The novel “Broken April” by Ismail Kadare‚ has given me a deeper insight of how violently the Albanian’s culture is‚ as my experience is exposed to its context‚ themes‚ and ideas. Ismail Kadare presents us a close up view through a character‚ Gjorg‚ to show how the isolated people of the High Plateau live under its traditions‚ laws‚ and cultures known as the Kanun. Throughout the novel‚ Gjorg seems to feel hopeless‚ helpless and pressured as his bessa is coming to an end and knowing he will never
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Destroyed Relationships by the Kanun Broken April was written by Ismail Kadare‚ the novel takes place in the mountainous regions of Albania during the 1920’s. The Kanun is an ancient set of rules that controls the daily lives of the people in the mountains. Such as Gjorg a 26 year old mountaineer‚ who is pressured by his family to seek vengeance for the death of his older brother. A newspaper writer Bessian and his wife Diana Vorpsi are from the city who are very intimate newlyweds having their
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Thesis: Throughout Broken April by Ismail Kadare‚ Diana and Bessian’s physical proximity declines as Bessian devote fascination with the Kanun leads to the deterioration of their relationship as a married couple. In pages 61-86 of the novel‚ Diana and Bessian are fairly physically intimate with each other‚ with a clear developing distance forming between them as Bessian continuously speaks of the Kanun and the Blood Code‚ leaving Diana speechless. Although Diana is left speechless in more than
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Taylor Harvey Mrs. Thompsen IB Junior English 23 January 2013 In The Crucible‚ Author Arthur Miller creates tension within the characters in order to show the readers that the characters are conflicting. Tension is shown when characters cut each other off in mid-sentence‚ “why‚ that’s not necessary” (40). Also when they get cut off while talking they get frustrated and over whelmed with each other. Tension between the characters is also developed through lies. When Abigal willingly drinks the
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Nouchee Lor Mrs. Kottke IB HL English 11 October 2012 Reflective Statement “He was of medium height. His shapely‚ slim figure and broad shoulders gave evidence of a strong constitution‚ capable of enduring all the hardships of a nomad life and changes of climates‚ and of resisting with success both the demoralizing effects of life in the Capital and tempests of the soul” (Lermontov pg. 50). A true man is a man who takes responsibility. He is a man who takes responsibility
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English Paper Two Tips 1. Look at past questions and use them to break down your texts for revision If you look through past paper questions‚ you’ll spot that the sorts of questions you receive will always be about generalised things. Off the top of my head‚ things like Setting‚ Character‚ Beginnings and Endings‚ Death‚ Love‚ Chronology etc. all tend to crop up with reassuring regularity. So‚ this is the way in which you should approach your texts when revising them. Remember that in the actual
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ACT 2 SCENE 2 INTRODUCTION Good afternoon. I’m going to tell you about the disposition of Julius Caesar’s wife Calpurnia‚ during the early morning hours on the Ides of March which was also the day Caesar was to be crowned king but‚ was assassinated instead. BRIEF SUMMARY The scene opens with thunder and lightning accompanied by torrential rain since the night before when Calpurnia is deeply disturbed by horrid nightmares of Caesar being slaughtered by sadistic murderers (sadistic because they were
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1 Background of the Study Modern English‚ sometimes described as the first global lingua franca is the dominant language or in some instances even the required international language of communications‚ science‚ information technology‚ business‚ seafaring‚ aviation‚ entertainment‚ radio‚ and diplomacy‚ etc. also beside modern English there are some people use Broken English to communicate with other person. In this research‚ the researcher research Broken English used in YouTube especially in comment
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examinations in 2001 Language A1 April 1999 Copyright © 1999 International Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate Organisation Route des Morillons 15 1218 Grand-Saconnex Geneva‚ SWITZERLAND CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION GROUP 1 NATURE OF THE SUBJECT AIMS OBJECTIVES SYLLABUS OUTLINE SYLLABUS DETAILS ASSESSMENT OUTLINE ASSESSMENT DETAILS ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: GENERAL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA HL ASSESSMENT CRITERIA SL 1 3 4 5 6 8 14 20 26 41 43 61 IB Language A1‚ April 1999 INTRODUCTION The International
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Extended Essay – English B Title: American Society Should Take Responsibility for its Troubled Teenagers Research question: Regarding Green Day’s twelve-minute-long music video “Jesus of Suburbia” as well as its lyrics‚ how have the problems of American society led to the problems of American teenagers? Candidate Name: He‚ Jing Candidate Number: 001458-039 School Name: Shanghai Pinghe Bilingual School School Code: 001458 Word count: 3672 Abstract: I’m concerned about
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