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    Essay 1 – ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ ‘How are the differences between Australian and Italo-Australian culture displayed by Marchetta and what effects do they have on the protagonist Josie?” Melina Marchetta’s cult text ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ looks at many issues of growing up in Australia torn between two cultures. The main protagonist Josie Alibrandi was born in Australia into a family with strong Italian cultural links and her battle to ‘find’ herself and her ethnicity is one that I will explore

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    Chapter One: Q1) Ten words to describe Josephine Alibrandi are: Rebellious‚ Emotional‚ Intelligent‚ Mature‚ Embarrassed (by Nonna)‚ Self conscious‚ Sarcastic‚ Opinionated‚ Friendly and Observant. Q2) Josephine lives in a suburb called Glebe Q3) Josephine attends a school named St. Marthas. This school Is not Co-Ed and has nuns as teachers. It is full of rich‚ white kids. Q4) Her biggest problem is being stuck at a school full o rich kids with rich families. Q5) She is ‘illegitimate’ because

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    DIANA NYAKUNDI FRESHMAN COMPOSITION 09/29/10 LOOKING FOR ZORA In her essay Looking for Zora‚ Alice walker ventures out to Eatonville Florida to find out more about Zora Hurston. Walker masquerades as Zora’s niece and goes around inquiring on what was the cause of Zora’s death‚ where her grave is currently‚ and what was she like‚ alive. Walker argues that the writer’s undignified and unfamiliar resting place is far less important than the memories and influence she has left behind. The main appeal

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    Obsessions and the Downfall it Brings Upon Life What is the first thing that comes to mind when someone speaks of obsession? For most people it is the obsession with media or someone with no life‚ or maybe both. Inside almost every single person’s mind is someone or something they are passionate about. Not only are they passionate about it‚ they are obsessed. So much that they are unconscious that their obsession be dangerous to themselves as well as others. In Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

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    Staying Current on School Law Kimberly Edwards Introduction Being a principal is a very important position. I believe that when the principal has high expectations and morals that the whole school benefits. When the principal is an example of someone with high standards the teachers‚ staff‚ and students will benefit from that example. My goal as a future administrator is to be firm but fair. In order for me to ensure that I am fair in my decisions‚ I need to be current school law. As times

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    nineties where the enforcement of opposing cultures‚ beliefs and opinions is expected and the pressures of expectations are abundant would not be easy. This is especially obvious if the ‘victim’ is emotionally unhinged (or at least slightly ajar) and looking for stability through constants‚ including their heritage and who they actually are. Josephine Alibrandi has all of these pressures heaped on her adolescent mind but the impact is doubled because she doesn’t know who she is‚ which isn’t helped by

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    University’s art exhibit‚ Looking Forward‚ Looking Back. The Globe is a triptych‚ which is an artwork that consists of three panels. Each panel displays a picture of an ancient globe resting on a kitchen chair. Hiott’s Globe exhibits four main elements of art: unity‚ variety‚ balance‚ and emphasis. Unity Hiott’s piece displayed unity‚ which can be thought of as elements within an art piece that brings together the artwork‚ to commutate the exhibit’s message of Looking Forward‚ Looking Back. Hiott accomplished

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    Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy Julian West‚ the main character of Looking Backward‚ was born into a rich family in the late nineteenth century. The gap between the rich and poor was very huge and seemed impossible to fix. Like the other people of his high class‚ Julian thought that he was greater than the poor people‚ and he saw their constant strikes with anger and contempt. He was engaged to Edith Bartlett‚ who was a beautiful and graceful Boston lady. They planned to get married when the

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    Is Celebrity Obsession Destroying Our Society? Is our fixation on the famous an escape from our lives? The pedestal on which we have put movie stars‚ sports figures‚ and famous people could give some people neck strain. We idolize them‚ follow their every move‚ and treat them as modern gods. There is a giant media subculture around the cult of personality. Gossip and news about the rich and famous is big business. Magazines like People and Us Weekly‚ TV shows like Access Hollywood and Entertainment

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    America’s Obsession with Thinness: Problems with women in colleges Recent statistics provided by Natural Health magazine found that: 44% of women who are of average or below average weight think that they are actually overweight. For many reasons‚ Americans people have gradually begun to idealize extreme thinness. They were afraid that being fat would lead to them being unwanted and unloved. This obsession grew rapidly‚ and is now a part of their lives. Obsession with thinness targets

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