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    The History Boys What is the most enduring emotion that you take from The History Boys? ------------------------------------------------- Beyond the immediate‚ beyond being a play about coming of age and the value and nature of education‚ The History Boys is a play about the complexities and difficulties of being a human being. Bennett goes to lengths to explore and understand the trials and tribulations of his characters‚ and allow his audience too to understand the character’s troubles. It

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    The History Boys‚ by Alan Bennett‚ is a play that tells the story of the conflict between two teachers over students while they prepare of their exams. The first teacher is Hector. Hector has been the boys’ teacher longer‚ teaching them literature and knowledge for the sake of it. Irwin is different in this matter. He was brought in solely to prepare the boys for their exam and was promised a permanent position if the Oxbridge boys do well enough on their exams. One scene in which you can see Irwin’s

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    “The comedy in The History Boys centres around the opposition created between the two teachers‚ Hector and Irwin.” What is the significance of Bennett’s use of opposition? The book ‘The History Boys’ provides opposition between the two teachers Hector and Irwin. These two characters are presented by Bennett to show the audience the difference in the teaching of both characters. Hector is described on page four as ‘a man of studied eccentricity. He wears a bow tie.’ By this‚ we get a first impression

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    Through the analysis of where an education originates‚ The History Boys and An Education have two vastly contradictory viewpoints. The History Boys demonstrates both academic education and an education on life gained within school grounds. An Education‚ however‚ illustrates a young Jenny Mellor (Carey Mulligan) as she gains her education far from her school environment - despite much attempted intervention. In both The History Boys and An Education the teachers play an integral role in shaping

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    English Literature recreational piece – The History BoysDeclan Lightowler Irwin and Mrs. Lintott have taken the boys on a trip to Fountain’s Abbey. Irwin breaks off with Dakin and Posner to the ruins of the church.Irwin: And this was the central hub of all the monks’ activity before Henry VIII led the dissolution of the monasteries: the church.Posner: Sir‚ this was the largest building in the Abbey‚ wasn’t it?Irwin: Yes‚ yes it was Posner. This was where the monks were brought together in communal

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    “The History Boys‚” and “3 Idiots” The education system has influenced our attitude in the reality life. In fact‚ school life occupies a large amount in our life‚ so that there is a huge affectation to our daily life. Besides‚ there are two resources to support my point of view which is comparing the movie and the book that I choice to study their meaning reflect to reality life by using “The History Boys”

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    both forward and backward in time‚ to a town where the songs are still records‚ candy is still a dime‚ but everyone excepts each other for who they truly are‚ there is a fifteen-year-old gay boy named Paul. Paul lives in a fictional town in the fictional novel Boy Meets Boy written by David Levithan. Boy Meets Boy is a good book because it’s diverse characters and descriptive language. In the small town‚ there lives a colorful group of friends. Paul the main character and speaker of the

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    In an article called Malibu Local’s Only: “Boys will be Boys”‚ Brian Ludeke successfully argues how MLO qualifies as gang explaining multiple factors as to why it should be established as a criminal street gang. The California Penal Code 186.22‚ defines a criminal street gang as‚ “an ongoing organization of 3 or more persons‚ with a common name‚ or identifying mark or symbol‚ having as one of its primary activities the commission of the crimes listed and whose members individually or collectively

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    The Boy and His Family Relationships In a sort of short story style‚ Marie Howe illustrates a depleting family relationship between a father and his children in the poem‚ “The Boy‚” through its many symbols. With no discernible rhyme scheme‚ the plot develops‚ climaxes‚ and concludes alluding to a short story but in poetic form. The speaker‚ discovered through clues within the poem‚ is the younger sister of the boy and she is listening and learning from the examples set by her brothers. There is

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    more powerful " . Naturally Boys feel the need to assert their power to others at an early age. Rick Moody’s short story "Boys"‚ shows us the relationships between brother and sister and then between the boys and their father. Boys in early ages can be very ruthless and reckless. In Rick Moody’s "Boys"‚ the power of masculinity takes over the boys lives and through tragedy the boys are able to come together and let down their guard. In the early stages of the boys lives they feel the need to show

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