright farm with three bee-keeping sisters becomes a crucial setting that will forever alter her views on bees‚ racism‚ and life in a way she never would have anticipated. The story begins in Sylvan‚ South Carolina in 1964 at an especially difficult time‚ not only for those divided by race
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AS English | 10/23/12| Week 8 SDL While taking the AS English Exam‚ you will be expected to complete commentaries on passages provided. Below is a list of tips for getting the best possible grade on the exam: 15 Relevant tips for Commentary Writing: 1. Create a commentary plan – include all phrases /sentences you are to comment on. 2. Create a coherent argument 3. Give a balanced judgment which gives attention to all parts of the question 4. Go beyond the text in the discussion
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A Focus on Setting The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) Part 1 – Lines 1 to 16 From the very first description of the story’s setting‚ the audience is already presented with a comparison of mood to atmosphere. “Our house is high up in the Yorkshire coast” (line 1) is the very opposite of the “low cliffs of the loneliest and ugliest little bay” (line 3-4). This contrast in landscape cleverly demonstrates the characters’ contrast in mood‚ behaviors and mindsets. Although the word high may
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his sister’s death. We can see this from his action and his mind. First‚ we know that he is hiding himself under the table‚ this shows that he doesn’t want to face this tragedy. Secondly‚ in paragraph 4‚ we can see the child’s flashback of his past life with the uncles. This showed that he is trying to think of other things so not to remind himself of his sister’s death‚ which is an action of evading. Last but not least‚ in the ending paragraph‚ the sentence “Smoky shook under his fur and whimpered
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Anthony Chong Mrs. Gronlund AP English IV 21 February 2012 The Influence of Women in Edgar Allen Poe’s Works Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the most inspiring writers of the nineteenth century‚ creating a new extension to American literature. He is famously known for writing “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Raven.” His writings are often times considered dark and bleak due to past experiences. The experiences Poe includes in his writings are results of the women he met in his
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This passage is taken from the book Songs of Ourselves. This poem written by Sujata Bhatt is written post the British colonisation of India and importance of religions and culture in India. It is a poem written about the social and political concern of the lost of cultural identical renunciation of Indian identity. The poem is based on Religion and a bit of Greek Mythology. All the lines are not of the same length. This shows us that the poem is meant to be read slowly with understanding. The effect
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ADHD the “Misused” Disorder There are nearly 11 percent of children that goes to school that have been diagnosed for ADHD according to the 2013 information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This percentage reflects a tremendous increase over the past 10 years and is causing fueled concerns among doctors that ADHD medications are showing a trend of “misuse” in American children. According to studies there are more than an estimated 6 million kids aging in the range of 4 to 17
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Stephen Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 to Dr. Frank Hawking‚ a research biologist‚ and Isobel Hawking. He had two younger sisters‚ Philippa and Mary‚ and an adopted brother‚ Edward.[11] Though Hawking’s parents were living in North London‚ they moved to Oxford while his mother was pregnant with Stephen‚ desiring a safer location for the birth of their first child. (London was under attack at the time by the Luftwaffe.)[12] According to Hawking‚ a German V-2 missile struck only a few streets away
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The Revolution of Poe Edgar Allan Poe has an acute and distinctive ability to capture the darkest and most heinous fascination of his readers‚ even years following his mysterious death. “He is the most often read of all of his contemporaries‚ but this is no accident‚ for this neurotic and unhappy artist is strangely modern‚ oddly keeping in with our own neurotic and unhappy age” (Van Stern xvi). What Poe introduced to America was the depth of darkest places of the human psyche‚ which was a relatively
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Passage Commentary: Lord of the Flies‚ Pages 109-111 In this passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the reader gets deep insight into Ralph’s mind and how the boys are adapting to life on the island. Occurring around the middle of the novel‚ this passage dives into the thoughts of Ralph to see what he is really feeling about being stranded. It shows how the other boys are coping‚ and it demonstrates the two different sides of the island; the reader now sees the dangerous‚ wild side
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