Clara’s day This short story "Clara’s day" by Penelope Lively is about a girl‚ Clara‚ who suddenly took off all of her clothes and started walking naked around at her school. After this sensational episode she was told that she had to meet "the Head" after school. They talked about Clara’s reasons for doing what she did‚ because as the Head said on page 53 line 1-2‚ "..you aren’t really like that‚ are you?"‚ and Clara agreed that she wasn’t. Naturally Clara’s parents‚ or in this case‚ mother was
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Marketing Children Child obesity is a growing problem in today ’s society. "On average 28% of girls age 6-11 are overweight." Pediatricians are now seeing more and more children with high levels of cholesterol‚ high blood pressure‚ and adult on-set diabetes. In 1997 American children obtained 50% of their calories from added fat and sugar and only 1% of children ’s diets resembled the recommended proportions of the Food Pyramid. The amount of money that is spent marketing to children is outrageous
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Clara’s day by Penelope Lively 1. A summary of the text‚ Clara’s day: The text is about a girl who overcomes her fear of being herself‚ by taking her clothes off at a school assembly. The text started with she was at school‚ to a school assembly. Suddenly in the middle of the Head speech‚ Clara began to take all of her clothes off. After she had taking all of her clothes off‚ she walked past the Head and out through the doors to the entrance lobby. She walked up to her classroom and waited for
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aspirations of a man who wanted to bring about a change in the lives of those around him. A man of pride and wisdom – H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan not only dreamt but had the courage to pursue his dream and turn it into a beacon of reality. In the process‚ he never lost sight of his roots and cultural heritage. On the occasion of the 41st National Day of UAE‚ we salute the Father of Nation‚ H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and celebrate the 40th National Day keeping the ‘Spirit of Union’ as
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Plants are considered as one of the main sources of all living things. They can be classify according to what kind are they. They are also called as “green plants” in which considered as one of many sources of humans. Plants are now more useful than other human sources. They have the ability to synthesize a variety of chemical compounds that are used to perform important biological function. Each part of plants have their own functions such as; roots
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on whether you’re gay or you’re not‚ adoption of children shouldn’t be restricted on someone’s sexual orientation. The Catholic Church and certain religions overall see this as an abomination to humanity. Certain people believe children might grow up wanting to be gay if they are raised by gay parents‚ also there are many people out there in the world right now who are heterosexual and are not qualified to raise a child‚ they might mistreat children‚ maybe they don’t even provide the care required
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Children of Men ENC 1143 Jennie Ziegler 20 September 2012 Children of Men Viewers are dropped smack dab in the middle of a dystopian future‚ 2027‚ of war‚ infertility‚ fear of government‚ and total and utter chaos. The human race can no longer reproduce and governments have collapsed. The only “strong” government left is the United Kingdom’s‚ which is quickly crumbling. There are “terrorists” all over who call themselves ‘the fishes‚’ talking
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on religion and politics‚ children only at the age of seven are given drugs and a gun in someone else’s war. Children in Sierra Leone‚ and many parts of Iraq are required to be involved in a war. Many are persuaded with drugs‚ money‚ and basic living essentials while others have been taught that fighting in wars while they are young is morally right‚ and that they are protecting their faith and their close peers. Yet the question that has been posed is shall these children be given legal forgiveness
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January of 2002‚ my senior year of high school to be a medic. My official first day in the Army was August 22nd 2002. I arrived in Columbia‚ South Carolina at 1145pm‚ after two hours of riding in a cramped bus I arrived at Ft. Jackson and the in processing station. On August 28th ‚ after getting stuck with needles‚ countless interviews‚ pushups for calling people the wrong rank and the first twinges of homesickness‚ the first day of real basic training loomed like immense purple wall clouds in the very
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“The Remains of the Day” -post-colonial novel- Postcolonialism‚ discussed from a literary approach‚ deals with the literature produced in countries that were colonies and by the colonized peoples responding to the colonial legacy by what the British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie called “writing back”‚ and thus confronting colonial cultural attitudes through literature. However‚ it may also refer to the literature written in other countries‚ which takes as its subject-matter the
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