James Berry I wish my teacher’s eyes wouldn’t go past me today. Wish he’d know it’s okay to hug me when I kick a goal. Wish I myself wouldn’t hold back when answer comes. I’m no woodchopper now like all ancestors. I wish I could be educated to the best of tune up, and earn… Read More Dreaming Black Boy
Elma Mitchell We shouted out ‘We’ve got her! Here she is! It’s her all right ‘. We caught her. There she was – A decent-looking woman, you’d have said, (They often are) Beautiful, but dead scared, Tousled – we roughed her up A little, nothing much And not the first time By any means She’d… Read More A Stone’s Throw
My parents kept me from children who were rough Who threw words like stones and wore torn clothes Their thighs showed through rags they ran in the street And climbed cliffs and stripped by the country streams. I feared more than tigers their muscles like iron Their jerking hands and their knees tight on my… Read More My Parents by Stephen Spender
Birdshooting season the men make marriages with their guns My father’s house turns macho as from far the hunters gather All night long contentless women stir their brews: hot coffee chocolata, cerassie wrap pone and tie-leaf for tomorrow’s sport. Tonight the men drink white rum neat. In darkness shouldering their packs, their guns, they leave… Read More Birdshooting Season by Olive Senior
Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf… Read More Dulce et Decorum Est
Animal Farm – Important traits of the characters in the Story NAPOLEON AND SNOWBALLNapoleon emerges as the leader of the farm after the rebellion. He is more deceitful and dangerous than Snowball. Like Joseph Stalin, Napoleon intimidates others and consolidates his power using military force (his nine loyal attack dogs). SNOWBALL challenges Napoleon to… Read More Characters in Orwell’s Animal Farm
Literary Devices Explanation Action The main action in the novel is that the children are fascinated with Boo Radley, the trial of Tom Robinson, and his demise. The rising action is the children’s fascination of Boo. The falling action is the threats of Bob Ewell to Atticus and Boo saving the children from Bob Ewell.… Read More Literary Devices in Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Themes and Elements Title Common Themes found in the short stories Elements and Techniques to discuss in the short stories Mom Luby and the Social Worker By Kristin Hunter Social Injustice in minority groupsWomanhood and the challenges of being a womanPoverty among minority groupsHardship of the Black woman Setting Narrative Point of View Juxtaposition Satire… Read More Short Stories for CSEC (2018 – 2023)
