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What I Learned In The Rocking Horse Winner

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Hi, I am Zinal Patel. I am a Saltfleet student going into Grade 10. I totally loved my first year at this school and I hope the next three will be the same! All the courses I have took so far have been interesting and enjoyable. The past year I have put in a lot of hard work to get good marks in my courses so I hope to do the same for this specific course. I understand the expectations of this course so I will commit to at least 1-2 hours of learning each day. Also, I will make my best efforts towards completing this course with a high mark and a great experience. From this course, I hope to learn about myself such as my strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, I hope to understand all the course material and earn a good final mark. I hope to take enough knowledge with me from this course, for my future English courses. By the end of this course, I want to make sure it was worth it. …show more content…

Everyone needs something they love to do and reading is one of the things I love. For me, the three short stories that are currently my favorites are The Mustache by Robert Cormier, Beautiful Junk by Jon Madian, and The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence. The Mustache: This story is about a young seventeen year old, Michael and his moustache which symbolizes his desire to be an adult. When Michael visits his grandmother in the nursing home, she mistakes him for her husband and begins to apologize to him about a false accusation she held upon him, years ago. Michael doesn’t react to this situation at the moment and plays along. However, when he gets home he shaves off his moustache, realizing that he does not want to grow up just yet. This is one of my favorite short stories because it shows readers that you should not hurry to grow up instead take your

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