Veröffentlicht in Moon Palace, Getagged Effing, Solomon Barber, Marco Stanley Fogg, Kitty Wu, moon am 31. März,2008 | Keine Kommentare »
The role of chance and coincidence in Moon Palace
Examples:
- „It’s a weird coincidence,“ the stranger continued, paying no attention to what I had said. „Kitty is going to love it. She loves things like that.“ (C42, D47)
- As chance would have it, I took the last ones up to Chandler on the same day the [...]
Veröffentlicht in Postcolonial Short Stories, Getagged Chinua Achebe, Michael Obi, Miriam, Outpost, Parvez, postcolonial, Short Stories am 30. März,2008 | Keine Kommentare »
What happens in Parvez’s taxi?
Parvez and Bettina meet Ali on his way home => Ali gets into the car
Bettina tries to talk to Ali but he refuses to answer
When Bettina touches Parvez`s shoulder, Ali embarrasses Bettina
Parvez
Drives as fast as he can after Ali has got into the car => he feels uncomfortable
and [...]
Veröffentlicht in The Great Gatsby, Getagged dream motif, Fitzgerald, Gatsby am 30. März,2008 | Keine Kommentare »
Gatsby chapter 3
The Dream Motif in Chapter 3
Find evidence in the text for the followingaspects:
The text refers to old EuropeanDreams (of Castile)which are not really specified but just alluded to
There is freedom fromconvention
There is the idea of thepursuit of happiness
There is the idea of thefulfilment of every wish
There is the materialization ofthe dream
There [...]
Veröffentlicht in Dublin, Getagged Easter Rising, Glendalough, Joyce, Kilmainham Jail, Newgrange am 29. März,2008 | Keine Kommentare »
Dublin.de - Warum überhaupt Dublin ?
Warum, so fragt sich mancher zufällig vorbeisurfende Leser vielleicht, sollte man eigentlich nach Dublin fahren? Lassen Sie mich einmal die “klassischen” Gründe durchgehen …
Musik - Ja, viele Menschen kommen wegen der Musik in die irische Hauptstadt. So der Mainstream-Folk-Fan, für den das absolut Gelbe vom Ei ist, Guinness-beseelt (oder -besudelt) [...]
