“The world if full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes”. That is a quote by Sherlock Holmes in the Hound of Baskervilles. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland on May 22‚ 1859. Originally published in 1887‚ A Study in Scarlet‚ was Conan Doyle’s introduction to the wonderful characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Conan Doyle would go on to write about 60 more stories about the cunning detective Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works were influenced
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When I first looked at the title of the book the curious incident of the dog in the night-time‚ I immediately judged the book for its cover. I thought to myself “what kind of book would have a title like this.” The title seemed long and childish. I did not realize that there was a story behind the title until I started reading. Now that I am eighty pages into the book‚ I am highly intrigued. The most interesting aspects of the novel is the main character‚ Christopher Boone‚ the title‚ and the pictures
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Mark Haddon tells the story of a boy named Christopher John Francis Boone in the curious incident of the dog on the nighttime. Christopher relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He is a logical boy; everything to him is black and white. When his world is turned upside down he begins to feel. Through the usage of Red Herrings‚ symbols‚ and tone Mark Haddon leads us into the mind of this autistic boy. His journey in to society and what it means to him. The tone of this
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Annexure ’D’ SYLLABUS ENGLISH CORE (301) CLASS XII (2013-14) One Paper Unit-wise Weightage 3 Hours Marks: 100 Unit/Areas of Learning Marks Section A Reading Skills Reading unseen prose passages and note making Section B Advanced Writing Skills Section A. B. C. 20 35 Section C 30 15 Literature Textbooks and Long Reading Texts/ Novels (i) Flamingo (ii) Supplementary Reader-Vistas SECTION-A Reading unseen Passages and Note-making 20 Marks 40 Periods Two unseen passages with a variety
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Semiotic Identity by Farhad Jamalpur Semiotics is the study of signs and symbols and their meaning and use. It is also defined in some dictionaries as "semantics". But semiotics is not merely about analyzing linguistic meaning; it can also deal with many concepts such as casual speech‚ commercial advertisements‚ gender relations‚ and social hierarchy. Such cultural phenomena can be studied under a microscope. Semiotic analysis can provide a fresh perspective that permits the discovery of vague
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hat qualities are there in Conan Doyle ’s Sherlock Holmes stories which have sustained their popularity for so many years? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was among the first writers of detective stories and novels in England. The first novel recognised as a detective story was written in 1868‚ by Wilkie Collins entitled "The Moonstone". Later in 1870‚ the popular novelist Charles Dickens also tried his hand at writing a detective novel called "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". These early detective stories
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Website: www.cbse.nic.in Phone: (011) 2324324 Email-id: sadhanap.cbse@nic.in (An Autonomous Organization under the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development‚ Govt. of India) CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION “Shiksha Sadan”‚ 17-Rouse Avenue‚ New Delhi-110 002 Circular No. Acad-8/2012 CBSE/ACAD./ DIR (TRG)/ 2012 26. 04. 2012 INTRODUCTION OF ENGLISH NOVELS FOR LONG READING IN CLASSES IX TO XII All the Heads of Institutions affiliated to CBSE Dear Principal‚ Good reading habits
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How Does the sentence structure make us (the reader) feel for Chris when he is talking about his mum’s death? On chapter fifty-three Chris explains what he was thinking straight after his mum died. Chris gives off an abnormal behaviour when his mother passes‚ straight after Chris learning that his mother is no longer alive‚ he doesn’t cry or mourn‚ instead Chris asks what type of heart attack his mum died from. Chris probably asks this because he can’t read or tell emotions very well because
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Christopher’s idiosyncrasies in the text are- not eating food after it has touched other food‚ ‘if his senses become overloaded or his brain is confused’ he will curl up in a ball and groan and perhaps for hours at a time‚ he prefers red‚ hates brown and yellow‚ he uses consecutive colours of cars to determine if it were to be a good day or a bad day. When I discussed my idiosyncrasies with my mum she stated- Every live stock truck that drives
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