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    Because It Is Running

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    A: Because It Is Running By ”She smelled of soap and gorse flowers‚ of sunlight and bracken and earth‚ things living‚ things dying‚ things continuing in the same way”. These are the lines which end “Because It Is Running By” written by Jo Lloyd in 2009. In few words the last part of the extract summits the situation of the main character Wil and what the author wishes to criticize. While times go by and things live and die‚ his social background ties him to the spot where he was born‚ and he is

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    Bloody Boat People

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    In this essay Rueben Brands “Bloody Boat People”‚ published 2012 by Courier Mail. The drawings reveal that Aboriginals were infuriated by the boat people because the boat people took their land and disrespect their life‚ take their jobs‚ disrespect their laws‚ form criminal gangs and deal drugs to their kids‚ the boat people not even tried to learn their language. The realistic drawing of the two Aboriginal men with angry expression on their face towards the boat arriving near to their land and also

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    looking for Alaska

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    Critic’s Choice Review of Looking for Alaska by John Green Miles “Pudge” Hatler’s boring obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the ‘’Great Prehaps’’ (Francois Rablais‚ poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy‚ and anything-but-boring world of Cluver Creek Boarding School‚ and his life becomes the opposite of safe because down the hall is Alaska Young; the gorgeous‚ clever‚ funny‚ self destructive‚ screwed up‚ and utterly fascinating Alaska Young‚ who is an event

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    Summary Of The Open Boat

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    “The Open Boat” is told in such a unique way that some may say it does not even possess a traditional plot. Reason being the the author Stephen crane experienced the story first hand. The story of the shipwrecked crew of the Commodore is in no way fiction by any means. The blunt situation is summarized as “Each of the men in the dinghy are faced with the likelihood of his own death. While they row and wait to be rescued‚ the realization sets in that they are largely helpless in the face of nature’s

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    comfortable place for all of its students. They understand that not everyone is a professional at every subject‚ and help arrange for tutors to help you progress through challenging material. This concept is also present in the book The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. This is similar to rowing and how Joe keeps his team positive and ready to race. One of the most important parts is keeping everyone “on the same note” and keeping consistent strokes in order to flawlessly propel their shell

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    Three Men In A Boat

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    Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) Summary The novel‚ narrated by the Englishman J.‚ tells of a boat trip J. takes up with Thames River with his friends George and William Samuel Harris. His prose is rambling‚ and often digresses into anecdotes or long observational passages. One night‚ the three men smoke together in J.’s London apartment‚ discussing their anxiety over their sicknesses. The reader can discern that they are actually hypochondriacs. After researching diseases at the British

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    Pearl Harbor

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    was happening in Germany was spreading across Europe. Eventually other countries like Italy and Russia were under the influence of communism. This injustice was spreading across Europe .The United States found this to be unjust and had to interfere because they found this to be a threat to them. War crimes such as this are perfect examples of injustice. Another example is the racism of the 60’s. There was so much fighting towards the Black population and it was unfair. The African-American population

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    Looking for Alibrandi

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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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    The Attack on Pearl Harbor

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    To better understand the attack on Pearl Harbor we must first go to the origin of the problem. Japan had little resources and they depended on trade‚ trade was the only thing keeping them going as a nation. According to Conroy‚ author of Pearl Harbor reexamined: Prologue to the Pacific War‚ “The fundamental causes of the pacific war go back to the turn of the century. International relations were then characterized by politics‚ aggressive nationalism‚ and western colonialism. These forces worked

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    The Open Boat Analysis

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    In the short stories the "Open Boat" written by Stephen Crane and "Cathedral" written by Raymond Carver‚ tell a tale about different groups of people who go through life changing experiences and come out in the end as a stronger community. Everywhere we look communities surround us all. From our families and friends to the people we go to school with. Communities make up the essence of our everyday life. The four main characters in the "Open Boat" are the captain‚ the cook‚ the correspondent‚ and

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