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Q6 Which characters become self-conscious of their poverty? When and how?
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Feb 11, 2017 01:06PM |
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Q9 How is the Shona idea of male superiority embedded in Tambu's mind?
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Feb 11, 2017 01:05PM |
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Q10 Ma'Shingayi
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Feb 11, 2017 01:02PM |
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Q11 Ratings and reviews
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Feb 11, 2017 01:00PM |
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Q7 Throughout the novel, Tambu's nervous condition develops. Describe how this happens.
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Feb 11, 2017 12:48PM |
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Q5 Describe how education is viewed by the Shona people of Tambu's homestead.
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Feb 11, 2017 12:35PM |
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Kyle's 2017 Randomised Reading List
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Feb 08, 2017 10:35AM |
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7. How would you describe Mary Oates: is she really merely "good" and "dull" [p. 212] as her sister sees her?
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Feb 06, 2017 07:40PM |
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13. As a companion piece to Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, with Oates as Dickens and Maggs as Dickens's convict Magwitch, Jack Maggs can be seen as a reflection upon the creative process.
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Feb 06, 2017 07:37PM |
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14. If you have read Dickens's Great Expectations, how do the characters of Maggs and Phipps differ from those of Magwitch and Pip, and why has Carey introduced these differences?
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Feb 06, 2017 07:34PM |
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12. Which ending is more artistically appropriate:
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Feb 06, 2017 07:29PM |
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8. Maggs is never a "gentleman"; Phipps is.
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Feb 06, 2017 07:26PM |
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3. Percy Buckle has many admirable characteristics:
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Feb 06, 2017 07:19PM |
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6. What effect has Sophina's abortion and the loss of their baby had upon Jack throughout his life?
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Feb 06, 2017 07:15PM |
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5. Who or what is the "Phantom" that haunts Jack Maggs's dreams?
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Feb 06, 2017 06:47PM |
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4. There is much speculation by the characters in Jack Maggs about the "Criminal Mind."
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Feb 06, 2017 06:44PM |
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2. Tobias Oates is possessed of an "unholy thirst for love" [p. 43].
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Feb 06, 2017 06:39PM |
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1. Maggs is a strong man with certain weaknesses.
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Feb 06, 2017 06:35PM |
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Kyle's Out-of-Nowhere 2017 List
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Feb 06, 2017 05:45PM |
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14. Consider the implications of this characterization.
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Feb 06, 2017 04:43PM |
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10. Ratings and Reviews
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Feb 04, 2017 07:01AM |
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10. Translation
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Feb 03, 2017 05:27PM |
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9. Favourite sections and quotes
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Feb 03, 2017 05:37AM |
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8. Silence
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Feb 03, 2017 05:30AM |
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7. Education
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Feb 03, 2017 05:28AM |
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Tim Hickman's 2017 Randomised Reading List
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Feb 02, 2017 11:16AM |
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MaryAnn's 2017 Randomised Reading List
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Feb 02, 2017 11:13AM |
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Q4 How does Tambu perceive race throughout the novel?
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Feb 02, 2017 10:23AM |
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Q2 How does Englishness divide mothers from daughters in Nervous Conditions?
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Feb 02, 2017 10:21AM |
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6. Authors
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