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Personen
Lord Henry Wotton: recht jung, Oberschicht, raucht viel, sehr zynisch und dadurch z.T. grob und verletzend, bringt unauffällig viele Weisheiten (?) (eher provozierende Thesen), viele seltsame Ansichten, man weiss nicht, ob er sie selbst glaubt, Harry genannt, findet seine Seele und die Emotionen anderer das faszinierendste im Leben, faszinierende Stimme, viele Paradoxe, beeinflusst gerne andere, frauenfeindlich, egoistisches Denke ... mehr
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There is a big mystery around Gatsby`s past. The visitors of his parties love to chat about it, they love to spread wild rumours about his life and his career in illegal businesses. They really don`t care if he had a wealthy or a poor upbringing, the just like the idea of knowing a famous man. Gatsby doesn´t stop that gossip, he doesn`t tell much about himself besides people he gets to know better like Nick. And so Nick gets to know how much the ... mehr
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Nick Carraway moves to New York to get a job as a stock brocker. He finds a small house on Long Island, an expensive area where rich people live. Next to his home lays the big mansion of Jay Gatsby. Opposite the bay Nick`s cousin Daisy lives with her husband Tom Buchanan. Tom is having an mistress and he isn`t making a big secret out of it. Everybody seems to know. He even introduces his lover Myrtle, who is married to poor gas-station owner Wils ... mehr
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The light
Opposite Gatsby`s mansion across the bay lays the Buchanan`s house. Late in the evening when Gatsby stands at the beach and glances into their direction, he can see a green light constantly shining the whole night guiding boats safely to the Buchanan`s dock. This light is a symbol for Gatsby, a symbol of hope, a symbol for his aim, his love. It guides him to Daisy, it tells him she is not far away and that he is only one step away from ... mehr
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Sue Townsend is the creator of Britain's best-loved and best-selling diaries, namely the Adrian Mole diaries!
She was born in Leicester in 1946 is married and has four children. She grew up in a working class family and left school at the age of 15 with no qualifications. In 1978 she joined a writer's group at the Phoenix Art Centre in Leicester. The diary entries were read by one of the actors, who sent them to the BBC. When the book w ... mehr
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Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947 at the Maine
General Hospital in Portland Maine. His parents were Donald Edwin King and Ruth Pillsbury King. Stephen was the only natural born child in the family and his older brother David had been adopted at birth two years earlier.
The Kings were the typical family until one night Donald was stepping out and never come back again. Then the whole family travelled through many states and ca ... mehr
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Author: Bruce Chatwin was born in Sheffield in 1940. After visiting Marlborough School he worked as a porter at Sotheby's. Eight years later he was still working at Sotheby's, but now he had become one of the youngest directors. Between 1972 and 1975 he worked for the Sunday Times. Then he went to Patagonia for six months'. This trip inspired him to write "In Patagonia", which won the Hawthornden Prize and the E. M. Forster award and even launche ... mehr
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Bruce Chatwin is not only the author of this book but also one of the main characters. He always pursued his passion for world travelling and this book is about his journey in Australia.
Bruce meets Arkady, an Australian citizen (his parents came from Russia), who works together with Aboriginals trying to prevent the government from destroying their sacred places. Together they travel around Alice Springs. Bruce meets some Aboriginals, who give ... mehr
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Aborigines: Some people would call the Australian Aborigines primitive and backward. But in this book their enormous warmth and their charming way how to deal with life in general under such terrible conditions is shown.
Arkady: He's one of the few Australian citizens who communicates with Aboriginals. That's why he works with the Aboriginals and the government to preserve the Aboriginal culture.
Bruce: He tries to find parallels for the cultur ... mehr
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A classic tale of friendship and betrayal
The author:
Henry Graham Greene was born on 2.10.1904 in Berkhamsted, England, and was one of six children. At the age of eight he attended the Berkhamsted school, where his father Charles was the head teacher. As a teenager he was under so immense pressure, that he got psychological problems and suffered a nervous breakdown. In 1922 Greene was enrolled on the Balliol College, Oxford and in ... mehr
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Title+Author:
The book is called \"The True Story of Spit MacPhee\" and it was written by James Aldridge.
Other Information:
It was published by Penguin Books in 1986.
Type of book:
It is an original novel and it is a biography of a young boy.
Subject:
It is about an eleven-year old boy, who does not want to do what the grown-ups have decided for him.
Setting:
The story takes place in St. Helena, a town in Australia, in 1928.
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ROALD DAHL
1977, PUFFIN BOOKS
AUTHOR
Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916 in Llandaff, South Wales. He had three sisters Alfhild, Else, Asta and Astri. He was educated in Llandraff Cathedral School, then he was sent to an English boarding school: St. Peter`s. He was good at sports but academically he was toward the bottom of the class. One of his main hobbies was reading, and some of his favourite novelists were the adventure writ ... mehr
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The title says that the story is about the sinking of a ship, the Mary Deare.
The story is about an attented insurance fraud.
The story is about the sinking of the Mary Deare, a ship, which had loaded , zement-blocks instead of exepensive aeroplane engines. The owner of the ship tried to wreck it, but he wasn´t able to. Later the insurance found out that the aeroplane-engines had been sold to the Chinese.
Characters:
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The writing on the wall
by Lynne Reidd Banks
published by puffin books
Contents: Tracy, a 15 year old polish girl, who lives in London, meets Kev, a punk. She
adores him from the beginning and so she changes her outfit, to his style. Kev has the idea to travel to Holland in the summerholidays, and the naive Tracy, whose last year at school is ending, wants to go with him. , but if there weren´t her parents... He ... mehr
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Suchen und bestimmen Sie den Zentralen Begriff im Text. Über welche Lebensbereiche macht der Text Aussagen? Fassen Sie diese Aussagen zusammen.
Theobald Ziegel beschreibt in seinem Text die Situation der 1890er bis 1900 unter dem Begriff "Fin de siecle", was bei ihm für die Übergangszeit steht.
Das erste Thema, das er anschneidet ist Staat und Politik, wo es die Nationalgedanken gibt, die sich auch in übertriebener Vaterlandsstolz äußern un ... mehr
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Die Problematik dieses Buchabschnittes besteht darin, daß Botho, vor allem aber Lene realisieren, daß ihre Beziehung auf die Dauer nicht bestehen kann. Lene denkt über dieses Problem nach; Botho dagegen verdrängt es und möchte generell nicht darüber reden ( vergleiche S.42, Z. 17-18 ).
Kapitel 5:
In diesem Kapitel wird von der Liebe zwischen Botho und Lene berichtet. So sagt Lene auf Seite 27 in Zeile 13 "Ich gehe so gern an deinem Arm. ... mehr
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Theodor Fontane wurde 1819 in Neuruppin in der Mark Brandenburg geboren. Er entstammt einer französischen Hugenottenfamilie, die einst in Preußen Glaubensschutz gesucht hatte. Neuruppin und Swinmünde waren die ersten Stationen seiner Jugend, Berlin, Dresden und Leipzig die Stationen seiner Berufsausbildung zum Apotheker. Fontane schrieb in seiner Freizeit Gedichte und schloß sich bald in Berlin dem Dichterklub "Tunnel über der Spree", dem auch ... mehr
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Autor:
Theodor Fontane ist der bedeutendste Vertreter des deutschen Realismus.
Geboren in Neuruppin, das nördlich von Berlin gelegen ist, als Sohn eines Apothekers hugenottischer Abstammung, wurde er Apothekerlehrling in Berlin, das sein bleibender Wohnsitz wurde. Seinen erlernten Beruf übt er bis zu seinem 30. Lebensjahr aus. Kurze Zeit später versucht er sich als freier Schriftsteller, aber die Verantwortung für Frau und Familie zwangen i ... mehr
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Beschreiben Sie den Aufbau des Romans: äußere Struktur, Handlungsstränge, erzählte Zeit/ tatsächliche Spielzeit, Prinzip der Simultanität(gleichzeitig verlaufende Ereignisse, Themengleichheit in verschiedenen Kapiteln, ein Ereignis aus verschiedenen Perspektiven darstellen, Stimmungsbilder)
Der Roman hat 16 Kapitel und spielt in Berlin und die Handlungen bestehen nur aus dem Diner und dessen Vorbereitung, dem Treffen bei dem Professor Schmid ... mehr
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Inhalt:
Ein junger Baron und kleinbürgerliches Mädchen lieben sich. Beide wissen, daß sie früher oder später ihre Beziehung beenden müssen, und so kommt es auch, als der finanziell etwas angeschlagene Baron eine reiche Adelige heiratet.
Gliederung:
1. Teil: Liebesgeschichte - Rückblende - Landpartie - Abschied; einige Wochen
2. Teil: Reise - seine und ihre Entwicklung - Tod v. Lenes Mutter - ihre Hochzeit; 3 Jahre
Lene:
Natürlich, kleinbürg ... mehr
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