Q1)The first story was set in the stairwell, the second story was set in watson's house while the third story was set in a neighbourhood of a town.

Q2)The first story was set during the night of the 9th century, the second story was set in the morning in early April of 1883 while the third story was set in the early 19th century.

Q3)The setting of the first story tells us that the story is going to be moody and sad. The setting of the second story tells us that the story was going to be mysterious and suspicious. The setting of the third story gives us an amiable feeling and a warm and loving effect.

Q4)The setting of to kill a mockingbird is set in Maycomb county the town where the Finchs’ live. Maycomb, some twenty miles east of Finch’s Landing, was the county seat of Maycomb County。 The story states that Mr. Finch works in the area. Maycomb is repeated many times in the story and there is a vivid description of it “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day”. Maycomb is also a white town as there are description of the Finch’s neighbours. “It was customary for every circle hostess to invite her neighbors in for refreshments, be they Baptists or Presbyterians, which accounted for the presence of Miss Rachel (sober as a judge), Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie Crawford.” It describes the fine ladies in town and how they live their lives in Maycomb County.

Telephone Conversation

The price seemed reasonable, location
Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived
Off premises. Nothing remained
But self-confession. "Madam," I warned,
"I hate a wasted journey—I am African."
Silence. Silenced transmission of
Pressurized good-breeding. Voice, when it came,
Lipstick coated, long gold rolled
Cigarette-holder pipped. Caught I was foully.

"HOW DARK?" . . . I had not misheard . . . "ARE YOU LIGHT
OR VERY DARK?" Button B, Button A.* Stench
Of rancid breath of public hide-and-speak.
Red booth. Red pillar box. Red double-tiered
Omnibus squelching tar. It was real! Shamed
By ill-mannered silence, surrender
Pushed dumbfounded to beg simplification.
Considerate she was, varying the emphasis--

"ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT?" Revelation came.
"You mean--like plain or milk chocolate?"
Her assent was clinical, crushing in its light
Impersonality. Rapidly, wave-length adjusted,
I chose. "West African sepia"--and as afterthought,
"Down in my passport." Silence for spectroscopic
Flight of fancy, till truthfulness clanged her accent
Hard on the mouthpiece. "WHAT'S THAT?" conceding
"DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS." "Like brunette."

"THAT'S DARK, ISN'T IT?" "Not altogether.
Facially, I am brunette, but, madam, you should see
The rest of me. Palm of my hand, soles of my feet
Are a peroxide blond. Friction, caused--
Foolishly, madam--by sitting down, has turned
My bottom raven black--One moment, madam!"--sensing
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap
About my ears--"Madam," I pleaded, "wouldn't you rather
See for yourself?"

Nigerian poet Wole Soyinka uses irony to depict the absurdity of racism in his poem, "Telephone Conversation.

1. These colours in the poem signify the racism that whites have for black. It is clear that the author knows how whites look down on blacks so in the first line he states that he is black and "hates a wasted trip" obvilously whites have rejected him for his skin colour which enrages him. When the landlord land hear that he was a black, she asked how black. the man said "West African sepia," citing his passport . She claims not to know what that means. She wants a quantifiable expression of his darkness. plain or milk chocolate would be a better description. His response, feigning simplicity is that his face is "brunette," his hands and feet "peroxide blonde" and his bottom "raven black". He knows that she just wants a measure of his overall skin-color so that she can categorize him, but he refuses to give it to her. Instead he details the different colors of different parts of his body. So at last he said. "i plead, wouldn't you rather see for yourself?"

2. The dialogue in this poem reveals that the white women has prejudices against blacks. The question "HOW DARK" shows alot. This very question shows that probably the was not going to accept a black man living in her apartment. She also seems to not understand what west sepia means as she thinks that there are only a few kind of blacks. light skinned and dark skinned. She asked him to describe clearly but all she wants to is to categorize him into a group.

Whereas for the men. He is a very calm man. he seems to know that white landlords has prejudices towards black men, so he states in the call that he is African and he hates wasted journeys. probably he has gone to rental apartments before just to find out that they dont accept blacks. He does not seem to be enraged at how naive the women is when she just wants a general colour of his skin when it was very difficult to categorize him into any group. He finally gives in by saying wouln't you rather see me?

3. In this poem. The landlord seems to win. The men was unable to explain to her his situation so he finally says wouldn't you rather see for yourself, even at the fact that he might be rejected again due to his race and skin colour

Slavery in America

Slavery

a. The first English colony in North America, Virginia, first imported Africans in 1619, a practice established in the Spanish colonies as early as the 1560s, beginning the era of slavery.

b. Africa

c. The Spanish

d. The Jim Crow Laws

e. It helps us to understand why the white men despised the blacks, and why were maids often blacks.

The Civil Wars

a. Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia

b. Abraham Lincoln

c. It was fought because The Northern territory wanted to free the slaves while the Southern territory did not.

d. 1861 – 1865

e. Slavery for the Confederacy's 3.5 million blacks effectively ended when Union armies arrived; they were nearly all freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.

f. It is related from the case of Tom Robinson.

Jim Crow Laws

a. Jim Crow is not actually a person, but the subject of a song performed by Thomas Dartmouth “Daddy” Rice, a white man who performed in blackface.

b. The Jim Crow Laws separated black from white men in doing activities.

c. The Blacks were not satisfied as they expected equal rights between all the people in America.

d. The Jim Crow Laws are seen in the novel as the black and white men used different churches in Maycomb County.

The way of Shel Silverstein - the poem of humors

Probably some of you know this particular poet, Shel Silverstein (or call him Mr. Shell if you like) who writes poems, lines of poems, more lines, bla bla bla ..............

So today our English teacher taught us about this poet and his poems. Considerably, the poems were just as funny as a joke, called the tongue-in-cheek humor. Ok, maybe I can show you how it's funny.......

The Little Boy and the Old Man

Said the little boy, 'Sometimes I drop my spoon.'
Said the old man, 'I do that too.' (lolz)
The little boy whispered, 'I wet my pants.'
'I do that too,' said the old man. (rofl)
Said the little boy, 'I often cry.'
The old man nodded, 'So do I.' (hahaz)
'But worst of all,' said the boy, 'it seems
Grown-ups don't pay attention to me.'
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
'I know what you mean,' said the little old man. (Guess what he means!!)

Ok, if you think this isn't funny, then look at this one:

Messy Room

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp. (XD)
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? (Oops :P) Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!

OK, seems funny and ironic all right, like how badly he describes the room which turned out to be his!!! Maybe he will have to keep his room clean for the rest of his life.

Now let's see what's in this messy room of his.........a considerable mess in the room, mess of ironies, rhymes, personification, messages... Ok, now what's the real deal with this poem? Why, it does have a match with yourself if you think harder.

And I mean there's a match, which is the human nature. Consider what has the poet Mr. Shell done. Notice that he diverts the blame of the messy room to others before he found out that it was HIS room. Well, all I can say is that all humans have this nature of diverting our own blame to others. Mr. Shell probably has a point writing this poem, else it would be embarassing if it really happened and it was published WORLDWIDE!!!

And well that kind of human nature was further described. If you had noticed the chair in the room was said to be mucky, fungus-growing and damp. How long hasn't Mr. Shell got his chair washed? And even the lizard, Ed, asleep on top of his bed, if it were us we would have screamed! Lizard with a name? Asleep on top of the bed without knowing any harm? WOW!!!

Yup, and irony is in there, and OBVIOUS!! Ironic that Mr. Shell blamed his messy room, ironic that he said the owner should be ASHAMED!!