Her First Ball – summary Leila was on the way to her first ball. In the taxi she imagined that she sat with an unknown young man. The Sheridan girls thought it was strange that she had never been to a ball. Leila tried to stay calm‚ but she was very excited about this new experience. They arrived at the drill hall‚ where the ball was. There were lights and happy couples everywhere in the streets. Inside‚ the girls went into the Ladies’ room. It was crowded with girls getting ready for the
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stories‚ “Her First Ball” by Katherine Mansfield and “The Infant Prodigy” by Thomas Mann‚ share different scenarios in which children have similar experiences. “Her First Ball” describes the unique experience of a young girl going to her first ball. “The Infant Prodigy” depicts a young boy whose amazing piano talents are exploited by his mother and the impresario. Each story explores the coming of age of children before they are necessarily ready. While both “The Infant Prodigy” and “Her First Ball” share
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OVERALL GRADE: ACHAL SAMY Title Of Text: -His First Ball Author/Director: -Witi Ihimaera Text Type: -Short Story Text Category: QUESTION: 1 - Choose an idea in the text that you have read and evaluate in details how it is presented. Support your evaluation with specific examples (quotation) ANSWER: - The evaluation I choose from the text I read is CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. Tatu Wharepapa receives an invitation from the governor-general to their flash party. The reason behind me choosing
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Title: My First Ball Author: Witi Ihimaera Publication Details: First published 1989‚ in “Dear Ms Mansfield” How the text relates to my theme? This text relates to my theme by showing how the main character Tuta‚ a young Maori teenager has to try his best to fit in with the Pakeha people at government house on the night of a ball. He has to overcome the obstacles of fitting in and he ends up meeting a girl named Joyce who was just as nervous to be at the ball as he was. My First Ball has a significant
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Her First Week ‘Her first week’ captures the emotions of a newly made mother and shows her feelings during the first week she spends with her child. Sharon Olds expresses her happiness of being blessed with a baby girl and shares the experience of emerging into motherhood. The poem transfers the joy and thrill of being with child and portrays the feelings of the mother with her child around. It also shows the beginning of a new bond between mother and child.
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In the short story His First Ball written by Witi Ihimaera an important event that occurred near the end of the text is Tuta learning that he should be himself and not a “carbon copy”. To start with I will describe what happened‚ where it happened‚ who was involved‚ also why and when it happened. Secondly I will explain how this event helped me understand the key idea to be yourself. Lastly I will conclude my thoughts on the true meaning and my understanding of the event that shows us to be yourself
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dark or light on her sixteenth birthday. The main character is Lena Duchannes‚ a caster. Ethan Wate‚ Lena’s boyfriend tries to turn Lena light. The setting takes place in a small southern town of Gatlin South Carolina. The overall tone or mood of the story is romantic and mysterious. The point of view from which the story is told is first person and Ethan is telling the story. The theme of the story is not to let others pick your fate but for you to make the choice. The conflict of the story is Ethan
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Ali Bush Mr. Harrison English 9 Pre-AP 17 March 2012 As stated by George Washington Carver‚ “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young‚ compassionate with the aged‚ sympathetic with the striving‚ and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these.” In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is the father of Jem and Scout Finch‚ while fighting justice as a lawyer in Maycomb County. Atticus Finch is an affectionate‚ benevolent
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Autobiography Essay Aug 30‚ 2012(August 19‚ 2009) “Come on Sylvia‚ you will be late for the interview!”‚ I could hear my father yell from the kitchen as I sat in my room nervously fussing over my makeup. Today was a big day for me‚ it was my first job interview for a position at the local McDonald’s. My stomach flip flopped at the thought of it all. I was very shy so the thought of having to sit and be interrogated with questions from a stranger was enough to send me into a panic. I looked in
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Much like Gilgamesh’s quest for fame‚ of wanting his “name stamped on bricks” (70)‚ Odysseus also demonstrates a lust for power and fame. Odysseus relates to Gilgamesh in the sense they are both self-centered‚ proclaimed heroes. Gilgamesh seeks Humbaba to slay him simply for the fame of it while Odysseus reveals his identity to Polyshemus simply to boast of his accomplishment. This completely backfires on him when the Cyclops throws a slab of mountain at their boat‚ resulting in the near death of
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