... - Lehrwerke for year 7 to analyse how Conditional clauses are dealt with and introduced. We decided to have a closer look on year seven books because in this age Conditional clauses appear the first time in syllabus. Our choise was one book for pupils on a "Gymnasium", Lerning English ... it. First we had a closer look at the Green- Line 3 Lehrwerk: Generally this book is cut into 8 chapters. Conditional clauses are introduced in chapter 3 in short dialouges. It's a scene in a youth hostel where a lot of young people were sitting in the kitchen and talking about preparing ... important ...

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... while talking. Holden makes up an excuse for leaving and does so, thoughtful of what he has been told, but without taking anything into deep consideration. Chapter 3 In chapter three, Holden goes back to his dorm in the Ossenburger Memorial Wing. He shares a room with a friendly senior called Ward Stradlater, who was currently ... From the tenth chapter of "The Catcher in the Rye" we get to know some more about Holden's family. He mentions his sister, Phoebe, who in his opinion is a very smart little girl and compares her to himself on this matter. He talks about how she likes writing b...

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... be the same again. As we take a closer look into Hiroshima, we can examine each of the chapters little by little, starting with the start of the novel. In Chapter one, we can see that the author is introducing the six main characters to us and how their lives normally went ... was no warning or sound of approaching planes for the Japanese people to know that an atomic bomb was going to explode any minute. Going into Chapter two, Hersey's description of what the main characters are going through are so vivid that the readers can picture collapsed houses, people crying "Tasuketekure! ... ...

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... 's minds. The children are mere "vessels" for transporting information. The man has even got a square finger. "The speaker's square forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmaster's sleeve. Gradgrind is described as having a "square wall of a forehead", and as having a " mouth ... feeling, imagination, fantasy and emotional knowledge, instead of the factual counterpart that Mr. Grandgrind stands for. "She looked as if she were frightened by the matter of fact prospect the world afforded". Because she was brought up in a circus, she kno...

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This novel is one of the best-selling fantasy novel series Harry Turtledove has written. It is a very interesting book to read and Harry Turtledove would have to be one of the geniuses of this demanding field. Turtledove has created a fascinating world of various lands and peoples, of colour, high honour and the realities of bloody death. With echoes of the First World War, Into the Darkness is a tour de force of fantasy and the utter futility of armed struggles between nations. The story begins with relative peace between the nations of the continent of Derlavai, after a previous war known as...

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... kings were: Asa, Jehoshaphat, Joash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Hezekiah, and Josiah. Among them Hezekiah and Josiah has been given greater admiration by Author of books of Kings for their obedience to God that there were no other kings like them (2 Kings 18:5-6, 2 Kings 23:25 respectively). Accordingly, ... Prophets were common man from nation unlike the former prophets used to be rulers of the country. There are numbers of prophets recorded in both books Nathan, Micaiah, Ahijah of Shiloh, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Huldah, and other unnamed prophets. Rather than leading communities, they ...

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Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. was born on September 20, 1878 and became an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The ... public, in an attempt to educate the people involved in what he portrayed in the story. The story takes place in the early twentieth century. In the first chapter, a Lithuanian immigrant couple Ona and Jurgis, arrive in Chicago and wait to be married. They have their veselija also known as a wedding feast, being held in .....

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... Golding Title: Lord Of The Flies Author: The book was written by William Golding. Golding is a British writer and poet. Golding was born in 1911 and died in 1993. He won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1983. In his books, Golding often deals with evil and emerges. His writings have been described ... I think it's a very smart and interesting book, which can teach us a lot. The main characters: Ralph: A 12 years old. Ralph is chosen by all the other children on the island to be their leader, due to his postivie qualities. He becomes friends with Piggy and together they try to keep the .....

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... life change after Mr. Earnshaw's death? What effect does the change have on his relationship Catherine? - Heathcliff is turned into a so called servant by Hindley when Mr. Earnshaw had died. This causes Catherine to marry Edgar Linton instead of Heathcliff because of the want for a social prominence. 5. ... What does Catherine mean when she says to Nelly Dean in Chapter 9, "I am Heathcliff?" - Catherine means that she sees herself and Heathcliff as one person. 6. Catherine tells Nelly she will marry Edgar "because he ... between the two houses? a. How is each house described? - Wuthering...

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... novel, we can assume that Hemingway expresses both his personal philosophy and typical modernist thinking through the main character Frederic Henry. In the last two books of A Farwell to Arms, there are many passages spoken by Henry, two passages the best illustrate what Hemingway believes to be true about man and the way the universe operates are on pages 249 and 327 ... is referring to the bad things that happen throughout your life that have significant effects on your character. The best example of how the book breaks Henry is the last chapter in which Catherine dies after giving bi...

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I had study "Of mice and men" for my English GCSE course. I was not looking forward to it, as I like to choose the books I read myself. Although after reading the first chapter I was engrossed and couldn't put it down. I really enjoyed it and couldn't wait to see what would happen next. "Of mice and men" is a novella. This means it is not ... . The title of the book is very significant. It shows that plans can often go wrong or get destroyed by an unkind fate. The title was taken from a poem by Robert Burns. The poem tells of an unfortunate field mouse whose home is flattened by a plough. "Of...

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... more about the Cold War. The book is filled with pictures, which is always a plus in reading this book. Roberts separates the book into 6 lengthy chapters. The first chapter, "The Politics of the New World," clarifies about the antagonism between the Soviets and the Americans, who are the dominant world powers at that time of the Cold War. I ... and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in the Republic of South Africa, is and how it is still affecting the people of South Africa even today. Chapter two is mostly about Africa and its affects with the Cold War. H...

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... others. This makes the pieces unique; therefore, it forces the reader to take extreme Situation on their perspectives of these books. Both books have been failures commercially compare to his other books. In The Autumn of The Patriarch, the protagonist is the dictator. The story begins with the unearthing of the dictator's ... country. This shows the authors ambition to show how the figure of Patriarch has parallels to the holy image of Jesus. However, by the end of this chapter, the god figure of the Patriarch becomes more human as he fells in love with Nazareno Leticia. This shows the ...

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Job, it is one of the most repetitive books in the bible. The meaning of the text has been interpreted in many different ways over the years. In religious ways it has been interpreted to be a great morality ... to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset." Job showed great patience with God throughout the whole book of Job. Job's patience started in chapter 1 verse 13 when Satan takes all of Job's property and even his children. The worst part was that it wasn't like his kids just vanished. The wind blew on ... contend with someone so mighty, strong,...

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... Page137- "The good damp smell of the grass, the earth, rushed into Jerry's nostrils- Page138- "Turning the key swiftly, he flung the door open and tossed his books on the chair in the hallway. Page139- "And then the dial tone, like a fart in his ear." Page140- " was now a grotesque jumble of unconnected letters." ... and over, just to make sure it's not a mistake. According to his totals the sales are going up quickly. As he is doing the books Carter comes in and throws money at him. Brian counts it and then Carter tells him who to put it down for. Not that these people ... Symbolism: ...

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... state that he can only laugh. Suddenly, Weary realizes that they are being watched by five German soldiers and a police dog. They have been captured. MY COMMENTS: There are a few things in this chapter that come to my attention. First, the main character's name is Billy, not ... . I believe this pertains to Vonnegut's promise to Mary O'Hare not to glorify soldiers. You might not agree, just my opinion. Chapter Three The troops who capture Billy and Weary are irregulars, newly enlisted men using the equipment of newly dead soldiers. Their commander is ... read this, I got cold chills and...

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... other way. He wants to tell the world what really happened, but the only way he can make sense of this terrible event in his life is by inserting these eccentric elements. Due to Billy Pilgrim's uncontrollable time-traveling, chronology is almost nonexistent. A reader can first experience Billy's time-traveling when he ... they see all time at once, it's never ending. Every moment is structured a certain way, so it will always happen that way. It is sheerly by chance that Billy can time-travel as well. As a result of his becoming unstuck in time, he understands their concept of destiny ...

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... something that is external and is not relying on the influence and perception of the individual. The objectivistic view will most likely be prominent throughout chapter 1, the state, where general things such as laws are discussed. However, the constructivist view - the opposite of the objectivistic view - will ... and perception of the individual, such as the consumers: the individual behaviour within food waste. The constructivist view is both used in chapter 2 and 3, but also in chapter 1 where, as already mentioned, the objectivistic view will be used as well. In general our subject ...

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... of writing. Also pottery, and other material objects can from the Near East and many of which are displayed in museum around the world. The second chapter really interested me with the physical and climatic aspects of the East. I had also thought that the East was all desert, I have the image ... place known for agricultural activity. Further into Hitti's book the facts became very confusing at times with all the names that I can not pronounce. In chapter 15 it talked mostly about rulers and who was fighting with whom and taking over their terroritory and then who dies and then his son ta...

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... stroke which left him paralyzed. Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith died in Fullerton, California. He died on April 2nd, 1966, at the age of 45. Some of his popular books were: The African Queen (1935), and made into a film in 1951. The Peacemaker (1934), Flying Colours (1938), The Happy Return (1937), and many others. ... Cecil Scott Forester wrote many wonderful books throughout his years. He tended to write biography's, popular novel's, and thrillers. He wrote eleven Horatio Hornblower books, and then The African Queen is part of the saga. The book was about a young seventeen year old ... o...

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#1: The Literary Merit of Judith Finding a "good" story in the Bible is a hard thing to come by. Many of the books are filled with constant repetitions that bog the flow of the story and seem to never get to the point of the book. The book of ... one of the best examples of a literary work in the Bible. The Book of Judith's plot is so consistent; it is assumed that one author wrote it. A feature not many books of the Bible can claim. For a story to have literary merit it must meet a few certain criteria, namely, a good flow, a good versus evil theme, and a moral. ... to easily follow from o...

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... deeply and thriving over the subjects in the text can definitely be dangerous. In, "Madame Bovary," by Gustave Flaubert, the ways in which Emma was affected by the tales of romance and utopias that she read from her books deeply molded her into an impatient, bratty, foolish, and unrealistic woman, who essentially dug her own grave. Emma Bovary quickly grew very impatient with ... how things were going with her husband, Charles-regarding their marriage. In chapter 7, when Emma and her husband were ... completely change anybody's mind if done the right way. Emma was naive, which made her...

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... wondering where the next 'fix' is coming from." This was important for her to realize at a young age because she was surrounded by violence throughout all her childhood and it is very easy for someone, especially at such a transitioning age, to become fixed on that sort of ... separated, she becomes more independent. She no longer needs him to defend her from insults. She now has books, which are a consistent source of joy and education. Angelou reaches a pinnacle in chapter 30. Alone on the mountainside, Maya realizes she can accomplish even the most frightening thing if she puts h...

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... Medal Home Page, Caldecott Medal Home Page, Reading Corner, Book Lists of Children's Literature, 101 Out of this World books for Kids Ages 8 - 13, Amazon Books, and Powell's Books. Many of these sights listed the age level and a short synopsis of the book. Looking at the Do's and ... or not the book should have received the award. I also selected books by themes like "chocolate" or "adjusting to third grade." I choose a few books because their setting is one of the countries the third grade studies in social studies. Some books were selected because they are a part of a series. If they ...

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... . In Dubious Battle was about a farm workers" strike in California. Two years later, one of his more successful and popular books, Of Mice and Men, was written. It was followed by The Long Valley, another collection of short stories, in 1938. The Grapes of Wrath, written in 1939, was perhaps Steinbeck's most ... was a War. Cannery Row, another novel about California, was then published in 1945. The Winter of Discontent and Travels with Charley were his last books, both published in 1961. Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. In his acceptance speech, he spoke of the ...

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