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    Victoria Hourigan What techniques does Hill use to create tension in ‘whistle and I’ll come to you’? The opening paragraph to the chapter immediately creates tension. This is done by the use of pathetic fallacy in that Hill describes the atmosphere with ‘gusts that blew’ and that during the night it ‘increased greatly in force’. This instantly creates an ominous surrounding as it conveys how isolated Arthur and the house are. Moreover‚ it foreshadows a sinister future for Arthur and spider

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    THE MOVİE “JUNO” Sixteen year-old Juno MacGuff is the type of girl that beats to her own drummer‚ and doesn’t really care what others may think of her. She learns that she’s pregnant from a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend‚ Paulie Bleeker. Juno and Paulie like each other‚ but don’t consider themselves to be exclusive boyfriend/girlfriend let alone be ready to be a family complete with child. Although she would rather not be pregnant‚ Juno is fairly pragmatic about her situation. Paulie

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    Dim SCOR As Integer Dim INCRRECT As Integer Private Sub Command1_Click () If txtans1 = "KOBE BRYANT" Or txtans1 = "KOBE" Then SCORE = SCORE + 1 Else INCORRECT = INCORRECT + 1 End If If txtans2 = "VANESSA HUDGENS" Then SCORE = SCORE + 1 Else INCORRECT = INCORRECT + 1 End If If txtans3 = "TAYLOR SWIFT" Then SCORE = SCORE + 1 Else INCORRECT = INCORRECT + 1 End If If txtans4 = "CLEVELAND" Or txtans4 = "CAVALIERS" Then SCORE = SCORE + 1 Else INCORRECT = INCORRECT +

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    HSC English (ESL) Language Study within an Area of Study Related Text Scaffold (Fill in one for EACH text) Related text scaffold 1. Find out basic information about the text. a) Name of text: The Shawshank Redemption b) Composer: Frank Darabont c) Source (Where you got the text from. Include date of publication‚ or date of accessing website): Castle Rock Entertainment‚ September 23rd 1994 d) Type of text Film 2. Summarise the text. In 1947

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    Howl’s Moving Castle is a film by Hayao Miyazaki‚ and it follows the life of a young girl who is a hat-maker to many learning experiences‚ emotional involvements‚ and physical (laborious) journeys. She starts off as a simple hat maker before trouble befalls her and meets a witch who makes her into an old woman. She runs off to try and reverse the spell‚ meeting a man and his friends‚ from inside a moving castle‚ who journeys together‚ overcoming all obstacles‚ and finding her true self again.

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    Avatar Ethics Analysis

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    Avatar Ethics An avatar is a physical shell controlled by forces from the outside. In the film‚ paraplegic marine Jake Sully’s mind/soul is placed inside the body of a genetically modified alien creature. He can control the massive and beautiful body‚ and is sent to infiltrate the native people on the lush planet of Pandora. They control the precious metal unobtanium‚ worth billions to the humans. In this grim future‚ Earth has been destroyed and is uninhabitable. Jake embraces this new life

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    In the film‚ Good Will Hunting‚ main character Will Hunting is a troubled young man from a poor neighborhood in south Boston. Following a youth of abusive foster care experiences and only himself left to trust‚ Hunting leads a life of self-sufficiency becoming a witty sharp shooter. A seemingly independent individual working as a janitor in renowned local university‚ MIT‚ he spends his downtime with a select group of buddies he considers family or isolated reading volumes of old novels and textbooks

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    Hi‚ welcome to Weekly Planet Podcasts. I am Mahnaz and today I am talking about the film Avatar and the theme of military versus science and invasion. If you haven’t seen Avatar‚ this contains spoilers so you should watch first it. Avatar is a science fiction film. It sees paraplegic soldier Jake Sully who works with scientists to infiltrate the Na’vi‚ a native race on the moon Pandora. Jake learns the native’s culture and falls in love with Neytiri‚ the chief’s daughter. He faces a decision of

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    The Shawshank Redemption ‘Darabont’s direction in The Shawshank Redemption emphasises contrasts and paradox: in ideas‚ in characters‚ in mood. How does he use cinematic techniques to achieve this?’ In The Shawshank Redemption Darabont uses cinematic techniques to illustrate contrast. Power & Weakness‚ Freedom & Oppression‚ Isolation & Companionship are the fundamental themes that differentiate from each other in the film. Darabont effectively utilises filming techniques to highlight

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    Watching Shawshank Redemption was not only a fantastic journey‚ but it also made me question some of my beliefs regarding inmates. Andy Dufresne’s character conveyed a kind spirit even though the people he was surrounded by were anything but. Red’s mockery of the behavior assessment committee was especially poignant of what perspective of prisoners. Though I had never considered prisoners to be drastically different people‚ I had never realized how similar they were to us. The idea of contrasting

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