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    Stuart Little

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    B White classic‚ Stuart Little. The setting takes place in the nineteen nineties in the city of New York. The purpose of this story is to entertain the reader. The reason why it is to entertain is because in real life mice can’t talk‚ drive boats‚ and drive cars. The main characters are Stuart‚ Marlago‚ and the Little family. Stuart is a city mouse. Marlago is a bird. The Little’s are a human family with a mom‚ dad‚ and one son. The genre of this book is fiction because winding back to the entertain

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    Looking for Alibrandi

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    the book looking for Alibrandi written by Melina Marchetta published 1990. The book is about a stubborn‚ insecure and judgemental teenager who feels like she doesn’t fit in society because of her illegitimacy‚ ethnicity‚ status and family history. We can also see this from the poem Refugee Blues written by WH Auden and Neighbours by Tim Winston which both show perception off fitting in and not fitting because of ethnicity and status. Josephine Alibrandi is the main character in looking for Alibrandi

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    Pearl Harbor Speech

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    Roosevelt Pearl Harbor Speech Franklin Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor Speech December 8‚ 1941 Pearl Harbor Speech by F.D.R. to the Congress of the United States Yesterday‚ Dec. 7‚ 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and‚ at the solicitation of Japan‚ was still in conversation with the government and its emperor looking toward the

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    colonization better known as the New World. The dawn of marginalization and colonization of the New World did not come without struggle and suffering for both Native Americans (American Indians) and African Americans alike. For the importance of Zheng He’s voyage in 1405 A.D during the Ming Dynasty marked the beginning of the “Age

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    Looking For Alibrandi

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    Looking For Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta leads the reader towards the theme of lost identity and the pursuit to find it. The protagonist‚ Josephine Alibrandi‚ displays the importance of self-acceptance through a riveting odyssey of belonging. Marchetta highlights the significance of relationships and the effect that they have towards the outcome of emancipation. The novel journeys the idea of cultural acceptance through a series of events that displays the impact of family enigmas. Josephine

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    Pearl Harbor Essay

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    The Attack on Pearl Harbour Focus Question: How did the attack on Pearl Harbour affect WWII? What significant reason did the Japanese choose to start a war with the United States? How did the surprise assault affect the surroundings of Pearl Harbour? The quotation of “issued Potsdam Declaration” had Japan to surrender‚ even if they did surrender why are the United States still deciding to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki? How has the results of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing affect the lives

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    Looking for Alibrandi

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    The period of Adolescence is a very important in forming one’s characters and has a great influence which may lead to take risks as one experiences something new. In “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta the protagonist‚ Josephine Alibrandi is experiencing the periods of adolescence‚ during this period she deals with the friendships and relationships between John Barton and Jacob Coote(Marchetta‚ 1992). There are many differences between John and Jacob‚ whilst the social classes; personality;

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    Looking For Alibrandi

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    At the start of "Looking for Alibrandi"‚ by Melina Marchetta we are introduced to a seventeen year old girl by the name of Josephine "Josie" Alibrandi‚ who is in her last year of high school. By the end of the book it is made obvious that Josephine has gone through many dramatic and important changes‚ including achieving her emancipation‚ discovering her family secret‚ accepting her culture‚ and meeting‚ and having a relationship with her father‚ Michael Andretti. All of these changes‚ and others

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    The Attack on Pearl Harbor

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    ck on Pearl Harbor “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” This is a famous quote that Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto uttered just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was nervous that one of the most important surprise attacks in recent history would turn out to be a complete failure. Over the course of history there have been numerous decisions to attack other nations with some of them being successful and others not so much. However‚ few have

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    Submarine Boat Monologue

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    Well is been 100 days in this submarine boat or something. So I’m pretty much stuck here for life. And sorry to tell you what happened hi I’m Captain John Smith and I suppose to be on a vacation in Hawaii but something hit me and now I’m stuck here. So I’m trying to power up this submarine to get some light or at least move this thing around because I’m not moving it by my own ok. Well apparently now I’m in ashore place because I see sand and real people ice humans. Since everyone sounds like speedy

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