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    Shoe Horn Sonata

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    The play the “Shoe-Horn Sonata” written by John Misto and poem “Vergissmeinicht” composed by a British Tank Commander Keith Douglas use the distinctively visual to portray the idea of war and its consequences on people and their relationships. The use of lighting in the play and the poem help give the audience an idea of the mood that the protagonists are in‚ for example in the play The Shoe-Horn Sonata the use of dim light whilst on stage is used to great effect whenever Sheila or Bridie are

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    use of projected images‚ music and dialogue‚ distinctively visual texts represent challenging aspects of life effectively. This is portrayed through texts such as John Misto’s play The Shoe Horn Sonata‚ Kevin McDonalds docu-drama Touching the Void and Roberto Innocenti’s picture book Rose Blanche. The shoe horn sonata by John Misto is a play that deals with the brutality of World War 2 by locking at the stories of two financial characters‚ Bridie and Sheila. When he wrote the play‚ Misto was concerned

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    Bridie‚ in the Australian Play ‘shoe Horn Sonata’. Through the use of the great dialogue‚ and pleasing dramatic techniques‚ misto explores‚ through sheilas and brides demonstrations and flashbacks the story of the thousands of women including bridie and sheila kept prisoned by the Japanese. On the other hand‚ the poem ‘the send-off’ written by Wilfred Owen‚ was also set in a war‚ ww1. This poem is about the send-off of the soldiers and is very similar to the Shoe Horn sonata as it also reflects a sad

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    attended a Pow Wow that was happening at the California State University of Long Beach. I knew what kind of event it was because this was my second time attending one. At the first Pow Wow‚ I was able to take the opportunity to volunteer for them and helped them out with the resting area for the dancers and other miscellaneous tasks. I also had the chance to walk around and explore what was provided and stayed at the event until the end. It has been over two years since I had gone to the first Pow Wow so

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    The Shoe Horn Sonata

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    then i suppose I gotta look at it in a positive way‚ had she have not slept with Lipstick Larry I wouldn’t be here today. I believe the saying is an eye for eye‚ I saved her at sea and she saved me in camp‚ so when I think about it that bloody shoe-horn saved us both‚ who would of thought‚ but was it worth it. After being cured of that pesky cerebral malaria I still had to face the Japs each day‚ day in‚ day out and I still had to eat rice almost everyday and I still had to watch some of my best

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    Halo Horn Error

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    Subjective reaction on the part of consumers noticed by researchers when attempting to analyze consumer attitudes and their relationship to the market structure‚ particularly in the area of advertising or brand evaluation. For example‚ in theory‚ an individual should be able to evaluate each feature of a given brand independently and should have no difficulty giving a high rating to one feature while giving another a low rating. However‚ in practice‚ researchers have noticed that respondents have

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    Shoehorn Sonata and at least two other texts. Language helps us share other people’s experience. In the play the Shoe Horn Sonata by John Misto‚ the use of symbolism‚ stage directions and dialogue enables the audience to feel empathy for the character as does the language used in the film Apocolyto and in the painting “He Ain’t Heavy‚ He’s My Brother” by Holly Wong. The Shoe Horn Sonata makes references to actual historical events and places. With the incorporation of many literary devices used

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    interpret and create meaning from otherwise complex concepts. John Misto’s play ‘The Shoe Horn Sonata’ and Mike Subritzky’s poem ‘Sister’ both challenges the audience’s interpretation of the traumatic experiences of war. Through a range of distinctly visual techniques both composers help create an understanding of the power of time and the human spirit as overcoming adversity of war. As Misto’s The Shoe Horn Sonata develops‚ the distinctly visual stage positioning of Bridie and Sheila changes to

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    Pow Write-Up 1

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    Emily Shiang 6/27/13 POW Write-up In this POW write-up‚ I am trying to prove that there can be only one solution to this problem‚ and demonstrate and corroborate that all solutions work and are credible. What the problem of the week is asking is that the number that you put in the boxes 0-4 is the number of numbers in the whole 5-digit number. For example‚ if you put zero in the “one” box‚ you would be indicating that there is zero ones in the number. Another example is if you put a two in

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    Pow 13 Corey Camel

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    the market to sell her bananas. For every mile that Corey walks‚ she must eat 1 banana. Corey can only carry 1‚000 bananas at one time. For POW 13‚ I have to figure out how many bananas Corey can get to the market. Process To solve POW 13‚ I first worked on a mini-POW to help me figure out POW 13. I used the same process in POW 13 as I did in a mini-POW. The process is as follows: 1. Corey picks up 1‚000 of the bananas‚ travels 200 miles‚ and drop 600 bananas at the 200 mile point. There

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