Oliver!

"Throughout our life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people we most despise."- Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born February 7, 1812, in Ports Mouth, on the southern coast of England. Charles was the second of eight children. During his early years his family moved to Chatham, at this time was the happiest time for Dickens and he refers to this time alot in his novels. Charles and his siblings were free to roam…

( history.com ) Charles used his childhood to drive himself forward and write his novels. Charles uses a lot of what he went through as a child to give him passion for many of his novels, like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield. His novels reflect what Dickens tried to do in his life which was to aid others with what he had and not keep it for himself. In many of his novels, you will see the detail and passion that he puts into the book. Dickens…

Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver is about a future in which love is illegal and seen as immoral. In the novel, every citizen at the age of eighteen must have a medical procedure. This procedure’s purpose is to wipe away any feelings of love, lust, desire and in some cases satisfaction. I believe some people in this current time that have been through tragedy of some sort, may wish to have feelings of pain and love extinguished. However, John Lennon disagrees; he believes that in life “all you need…

people were opposed to this idea. The war continued on for several years, initially with neither sides succeeding. Later, the English Civil War took a turning point at the Battle of Naseby when Parliament’s side gained a major victory under the lead of Oliver Cromwell. After surrendering to the Scottish, being sold to Parliament, escaping, and then being tried for treason after his side was defeated at the Battle of Preston, King Charles I was tried for treason and then executed. This event…

Cromwell: The Napoleon of his Age: Daniel Markovits Oliver Cromwell was an exceptional man. He killed a king, played a pivotal role in the English revolution and ruled England for a decade. As a result, many view him as being unique in the modern age. In fact, when searching for a comparison historians range as far afield as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Mickelthwait, 300, 2009) and Julius Caesar (Sharpe, 21, 2010). However, a parallel to Cromwell can be found right across the English Channel:…

understand how the poor lived through his books. One can learn about our own society through Dickens’ books, because his main characters were either rich and greedy and did not care about the poor like Scrooge, or they were suffering or orphans like Oliver Twist. Today, people need to know how the poor and those different from themselves live. Charles Dickens books are a good example of the differences in society and economic class. I think that Dickens would be surprised that 200 years later we…

The legend of Oliver Cromwell is shrouded in mystery; however, there is some certainty in the story. He made his mark during the turbulent English Civil War– the bloody conflict between Parliamentarians and Monarchists in the seventeenth century that started after the execution of King Charles I. Soon thereafter, Cromwell took the lead on the side of the Parliament, and help secure victory. He assumed the title “Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland” and became the new monarch of…

INTRODUCTION Charles II was a king of England, Scotland, and Ireland whose restoration to the throne in 1660, marked the end of republican rule in England. He was asked by Parliament to rule England after the death of Oliver Cromwell. Charles was known for his cavorting lifestyle and feuds with Parliament. Early Life Charles was born May 29, 1630. He is the second son of Charles I and Henrietta Marie of France. In 1642, civil war broke out between Parliament and Charles I over his claim of…

The dynamism and ideas of Oliver Cromwell both ran dry when he realised the resistance he still faced in the Parliament and he had to dissolve it for the second time, feeling like God had deserted him. Sickness prevented him from saving the ruins of his Republic and by the end of…

PART B: EXPLANATORY NOTES Assessment Summary Besides having good grammar, the narrative analysis revealed several indications that Oliver’s performance was below age-expectations in terms of his surface structure, cohesion and overall organization. Firstly, his surface structure was not age appropriate and lacking in certain aspects. Children age 4 or 5 generally achieve complexity in more than 20% of their utterances (Paul, 1981). With 26% of his narrative being complex sentences, it indicated…