For life is beautiful I'd use a fairy tale....lots of inner and imaginative journeys there and what a choice! maybe pick one with evil parents like hansel and gretel to juxtopose...remember use that word!!!!
Family, individuality and how they combine....secondardy issues life and death...understanding and incomprehension...talking and fighting....accepting and denial...lots of chance to use the catch word of the day 'juxtopsition; - meaning contrast
Puff the Magic Dragon...sounds stupid but wait..listen to it and you'll see..
btw did you know that it was a 'code' song? They weren't allowed to say Marijuna in their lyrics so Puff was invented..little jackie was his dealer who dies of an overdose.....just in case you're interested..
Bust...
Ok, I believe that he has made a deal with the devil..beezlebub is a demon (ok think like a buffy-addict) and he wants to renig on the deal....(let me go)...he is scared as he has already pictured the hell he has waiting for him...Just read it again with that conext and hear it...it makes sense...
Try White Oleander...great book..and she is still not sure how to identify herself afterwards....more like real life..plus on Oprah's Book Club (Don't know if thats a plus or a minus) I know a girl who used it last year and got 98% In Adv....It's easy to read and easy to understand...
Use Hamlet...I know its shakespeare but trust me your teacher will have orgasms over it...(Ok colllective ewwwwww here)
basic outline: Hamlet a prince....dad (king dies) uncle(who killed dad) marries mum(ick incest)..hamlet goes insane (wouldn't you?) his g/f kills herself and he goes...
I have been at NumberWorks for the past two years...went from failing (half-yearly) to 93% in SC, only doing general maths and am blonde (!!!) but am understanding math so much more.....I think they have places everywhere....?? :)