of the story is about a husband and wife recalling a circus they went to when to when they were young. They started to recall these times when the wife asked if there to boys could go to the circus. It goes back and forth between the past and how they travled there. As they recall this it brings up stuff that they did when the were young. It brings the wife to relize how they have grown apart. The story starts off by the wife saying‚ “William‚ I don’t think it would hurt you to let the boys go to
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A CRICKET MATCH One day I watched a one day cricket match played between the Dave Higher Secondary School’s senior boys team and our school team. There was a large number of audience. It was quiet sunny. It was half an hour for the match to start but the stands and the galleries were almost full. The match was started at 9.00 a.m. The Dave team won the toss and elected to bat first. Their hitters were sent as their opening batsmen. The Dave team started with displaying their full hold over batting
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The short story‚ “The plan‚” is about the narrator‚ the protagonist of the story‚ who strongly believed that Greg and Amanda‚ partners in crime‚ wanted to kill her in order to have $10 million for themselves. The money was originally stolen by all three people from the bank. The story takes place in modern day California where a lot of bank robbery happens in real life to make the story seem more realistical. Since this story is told in the narrator’s perspective as though he or she was retelling
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Themes Family: The short story shows that saving family from punishment comes before moral principles e.g. when the Headman covers the truth of his brother (Marimuthu) committing murder of his wife. Power: In the village the Headman has more power and Ragunathan appears as a "timid mouse" infront of him. However‚ he is described as a "bully" infront of his family. Rich/ Poor: Anil and many other villagers are seen to be poor however‚ the Headman is rich enough to keep Anil silent by sending him
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In John Keats’s sonnet “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket”‚ he expresses his love and admiration for nature and illustrates this attitude by depicting the two “musicians” of different seasons in nature---- the grasshopper and the cricket. Keats writes about a summer and a winter scene in the two parts of the poem divided by the first eight lines and the last six lines. The grasshopper is nature’s “musician” in summer and the cricket is the one in winter. Nature’s “musicians” change as the seasons
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August Rush is the a story of an 11 year old boy‚ Evan (Freddy Highmore)‚ who leaves a children’s home in order to find his parents. The only way he knows to find his parents is through music. Evan always hears the harmonies in nature‚ with the hope that his parents will hear him. August Rush is a heartwarming film‚ with music that fills the heart‚ symbolism and lighting that leave you finding yourself happily immersing in the sounds of the world. The music in this film was beautifully woven
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A Village Cricket Match It is an excerpt from A.G Macdonnel’s humorous novel ‘England‚ their England’. The English society has been satirized in a light hearted manner especially what is known as ‘Englishness’ ‚ as seen from the eyes of a Scotsman. In this the author humorously describes a cricket match being played between men from England and men from Scotland in the village of Fordendan.The cricketers are petty businessmen or local shopkeepers. The story is presented in a mock epic style and
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The second story I chose was “The God who Embraced me when Daddy Disappeared”. The story is about a kid who grew up without a dad. His father was arrested when he was younger and never came back. Then‚ one day he passed away and the man told him everything and told him how God was his father and how he grew up without him. This story affected me by showing me that even if you don’t have someone in your life that you need‚ you will always have God. I liked how he was in a bad situation and put everything
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A Village Cricket Match A G Macdonald’s ‘A Village Cricket match” is an excerpt from his satirical work - ‘England‚ their England’ set against a backdrop of an English village. The story is an amusing portrayal of a village cricket match witnessed by Donald Emerson‚ a young Scotsman living in England. The story begins with a description of the village in which a cricket match was to take place. Around the field‚ groups of village rustics were patiently awaiting the start of the game
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important? In the story “The Boy Who Could Turn Into Things” by: Stuart Baum‚ Brian‚ the protagonist‚ does not think what he can do is important. The theme of the story is to be yourself. I think this is the theme because at the end of the story when he saved the baby that his talent was useful‚ by being yourself your talents can help you‚ and if you be yourself you will be noticed. To start‚ you should be yourself because your talents could be useful. For example‚ at the beginning of the story Brian doesn’t
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