Jorges P Lopez
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This book is the FIRST in a series of writing books that take the skill from the basics. They are intended for kids learning to write, students who have basic writing skills, college and university students who intend to hone their communication skills thoroughly and for the general writer, especially the scholar and the creative writer who wants to learn good writing skiils. The books are divided depending on the level of the skill of the learner...
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This is the SECOND BOOKLET in the MARGARET OGOLA'S THE RIVER AND THE SOURCE series. It examines the nature of the themes against world themes in literature, and the Elements of Style used in this novel. Themes and Style are studied in depth to enable the reader not only get insight into the nevel but also acquire skills applicable to the study of other novels.
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Although this is generally a storybook for children, JIMMY AND THE DODGER, like ALL its counterparts in the JIMMY DIARIES SERIES also go out to do a number of things. First, they have been made humorous enough to pull kids away from the TV. Second, they attempt to teach morals to children by examining a number of issues affecting children from parenting to bullying and the like to teach kids one or two home truths about growing up. Third, they are...
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This book examines the THEMES of Bertolt Brecht's famous play THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE. It also looks at the ELEMENTS OF STYLE with a special focus on MODERN DRAMA, BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL and European drama that departs from traditional styles. The books departs from other comprehensive guide books in recognition of the fact that college students will often have one or two elements to focus on and not necessarily a complete book or the the author....
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Kazuo Ishiguro is an award winning British writer of Japanese descent. he has written many novels and won several awards. An Artist of the Floating World, published in 1986 was short listed for the Booker Prize and was rated one of the best 100 books ever written. It examines the nature of memory and denial and the interplay between the two in determining people's characters. Plot and Chacters here examines the storyline from a literary point of view...
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This book examines the PLOT of the play and the CHARACTERS in Jhenrik Ibsen's famous play A DOLL'S HOUSE. This allows the critic of the play to have a comprehensive view of what the play is about, how it is crafted, who the players are and what underlies the CONFLICT of the play. This should prepare any student of henrik ibsen in general or of this play in particular, to answer any questions about the writer and his work, his world view and his general...
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This book teaches readers, especially students of drama in high school and colleges, how to respond to questions. This is because, often, students do not fail because they do not know; poor performance results from inability to interpret questions appropriately and therefore, poor response to them. This book approaches this problem in a number of ways. First, it teaches the reader how to interpret question words, giving enough questions to show how...
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John Lara's The Samaritan is an interesting play about modern politics in the caribbean and the so called third world. It adds a voice to the general criticism of corrupption and maladministration in these areas. This book aims at helping the reader understand the crafting of this play in terms of conflict and sub-conflicts and how they build the plot as well as the logic behind the characters, whow and what they are, and the role they play. This...
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When it comes to education matters, especially writing, the problem may not be so much what we know but how to present it to those who need to read it to prove that we know what we are required to know. More often than not, students will have a lot of facts but fail to present them in a way that they will easily be understood. In some cases, especially in high school and colllege, the problem gets even bigger. We do not only need to present what is...
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We often don't marry the people we expect. Many of us make GRAVE mistakes which we regret forever after. But some, thanks to God and all the angels in heaven, meet someone - often by mistake - who becomes the cetre hold of our lives from then on...if we are lucky. This story tells such a narrative. A young college guy out in his wayward ways almost gets arrested in a foreign country as he smuggles goods to sell in college. Many such young men get...
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Boys will be boys. They will go out of their way to take advantage of one and all. They tell simple lies and get away with it. Sometimes they tell big lies that cause disasters. But they will never learn. They will never realize that the adult and parent world they deal with is a lot wiser than them; after all, it comes with experience. It is not always, however, that a boy will be mischievous out of malice. Sometimes they may be moved to action by...
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For students studying European drama and especially 20th century drama, Bertolt Brecht is a central question. This book analyzes the PLOT and the CHARACTERS of Bertolt Brecht's famous play THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, giving self-directing questions which help the student in the analysis and guide into the study of similar drama. The characters and their ROLES are also examined. Unlike many literary criticism guides on drama, this book examines only...
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Modern Literature has diversified into comparative literature and African Literature has become quite important in this field. This is because it not only tries to rewrite a lot about Africa which was biased according to Eurocentric writers but also because it incorporates a lot of issues uniquely African. These may have to do with the traditional African Societies as well as the evolution of new so-called modern African societies, more oriented to...
15) Amy
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We have all got to that point where we are about to engage in something new...and we are not sure how to continue. We have all had that chance when we go to a new school or a new class and we are afraid of the reception. Some of our parents have dotted on us in basic or primary school...until it gets to a point when we have to leave them and manage on our own...AMY is a COMING OF AGE novella in which a teenage girl gets to that point where she has...
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Reading the African novel is a challenging task.This is more so when a novel is as long and wide and complex as Margaret Ogola's famous novel The River and the Source. This guide book however makes your task easy. It divides the novel into four distinct sections and examines them one by one. It then gives you tips on how to approach CONTEXT and ESSAY questions based on this novel - with good examples - and helps you deal with other novels in the same...
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Poetry is one of the most challenging subjects. It has been a big challenge both to study it and even to write it because it has inherent rules that determine how it works. To interpret it, understand it or even write it, one needs to understand these rules. Any good poetry enthusiast, critic or writer begins here. This book tries to make the reader understand the bulk of these rules. It uses some of the most exciting and popular poetry through time...
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This book draws its inspiration from the age-old conflict between the sexes. Men have forever been in conflict with women over who can do what, who should do what, and probably to put it more succintly, who can do what better than the other. This conflict is even sharper in the youth with young women going for careers formerly meant for the male gender, such as politics - and most science based careers. This novella focuses on games. In the story,...
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This book is book is the third in a series that examines the novel, Fathers of Nations, by Paul B Vitta. The first booklet analyzes the plot and examines the characters and their roles. The second examines the important themes and the elements of style. This book looks at how to deal with questions set on this novel. It begins with how to interpret question words, recognizing that this is often the first hurdle standing in the way of a student's performance....
20) Jimmy Karda
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Growing up has its myriad of problem which few tend to notice apart from the child growing up. Or maybe this is because of the child's point of view? Anyhow, all of us have fond memories of what was and what might have been - life with brothers, sisters, parents, neighbors (and often, with grandparents). Children have little understanding of what is happening around them and we get entertained as they tell us from their own point of view. Many of...