Professor Shearer English 101 February 2‚ 2013 “The Rocking Horse Winner” Lawrence son of a coal miner and a school teacher‚ was born and grew up in Nottinghamshire‚ England. Lawrence was rejected for the military service in World War 1 because of lung trouble. This story took place just years after World War 1. It took place near London; London’s Richmond Park. There are a couple of characters in this story. They are Paul‚ Hester‚ Paul’s father‚ Bassett‚ Oscar Creswell‚ Miss Wilmot‚ Paul’s two
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D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)‚ English novelist‚ storywriter‚ critic‚ poet and painter‚ one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. David Herbert Lawrence was born on September 11‚ 1885‚ in Eastwood‚ Nottinghamshire‚ central England. He was the fourth child of a struggling coal miner who was a heavy drinker. His mother was a former schoolteacher‚ greatly superior in education to her husband. Lawrence’s childhood was dominated by poverty and friction between his parents. He was educated
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“The vegetation of the UK has been so massively affected by human activity that there is now no climax vegetation left. The whole country is now effectively a plagio-climax. Discuss this statement. (40 marks) A plagio-climax is the plant community that exists when human interference prevents the climatic climax from being reached. The plagio-climax of Britain is heather moorland as it is maintained by human intervention. The uplands of Britain use to be covered by a climax vegetation of deciduous
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DCSF (2009). Aiming High for Disabled Children. Best Practice to Common Practice. Nottingham. DCSF Publications. DfES (2001). SEN Toolkit. Nottinghamshire. DfES publications. DfES (2001). Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. Nottinghamshire. DfES Publications. DfES (2004). Removing Barriers to Achievement: The Government’s Strategy for SEN. Nottinghamshire. DfES Publications. Drury‚ R.‚ Miller‚ L. and Campbell‚ R. (2000). Looking at Early Years education and Care. London. David Fulton Publishers
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The Odour of Chrysanthemums BASIC PLOT: Impressionistic and symbolic‚ dense with figurative language‚ D.H. Lawrence’s ’The Odour of Chrysanthemums’ relies heavily on imagery (such as the chrysanthemums‚ and the frequent altercation of darkness and light) for effect. It concerns one night in the life of Elizabeth Bates‚ mother of two children‚ pregnant with her third. Her life is hard because she has been disappointed in her marriage; her husband‚ Walter‚ although a handsome and strapping man‚
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dispossessed of his land and made into an outlaw by an unscrupulous sheriff. Pop culture portrays Robin and his band of “merry men” (A ‘merry crew’ meaning‚ at the time‚ and outlaw’s gang) in Lincoln green clothes taking to Sherwood Forest‚ in Nottinghamshire‚ where much of the action in the early ballads takes place. “Robyn Hode in scherwode stod” Famous for being one of the first recorded Robin Hood rhymes‚ mislead scholars. Other ballads and text strongly suggest he was based in Barnsdale‚ near
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Organisation East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides emergency 999‚ urgent care and patient transport services for 4.8 million people within the six counties of Derbyshire‚ Leicestershire‚ Rutland‚ Lincolnshire‚ Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire. Main Customers Our main customers are members of the public calling 999 emergency services. In addition we have a Patient Transport Service (PTS) who undertake journeys to and from routine health appointments. Purpose and Goals of
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Jonathan Swift’s story‚ Gulliver’s Travels is very complex‚ with several layers of meaning. He is a master satirist‚ and Gulliver’s Travels is both humorous and critical. He critiques almost every aspect of life‚ from the writings of his times to the politics. He also satirizes more encompassing topics that are still relevant today‚ such as the human condition‚ and the desire for overcoming inferior instincts. The first satire we see in the story comes from chapter one‚ where it begins as a typical
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The Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was a document that was signed on November 21‚ 1620 aboard the Mayflower. It was the first document that set principles for the government in the new colony. 41 separatists (men only) of the 101 passengers signed the compact as the earliest document of selfgovernance. Why the Compact was written Bad weather conditions forced the Mayflower to anchor in Massachusetts and not in Virginia‚ which the pilgrims agreed to in a contract with the London Company
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It is interesting that both Graham Green and D.H. Lawrence wrote during different time periods but share misery as a common theme. I can understand how Lawrence wrote from this perspective‚ because of his upbringing in the coal mining town of Nottinghamshire‚ England (285). Life must have been hard for young Lawrence. Green also experienced the misery of life during the bombing raids of World War II (111). As a result‚ misery is a prevalent theme in both The Destructors and The Rocking Horse Winner
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