Week 1: Short Story Reading Poison by Roald Dahl The short story Poison by Roald Dahl is set in India when it is still under the British rule. In this story the theme is represented by Harry‚ who thinks that the krait has crawled on his stomach and has made Timber call a doctor for help to solve the situation. The entire time I was reading the story‚ I thought that the main conflict is between the Harry‚ Timber‚ Dr. Ganderbai and the krait on Harry’s stomach. But in the last few paragraphs‚ I realize
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LESSON PLAN Grade:10 Topic:Plot Structure Duration: 180 minutes Date:September 23-27‚2013. General Objectives:Through reading‚student should gain a better understanding of the role of plot structure in short stories.In addition‚they should develop better writing skills. Specific Objectives:Students should be able to: Review the characteristics of plot. Work in whole class‚ cooperative groups‚ and individually to read short stories. Analyse the plot structure of several short stories
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status than a thirteen year old girl. In‚ The Help‚ by Kathryn Stockett is a story about a white girl‚ Eugenia Phelan‚ who literally was raised by her black maid Constantine. Constantine‚ even with her black status is a very proud woman and that pride affects Eugenia very much. Constantine is a very proud woman in two different ways. One way she is very proud is that when she was speaking to Eugenia and she says‚ “Am I gone believe what them fools say about me?”(73). The quote shows that she is very
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In "The Europeans"‚ the Americans (symbolized by the Wentworths) are Puritans who abide by strict Puritan rules‚ which promote the Puritan way of life. The Europeans‚ on the other hand (symbolized by Eugenia and Felix)‚ are not Puritans but are sophisticated‚ opportunistic‚ and sometimes lax in their way of life. This sometimes causes confusion and conflict when their lives are enmeshed. But it also sometimes brings about an understanding‚ respect‚ tolerance and appreciation of one another ’s beliefs
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interpretation. Specifically‚ Marigolds represent passion‚ grief‚ cruelty‚ and jealousy. (Marigold) Because of a symbol’s significance in a culture‚ they have shown up in many pieces of literature. In fact‚ they can tell a history of a people within a novel. According to Terry Eagleton‚ Marxist criticism is concerned with the symbolic meanings of a story as a product of a certain history. (Eagleton‚ 2) In Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye‚ the soil and the marigolds are
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The New York Times article I read titled “ President Obama on What Books Mean to Him.” In this article I learned that Toni Morrison’s writings have a great influence on people. She had great significance on President Barack Obama. “Toni Morrison’s writings‚ [ he says‚] particularly “Song of Solomon” is a book I think of when I imagine people going through hardship. That it’s not just pain‚ but there’s joy and glory and mystery.” Morrison meant so much to Obama‚ in 2012 Morrison was presented
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“The Help‚” is an award-winning movie about a white woman‚ Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan‚ who is an aspiring writer. To show her talents and professionalism as a writer and also expose the unkind treatment toward the black people of her time‚ Eugenia decided to write a book from the viewpoint of some of the maids in the community. This movie is set in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Era. In the 1960s‚ Mississippi continued to be very segregated and the African Americans were kept under control by
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I am sitting in my old brown broken down rocking chair‚ staring at my sweet yellow marigolds and then glancing at the half-dawn light‚ which fills the sky with a strange and frightening feeling. The cool‚ fresh‚ summer breeze tickles my toes and makes me shiver. The screeching radio from my son’s room lures me into my ramshackle of a house. I yell‚ “turn down the volume on that darn radio and catch some shut-eye my sweet John‚ we have a big day tomorrow.” “I’ll get right on that momma Lottie‚
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seventies by some farmers with the production of Tuberose. Large number commercial production was started in mid eighties in jhikargacha upazila of jessor district. The most common‚ commercially grown flower species in Bangladesh are Tuberose‚ Rose‚ Marigold etc. Bangladesh is well suited for cultivation of flower due to its favorable climate and other condition such as scope to expand cultivation in unutilized homestead lands‚ cheap labor‚ relatively low capital investment in contrast with high value
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http://www.languageinindia.com/junjul2002/baldridgeindianenglish.html Date accessed: 6th June‚ 2008 Monsoon Wedding (2001)‚ unknown Available at website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265343/ Date accessed: 5th June‚ 2008 Date accessed: 2nd June‚ 2008 Marigold – spiritual (unknown) Available at website: http://www.plantcultures.org/plants/marigold_spiritual.html Date accessed: 4th June‚ 2008 Mr. dowling (2005)‚ The Caste System Available at website: http://www.mrdowling.com/612-caste.html Date accessed:
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