Page |1 Your Name:__________________ Grade:______________________ Date:_______________________ Do you often read books voluntarily? What books do you usually read? Discuss it with your neighbor. Ask your neighbor: Who is Harry Potter? What's so magical about him? Part I 1/9/2013 Page |2 Reading: Read through the text, look up unknown words by J. K. Rowling In 1990, a British woman in her mid-twenties called Joanne Rowling was on a train in England when she suddenly had an idea for a story she could write. She had enjoyed writing ever since she was a young girl, but there was something about the main character in this story tha
husband Connie and Ruth. Noah, the eldest is passive, he is listless, disinterested in life, never upset, never angry, very passive. His brother tom could even claim that he is the male protagonist. At the beginning of the novel he comes back from prison, because he killed a man in a fight accidentally, he is good nature. He is the most moral of the characters, he wants peace and quiet. Al is completely different, he is crazy for girls and cars. Rose is rather simple minded and she has a dream, she wants white house with a white fence, husband with a good income and children, and she is pregnant. His husband isn't as rich as she would like, he is quiet and hard working. The yougnest is cunning. They dont mind moving to California, before the starvaton begins. The children are deprived of normal childhood, they dont have normal peaceful childhood with toys and school and so on. The mood of the novel
Legends of the Fall Jim Harrison Kasper Keps 11c About the author James "Jim" Harrison Born in December 11, 1937 in Grayling , Michigan. American author known for his poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and writings about food Blind in one eye since childhood (left eye) . He was educated at Michigan State University where he received his B.A. (1960) and M.A. (1964) in comparative literature Married and has two daughters. Has written over 50 books. Main Characters COL. WILLIAM LUDLOW - Idealistic, formalistic, rational, stong willed, so principled that he left his job because of unethical behavor in the army, it's almost obsessive to him that Indians get treated properly; wrote a book to the government objecting to their policy. TRISTAN LUDLOW - Adventurer and smuggler who loves his freedom so much that he lives like an indian, his long hairs and horse riding symbolize his independence, too self-confident,
Referaat: Agatha Christie raamatu kohta ''the mysterious affair at styles'' CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION................................................... 3 2. AGATHA CHRISTIE............................................. 4 3. PICTURES.............................................................. 5 4. PLOT....................................................................... 6 5. PLOT....................................................................... 7 6. CHARACTERS...................................................... 8 7. SETTING................................................................ 9 8. LANGUAGE AND STYLE................................... 9 9. WHOM DO I RECCOMEND THIS NOVEL........ 9 10. SUMMARY........................................................... 10 11. SOURCES.............................................................. 11 INTRODUCTION The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detec
Book Report Title ,,Othello" Author William Shakespeare Genre play, tragedy Setting time between 1489 and 1571 Setting place Venice and Cyprus Topics miscommunication, jealousy, revenge, hatred Othello was written in the 17th century and it is based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" (A Moorish Captain) by Cinthio (Giovanni Battista Giraldi). It was first published in 1565. The main characters of the play are Othello, Desdemona, Cassio and Iago. The play in this book has 91 pages and this book is published in 1996 by Dover Publications. Characters: Major characters: Othello he is the play's protagonist and hero. He has risen to high military prestige in Venice, after defeating the Turks and other enemies in battle. He is well-liked and honored, despite his racial difference. He moves to Cyprus after becoming a general and he marries Desdemona. He falls victim to Iago's plan causing Othello to bel
BOOK REPORT Title & author of the book: 'Anita and Me' by Meera Syal The setting of the book? The story resolves around Meena Syal, the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the Midlands' mining village of Tollington. The novel provides a vision of British childhood in the 1960s, a childhood caught between two cultures, each on the brink of enormous change. Meena is desperate to fit in with the other children in her neighbourhood while forever feeling like an outsider because she is "different". Eventhough the Punjabi family is well respected by the locals, there are still sutations when they have to deal with racism. Plot summary (NB! Use the present tenses) Anita and Me by Meera Syal is the story of a young Punjabi girl growing up in the fictional English village of Tollington in the Midlands in the 1960s. The book follows Meena during her pre-teen years as she is desperate to fit in with the other children in her neighbourhood while
the second-person pronouns in the Russian original. Gurov addresses Anna throughout as ty while she addresses him throughout as vy. Because of his unhappy marriage and the ease with which he had always been able to enter into brief aff airs, Gurov had long considered women "a lower breed." So now, aft er he and Anna have had sex, he addresses Anna as he would anyone who had proven herself to be of the "lower breed," with a slight degree of contempt. Untranslatable "You" in Chekhov's Lady with Lapdog 293 Anna, on the other hand, is distraught and troubled. Th e sexual relationship has brought her the realization that she has betrayed not only her husband but herself as well. Her entire emotional struggle involves resisting the notion that she has become a "bad, despicable creature." Her not crossing over to using ty with Gurov suggests her need to maintain some distance between herself and him, thereby preserving a degree of self-respect. Th roughout their conversation in
Pilgrim. She is sure that the accident was her fault because she could not get her friend Judith and her horse Gulliver away from the road before the truck came. But after meeting Joe who is son of a local farmer she quietly becomes to get better and in time she is ready to try riding again. But will Grace be brave enough to ride Pilgrim again one day? Tom Brooker has to do some serious work with Pilgrim. He did not want to do it but he could not say no to Annie, that lovely lady with red hair and the most beautiful green eyes he had ever seen. And Annie had come so far to get help. Although in the end Pilgrim will let Tom near him but that is all. Anyone else can't touch him. So Tom has to try another way and that isn't very nice to see. Conflict in this book is between Grace and her horse. Will they ever to be able to trust each other? At first she is sure that she is never going to ride
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