Year 12‚ 2010 Writing Folio ENCOUNTERING CONFLICT – WRITING FOLIO – PIECE ONE Who we are is truly tested when we encounter conflict The true test of someone’s character is not determined by how we deal with conflict in our life‚ but how we deal with all the aspects of our lives‚ for example; how we are when we are happy‚ grieving or angry. Our maturity levels also play a huge part in defining who we are. There is no doubt that conflict alters our emotions‚ thus it effects our actions‚ but
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Emotion is a central theme in ‘Strange fits of passion’; even in the title we have “Passion”‚ shown in the Poet’s feelings for Lucy and in the sudden (seemingly unfounded) idea that “Lucy should be dead” Overseeing the whole scene we also have the moon‚ used by Wordsworth to counterpoint the Poet’s Journey to “Lucy’s cot”. As he draws closer to the cottage the moon descends until suddenly “the planet dropped” which in turn causes the Poet to have a startling thought exclaiming “O mercy!” “If Lucy
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Frankenstein is the true monster‚ not the creature himself. Victor Frankenstein grew up in Geneva. He had a strong interest in reading the works of the ancient and outdated alchemists‚ and was fascinated by science and the "secret of life." One day he decided that he wanted to study further‚ so Victor actually created a person of his own out of old body parts and strange chemicals. When the creature came to life‚ he was a hideously ugly beast. The creature does have beauteous features such as "lustrous
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Martin Luther King His experiences as a teenager living in America As a child‚ Martin’s encounters with racial discrimination were mild but influential. When Martin was in high school‚ he attended a speech contest in‚ where he took second prize. But‚ on the long bus ride back: the bus was separated‚ and the black people had to stand so that the white people could sit. Another example is that one day‚ Martin and his father went to buy some new shoes. The clerk told them to go to the back of the
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Susan Hill’s Strange Meeting is a modern novel written in 1971‚ a novel names after one of Wilfred Owen’s poems. It concentrates on a realistic representation of relationships between young men in the trenches of World War One and the reality of war and the impacts it has on individuals‚ similar to Pat Barkers Regeneration. Hill is a female author which is significant because the whole novel is based on a women’s point of view. As a reader we can see this because of the devices Hill uses throughout
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Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 study guide Chapter 3 1. Early agricultural Society in Africa Climatic change and the Development of Agriculture in Africa After last ice age‚ Sahara desert- grassy‚ lakes Humans hunt cattle‚ collect wild grains‚ fish East Sudan- people eventually domesticated cattle‚ establish permanent settlements‚ cultivate sorghum (grain) West Sudan- cultivate yam Agriculture success- Sudanic form monarchies ruled by kings Buried kings and executed royal servants- meet king’s
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CHAPTER 3: SETTLING THE NORHTERN COLONIES‚ 1619-1700 I. The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism In 1517‚ Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. Luther had several explosive ideas including… The Bible alone was the source of God’s word (not the Bible and the Church or pope). People are saved simply by faith in Christ alone (not by faith and good works). His actions ignited the Protestant Reformation. John Calvin preached Calvinism which stressed
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novella written in the 19th century by Robert Louis Stevenson. In his writings‚ Stevenson was fascinated by the ideas of concealment‚ double life‚ and the broader issue of human duality. The characters‚ Dr. Jekyll and his evil half Mr. Hyde‚ experience the behaviors of a split personality or that of the divided self. The divided self can be compared to a drug addict‚ where Jekyll would be the sober state
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mechanics have as well. While basic mechanics are still a factor in games‚ such as moving‚ “In recent years‚ moral judgment tasks have served as an increasingly popular plot mechanism in video game play” (Weaver 610). Games like Undertale‚ Life is Strange‚ Wolf Among Us‚ and The Walking Dead‚ just to name a few‚ are all storyline based games that uses plot mechanics that focus on your moral choices and all of your decisions in
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It is the encounter with conflict which brings out the courage or cowardice in a person “Flight or fight” is an oft-quoted summary of one’s reaction to conflict‚ whether mental or physical. But it is an instinctive behaviour which words such as “courage” and “cowardice” do little to accurately describe‚ as these loaded with emotional connotations. We usually regard ‘courage’ as a positive virtue‚ and ‘cowardice’ as a negative flaw; in these sematic spaces “fighting” is also positive‚ and “fleeing”
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