you can post here any questions you believe important about any of the stories we discussed in the class.
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war:
1.Comment on the following statement:
“Parental love is not like bread than can be broken to piecesnd split among children…”
2.Discuss the elements of sympolism in the story:”war”
3.”Does the story war pro-war or anti-war?discuss with examples.
“The land of sad oranges”
1.Comment on the following extract:
“we were all breatheless,though your father kept running inspite of his fifty years of age—–like a small herd of goats”
2.comment:
“The oranges that dies,as an old father told us,if a strange hand watered its trees”
3.Discuss the theme of hope and dispair in the story”The land of sad oranges”
assalam alikom,
WAR:-
1- how luigi in his short story gives voice to voiceless?
ANSWERING:-
* glomy atmosghere at the begining of the story that “night express” and even when the dawn came, it only made the view more cleary for us to see how tragic the passengers became.
*their language and appearance.” mourn clothes, watery eyes, bloodshot, shapless bundle, puffing, moaning, uneasy, livid lips, trembling, silence……….”
* how the four different families react ” two forced to accept, the fat man tried to accept and be powerful but he couldnt, he tried to persuade the couple to be proud of thier son”
2- symbolism in “war”
* two missing teeth—— the misery he tries to hide
* train——– war never over, war never stpped
* mourn clothes———— sadness, misery, tragic condition.
are my answers true or not? i am waiting for your reply, mr…
and thank you…
God job Haneen. But I am sorry, I do not have time to examine the answers. I am sure you are smart enough to know for yourself.
from “War”:
1- “then, is your son really dead?” comment.
2- “if country is a natural necessity like bread of which each of us must eat in order not to die of hunger, someone must go to defend it.” comment?
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from “the land of the sad oranges”
1- Ghassan kanafani in his story mixes the artistic reality with the historical one. discuss?
2- ” the orange was wrinkled and dry.” comment?
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from “The Tell-Tale Heart”
1- Poe’s use of vivid imagery helos us visualize the events of the story. discuss.
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thanks