SUMMARY ’Shabine’ is the story of Justene‚ a mixed race woman who is constantly mocked for being poor‚ of mixed heritage‚ and presumably promiscuous. She was taunted with the words jamette and shabine (half white‚ or of mixed heritage) on the streets. The story opens with the narrator explaining that she had a fiery temper‚ which she unleashed on her tormentors when provoked. Her two sons‚ Gold and Silver‚ were subjected to similar taunts‚ with Silver reacting in the same way as his mother‚ while
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In real life even in stories the social system has an adverse effect on the citizens in a given society. Two examples of how society affects happiness can be seen in the stories of “Berry” and “Shabine” where the happiness is affected in different ways but the social system is somewhat the same. Firstly in both stories the social system is quite alike‚ both are simply based on race. The characters Berry and Justine’s admirer are categorized as somewhat ‘good- for nothing’ because they are black
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enough to be mentioned‚ a Julie mango tree‚ a tree whose tasty fruit bears the name of a female. On his annual visits to his grandmother’s home‚ the protagonist - a young boy - becomes fascinated with a girl in a neighboring yard - Justine‚ called Shabine. As the "outside child" of a high-colored man‚ M. Cazaubon‚ by his black maid‚ Justine was rejected by her father and turned to prostitution. The story opens with the narrator explaining that she had a fiery temper‚ which she unleashed on her tormentors
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TEXTS ON THE C.X.C. SYLLABUS A World of Poetry edited by: Mark McWatt & Hazel Simmons-McDonald A World of Prose edited by: David Williams & Hazel Simmons-McDonald A Mid-Summer Nights Dream edited by: William Shakespeare Old Story Time edited by: Trevor Rhone Wine Of Astonishment edited by:
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Literature Tuesday‚ September 6‚ 2011 Course Outline for CXC English B CSEC ENGLISH LITURATURE FOURTH & FIFTH FORM COURSE GUIDE/ TOPICS 2011-2013 “Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you WORK. ~ Rita Mae Brown Welcome to CSEC English Literature. My name is Ms. F. Atkins and I will be your facilitator in the learning of this subject. As your teacher I am expected to: assist the student to reach his/her full potential in the subject
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Theme for English B- Langston Hughes By Dania Dobbs in CSEC Revision Stuff (Files) · Edit Doc In his poem “Theme for English B‚” a response to an assignment given by his class instructor‚ Langston Hughes writes about the differences between himself and his instructor’s race. He talks about being the only “colored” person in his class and expresses the feeling of being similar to other races‚ primarily “white”‚ and yet different throughout the poem. Although he details the commonalities between
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate CSEC ENGLISH SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May/June 2012 CXC 01/G/SYLL 09 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council © 2010‚ Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence
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