Sample response 6: The Motorcycle Diaries Response by: Kerri-Jane Burke The question Discoveries often require individuals to reconsider their perspective and develop a new understanding of the world around them. Examine this statement in relation to your prescribed text and at least ONE related text. Prescribed Text: The Motorcycle Diaries‚ Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara‚ 2003 (nonfiction/memoir) Related Text: Wide Open Road‚ The Triffids‚ 1986 (music video) Introduction opens with thesis statement
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sense of curiousity and renewed perceptions of ourselves and the world. A self-discovery can emerge from a process of confrontational encounters‚ allowing the individual to realise their fundamental purpose of exploration. The memoir ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ by Ernesto Che Guevera‚ follows Guevara’s endeavour around Latin America‚ where he discovers the social injustices foregrounding the continent. He is exposed to many provocative‚ yet intensely meaning experiences‚ leading to new understandings that
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signing up for a gym class? However‚ Gregory “Greg” Heffley has a much better idea. He is going to “try and help OTHER people improve” (Kinney 1). It is probably the best thing one can do‚ when already “pretty much one of the best people” (1). It is Greg´s childish mind that carries him in dreams everywhere‚ sometimes he is struggling with his poor condition and his relationship with his just ordinary Dad. Gregory once hears about magic jumping hole‚ and he is determined to make his own‚ even with a
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chose Michael because I can connect myself with him. Michael and I are both very caring and not sophomoric; Michael and I both help out with chores or with the mysterious murder that had occurred. Also Michael and I both like to go with the flow. Diary 1 Today my girlfriend and I both had a “great” day traveling to the island of Monhegan‚ Maine. Well‚ if I were to say great I would actually want to say tepid if anything. I would say this because when we got to the island Meg and I were both expecting
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Prisoner of war diary entry 19th of April 1941 marks my second in year in this prisoner of war camp‚ I managed to gather a pen and paper from a guard to write this diary entry. I am very scared and I wonder how my father is going as it is his birthday tomorrow and I haven’t seen him for actually I can’t even remember the last time I saw him it was that long ago. This camp is like death; they are making me work day and night‚ getting up at 4 in the morning and not getting back to bed until at
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Dear Diary‚ Through all this tough time I can’t imagine that I am still alive. I didn’t know that the area that I was in‚ was exposed to this extreme weather condition. In summer it’s was extremely hot‚ luckily that I am an Australian and already got used to this type of weather. Not only the summer weather condition had affected us however‚ now in winter the weather conditions had gotten worst. It turned out to be freezing cold‚ snow fall most of the time. We were unprepared and only have
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In the middle of summer his brother Roderick woke him up telling him he missed all of summer and he was dressed as if he was going to school so Greg woke up got dressed and was making breakfast and then his dad yelled at him because it was 3:00am. Then it was finally time for school to actually start. He was starting to wonder why they put tiny people who haven’t hit growth spurts yet in a school with these giants. Greg goes outside to see if they still have the cheese out on the ground which was
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Dear journal: Today‚ May 4th 1961‚ we are leaving Washington D.C. in protest of or civil rights to desegregate bus rides. We are heading out to New Orleans where our protest is just the beginning of what we are striving for in order to bring equality to the human race. Not only do I feel nervous and scared‚ I feel proud for I am standing up to what I believe is right and so one day my children will be able to have a white friend and not be judged by the color of their skin. I feel scared for if
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Grade 5‚ Theme 6‚ What’s the Big Idea‚ Ben Franklin? Vocabulary Words Concept: Entrepreneur Definition: An entrepreneur is someone who takes the risk to develop a new product or start a new business. Comprehension Questions Ben Franklin came from a family of entrepreneurs and small businessmen. What is an entrepreneur? What types of businesses did his family run? An entrepreneur takes the risk to develop a new product or start a business. father - candle
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MADRID -- 1 JANUARY 1883 - NOVEMBER 1884 1st January 1883 Night‚ I don’t know what vague melancholy‚ an indefinable loneliness‚ smothers my soul. It is similar to the profound sadness that cities manifest after a tumultuous rejoicing‚ to a city after the happiest celebration. Two nights ago‚ that is‚ 30 December‚ I had a frightful nightmare when I almost died.1 I dreamed that‚ imitating an actor dying on the stage‚ I felt vividly that my breath was failing and I was rapidly losing my strength.
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