Friday, July 3, 2015

How can I reach some sentences example I needed about Basic English?In fact I need ten sentences about every subject.

You start with the most basic short sentence: A noun (person, place, or thing) and a verb (action word, physical or mental, in the present or past tense). Examples are: Fish swim. Birds fly. People think. She runs. He talks. They smiled. Paul laughed.


Knowing this base, you add words that describe or tell more about the noun or the verb. Examples are: Fish swim quickly. Birds fly high. Some people think. She runs fast. He talks quietly. They smiled often. Young Paul laughed.


In fact, you can add words that tell more about both the noun and the verb. Examples are: Small fish swim quickly. Blue birds fly high. Some people think a lot. Young Paul laughed loudly.


Words that tell more about or describe the noun are formally called adjectives. Words that tell more about or describe the verb are formally called adverbs.


To further build a sentence, you can phrases that tell when or where the action happened. Examples are: Blue birds fly high early in the morning. Young Paul laughed loudly after the joke. Small fish swim quickly when chased by a larger fish.


With this basic information, you can select one of the Build-A-Sentence Workbooks that can be found in the Teaching/ Education section of most bookstores (Barnes and Noble, Borders, etc.) Check amazon.com for used books about sentence construction, basic grammar, or teaching writing to students (do a book search about sentence construction).


In closing, remember that all sentences have the same basic structure.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

What makes Pondicherry an appropriate choice for Pi's upbringing?

When you speak about Pondicherry in this novel, you are speaking of the first incidence of setting of place.  Therefore it's important to discuss the city in that regard.


My first (and strong) inclination is to say the VAST European influence in the city of Pondicherry in India.  This is absolutely imperative in shaping Pi's thinking throughout the story.  It is obvious that Pi was exposed to other religions other than his own family's.  Of course, this is because Pondicherry was predominantly ruled by the French for hundreds of years already.  (Even the idea of having a "zoo" for exotic animals is a fairly European idea.)  Why is this important?  Consider this quotation:



Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat wearing Muslims.



This idea, this blending of religions is the focal point of the book (and the focus of my favorite quotation, and one I will never forget).  Don't forget when the older Pi turns to the reporter and asks him which story he likes better.  The reporter answers that he liked the one with the animals the best.  We should stand in awe at Pi's response:



And so it is with God.



That is to imply that ANY response the reporter would have said, ANY response the reporter would have clung to, ANY response the reporter would believe, ... is the right one.  And all of this from Pi growing up in Pondicherry!


Secondly, yes, I must agree that it is also important that Pondicherry be a coastal city.  With little or no knowledge of the ocean or boats, Pi (despite his smarts) could not have much hope of survival. In this way, then, the setting of Pondicherry makes Pi's eventual story more realistic, for sure.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

What is the setting in "The Gift of the Magi"?

O. Henry generally used one of five settings which were the American South, New York, the West, prison, or Central America. For The Gift of the Magi, he chose to set this story in New York.

He paid particular attention to the setting of Jim and Delia's immediate surroundings. Their poverty -stricken apartment that was furnished sparely and with tattered and worn furnishings, as well as the barren and lonely yard. The description of their isolated and poor setting adds to the mood that O. Henry wanted to create.

How do we know that Curley is suspicious of his wife?

In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Curley wants control over all those who are below him: the ranch hands (namely Lennie) and women (his wife).


First, Curley doens't even name his wife.  She is simply his: "my wife."  Even the other men call her "Curley's wife."  She has no identity of her own.  To call her by name is a loss of control for him.


Secondly, Curley is constantly looking for her in the bunkhouse.  This is a sign that he doesn't trust her around the guys.  George knows this, and he warns Lennie several times to stay away from both Curley and his wife.  Curley asks Slim if he's seen his wife because he suspects she is having an affair with Slim.  Knowing he will get whipped by Slim, Curley starts a fight with Lennie instead.


Remember, Curley suffers from a Napoleon Complex:



Curley's like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't a big guy.



Not only has an inferiority complex around the guys when it comes to size, but he also has one when it comes to sexual prowess.  He keeps his hand in a glove of vaseline, saying he's keeping it soft for his wife, as a means to lord over the other men that he not only has a wife (and they don't) but that he has control over her.  His boasts suggest that Curley wants to confine his wife to the bedroom only, that she is a domestic plaything who doesn't belong in the public group of men.

Why does bundled up woman ask most important question?

To me, her question, and the answer it gets, show how deeply war affects people.


The fat man has been talking so much about how glorious war is.  He has been saying that his son was proud to die for his country.  He seems to be at peace with the fact that the war has taken his son.


But then the woman asks her question and he falls apart.  It is as if he had not really been understanding that his son was dead.  When she asked the queston, the truth was forced upon him and he was no longer able to keep up his pretense.


So her question forces us to think about what war really means -- it really means that people we love die.

What makes the novel Wuthering Heights very interesting?plz more then one reason (WITH ELABORATE) !!

Your question is subjective, of course. It would certainly be possible to ask it of a given person, and that person might answer, "nothing". After all, difficult as it is for me to understand, there ARE those persons who do NOT find the novel interesting!


Also, we might ask the question of 20 persons, and all would have different answers, none totally agreeing with the others.  Therefore, I cannot tell you exactly what is interesting about the book.  You will have to read it and decide for yourself.  However, I can give you a couple of suggestions of what makes it interesting to me.  Perhaps these will give you some clues as to how to begin formulating your own answers.


First of all, I find the setting of the book to be quite interesting.  The description of the heather, the rocky topography, the wind, etc., always evoke, for me, a land that is far removed from my own, and one that I would like to view.


I also like the Gothic nature of the book.  The dark, brooding, questioning, uncertainty, passionate nature of the characters draw me into their personalities.  "What makes them tick?"


And, of course, one cannot overlook the fact of the romances between the two main couples.  Love and romance for one couple is extremely different from the love and romance of the other.  The place of status in society of the era has much to do with their relationships, and makes their actions extremely interesting.


The fact that the novel was written by a woman, during a time when female writers were neither so numerous nor so appreciated as they are today, also gives me another reason to be interested in the book.


These are only some of the reason I find "Wuthering Heights" to be of great interest, and a novel that I have read more than once. I hope this will give you some starting places for your own conclusions.

What are some reasons for the creation of the Arthurian legends?

There is both a beauty and a necessity to legends, for they romanticize and preserve a time in the history of a country.  These legends give a people a better time to remember than, perhaps their own, providing them something in which they can take pride.


That legends have an important place in a country's culture is underscored in Mark Twain's satire, "A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."  In this novel, an American businessman is transported back in time to the Age of Chivalry, but through his desire to make everyone productive and to show profits, he brings ruin to all the beauty of the period.


It is proof of the delight people took in the romantic tales of the Age of Chivalry that the legends come from several countries.  The earliest sources were from the Celtic storytellers of Wales and Brittany--there is, though, a written paragraph in Latin by Nennius in the 9th century--and then, as previously mentioned Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote them down; not long after Monmouth's work, which was translated into Latin (Historia Britonium).  Later, a writer in the 12th century named Walter Map romanticised the tale into Norman French prose since this was the language of the court of England at that time. Other writers from Wales, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and even Scandanavia perpetuated the legend.  In medieval times when there were few amenities and diversions for the common people, the tales of maidens in distress, bold and honorable knights, evil beings, magical happenings, and love transported people to a much needed respite from their hardships.  And, even though the common people in England had done no noble deeds, vicariously they could experience them as a fellow countryman of Arthur and his court of "merry olde England."

Discuss at least two characteristics of Romanticism in John Keat's poem "Ode toa Nightingale".

The poet in Ode To A Nightingale  is an escapist .He escapes through imagination .On his way the bower of the bliss wher the nightingale is ...