Major Works Data Sheet Fabbiha Chowdhury‚ Rebecca Rich‚ Yusra Ahmed- Band 2 Title: The Importance of Being Earnest Author: Oscar Wilde Date of Publication: December‚ 1898 Genre: Satire‚ Comedy of Manners Historical information about the period of publications: Wilde originally wrote the play during the summer of 1894 in Worthing‚ England. Although it was performed the following year‚ it wasn’t published until 1898 due to Wilde’s tainted reputation and bankruptcy. Wilde had prosecuted
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Data Sheet – English 1 Honors Block: 1AB Date: 4/27/13 Title: A Lesson Before Dying Author: Ernest J. Gaines Genre: Historical Fiction Title Associations or Predictions: Given the title‚ A Lesson Before Dying‚ we can infer and predict that a character in the book will die. Also‚ we can predict that before they die‚ they will learn something‚ probably a valuable lesson Biographical Information about the author: Ernest J. Gaines was born in Oscar‚ Louisiana in 1933. He was born
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b Major Works Data Sheet |Title: Brave New World |Relevant Biographical Information About the Author: | |Date of Publication: 1932 |Born July 26‚ 1894 in Surrey‚ UK | |Genre: dystopia‚ science fiction |Went partially blind at the age
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Cry‚ the Beloved Country and Injustice‚ Fear‚ and Family Nothing is ever perfect. All systems have their flaws. Sometimes more flaws than any good. That was the way it was in South Africa during the apartheid‚ people had to break away from the family and their tradition just to get food and a little money. The corrupt government spread ideas of inequality and injustice‚ forcing people to live in fear of their lives. In his protest novel‚ Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ Alan Paton uses the interaction
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The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling and Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton are two historical based stories about the colonization of indigenous people and the effects of the white man taking over their land. Although both authors address the same situations‚ each story is based in different times and places. They both convey many similar thoughts such as theme‚and overall message but their tones and symbolisms slightly differ. The theme of ignorance can be seen in both texts‚ however Kipling
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IB English HL Major Works Data Sheet: The Awakening | | |Author: Kate Chopin Year of publication: 1899 | | | |
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up against it. Alan Paton‚ the writer of Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ and Abraham Lincoln‚ the great speaker of justice and our 16th president‚ both fought‚ in their own ways‚ for our rights. They fought their entire lives for our right to equality‚ and wrote beautiful works that are in our hearts and minds until this day. Because Paton’s book and Lincoln’s speech demonstrated their strong faith with the biblical references throughout their respective works‚ and each have both brought forth their parallel
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To say that the Stephen King novel “IT” is simply a horror novel about a monster is to say that Alan Paton’s “Cry‚ The Beloved Country” is just a novel about a man losing his son. There is much more to it than that. Published by American writer Stephen King in September of 1986‚ “IT” is a known suspenseful‚ horror story that not only pulls back the vivid memories of your childhood fears‚ but makes you relive them as well. Taking place in Derry‚ Maine between the years of 1957 through 1985‚ “IT” is
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different types of worldviews. Cry‚ the Beloved Country has a view of cherishing life and your loved ones which is different from The Stranger‚ which is life is meaningless and one should not care about anything because everyone dies. In Cry; the Beloved Country a strong character who shows the quality of cherishing life and caring for others is the life of Kumalo. Kumalo is a man who will put his family first before himself in any situation. Kumalo went down to a distant country and to care of Gertrude
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e novel‚ Cry‚ the beloved country is written by Alan Paton‚ a great South African writer. The book was published in 1948 and became world wide bestseller. Alan Paton mainly discusses the struggle for Africa and especially the conflicts between the Whites and the Blacks in South Africa. He wants the people to realize that the destruction or breaking apart of a country like South Africa can be mended through hope and this hope can only be reached if people accept and love each other as fellow human
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