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    world’s first ’internal combustion engine’‚ which he conceived‚ created‚ and developed with his older brother Claude. This is how photography came about and how it is today. In this essay I’ll be taking about Henri Cartier-Bresson‚ Diane Arbus and Annie Leibovitz and how they became photographers‚ also the similarities and differences between the three most famous 20th century photographers. Henri Cartier-Bresson born 22 August 1908‚ in Chanteloup‚ France and died 3 August 2004‚ in Montjusine

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    All Americans partake in the American identity‚ one that represents freedom‚ equality and all its benefits. Sojourner Truth‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Martin Luther King Junior all indulged in the American identity to which they held to the highest regard‚ standing for what they believed was morally right. Although they shared this common identity‚ their various ways of implementing it were quite dissimilar. In 1776‚ the second year of the revolutionary war‚ (1775-1783) Thomas Jefferson‚ a Virginia congressman

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    Near the end of Woody Allen’s 1977 film Annie Hall‚ Diane Keaton’s role as Annie says to Allen’s character Alvy Singer‚ "You’re just like New York City. You’re an island!" However‚ the link between Alvy Singer and New York City is not simply a fictional creation. Nor is the connection between Allen’s character Isaac Davis and New York in his 1979 film Manhattan fictional adoration. Woody Allen loves New York. It is through the various characters he portrays and through a camera lens that he shows

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    When looking at the environmental and economical effects consumers and distributors have on our current world‚ two activist‚ who happen to be authors‚ come to mind. Annie Leonard’s essay‚ "The Story of Stuff: Bottled Water‚" and Emily Fontaine’s blog post‚ "Where Did Our Clothes Come From?" provides the reader with evidence that our current consumer/distributor relationship‚ is negatively affecting the environmental and economical make up of our current society‚ through examples such as the water

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    In the article‚ What Kids Should Know About Their Own Brains‚ written by Annie Murphy Paul‚ it states how beneficial it would be if kids started learning about their brains at an earlier age than the regular middle school or high school age. Two psychologists named Peter Marshall and Christina Comalli says that parents talks to their kids about everything but the brain‚ children can’t see or observe their own brain‚ and they aren’t taught much in school at this young age‚ these are three factors

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    Jamaica Kincaid’s Main Female Protagonists‚ Their Personalities and Relationships in Novels Lucy and Annie John Every person’s character is created and formed in background the person grows up in‚ and is influenced by everything that surrounds him or her‚ like friends‚ teachers‚ television and other media‚ and of course‚ family. And if our person is a female‚ the strongest influence always comes from her mother and their relationship‚ and this is clearly visible in Jamaica Kincaid’s novels‚ where

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    Extension English 1- Assessment Task 2-The Shipping News-Task 2(a) Formal Response-By Henri Rutherford Annie Proulx’s prose fiction novel ‘The Shipping News’ explores the complexities of individual’s navigation in our modern and increasingly globalised society. Proulx would agree with the statement ‘The global cannot be all bad nor the local all good. In our lives today‚ the two must coexist and we must learn to navigate both’‚ and her text provides evidence to this effect. The novel does not

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    4) In the essay “The Death of the Moth” by Virginia Woolf and “The Death of a Moth” by Annie Dillard‚ the two authors use the image of a moth to find out about their places in life. Instead of choosing any other animals‚ they use the death of the moth to describe death as an inevitable part of life. However‚ each author approaches and describes the death of the moth with different feeling. Woolf describes the moth in a calm peaceful setting where energy only rest in the little moth. This will further

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    life. Many people may say that there is a connection between nature and humans theses thoughts are expressed in Annie Dillard’s short story‚ “Living Like Weasels”. Both authors have their point of view on topics but both agree that human behavior needs to improve for a bigger better future. In the story “The lowest Animal” written by mark twain‚ he explains his logic on how he thinks

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    “teaching a stone to talk” by Annie Dillard. The extract consists of thirty lines from page 83 and I must highlight that it is the last piece of the essay‚ hence‚ it is assumed that this extract will conclude a certain theme. This essay follows similar characteristics to those exhibited in the whole book which is beginning with a description of a specific aspect of nature and then becoming deeper until the highest questions are asked. As I mentioned previously‚ Dillard begins this essay with a natural

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