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Chapter 1 Pass English Medium English Literature Prose Of Studies English literature handwritten notes on Francis Bacon’s essay "Of Studies" — the three uses of studies and their three abuses, how to read without contradicting or merely believing, books to be tasted, swallowed or chewed and digested, reading conference and writing, what each subject does to the mind, the cures Bacon prescribes for defects of the mind, his terse aphoristic style, with every famous line explained, flashcards and practice questions. Open map Chapter 2 Pass English Medium English Literature Prose Meditations in Westminster Abbey English literature handwritten notes on Joseph Addison’s Spectator essay "Meditations in Westminster Abbey" — the walk through the churchyard where all bodies are mixed, the boastful and the empty epitaphs, the monument of Sir Cloudesley Shovell carved as a beau, kings lying beside those who deposed them, and the closing thought of the great Day when all shall be contemporaries, with Addison’s middle style, flashcards and practice questions. Open map Chapter 3 Pass English Medium English Literature Prose My Relations English literature handwritten notes on Charles Lamb’s Elia essay "My Relations" — the pen name Elia, the portrait of James Elia drawn from his brother John, his robust health, dogmatism, love of pictures and refusal to hear of suffering, Bridget Elia drawn from his sister Mary, the grief behind the cheerful voice, Lamb’s personal digressive style compared with Bacon and Addison, with flashcards and practice questions. Open map Chapter 4 Pass English Medium English Literature Prose Freedom English literature handwritten notes on G. B. Shaw’s broadcast talk "Freedom" — the definition of a perfectly free person, natural slavery imposed by nature that takes half of every day, unnatural slavery imposed by other people, the equation of freedom with leisure, how slaves are kept quiet by patriotic songs, education, religion and an owned press, and Shaw’s remedy of sharing the necessary work, with flashcards and practice questions. Open map Chapter 5 Pass English Medium English Literature Prose The Last Lesson English literature handwritten notes on Alphonse Daudet’s "The Last Lesson" — the full story of Franz’s late arrival, the bulletin board, M. Hamel’s green coat and the villagers on the back benches, the order from Berlin, the lesson on French as the key to the prison, the copies reading France and Alsace, old Hauser spelling through his tears, and the final "Vive La France!" on the blackboard, with themes, craft, key moments, flashcards and practice questions. Open map Chapter 6 Pass English Medium English Literature Prose The Enemy English literature handwritten notes on Pearl S. Buck’s story "The Enemy" — Dr Sadao Hoki and Hana finding a wounded American prisoner washed up on their beach in wartime Japan, the servants who leave, the operation, the General’s promised assassins who never come because he forgot, the escape to the island, and Sadao’s final bewilderment, with themes of humanity against nationalism, key moments, flashcards and practice questions. Open map
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