Is it true that typical speech and typical writing have many different qualities with respect to medium, function and form?
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Compare the 'Old soldier' in A Terribly Strange Bed with the Landlady in Dahl's story - What are the similarities and differences between them?
Wider reading Compare the 'Old soldier' in A Terribly Strange Bed with the Landlady in Dahl's story. What are the similarities and differences between them? In this assignment I hope to tell you about the Landlady and the Old soldier. Their similarities and differences, and descriptions (both physically and mentally) which may have lead us to suspect them. Both the Old soldier and Landlady deceived their victims before attempting to kill them. The Landlady deceives her victim (Billy Weaver) by attracting him to the Bed and Breakfast, with the wonderful pussy willows, a bright burning fire to make the place look cosy, and a pretty little daschund which is dead, but stuffed so people think it is real, " I stuff all my pets myself when they pass away." Said the Landlady. The Bed and Breakfast was filled with pleasant furniture, and animals, which made Billy, think it was a good sign and a decent place to stay in. The Old soldier deceives the English man by acting as though he is his friend and encouraging him to keep playing, " Go on, sir-sacre milk bombs! Go on boldly, and break the bank!" Said the Old soldier. This is strong evidence showing the Old soldier encourage the English man to keep playing, but not for the English mans benefit, but for the Old soldiers benefit. Another similarity between both of them is that they're experienced in what they do, and have
In the short story The Web by Frances King, 1995, we hear about a man, who earns money by pretending to a be blind or a destitute begging for money. The narrator thinks it is a dishonest and unfair way of getting money
Essay about the Web It is a common saying that "money is the root of all evil." The saying is originated in the Bible in the New Testament and it originally goes: "For the love of money is the root of all evil." Money has become one of the most important things in our society today, and people will do almost everything to get it. As a result of that we have reality shows, where people can win money for example by living in a house full of cameras with a lot of competitors or in a new show where people can win money by answering honestly to a lot of personal questions. But is the love of money really the root of all evil? Or could it be the fact that money is a necessity in our society today? If you don't have any money you cannot live in a house, cannot buy food and in some countries you cannot even go to hospital or school if you do not have any money. Therefore people are forced to earn money, and some finds the way too money through illegal and dishonest activities. In the short story "The Web" by Frances King, 1995, we hear about a man, who earns money by pretending to a be blind or a destitute begging for money. The narrator thinks it is a dishonest and unfair way of getting money, but when she finds out that it pays well, she lets go of some of her principles and gets spun into the web of lies. The narrator is a young woman named Liz. She reads the Guardian, which
COMPARATIVE COMMENTARY -Malcolm Cowleys essay The View and When I grow old by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Centre Stage
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How does the use of non-standard English in poetry contribute to the construction of its reader's responses?
How does the use of non-standard English in poetry contribute to the construction of its reader's responses? ??? ??? The use of non-standard English in poetry can be used for several effects. I shall be looking at it in conjunction with performance poetry to see how it contributes to the construction of its reader's responses. In particular, I will be looking at Afro-Caribbean-born poets and their work namely John Agard's 'Listen Mr Oxford Don', Grace Nichol's 'Thoughts drifting through the fat black woman's head while having a full bubble bath' and Jean Binta Breeze's 'Arising: for the youth of Azania'. All these poets use non-standard English in their poetry and also incorporate performance into their readings and therefore add a new dimension into the construction. Firstly, I shall talk a little of the traditions of African oral literature. It was transported from the early 17th through to the 19th century from Africa to America and the Caribbean in the form of 'story telling, proverbs, rituals and poems' via the African slaves. Their history is underlined by the loss of their native cultures and languages whereby they then were forced to adopt the English language by their slavers. 'Hence, English was, and continues to be, the language of education, law, government and economics' (Nestor, 2003). Through the years, those who grew up in the Caribbean in particular,
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Insanity of War Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut were two of the most influential anti-war authors of the twentieth century. Heller and Vonnegut served in Second World War; Heller flew sixty missions as a bombardier and Vonnegut was awarded the Purple Heart as an infantry scout. Throughout the Vietnam War, these two authors were idolized for the heroic anti-war masterpieces that they wrote. College students throughout the country carried the novels Heller and Vonnegut wrote everywhere they went. Heller first published his book in 1961, right in the midst of Civil Rights Movement, a perfect time for a book that challenges the power of bureaucracy. Vonnegut published his novel eight years later in 1969, during the Vietnam War, a controversial period for American citizens. One student was quoted saying, "Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller were part of a vanguard of writers my friends and I idolized" (Golly). Through the use of complex structures, highly effective literary styles, and character portrayal, Heller and Vonnegut helped to reveal the insanity of war. Heller and Vonnegut both use a complex structure when writing their satirical anti-war novels. When writing Catch-22, Heller intentionally created a narrative that is hard to follow. While Heller admits that Catch-22 was meticulously structured in order to seem chaotic, he disagrees with the readers that claim Catch-22 is
Discuss the statistic that 51% of the world is women but only 8% of countries have an elected female leader.
. Discuss the statistic that 51% of the world is women but only 8% of countries have an elected female leader. It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either. ~ Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister from 1969 - 19741 What impressed me about Golda Meir's quote was how she dismissed criticism about her emotionally-driven rule of Israel. Women are genetically known to be the more sensitive gender.2 Instead of challenging this and going against that nature, like what many bloodthirsty monarchical queens had done - Bloody Mary, Queen of England, for one, waged war on France until her death3, Meir did not try to hide her true nature and maintained her set of beliefs in living her life honourably. Women have come a long way from being tasked with discriminative chores in the household to having influential power to develop the nation. The feminism tidal wave took up developed countries by storm as women such as Kate Sheppard fought for women's right to vote in New Zealand and, as the president of NCW4, the higher status of women there.5 As third wave feminism6 hits the shores of less developed countries, more girls are stepping up as political leaders when men could not. In the early 1990s, Rwanda had less than 18% of women
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most important live testimonies about the slavery era in America.
October 22, 2003 Ido Ben-Ze'ev Essay #2: "Interpretive Summary" Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most important live testimonies about the slavery era in America. The book is an autobiography of a slave who was born into slavery and struggled staunchly to find his way to freedom despite of the fact that his masters oppressed him cruelly. Because he was a slave, Frederick Douglass was a victim of the dehumanization that resulted from the white men's enslavement of the "colored" people. By being so cruel and brutal, Douglass' masters were trying to darken his moral and mental vision so that he would lose interest in obtaining freedom and serve them as an efficient mindless tool. But despite Douglass' master's efforts during his "career" as a slave, they didn't manage to destroy his power of reason. Frederick Douglass was born in Maryland, to a slave mother that was raped by her white master, so he was a mulatto, which was considered at this time even worst than being a black. For his entire life he saw his mom for four times since she was hired to work in a distanced farm and he stayed with an old lady that raised him with other black children. His mother died when he was seven years old. We can see that even from the very beginning of a slave's life, any effort is taken to distinguish between a human being to a slave. This is why all the babies are
English - Commentary
The Commentary The purpose of 'The Strand' is to inform the reader about my chosen destination of Trebarwith Strand, and to show how you do not need to travel far or overseas for an ideal holiday location. It has to get the reader interested by helping them see what I'm writing about. The reader could be anyone looking for a holiday, possibly in England for a quiet break, such as hikers, surfers, families and couples. This type of writing is suitable for a magazine or guidebook, with the themes of geography and activities in the area which inform the reader. For the opening paragraph I wrote from the first person to document my journey to Trebarwith. The compound-complex sentence I used to do this was intended to show that it is a long journey by foot, there's a lot to take in. "Just two and a half miles from Delabole, my hometown, along the winding country lanes, across fields and footpaths I arrive at my haven, Trebarwith Strand." The punctuation breaks up the sentence to show the stages of the journey. Nothing is mentioned about the Trebarwith itself though until the second paragraph. This was to encourage the reader to read on through the piece. In the second paragraph it's a brief description of Trebarwith mentioning the geographical aspects of the beach "Trebarwith Strand is located on the North Coast of Cornwall and is part of one of the most beautiful stretches of
