Eguria

               MAKING A GOOD WRITE-UP                                                                    BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Since man has learnt how to read and write, at least, have the ability to put something down, in black and write, in the form of information dissemination or giving instruction to others, we can say that he has attained a level of civilization. For civilization is a mark to judge a people’s progress. As I said before in one of my articles: ‘The Art of Writing, where we looked at the writer and his writings and understand why he writes. Here, we shall consider some important steps to making a good write-up: ·         Choose a subject that...

                           THE ART OF WRITING                      BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Writing is the art and science of putting words together to make a complete sense. The art and science include the use of words and grammatical applications to communicates ideals or the delivery of a message for our benefits. It also involves the ability to design and construct words into edifices which will stand the test of time. So we can say of a Writer, as any person who have   the ability, that is, the art and science of putting words to together to make a complete sense and use his or her writings to idealized a situation or pass an ideology or conveys a message to his immediate community and beyond. Conveying a message across can be noticed in our everyday conversation. Every day, we talk to someone; ma...

BERNARD SHAW: ARMS and the MAN   SUMMARY OF THE ACTS   ACT I This has its setting in Raina’s room during a moon-lit night.   Catherine, Raina’s   mother, comes in to break the news of the triumphant success of Sergius.   Raina’s fiancé in the war front.   Catherine tries to make her believe the story, but Raina pretends as if she is not interested.   Louka enters to request that all the windows be firmly shut as there is shooting in the streets.   Catherine and Louka soon go out, leaving Raina in the room.   Raina then starts to adore Sergius’ portrait and prepares to read herself to sleep.   Just suddenly, gun shots are heard very close by.   Then a fleeting soldier climbs the water pipe and gains entry into Raina’s room.   He threatens to shoot if Raina should raise an alarm.   Raina is scared initially, but soon realizes that the soldier is harmless, he is only looking for refuge.   She takes pity on...

                 Bernard Shaw: Arms and the Man   AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND             George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright, was born on July 26, 1856.   His father, George Carr Shaw, was a low income earner, a drunkard who was incapable of supporting his family – wife and three children.   Bernard’s mother left Dublin for London because of the poverty of her husband, and became a music teacher.   Bernard could not follow his mother then, because he was in school.   It is this family background that pushed him to the search for true independence.   At fifteen, he worked as a clerk and cashier in a land agent’s office.   After doing four years on this job, he moved to London to join his mother.   His mother gave singing lessons while Lucy, his sister, was a singer who had several notable operas to her cre...

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: SHE STOOPS to CONQUER (ABOUT THE PLAY) AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND              Goldsmith was born in Ireland, in 1728 of Anglo-Irish parents. His father, Charles Goldsmith, was a poor clergyman. Oliver was not a handsome boy because he had a small-pox scarred face which was always an object of ridicule by his peer. This made his childhood altogether unhappy. He started school very early and by the age of sixteen, he entered Trinity College, Dublin, as a sizar – an undergraduate who receives assistance from the college for his maintenance     . He left Dublin in 1749 with a pass degree after a career that was not particularly smooth. In spite of his poverty, Oliver was like his father, generous and kind almost to a fault. When his father died (1747), he managed to continue his studies through the help of his uncle. His father had wanted him to be a pastor like himself, but he was rejected by the chu...