Discourse Analysis
Dated: 22nd May 2014
Assignment
Critical discourse analysis
Topic: Socialization
Prepared by:
Muhammad dawood khan
Submitted to
Sir faraz bughio
Extract of story
The doll’s House
For the fact was, the school the Burnell children went to was not at all the kind of place their parents would have chosen if there had been any choice. But there was none. It was the only school for miles, and the consequence was all the children in the neighborhood, the judge’s little girls, the doctor’s daughters, the store-keeper’s children, the milkman’s, were forced to mix together. But the line had to drawn somewhere. It was drawn at the Kelveys. Many of the children, including the Burnells, were not allowed even to speak to them. They walked past the Kelveys with their heads in the air, and as they set the fashion in all matters of behavior, the Kelveys were shunned by everybody. Even the teacher had a special voice for them, and a special smile for the other children.
They were the daughters of a spry, hardworking little washerwoman, who went about from house to house by the day. This was awful enough. But where was Mr. Kelvey? Nobody knew for certain. But everybody said he was in prison. So they were the daughters of a washerwoman and a gaolbird. Very nice company for other people’s children! And they looked it. Why Mrs. Kelvey made them so conspicuous was hard to understand. The truth was they were dressed in “bits” given to her by the people for whom she worked.
Lil was a stout child, and our Else was a tiny wishbone of a child. Nobody had ever seen her smile; she scarcely ever spoke. She went through life holding on to Lil. Where Lil went our Else followed. The Kelveys never failed to understand each other.
Introduction
This extract from the short story The Doll’s house is taken from Kathrine Mansfield. This short story is part of the English book taught at intermediate level for the students of Balochistan. The story was first published in
Assignment
Critical discourse analysis
Topic: Socialization
Prepared by:
Muhammad dawood khan
Submitted to
Sir faraz bughio
Extract of story
The doll’s House
For the fact was, the school the Burnell children went to was not at all the kind of place their parents would have chosen if there had been any choice. But there was none. It was the only school for miles, and the consequence was all the children in the neighborhood, the judge’s little girls, the doctor’s daughters, the store-keeper’s children, the milkman’s, were forced to mix together. But the line had to drawn somewhere. It was drawn at the Kelveys. Many of the children, including the Burnells, were not allowed even to speak to them. They walked past the Kelveys with their heads in the air, and as they set the fashion in all matters of behavior, the Kelveys were shunned by everybody. Even the teacher had a special voice for them, and a special smile for the other children.
They were the daughters of a spry, hardworking little washerwoman, who went about from house to house by the day. This was awful enough. But where was Mr. Kelvey? Nobody knew for certain. But everybody said he was in prison. So they were the daughters of a washerwoman and a gaolbird. Very nice company for other people’s children! And they looked it. Why Mrs. Kelvey made them so conspicuous was hard to understand. The truth was they were dressed in “bits” given to her by the people for whom she worked.
Lil was a stout child, and our Else was a tiny wishbone of a child. Nobody had ever seen her smile; she scarcely ever spoke. She went through life holding on to Lil. Where Lil went our Else followed. The Kelveys never failed to understand each other.
Introduction
This extract from the short story The Doll’s house is taken from Kathrine Mansfield. This short story is part of the English book taught at intermediate level for the students of Balochistan. The story was first published in
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