Coming Home | Analysis

Her er Studienets vejledning til at skrive resume, karakteristik, kommentar og essay om novellen "Coming Home" af Ronald Frame. Vi giver dig hjælp til alle de fire underspørgsmål fra eksamen i Engelsk B på HF fra 3. december 2013, som du kan bruge til inspiration, når du skriver din egen opgave.

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Spørgsmålene til "Coming Home" lyder:

Write a summary of “Coming Home” in about 150 words
Characterize Chris
Comment on the title
Write a short essay (150-200 words) in which you discuss why some families grow apart. Relate your essay to the short story.

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: “Coming Home”
Forfatter: Ronald Frame
Genre: Short story
Year of Publication: 2007

Ronald Frame (f. 1953) er en prisvindende dramatiker, novelle- og romanforfatter. Han er født i Glasgow, Skotland og uddannet på Oxford University.

Uddrag

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The title of this short story, “Coming Home”, might be misleading at first. When the readers find out that Chris decides to visit his parents, they might think that Chris is coming home to his parents, to where he grew up, his childhood house.

In fact, Chris only gets to Manchester to discover that everything has changed in the house he grew up in, even things that seemed familiar, like the mirror