4)Histhinkingallthis _____ havingdefiledandsetfire _____ thetypescript.
5)Helookedtohisleftagaintofindaman’sfacestaring _____ hisownfromaboutnineinchesaway.
6)Ahugebusnowswung _____ viewfromfurtherroundthebend.
7)BeforeDixoncouldrollhimselfintoaballoreventake _____ hisglasses.
8)Dixon, coming _____ thecornerfromthelibrary, hadkickedviolently_____ asmallroundstonelyingonthemacadam.
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ComprehensiveWork
: ReadthefollowingpassageaboutKinsleyAmisandshareyourinformationabouthimwithyourpartner.
SirKingsleyWilliamAmis,(16April1922-22October1995) wasanEnglishnovelist, poet, critic, andteacher.Hewrotemorethan20novels, sixvolumesofpoetry, amemoir, variousshortstories, radioandtelevisionscripts, , ZacharyLeader , Amiswas “thefinestEnglishcomicnovelistofthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury.”HewasthefatherofEnglishnovelistMartinAmis.
In2008, TheTimesrankedKingsleyAmisninthontheirlistofthe50greatestBritishwriterssince1945.
Amis’sfirstnovel, LuckyJim(1954), isperhapshismostfamous, takingitsgermfromAmis’sobservationofthecommonroomattheUniversityofLeicester, -browacademicsetofaredbrickuniversity, seenthroughtheeyesofitsprotagonist, JimDixon, ashetriestomakehiswayasayounglecturerofhistory.ThenovelwasperceivedbymanyaspartoftheAngryYoungMenMovementofthe1950swhichreactedagainstthestultificationofconventionalBritishlife, ’sothernovelsofthe1950sandearly1960ssimilarlydepictsituationsfromcontemporaryBritishlife, oftendrawnfromAmis’(1955) centersonayoungprovinciallibrarian (againperhapswithreferencetoLarkin, librarianatHull) andhistemptationtowardsadultery; ILikeItHere(1958) presentsAmis’scontemptuousviewof “abroad”andfolloweduponhisowntravelsontheContinentwithayoungfamily; TakeaGirlLikeYou(1960) stepsawayfromtheimmediatelyautobiographical, butremainsgroundedintheconcernsofsexandloveinordinarymodernlife, tracingthecourtshipandultimateseductionoftheheroineJennyBunnbyayoungschoolmaster, PatrickStandish.
: OutlinetheplotofthenovelLuckyJim, andmapoutallthecharacteristicsandtemperamentsofthecharacterofJimDixon.
*SomewidelyacceptednotionsaboutthecharacterofJimDixon:
, tricks, anddeceptionsonothercharactersinthenovel, “pullingfaces”andprojectingvoices—gesturesAmisusestoenhanceJim’, thesalesmanBillAtkinson.
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