Can anyone remember doing some coursework on a piece of writing in year 10 english language (last years, not this years) about a guy who said they best way to save money is to eat children?
It was satirical, and i think was something to do with john maybe? I'm not to sure.
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I know this is an odd question about an odd topic, BUT!
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in one word - no.
goodbye.
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I haven't, you sure it wasn't a mock c/w? What exam board btw.
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I have no idea, but maybe John Steinbeck?
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Roy: [singing] We don't need no education.
Moss: Yes you do; you've just used a double negative
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Nope it was definitely for Year 10 Literature.
Ah it wasn't John Steinbeck. God it's annoying me. I'll ask my english teacher on thursday, but I want to know now
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probably would save money to eat children tbh.
Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. - Terry Pratchett
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For those who were interested, it was called: A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick
by Jonathan Swift
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
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