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"Hieroglyphics" by Anne Donovan.
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"Hieroglyphics" by Anne Donovan Katrina Walker Mary Ryan is a character that creates a mixture of feelings in the reader: sadness, pity and admiration. Show how the writer successfully portrays Mary's ability to cope with her disadvantages in the story and overcome her difficulties to evoke strong emotions in those around her. "Hieroglyphics" by Anne Donovan is a very appealing and inspirational short story, concentrating on the learning difficulties a young girl has to cope with. The main character in this story is a girl called Mary who is struggling with dyslexia and the social prejudices she has to tolerate from the people surrounding her. Mary is a very optimistic and intelligent 12 year old and in this story her thought and feelings are explained with the story carefully being written in first person narrative using Scots language. Mary manages to overcome the difficulties in her learning by remaining proud of all...
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