Exclusive Books Boeke Prize

The Struggle to Be Normal In today’s society, many teenagers struggle in their everyday lives due to the fact that they have different qualities than others. The novel, Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is about a young man named Holden Caulfield, who suffers from multiple mental illnesses, causing him to be treated different by others. Due to tragedies he has suffered from in the past, and all that is going on in is present life, Holden can no longer cope and runs away to New York. Christopher

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Task: Examine the techniques used by Mark Haddon to add to our understanding of the problems facing the central character, Christopher, due to Asperger’s Syndrome. The novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time” by Mark Haddon is a very unique novel. It is unique in many ways as it’s written through the eyes of someone with Aspegers Syndrome and this condition is explored throughout the novel. The novel is about a fifteen year old

Solo Performance Theatre Report Contents Theatre In Context: The Theorist, the theory and the contexts…………… Theatre Processes: Physical explorations and development of the solo theatre Piece……… Presenting Theatre: Evaluation of the Solo Theatre Piece and my Personal Reflections…….. The Theorist, the theory and the contexts The Theorist that I have chosen is Robert Wilson, who is an American avante garde theatre practitioner from Waco, Texas. Wilson has also been a sound and lighting designer

English Term 3 - Radio Transcript - The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time (Mark Haddon) INTERVIEWER: Greetings and welcome to The Show. I’m Interviewer and today we have acclaimed writer, Mark Haddon here with us to discuss his widely popular ‘The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time’. Written in the form of an autobiographical murder mystery, the story is narrated from the perspective of a 15-year-old boy, Christopher Boone, who has Asperger 's Syndrome, essentially a form

mind of Mark Haddon. Luckily the drama that followed did not stop him from continuing his passion of writing. According to Marshall.Edu the drama was birthed after the book was banned by a school in Leon County Florida after being reported by a dozen parents for its language and content. Soon multiple schools followed suit. The book does have a few instances of vulgar language and some more pressing content, but it should not have ever been banned for it! There is so much more hidden within the pages

yourself for an opportunity yet to be discovered.” (Roush, pg. 1) Transition to next: Not only did Boone keep an open mind and positive outlook, He took risks he didn't think he could ever do with given that he has Asperger's. Support reason 2: In the book the character did not like crowded areas, leaving familiar areas, certain colors,

How does Hosseini use symbolism in ‘The Kite Runner’ to present key relationships? You should consider different reader responses and the extent to which your critical approach assists your interpretation. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, ‘The Kite Runner’, it is often thought that symbols and metaphors are used as visual representations to reinforce and put emphasis on important stages in the novel. In can be seen that symbols are used in the novel to highlight particular moments in key relationships

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time - Original Writing Christopher Boone is a fifteen year old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. He knows a great deal about maths and has a very logical way of thinking. Christopher knows very little about human beings and their behaviour and gets very confused and frustrated by most conversations. He loves lists, timetables, patterns and the truth. He hates the colour yellow, because of custard, bananas and double yellow lines

What Impression of Inman is created in chapter 1 of Cold Mountain? Throughout Chapter one Frazier establishes Inman’ s character in sufficient detail for the reader to feel involved in his life and get an insight into the way he thinks. This gives the reader a feeling of superiority as to their knowledge of Inman and his feelings. Inman is based on Frazier’s great uncle. This gives them a better impression of him and a greater feeling of pity for him and his situation. He appears to be

Explore the relationship between Amir and Baba. Throughout the novel The Kite Runner, the relationship between Amir and Baba has many ups and downs, the reader sees it broaden as Amir grows older and it is clear that deep down their relationship is strong. Amir tells the reader during his dream that he ‘can never tell Baba from the bear.’ This gives the impression that Baba is strong and rugged in appearance. It is important that the reader knows that Baba is the narrator’s father; due to the