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    a location from its representations in texts. In Archie Weller’s short story‚ ‘Stolen Car’‚ he conveys ideas about Perth through a variety of techniques. The ideas which are conveyed in Weller’s story include‚ but are not limited to‚ urban corruption‚ intense racism and the general lawlessness of ‘progress’. The techniques which he has incorporated consist of colour‚ animalistic connotations and anthropomorphic likening’s. The colours which Weller uses to define the features of the surroundings

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    "Going Home"

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    Introduction: “Going Home: is a short story written by Aboriginal author Archie Weller‚ about a young Aboriginal man named Billy Woodward who tries to change his lifestyle to white society leaving his Indigenous family and lifestyle behind. The author as used various techniques such as characterisation‚ point of view and setting to persuade the reader to feel angry‚ supressed and unhappy. Paragraph One: Billy Woodward is a young man who is ashamed of being an Aboriginal and so he tries

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    ARCHIE SMITH‚ BOY WONDER “ArchieArchie‚ Archieee!” While waking up his son Archie Smith‚ Mr. Quinn Smith was vigorously shaking and rumbling him. Leisurely he started to wake up. “Goodness Dad‚” Archie grumbled in a half asleep voice “why did you have to wake me up so early.” “Maybe‚ it is because your first day of High School is today.” “It is‚” Archie said in a very questioning voice. “Yes‚ so get up and get ready.” As Archie rushed to get ready‚ he took a shower‚ brushed his teeth‚ washed

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    Going Home Summary of the story: The story ’Going Home’ is about a young man who’s turning twenty-one. He lives in Great-Britain but his parents have aboriginal roots. The story is told from when he was sixteen years old till his twenty-first birthday. This young man goes by a couple of names: Billy Woodward and William Jacob Woodward. Those two names symbolize the two sides he has as a ‘white’ aboriginal. When he is the ‘son of his parents’ and when he talks to other aboriginals‚ he’s called Billy

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    Joan Didion begins her story by illustrating what "home"� is to her(p. 134). She describes how her home now is not the place where her husband and daughter live‚ but in the Central Valley of California with her family. With this introduction‚ one can sense that she is troubled by the differences between the two. Joan Didion goes on to reveal that her husband is "uneasy"� in her family’s home(p. 134). He says that she becomes "difficult‚ oblique‚ deliberately‚ inarticulate‚"� which is nothing like

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    WC821 September 2010 Final Paragraph Going Home It’s hard for an adult to move back in with their parents after being gone for so long. That is the situation I find myself in at this moment in my life. After being terminated from my job in July I found myself in a difficult situation. My father also found himself in a difficult situation; He was diagnosed with prostate cancer along with debilitating arthritis of the joints‚ which makes it very difficult for him to get

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    investigate the imbalance of power in society through representations of race or ethnicity. Discuss how race or ethnicity is represented in two short stories you have studied this year. Race and ethnicity brings an imbalance of power in society. Archie Weller’s "Stolen Car" and Victoria Zabukovec’s "The Young Stranger" are examples of short stories which represent these imbalances through themes and issues and the characters presented in these two texts. The protagonist characters of Johnny and

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    Archie Norman

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    Archie Norman was thirty-seven years old when he took over as chief executive of a supermarket chain‚ Asda. Before joining Asda‚ Norman had no previous experience in the grocery business. He had attended Harvard Business School MBA and had worked for the McKinsey consulting firm. When he took over Asda‚ it was in the brink of collapse. Asda had lost sight of its core customers‚ their competitors were gaining market share and Asda was nearly in $2 billion in debt. Norman was able to turn this struggling

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    Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave‚ and grow old wanting to get back to. In Joan Didion’s essay “On Going Home”‚ Didion shows how disconnected she feels from her family on a visit back home for her daughter’s birthday through varied syntax and imagery. Growing up‚ becoming independent from your family‚ and starting a family of your own can lead to you growing apart from your family. Although Didion’s husband tolerates her family‚ he doesn’t fully accept them which causes the conflict

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    Home Home is a place where most experience ultimate comfort‚ security‚ and emotional ties. As reading Joan Didion’s “On Going Home” you can feel the tone and passion she has towards home‚ especially proven when she states‚ “Days pass. I see no one. I come to dread my husband’s evening call‚ not only because he is full of news of what by now seems to me our remote life in Los Angeles‚ people he has seen‚ letters which require attention‚ but because he ask what I have been doing‚ suggests uneasily

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