from Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is about a 10-year-old boy named Patrick Clarke‚ but everyone calls him Paddy. This books ’ setting is in 1968 ’s Dublin‚ Ireland. At the beginning of the book‚ Paddy is a cruel boy; he enjoys the Three Stooges‚ Geronimo‚ Father Damien and the Lepers‚ and also his favorite soccer player George Best. Paddy has challenges in life just like every other 10-year-old boy he has problems at home‚ but when he ’s with his friends it ’s a different
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The first chapter in Retellings by M.B. Clarke and A.G. Clarke discussed many versions of stories. I read different styles of Cinderella. By reading different examples of story is beneficial because the audience can see how the tone varies from story to story. Whenever a story is retold‚ there are always connections from both stories even if they seem completely different at first. The biography of Margaret Atwood along with a few poems of hers‚ helped me discover her flow of writing. The poem that
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Clarke’s. Clarke used ’5 winters’ instead of 5 years to create an image of the cold and harsh conditions that he was feeling while his father was gone. The icicles hanging on the door represent the time and rigidity that Clarke experienced during his father’s absence. The ’late blizzard’ goes along with this as well. Typically‚ when a blizzard comes later than expected‚ it is harsher than it should have been because it comes unexpectedly. The image further develops the condition that Clarke was
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Keller is a master in clarifying the case for Christ to anyone who reads this book. C.S. Lewis uses the same type of arguments in many of his written works‚ part of the reason why it is not surprising to see over ten different quotes from Lewis’ works this book. Lewis states that there are two kinds of people‚ “those who say “thy will be done” to God or those to whom God in the end says‚ “Thy will be done”” (82). This insight is amazingly clever‚ but not only that‚ it accentuates the point that Keller
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There is numerous amount of cosmological motifs in the play King Henry IV. Each pattern has its similarities expressed by their meaning. The following characters convey opinions that have an astronomic comparison. In the first several stanzas of act 1‚ the king starts to express a feeling of being anxious. He starts complaining tremendously about certain living beings. “Those opposed eyes which‚ like the meteors of a troubled heaven”‚ he utters the comparison of the horse’s eyes partaking in the
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I do identify with the protagonist‚ George Takeo Pickett‚ in the short story‚ Into the Comet‚ more than any of the other short stories I had read this week. As I read the story I could tell that Pickett is the narrator. Picket can also be classified as a round character. There was a lot of information given about him. One example is in the beginning of the story. Pickett references a book that he read as a child that relates to the situation they were in. It made me feel like I could see what his
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Paddy’s relationship with his father (P.24-30) This episode in the novel is the first the reader learns about Paddy’s relationship with his father. Earlier in the novel we have seen how his mother plays the sympathetic adult role‚ comforting him when he returns home with a jellyfish-related injury. But this episode is immediately after his father returns home. Firstly‚ the reader can tell that Paddy has respect for his father. Whilst watching him read he notices his hands
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Using the extract below (pages 167-170) as your starting point‚ you should: Explore how Doyle develops the voice of his child narrator to reveal his changing relationship with his brother Examine how violence enables Paddy to make sense of the world around him Doyle uses the narrative voice of a child to show a changing relationship between Paddy and Sinbad. In the episode ‘Sinbad is good at football’ Paddy presents a growing voice of annoyance towards his brother. This can be seen here; “He
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For generations‚ Lake Clarke National Park has been providing outdoor opportunities for nearly 200‚000 visitors each year. Recently‚ a September 20‚ 2006‚ email message sent to park supervisors was published on the internet. Local media outlets‚ including the New York Times‚ have made this memorandum the topic of much controversy. Due to the park’s financial situation‚ service level adjustments are necessary in order to maintain the standing of LCNPS. However‚ by no means was the park trying to
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"The Curse" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke which was first published in 1953. This story describes the state of a dead small town a few hundred years after a nuclear bomb was dropped on it. From the references in the novel towards Shakespeare‚ one can conclude that the novel took place in the very place Shakespeare was born‚ Stratford-upon-Avon. Analyzing this short story written by Arthur C. Clarke‚ one can conclude that he must enjoy writing about scientific breakthroughs and he utilizes
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