Henry Lawson is considered one of Australia's greatest writers. In this student guide, an experienced teacher offers background on the author and sets Lawson in his literary context, before going through his stories one by one. Each story is summarised and then explained in detail so that students can fully appreciate the text. Also offered are generous notes on characters, themes, critical assessments of the author, and finally a full length A+ exam essay on Lawson.

Cambridge Wizard Student Guide Henry Lawson Short Stories (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)

Children's Books

McRoberts, Richard

Education & Reference

Cambridge University Press

A student's guide to Thomas Keneally's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith - a prescribed text for VCE English 2003-2004. The series: Cambridge Wizard Student Guides have a well earned reputation for quality in research, easy-to-understand explanations and comprehensive text coverage. Excellent background teacher resources, perfect class set material and exceptional student revision aids, Cambridge Wizard Student Guides are an invaluable tool for all teachers and students of senior English.

Cambridge Wizard Student Guide The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)

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Pope, Marcia

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Ernest Gaines is considered one of America's foremost contemporary 'black' writers. A Lesson before Dying is his award-winning drama about a man sentenced to die for a crime he didn't commit. The narrator, a school teacher given the impossible task of rehabilitating the condemned man, of giving him a chance at dignity before he dies. At first the task seems impossible, but compassion, understanding and the political necessity of making a statement against the 'white man's myth' (of racial superiority) actually manages to help the man rise from being a wretched victim to a 'hero' for his people. The novel ends explosively, with the execution, but also with a sense of the courage it took to face death. The text is very much a polemic for 'black pride'.

Cambridge Wizard Student Guide A Lesson Before Dying (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)

Teen & Young Adult

The Quiet American is a key work by famous British author Graham Greene. The title character, Alden Pyle, is an idealistic young man working undercover for American intelligence agencies in Vietnam during the last days of the French colonial administration. However, his interference in local affairs, and agent provocateur role, lead almost inevitably to tragic consequences - including his own death. The narrator, world weary British journalist Thomas Fowler, is simultaneously repelled and attracted to the dangerously 'innocent' Pyle - and in a dramatic twist, shares Pyle's obsession with a beautiful Vietnamese girl. The novel is a clever composite - part thriller, part murder mystery, part love story. This study guide provides background on the author, and the complex history of Vietnam, before offering a summary and detailed explication of the novel. It includes thorough notes on characters and themes, as well as critical references and model answers.

Cambridge Wizard Student Guide The Quiet American (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)

Brave New World is one of the most famous literary works of the twentieth century. It is a brilliant 'dystopian' vision - describing a future world of bottled babies, cloning, brainwashing and totalitarian social control. Blade Runner, a celebrated cult film directed by Ridley Scott, is another example of serious science fiction. It deals with a future in which technology is out of control. This movie, part thriller and part love story, addresses major issues - identity, compassion, the meaning of life. Study of both the novel and the film is set within the context of the NSW syllabus English Elective module 'In the Wild'. The guide provides background material on the 'In the Wild' theme, before offering a background notes and a summary of both texts. It concludes by linking the novel and the film to 'In the Wild', and providing model answers.

Cambridge Wizard Student Guide Brave New World/Blade Runner/Elective: In the Wild (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)

Away is a well known modern Australian play by writer Michael Gow. Three families go on their annual holidays to Queensland. Their physical journeys lead to emotional and spiritual journeys as inner concerns and yearnings begin to surface and eventually reach crisis point. The upshot however is greater understanding all round and the reconciliation of formerly estranged individuals. The play ends on a note of optimism and hope. Study of the play is set, in this study guide, within the larger context of the NSW English Area of Study curriculum - 'The Journey'. The guide provides background material on the journey theme, examines the prescribed Stimulus Booklet ('Journeys') in detail, and offers students ways of reading the text in relation to the Area of Study theme.

Cambridge Wizard Student Guide Away and the Journey (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)

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Business & Money

Miller, Karin

Errey, Nola

Phillips, Dianne

Job Hunting & Careers

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