UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle
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In John Steinbeck’s East of Eden‚ the biblical stories of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel are represented through the life of Adam Trask. Through mistakes and success‚ every character‚ no matter how minor or major‚ has something to give to readers to remember. Throughout East of Eden by John Steinbeck‚ the protagonist Adam Trask demonstrates several morals and life lessons. From watching Adam from the start to the end of the book‚ there are countless themes to learn. Adam’s many mistakes throughout
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After losing his second term to Jefferson‚ John Adams returned to his neglected farm in Quincy‚ Massachusetts. He had traded “honors and virtue for manure.” It would seem that he could finally find peace‚ away from the political field. But he didn’t‚ nor could he. Adams brought anguish on himself. Abigail seen him one day working with hired hands‚ mumbling curses at past political opponents‚ Hamilton chief among them‚ Jefferson a close second. While Adams came up with quite a few colorful description
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rest is schizophrenia.”- Don McCullin. (BBC Imagine 2013 McCullin) Capturing the decisive moments of these wars have not just created a genre of photography called war photography but also enhanced public awareness. Both Donald McCullin and Eddie Adams‚ being photojournalists recognized for their war photography‚ have produced some outstanding photographs and successfully portrayed the harsh reality of war. Even though their conceptual concerns were similar‚ there was a visible variation in terms
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Practical analysis 1 While reading the following story‚ I noted its plot structure: 1. Are the events arranged chronologically? Do they catch and hold the reader’s interest? All the events arranged chronologically‚ they catch readers interest‚ because after two Soapy’s attempts ”to go to the Island” that were failed it’s interesting to know what’s the end will be. 2. What is the role of the exposition? The exposition is the beginning section in which the author provides the necessary background
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Hunt April 23‚ 2013 Hook or something interesting to start Prometheus and Gaea are alike to Adam and Eve. They have been dishonest to their society. They have fallen in love with their spouse. They also have a guilty conscience. There are both from two different time periods. In Anthem‚ the council designed the city. They designed humankind and the peoples’ living. In comparison‚ God created Adam and Eve. He created where they lived and restricted the things they were able to do. God was the
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lifestyles of many families living in the 1920’s. They used their status and money to raise their position in society. In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ different socials statuses are explored through three main families/characters; the Buchanan family‚ Nick Carraway‚ and Jay Gatsby. The first house we will explore is the Buchanan household. There are three people in this household; Tom Buchanan‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ and a baby girl whose name is unclear. Tom is an ex-football player who has “reached an acute
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Li-Young Lee’s poem “A Story” depicts the complex relationship between a father and his son. Lee portrays the complexity of their relationship by using point of view to understand how the father feels in this situation. The structure of this poem helps paint the fears the father has by shifting to the future. Also the use of diction adds emotion to the love that is being shared by the father and his son. Through the point of view‚ the structure‚ and the diction used in the poem‚ Lee is able to convey
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a strategy for intervention‚ and shaping a response. He has devised a four-phase checklist to help make certain that treatment is on the right track. In phase one‚ the client does the talking and it is the role of the therapist to listen to their story and to understand what the client is trying to tell them. The second phase consists of the therapist
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good memories from their childhood. Everyone likes to remember their childhood. My childhood was rough‚ but I made sure that every night I got a bed time story. IN order for that to happen I had to pick out a book‚ 10 minutes before I had to go to bed. When I was growing up this was the best book in the world to me. Each time I wanted a story read to me‚ I would pick this book up and ask my mother to read it to me. This book brought so much hope and wisdom to me‚ it made me think about everything
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