THE SECRET GARDEN Stage 3 ’We’re alike‚ you and me‚’ old Ben Weatherstaff said to Mary. ’We’re not pretty to look at and we’re both very disagreeable.’ Poor Mary! Nobody wants her‚ nobody likes her. Her parents have died‚ and she is sent home from India to live in her uncle’s house in Yorkshire. It is a big old house‚ with nearly a hundred rooms‚ but most of them are shut and locked. Mary is cross and bored‚ and lonely. There is nothing to do all day‚ and no one to talk to‚ except old Ben Weatherstaff
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How far does Ian McEwan present the ideas of a matriarch in society through The Cement Garden? Ian McEwan’s novel‚ The Cement Garden (1978)‚ opens with a sense of guilt and a feeling of unhappy self-containment‚ which introduces the prevailing atmosphere. McEwan distorts the ‘normality’ of a story‚ that could centre around a male adolescent‚ by magnifying elements of the matriarchal society and highlighting the importance of a maternal figure within a family that contains impressionable children
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------------------------------------------------- Garden city movement From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Ebenezer Howard ’s 3 magnets diagram which addressed the question ’Where will the people go? ’‚ the choices being ’Town ’‚ ’Country ’ or ’Town-Country ’ The garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned‚ self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts"‚ containing
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Garden State and the Uses of Recreational Drugs Andrew Largeman is a dysfunctional character from Garden State. Largeman‚ who hasn’t seen his family and friends in years‚ comes home due to the passing of his mother. This gives Andrew the time to see all of his friends who he has forgotten about. Largeman goes through life changing events by meeting the girl of his dreams and what the effects are if you do drugs for recreational purposes. The movie Garden State shows how the effects of long-term
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In the poem “The Garden of Love”‚ which has a figurative meaning‚ the writer makes a contrast of the experience of his childhood with that of his adult life. Which techniques does he use to achieve this objective? In the collection A Choice of Poets‚ the author‚ William Blake expresses his feelings about his childhood compared to his adulthood in the poem “The Garden of Love”. The disappointment of the poet is a dominant tone in this piece of literature. The poet used figurative language
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The Garden Party is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in the Saturday Westminster Gazette on 4 February 1922‚ then in the Weekly Westminster Gazette on 18 February 1922. It later appeared in The Garden Party and Other Stories.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Plot summary 2 Characters in The Garden Party 3 Major themes 4 References to other works 5 Literary significance 6 References 7 External links [edit]Plot summary The Sheridan family is preparing to host a
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St. Andrew’s School La Huerta‚ Pque City [pic] [pic] Prepared by: Bianca Mae Gavina Prepared for: Sir. Angelo Esarda I. Characters: Protagonist: Mary Lennox - One of the novel’s two protagonists‚ Mary Lennox is a ten-year-old girl who‚ after the death of her parents in India‚ is sent to live with her uncle in Yorkshire‚ England. She evolves from a spoiled‚ unloved and unloving creature to a girl who is full of spirit and surrounded by friends. She begins the book as its central
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driving to the store‚ finding the item you need‚ waiting in the lines at the checkout‚ loading bags in the car‚ and driving back home to unload the car. By growing your own vegetables you are aware of the cost and control the time you place into the garden you grow. Pursing this further‚ the grocery stores add chemicals to the vegetables‚ causing them to have less nutrition. The produce stores will use the chemicals to ensure longer shelf life for the vegetables. Produce suppliers have
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classical writers of English short stories‚ and it is very much due to her works that the short story gained a full literary status. In The Garden Party‚ we meet Laura Sheridan‚ a young girl living in the rich Sheridan family. She was the youngest daughter in the family. The theme of The Garden Party is very simple. All conversations and descriptions was about the garden party and the death of the poor young man who left his wife and five children behind. The people in the family were divided into two groups
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The Busch Garden Experience Busch Gardens‚ an amusement park full of various attractions‚ is a great place for any thrill-seeker‚ as well as children of all ages. The name may confuse most because no one would think Busch Gardens would be the name of an amusement park. The park is very unique; the rides and attractions are surrounded by wildlife such as elephants‚ cheetahs‚ giraffes‚ and etc. The park is also well-known for their roller coasters with most holding records for the quickest speeds
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