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  • Her son was first made known to her as a sense of unease, a need to cry for little reasons and a metallic tide rising in her mouth each morning. Such signs made her know That she was not alone in her body. She carried him full term tight up under her heart. She carried

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  • Martin Carter This is the dark time, my love, All round the land brown beetles crawl about. The shining sun is hidden in the sky Red flowers bend their heads in awful sorrow. This is the dark time, my love, It is the season of oppression, dark metal, and tears. It is the festival of

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  • I leave this house box pieces of the five-week life I’ve gathered. I’ll send them on to fill spaces in my future life. One thing is left a spray of orchids someone gave from a bouquet one who makes a ritual of flower-giving sent. The orchids have no fragrance but purple petals draw you to

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  • Fun Facts – Grammar Present Perfect – Active We use the active when the subject of the sentence does the action: – Martin has just watched that movie.– My friend has driven over that mountain   Present Perfect – Passive We use the passive when the person who does something is  not known or not

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  • A WORLD OF PROSE FOR CSEC – Essay Questions Julie Tagg GENERIC TYPE QUESTIONS

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  • by TWCSECE Childhood Experiences Family Relationship Friendship Racism, Prejudice, Discrimination and Struggles Poverty Religion Women in society The treatment of women The Role of the Elderly Death/Dying

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  • CHARACTER Benjy Benjy’s mom Benjy’s father The good-looking man SETTING The story takes place in the small town of Springville in rural Jamaica. The family is from an even smaller town called One-Eye, located in the mountains of Springville. SUMMARY           The third-person narrator tells of Benjy and his need to taste ice cream for

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  • CHARACTERS Benjy Paul Mac is the old shoemaker in the village SETTING An unnamed village SUMMARY           The third-person narrator relates the events of the theme of hate. Paul is not comfortable with the relationship that he shares with his twin brother Benjy. He does not like the fact that Benjy is self-sufficient and that

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