Crazy Lady J. L. Conly I read a book called ''Crazy Lady'' written by Jane Leslie Conly. She is an American author born in 1948. ''Crazy Lady'' was her third book. It was written in 1993. The book was one of the Newbery Honor books of 1994. The story takes place in the Tenely Heights during 1980s. The book is about teenager boy. His name is Vernon Dobbs. He has two sisters and three brothers. He is a struggling student having a bad school year. He has gone in for help. He just can't manage with reading. He has had no one to turn to since his mother passed away from a stroke three years earlier. His mother had an uncanny wish to help people around her. His father tries to help Vernon, but he is just too busy with taking care of the family. Vernon and his friends have nothing better to do than tease the Crazy Lady of neighbourhood. Crazy ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Paulina Pähn, XIb EARLY LIFE: ·Born in Stratford- upon-Avon on April 23, 1564 ·Parents: John Shakespeare Mary Arden EDUCATION: · Attended King Edward IV Grammar School · Never went to university THE LOST YEARS: 1585 1592 ·Quit school ·Supported his family ·Became involved with acting MARRIAGE: · Married to Anne Hathaway · Shakespeare's children: Susanna Judith Hamnet (+ William Davenant?) CAREER IN LONDON: · Acted in several companies of players · By 1584 had become an important playwright-actor in the Lord Chamberlain's Company (the King's Men) · Wrote many great plays, for example: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" "Merchant of Venice" "Romeo and Juliet" "Othello" "Hamlet" etc. · Also wrote poems and sonnets THE GLOBE THEATRE: LATER YEARS AND DEATH: · 1610 returned to his birt...
Food pleasure or nuisance. Food has been a global problem for many years. Bad eating habits and junk food is problem number one. Junk food doesn't only contain lots of fat and cholesterol, but also damages health badly. So what shall we do to avoid these crucial problems and make eating enjoyable not temtping ? The first thing to do - cut off junk food from your food ration. Fat, cholesterol are hardly removable from organism, especially blood veins. If blood is blocked then it may cause death. It is necessary to keep organism clean. Change your food ration for healthy and nutritious food like fruits, nuts, rice, vegetables etc. Also consume more dairy produtcs that have lot of carbohydrates and less fried meals. Boiled are prefered more. The second thing is activity. Pick up a sport which you like, the more action it has the better it is. While doing sports bad salts and chemical elements come out throug...
The value of things VS the price of things A value can be much more than simple numbers, a value can show what memories, connections and contact people have with a thing. But what exactly is a thing? Well a thing is something lifeless, an item for a certain purpose, it’s something for certain use. When we take a look at the word named „price“, what does it mean? A price usually is seen as a number, as how much something costs. Things can be „overpriced“, but never „overvalued“. An item of high value could have no price, but at the same time an high priced item, could have no value. It’s this way because people see differently, people have different memories and emotions to remember. But as in this world today, price matters. People can’t afford anything, price means something as well, it can show how wealthy you are, how much someone can mean to you. Price is just a number, it shows how much something pays...
I. McEwan „Tsementaed“ Ülesanne 1 1. Valitud teos on „Tsementaed“, autor on Ian McEwan ning žanr on romaan. 2. Romaani jutustajaks on 15-aastane noormees Jack, kellel on vanem õde Julie, noorem õde Sue ja noorem vend Tom. Tegevus toimub suvel enne ning pärast koolivaheaja algust. Koos oma vanematega elavad nad suures, kuid vanas, majas, mis asub tänaval, kus kõik teised majad on kas maha lammutatud või maha jäetud. Neil ei käi kunagi külalisi ning teistest isoleeritud olles, on lapsed väga lähedasteks saanud. Jacki isa armastab väga aiandust ning oma aia korrashoidmist, kuid pärast südamerabandust ei jõua ta seda enam korras hoida. Ta otsustab katta maja esise ja taguse tsemendiga, et oleks ilusam vaadata. Jack ja isa alustavad tsementraja tegemisega, kuid isa sureb enne südamerabandusse, kui jõuab töö lõpule viia. Pärast seda jääb ka Jacki ema aina...
The Cement Garden - Ian McEwan Character Sketch - Tom Tom is the brother of the narrator of the story. He is the youngest child in the family. Tom was a 6-year-old little boy with pale skin. He had a bit big ears, black hair and his smile seemed idiotic. Tom was tender but mettlesome. Since he was the youngest child in the family he was mostly left out due to his age. Other siblings had their own activities together and Tom was too young to understand or take part. I.g. the game of scientists examining a specimen from outer space. His relationship with his father had changed after his father had become semi-invalid. After the incident Tom’s father was very severe with him. He felt like he had to compete for mother’s attention and frequently spited him with stinging criticism. Tom was afraid of his father. Tom’s mother was aware of the situation but did not ...
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson Character Sketch – Louie Louie is a mother of Jeanette, the narrator of the novel. She plays an important role in the life of the main character. She was plump and pretty. Drunkards, she used to urge to join her at the church, called her the Jesus Belle. She was loved by men and attracted attention, many of drunkards stopped in the street when Jeanette’s mother walked past and raised their hats to her. She was very religious person. Louie considered church as her family more than her own family. “My mother stood up and said she believed this was right: that women had specific circumstances for their ministry, that the Sunday School was one of them, the Sisterhood another, but the message belonged to the men.” She believed that praying could solve all the problems and people like her were meant to be separated fr...
What I Was By Meg Rosoff Meg Rosoff Was born in 1956 in Boston, USA Studied at Harvard University First novel, How I Live Now (2004) Second novel, Just in Case (2006) Third novel, What I Was (2007) Main characters : 1) Hilary 16 years old boy, around whom the story goes. He had been kicked out of two boarding schools and St Oswald´s was the last thing, where he wanted to be. 2)Finn Boy with the beautyful eyes, flickering half-smile and no past. No one knows he lives alone in his hut by the sea. (Actually he is a girl) 3)Barett Hilary´s roommate 4)Gibbon Hilary´s roommate, very cruel 5)Reese Hilary´s roommate, who is as attracted to Hilary as Hilary is to Finn. Parts: St Oswald´s School A boy named Finn and their adventures Storm and truth St Oswald´s School Hilary´s third school Ordinary school days and...
„The Host“ The book was written by Stephenie Meyer. The book is about Earth, in a post apocalyptic time, being invaded by a parasitic alien race, known as "Souls", and follows one Soul's predicament when the consciousness of her human host refuses to co-operate with the takeover of her body. It describes what happens when Earth has been overrun by an alien species called Souls, which invade human bodies and erase personalities. There are one film based on the book. The main characters are Wanderer or 'Wanda' for a nickname, Melanie Stryder, Ian O'Shea, Jared Howe, Jamie Stryder, Uncle Jeb, The Seeker, Kyle O'Shea and Doc. In the first chapter Wanda goes in Melanie’s body and are described what she feels and thinks. In the beginning Wanda doesn’t listen Melanie and tries to ignore her. And Melanie really hated Wanda for "stealing" her body and ruining her life. But as the story develops, Melani...
Human nature exposed in G.Orwell's ,,Animal Farm" Humans are the most deceitful animals in the World. Even if we do not want to confess it to ourselves, we have to accept the fact that humans constantly change their ways of thinking and acting to make the World a better place to live in for themselves. Our lives are fulfilled with lies we enter to our or someone else's mind. A lot of it is connected to people's constant need of power and control. "Animal Farm" is a book that reverberates that kind of human nature through politics, dictatorship and power, but in nowadays' World this kind of behaviour occurs also in our everyday life, not only politics. First of all humans are in a constant need of power. The essence of the power does not even matter as long as they have some kind of control. It could be control over some group, over a person and his mind, actions and thoughts or just over a certain situation where we wa...
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) playwright, actor, poet 37 plays, over 400 screen adaptions Lord Chamberlain's Men, King's Men, The Globe Early life: John Shakespeare, Mary Arden, 2 sis', 3 bros; married Anne Hathaway 3 children Life in London: 1599 built Globe, 1623 first compilation Forms: classical & history plays, comedies+tragedies, poetry Style: metaphors, rhetorical phrases, free flow of words, unrhymed iambic pentameter; deviations Renaissance (end of 14th century) Italy, reaches rest of Europe Elizabethan era (16th II h - 17th I h) Theatre: combined medieval theatre, morality plays & Roman drama to create Elizabethan tragedy Poetry: Italian influences, sonnet (English: cddc ee) Rulers of England: Henry VII (brings prosperity, repairs economic situation; made alliances); Henry VIII (beginning of English reformation; killed "traitors"; 6 marriages); Mary I (Catholic); Elizabeth I (The Virgin Queen restores order; Religiou...
Seventeenth Summer was the first novel published by author Maureen Daly in 1942. The book talks about a girl's first experience with dating and falling in love. (A seventeenth year old girl named Angie who falls for the popular boy Jack.) I think this book was really good. But it is a little bit slow book, it does not really have any action in it and it just more of a leisurely book to read. I liked the romance and the character development, I liked the simplistic nature of their love. It made me yearn for respect and honor, modesty and decency. I admire that slow courtship. The book itself I think was not fantastic, but overall, I felt good reading this book because it still had the romantic aspect but with a new approach to it.
SOUTH PARK American animated sitcom, notorious for its crude, surreal, and often very dark humor, which satirizes a wide range of topics including religion (712-All about the mormons 914-Bloody Mary 912-Trapped in the closet) politics(1212 About Last Night... ) violence(Too much to count-Kenny dies in every episode) sexuality( 409 Do the handikapped go to hell? and The movie : South park bigger longer, uncut) Trey Parker and Matt Stone created the show and continue to do most of the writing, directing, and voice acting. The narrative revolves around four children -- Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick -- and their bizarre experiences in the titular mountain town. Has won 3 daytime Emmys Total of 188 episodes since the show's debut in 1997. Two feature-length movies have also been released; the musical film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in 1999, and the three-episode Imaginationland story arc was rei...
Poe's best known fiction works are Gothic His most recurring themes : death (its physical signs) the effects of decomposition concerns of premature burial the reanimation of the dead, mourning Dark romanticism genre Wrote : horror satires humor tales hoaxes He used irony and ludicrous extravagance "Metzengerstein" - the first story that Poe is known to have published Poe reinvented science fiction responding in his writing to emerging technologies such as hot air balloons in "The Balloon-Hoax" He used themes specifically catered for mass market tastes. Disliked didacticism and allegory "Works with obvious meanings cease to be art." "Quality work should be brief and focus on a specific single effect. " "The writer should carefully calculate every sentiment and idea." During his lifetime recognized as a literary critic. Poe's early detective fiction tales starring the fictitious C. Auguste Dupin - Dupi...
EDGAR ALLAN POE ,,All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream" A Dream within a Dream. · American poet, critic, short story writer · considered the father of the modern detective story · highly lauded as a poet · psychologically thrilling tales examining the depths of the human psyche · born on 19 January 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts · son of actors Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins (1787-1811) and David Poe (1784- 1810) · had a brother and a sister · after the death of his parents was taken in by Frances (d.1829) and John Allan (d.1834) · travelled with the Allans to England in 1815 and attended school in Chelsea · 1820 - back in Richmond · attended the University of Virginia and studied Latin and poetry · enjoyed swimming and acting · became estranged from his foster father after accumulating gambling debts · left school and enlisted in the United States Arm...
The Renaissance 1500 1650: background 1. What does the word ,,renaissance mean? Characterize briefly the period called the Renaissance. "The rebirth" from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth"; Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere "be born") Rebirth of scholarship based on classical learning and philosophy. The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. It encompassed a revival of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform. (wikipedia)Bridge between Medieval Ages and Modern Era. 2. Where did the Renaissance start and why? In the opening years of the 14th century, there began to develop in Italy and increasing interest in the manuscripts that had surviv...
William Shakesepare ,, A Midsummer nights dream" William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Nights Dream is about love. Shakespeare creates for readers a world of wonder. How true is my love? Will it stay true? Is there a destiny for me? Do I make my own destiny? With that we see Hermia and Lysander. Their love is found to be altered throughout the story. Can you tell who you are going to love tomorrow, do you know for sure that you wont wake up tomorrow infatuated with someone else? Is love predictable? For many the answer to that question is yes but thinking logically you can't choose love. "I would my father looked but with my eyes." (Act I scene 1 line 57 Hermia). Hermia'a father Egeus has chosen for her a husband. Hermia is in love with someone already. Hermia won't have her life be chosen for her and she decides to elope with her love. This is exciting and they only think they will love forever because this love is so tr...
When and where was he born? He was born somewhere around 1343 in London. What occupations did he have during his life? He was trained for knighthood, he also worked as a courtier, a diplomat, and a civil servant, as well as working for the king, collecting and inventorying scrap metal How many periods are his works divided into? What are they called? What are the main works of each period? What/who are they inspired by? His poetry is generally divided into three periods the French period ("The romance of the rose"), the Italian period ("Troilus and Criseyde", inspired by his own trip to Italy) and the English period ("The Canterbury Tales") What type of a work is The Canterbury Tales ? Poetry (two tales are in prose: the Tale of Melibee and the Parson's Tale) When did Chaucer die? Where is he buried? He is believe...
The Mountain Lion cougar (Puma concolor), also puma, cougar, or panther, is a member of the Felidae family, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any wild land mammal in the Western Hemisphere, extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America. An adaptable species, the cougar is found in every major North American habitat. The Mountain lions of Yellowstone region were significantly reduced by predator control measures during the early 1900s. It is reported that 121 lions were removed from the park between the years 1904 and 1925. Then, the remaining population was estimated to be 12 individuals. Mountain lions apparently existed at very low numbers between 1925 and 1940. They maintain a secretive profile in the Yellowstone region. Although the cougar population numbered in the hundreds during the early 1900s, controlled hunts between 1904 and 1925 decimated the population. Today,...
John Galsworthy The Man of Property PREFACE "The Forsyte Saga" was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called "The Man of Property"; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged the Forsytean tenacity that is in all of us. The word Saga might be objected to on the ground that it connotes the heroic and that there is little heroism in these pages. But it is used with a suitable irony; and, after all, this long tale, though it may deal with folk in frock coats, furbelows, and a gilt- edged period, is not devoid of the essential heat of conflict. Discounting for the gigantic stature and blood-thirstiness of old days, as they have come down to us in fairy-tale and legend, the folk of the old Sagas were Forsytes, assuredly, in their possessive instincts, and as little proof against the inroads of beauty and passion as Swithin, Soames, or even Young Jolyon. And if heroic figures, in ...
FELIX BAUMGARTNER Felix Baumgartner, born April 20, 1969, grew up in Salzburg, Austria where he dreamed of skydiving and flying helicopters and was inspired by astronauts on TV. He made his first skydive at age 16. After sharpening his parachute skills as a member of a Special Forces demonstration team for the Austrian military, he supported himself by repairing motorcycles before becoming a proffesional in skydiving. Eager to test the limits, Felix set a record for history's lowest BASE jump (from Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue), twice set world records for the highest BASE jump from a building (Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei 101 tower), and even landed his canopy inside a cave in Croatia. Felix was named to Vienna's Street of Champions and nominated for a World Sports Award and two categories in the NEA Extreme Sports Awards. A licensed gas balloon pilot, he has earned private helicopte...
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Timeline Age Child Teenager Adolescent School Colongowes Wood Belvedere College University College Relations with family Close to his family. Closeness decreases Separate from family. Feels homesick at more and more. Mother is disappointed in his lack of faith. school. Father makes him feel Dante plays an ashamed. important role. Religious Influenced by his Longed for romance, Sins. Priestly life, devoted Devoted to art and attitude, morality family with Catholic but kept his morals. Ignored his religious to religion. beaut...
When a man and a woman decide on being partners in private life as well as at work, they are bound to run into problems or such often seems to be the public perception. If that is a rule, however, there certainly are exceptions. Marc (45) and Catherine (37) Brown have had to cope with that situation for many years now, with Marc being a cow farm manager and Catherine a milkmaid at the same institution. The exact name and location of the farm shall be left undisclosed, but it is certainly one of the most prestigious in England, meaning that stresses and strains are many meeting high expectations demands intense work. Marc and Catherine kindly ask me to join them in their cozy little house near the farm. We sit down by the fireplace and Catherine serves her special and at least locally very famous tea the exact recipe is a well-kept secret, of course. Was working in a farm something you planned already long ago? Marc: No, not reall...
"Harry Potter ja fööniksi ordu" J.K.Rowling Autorist · Kodanikunimi Joanne Rowling · Kirjanikunimi Joanne Kathleen Rowling · Sündinud 31. juulil Yate'is Inglismaal. · Rowligul on noorem õde Dianne. · Tal on tütar Jessica, kes on praegu 18 aastane. Joanne Rowling Rowling sai väga paljude tegelaste jaoks kirjutades inspiratsiooni tegelikust elust. Tema esimese kooli direktor vanahärra Alfred Dunn oli tegelaskuju Albus Dumbledore loomisel inspiratsiooniallikaks. Rowling on ütelnud, et Hermione on koopia temast kui ta oli 11-aastane. Samal aastal, kui Rowling hakkas jutustusi kirja panema, suri tema ema. See mõjutas ka raamatu kirjutamist ja ta oskas paremini kirjeldada seda kaotusvalu, mida raamatus tunneb Harry Potteri tegelaskuju. Kui Rowling lahutas oma mehest, diagnoositi tal kliiniline depresioon ning tema arstid pidasid võimalikuks enesetappu. See haigus tõi talle mõtt...
"Harry Potter ja Segavereline Prints" J.K. Rowling http://mangukoobas.lahendus.ee/id/27/monster/329265/action/pages/mode/view/p ageid/294243/ Autorist Kodanikunimi Joanne Rowling; Ta on sündinud 31. juulil 1931, Inglismaal; Rowlingut peetakse üheks maailma rikkaimaks kirjanikuks, tema raamatuid on kokku müüdud üle 400 miljoni eksemplari. Rowlingul on tütar Jessica ja kaks aastat noorem õde Dianne. http://pelishp.blogspot.com/p/jk-rowling.html Sündmustik Dumbledore ja reis Horace Slughorni juurde; Weasly võluvigurid; Reis Sigatüüka ekspressis; Harry, kui lendluudpalli võistkonna kapten; Tunnid Dumbledore'ga; Dumbledore lõpp. Tähtsamad tegelased Harry Potter Ron Weasley Hermonie Granger Ginny Weasley Albus Dumbledore Horace Slughorn Rubeus Hagrid Draco Malfoy
Harry Potter Harry Potterist endast: Harry elab oma mugudest sugulaste juures (Vernon, Petunia ja Dudley Dursley).Tema vanemad said surma autoõnnetuses. Vähemalt Harry arvab nii. Oma üheteistkümnendal sünnipäeval saab ta teada, et ta on võlur ja ta läheb kooli nimega Sigatüügas. Ta saab ka teada, et ta on kuulus. Kõik võlumaalilmas teavad ta nime. Ta saab ka Sigatüükas sõpru, mida tal pole kunagi tavakoolis olnud. Nende nimed on Ron ja Hermione. Tema sõbraks saab ka Sigatüüka majavaht Hagrid. Sigatüüka direktor on Albus Dumbledore ja selles koolis tuleb käia seitse aastat. Igal aastal juhtub Harryga mõni seiklus, mis vältab enam-vähem kogu aasta. Harry käib Sigatüüka majas nimega Gryffindor. Mõned igas raamatus olevad tegelased: Hermione Granger on mugupäritolu. Ta võib olla väga upsakas, aga ta on truu sõber. Ta on väga tark ja õpib pidevalt ja on enam-vähem kõikide õpetajate lemmik...
Eesti keele säilimise eeldused ja võimalused Eesti keel on väga vana keel. Meie keel hakkas läänemere-soome keelte seas eristatavaks muutuma juba peaaegu 2500 aastat tagasi ning eesti keeleks võis nimetada seda juba eelmise aastatuhande alguses. Tollest ajajärgust alates on meie keel palju muutusi läbi teinud. Keele arengut suunavad nii välimised kui sisemised tegurid – maailmas toimuvad muutused tingivad ja eeldavad, et ka keel muutuks. Keelt ohustavad probleemid ja asjaolud on läbi aegade olnud ikka ja jälle enamvähem samad, ainsana on muutunud nende vorm. Viimastel aastakümnetel on aina suuremaks probleemiks muutunud släng. Ka see on eksisteerinud aegade algusest peale, kuid läbi ajaloo on käitumis- ja eetikareeglid olnud alati tambina peal ning släng ei ole pääsenud võimule. Tänapäeval arvavad inimesed, et kõik peaks olema vabam, igaüks tehku, mis ise tahab, tihtilugu eetikareeglid üldse puuduvad, niisiis,...
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