Story of My Life

Parlowe The novel “Ignorance” by Milan Kundera is a compelling story about the plight of immigration. It exposes immigration through the eyes of an immigrant, and teaches those who are not to try and see through the eyes of another. This novel is chalked full of duality; the state of immigration as ‘others’ see it, and the ‘truth’ of immigration from immigrants themselves. It uses the story of the Odyssey to parallel the themes of leaving and returning, as well as the adventure in between. This

Cabot Publisher: HarperCollins Year: 2001 Number of Pages: 540 Genre: Junior Books Opening Lines: ‘’They want me to write it down. All of it. They’re calling it my statement.’’ Memorable quotes: "You'll blow up a helicopter, but you won't go out with me? What is wrong with you?" ‘’I don’t think he could ever be a serial killer. He’s way too shy. That Ted Bundy guy, he was pretty outgoing, from what I heard.’’ Meg Cabot’s novels have a way of captivating, surprising, and fascinating its readers

A Summary Of Hermann Hesse’s Demian Kathryn Byrnes Winter 1998 Demian is the story of a boy, Emil Sinclair, and his search for himself. Emil was raised in a good traditional home at the turn of the century in the young nation of Germany. His family is rather wealthy and they have a As a boy, Sinclair reputation as an upright, godly family. views the world within the walls of his home as representing all that is good, pure, innocent, and godly. But starting at a young age he feels

Summary and Analysis of Introduction (text 1)Summary: The first-person introduction is written in the voice of a childhood friend of Jim Burden, who is the narrator for the remainder of the novel. The anonymous speaker in this introduction tells us that last summer, he unexpectedly met his friend on a train and that they spent the journey reminiscing about their childhood in Nebraska. It is hot and dusty on the train, and it reminds them of the weather growing up on the frontier. According to

’but I’ll be goddamned if I’m going to lay out my hard-earned money to help that creep Simp.’ ’You wouldn’t be helping Simp. He doesn’t even live there now.’ ’He owns the house, doesn’t he ? It would be different if I thought he’d ever repay it, but from what you say, he’s a loser and a stupid bastard, and I’d never see that money again.’ ’Oh, Norm, what difference does it make ? We have plenty.’ ’That’s easy for you to say. That money comes out of my hide.’ ’What do you think I do all day ? What

curtain. He gets down, takes three steps towards window left, goes back for ladder, carries it over and sets it down under window left, gets up on it, looks out of window. Brief laugh. He gets down, takes one step towards window right, goes back for ladder, carries it over and sets it down under window right, gets up on it, looks out of window. Brief laugh. He gets down, goes with ladder towards ashbins, halts, turns, carries back ladder and sets it down under window right, goes to ashbins, removes

autobiography. Personally, I would recognise an autobiographical piece of work as being an entirely factual recount of events, true to their chronological order, blatantly retroactive and most importantly the author must correspond with the principal character. An autobiography often comes across as a quest for ratification of the author’s own identity, an effort to deduce the reason for their own existence. My own interpretation of what forms an autobiography corresponds almost exactly with Philippe

warm and touching love story set in England circa 1909. Jane and Garth are in love, but as so often happens they are separated with obstacles to overcome. Florence Barclay tells their story with compassion and a deep understanding of her character’s innermost feelings and desires. Profile The novelist Florence Louisa Charlesworth was born on 2 December 1862. Her father was the Reverend Samuel Charlesworth who was the Rector of Limpsfield, Surrey. The family, consisting of her mother and father,

My first real encounter with the world outside the United States came in 1962, when I spent several months working for an anti-government newspaper in South Africa [...] The battle against apartheid was my first exposure to serious politics, and to a nineteen-year-old, as I was then, it was overwhelming. Part of the experience was realizing that the USA was on the wrong side. Fine speeches at the United Nations were one thing, but the directory board in the lobby of the American Embassy in Pretoria

is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more than 130 million copies. His main successes are The Pillars of the Earth, The Key to Rebecca, Triple, Lie Down with Lions, Eye of the Needle… He published Paper Money in 1977 as Zachary Stone, as The Modigliani Scandal On his website (http://www.ken-follett.com), he declared: “I was almost good when I wrote The Modigliani Scandal and Paper Money. They were the last two novels before I found success with Eye of the Needle. By this