UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS AS LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 9695 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allen Poe 2. The Open Boat Stephen Crane 3. The Door in the Wall HG Wells 4. The People Before Maurice
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the story‚ “Just Lather‚ That’s All” by Hernando Tellez‚ the barber would have been a coward had he killed Captain Torres because‚ when he killed the captain he was unarmed. Secondly‚ he would have to flee leaving all he had behind. Lastly‚ he would have been vulnerable. The barber was weak and afraid of killing captain Torres and to be called as the murderer of the captain. The barber would have been a coward because; he killed the captain when he was unarmed. As soon as the captain entered‚ “he
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Be careful! Cowards are contagious. The more things they run away from‚ the more their nightmares will transfigure into their host. The stories expressed by Tim O’Brien‚ author of “The Things They Carried” highlights cowardice acts made by several of the characters embodied in the novel. The kinds of cowards found in this book are not found in the typical day to day life. Instead they are only present in war times‚ and commit acts that can be challenged to whether they’re really acts of cowardice
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another example of Macomber being a coward through his own perspective. Macomber says to Wilson‚ “I’m awfully sorry about that lion business. It doesn’t have to go any further‚ does it? I mean no one will hear about it‚ will they?” (pg. 3) By Macomber saying this to Wilson‚ the readers see that Macomber does not want anyone to know how much of a coward he was with Wilson having to shoot the lion for him. One also sees that when Macomber says this‚ he is a coward because he can’t own up and say that
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1What is Art Ancient Art Our knowledge of art‚ as well as of all other aspects of life‚ of prehistoric times is based on the discoveries of archaeologists. In Europe‚ most archaeological discoveries have been made along the Danube River in the east and in the caves of southern France and Spain. The sculpture of the Palaeolithic period is characterised by engraved bones and ivory‚ with the subject (usually animals like bison or reindeer) lightly incised with fluid‚ curving lines. Other sculpture
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w w w e tr .X m eP e ap .c rs om IGCSE SYLLABUS 0476 IGCSE SYLLABUS 0486 O LEVEL SYLLABUS 2010 STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH NOTES FOR TEACHERS on the short stories set for examination in June and November Years 2013‚ 2014‚ 2015 * © University of Cambridge International Examinations [ * NOTE: There are separate documents about the different selections of stories set for examination in years 2007- 2009
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join the army it published posters that implied you were a coward if you did not like source A. Source A is a army recruitment poster that shows a John Bull standing in front of a row of soldiers saying “who’s absent? Is it you?” John Bull was a fictional fat British farmer. John Bull was made up as a rich British farmer telling people to join the army. The question he is asking is implying that whichever man that did not join was a coward. In 1915 Britain did not force men to join the army so there
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Hron (2010) demonstrates Immigrants are forced to pretend that nothing is happened wrong with them because of migration‚ they do pretend this before their relatives in the homeland and new people of the host country. They want to create a scenario so people think they are successful after immigration (p‚ xiv). This very pretending of making a suitable image of a successful immigrant leaves them nowhere. They feel totally shattered and isolated. They suffer for two times they deprive of both voice
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508B- Apply Reflective Practical Critical Thinking & Analysis In Health. Coward 2011‚ Onda E.L 2012 article In this growing twentieth century it is important to know our practices inside out accurately regardless of which field we work in‚ whether it be nursing‚ IT‚ logistics etc it is critical to know what to do and how to do the work for a satisfactory outcome. In nursing‚ it has been said that in the coming years there will be much greater need for nurses in Australia. In saying that‚ it
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Amir the Cowardly Child Kite Runner is an exquisite novel about a boy who is considered a coward. Its taken place in modern day San Francisco as well as in Afghanistan during Amir’s childhood‚ who was the main character and narrator. Amir had a fortunate upbringing due to the fact that his father was a highly respected elder of the Afghan society‚ privileging him with riches and a wealthy lifestyle. This was unlike his best friend‚ Hassan‚ who was his father’s servant’s son‚ being of a less and
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