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Side 1 af 12 sider ENGELSK A Side 2 af 12 sider Answer either A or B A Write an essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and interpret Jo Lloyd’s short story “Because It Is Running By”. A part of your essay must focus on describing Jo Lloyd’s style of writing and on commenting on its effect. Text Page “Because It Is Running By”, a short story by Jo Lloyd, 2009…………………………. 3 B Write an essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and comment on Michel Faber’s essay “Me and Dave and Mount Olympus”. A part of your essay must focus on how the text is built up and what the message of the text is. ! Text Page “Me and Dave and Mount Olympus”, an essay by Michel Faber, 2006…………........ 8 Side 3 af 12 sider TEXT 1 Jo Lloyd Because It Is Running By This is Edie, Wil, said his mother. She’s going to be helping me out. He frowned at the girl, with her pale skin and hair pulled back in a ponytail, and she looked right back at him, cool as you like. When was this decided? he said. I told you I was going to get some help. Didn’t think we’d settled on it, he said. He remembered that there had been a conversation. We can’t afford it, he had said. The B&B’s the only thing making money, his mother had said. We just need the weather, he had said, the veg’ll pick up. I’m tired of it, she had said, morning noon and night, never a moment to call my own. […] It’s just for the summer, said his mother. While we’re busy. Edie’s job was to do the cleaning, make up the rooms, help with the breakfast, let his mother talk. The guests had breakfast in the room that used to be the family sitting room. […] Wil had hardly been in that room since the B&B started. They lived in the kitchen now. […] His mother stood over the cooker, red from the heat, wiping her face with a tea towel, taking orders. […] Edie was staying in the old caravan. When he was little
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