Ha’penny by Alan Paton is a short story that revolves around the story of a young boy – Ha’penny, who is in a reformatory, for stealing. The boy is homeless and lonely which leads him to create a fictional family of his own. The story explores the themes of the need for familial love, belongingness, […]
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“The Scholarship Jacket” is a short story written by Martha Salinas. The story brings out the difficulties of Martha, an eighth-grade student, who wishes to win the scholarship jacket. Winning the jacket has been a tradition of Martha’s school where any student who maintains the first position during the eight years in school is awarded
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Written in 1846, Edgar Allan Price’s seminal essay The Philosophy of Composition discusses the process of creating a work, providing insights into the writer’s creative process, revealing the methodical – almost algebraic process of creating a creative piece of work. Poe specifically focuses on his famous poem, ‘The Raven’ to discuss and elucidate his arguments. It is a seminal
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Ruskin Bond attempts to explain the proper manner of hearing and understanding others’ perceptions through the narrative “The Boy Who Broke the Bank,” It is a comical short story. The lesson he wants to convey through the story is how misinterpretation of actions can result in the eventual downfall of the entire situation despite good intentions. The Boy
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The Wolves Of Cernogratz by Saki revolves around an old castle and its owners, the Cernogratz family, who were forced to sell off their ancestral home after bad luck struck. As a result, they left their ancient family castle. Over time, the Gruebel family acquired the castle.
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The Elevator by William Sleator is a short story that revolves around Martin, a twelve-year-old child as he faces his fears, that is, the elevator.
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The Homecoming by Rabindranath Tagore is a short story told from the perspective of a fourteen-year-old adolescent boy, describing the hardships he faces.
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In The Babus of Nayanjore, Tagore emphasises the need to remain human in a modern world where relationships are purely transactional and seen on socioeconomic terms.
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Advice to Youth by Mark Twain is a satirical speech that exposes the fallacies of elders giving advice to the young generation despite being flawed themselves.
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