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    Do you know the last time you told a lie? Everyone lies from time to time‚ but people don’t always feel justified when telling a lie. If no feelings were hurt in the process what is so wrong with telling a lie every now and then. We lie to people because we don’t want to hurt their feeling. We lie to children to help maintain their innocence. People lie on a daily basis to maintain employment. So are there not times when people should feel justified in lying. Some people feel justified in lying

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    Possible answers for Six Step Analysis of Freedom Writers exposed 1. List all the different examples of belonging evident in the text: The students are clearly identified as belonging to an ethnic group‚ based on colour‚ race and ethnicity‚ e.g. the Cambodians‚ the Latinos‚ the African Americans and the ‘whites’. They also identify themselves as being gang members and belonging to the gang‚ including having territory and ‘protecting your own’. The majority of the students live in an area

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    horrible life as a gangmember in the latino slums of Los Angeles. The first chapter deals with his uprigning. His brother Hosé‚ later known as Joe‚ does not speak english and is thought by the teachers not to admid to anything. Chapter 2 - Luis grows up always running from police or gangs. His best friend Tino dies after he and Luis are chased at night by the police for trespassing on the school to play basketball. He joins a club‚ the impersonations‚ to protect himself from gangs‚ but he later ends up

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    Belonging is a feeling an individual experiences when they feel a sense acceptance within a group. Once an individual experiences this they begin to feel a sense of identity and confidence within themself. It is believed that an individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can either enrich or even limit their experience of belonging. Both of Peter Skrzynecki’s poems “10 Mary Street” and “St Patricks College” along with the 2007 film “Hairspray” explores this concept. 10 Mary

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    The Only Living Boy in Paris Day 1: Flying Away This transit into the clouds symbolises everything I am afraid of‚ yet seems a beacon of every god given opportunity that might await me. Leaving the city you’ve always lived in‚ to live in a big city such as Paris is an undeniable risk but for me it seems the only option. I need change. I’ve lost my place in Sydney – I am essentially living off food‚ water and warmth. I’ve no family‚ no friends and as I seem to loathe waking up everyday‚ I ought

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    Both Peter Skrzynecki’s ‘Immigrant Chronicle’ and Gabriele Muccino’s The Pursuit of Happiness represent the need for belonging through a character’s place and interpret the general need for place in belonging. Within ‘Immigrant Chronicle’‚ Skrzynecki’s poems ’10 Mary Street’ and ‘Migrant Hostel’ particularly demonstrate the positive and negative effects place can have on one’s ability to belong. ’10 Mary Street’ deals with a younger Skrzynecki’s experiences living within his working class family

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    Analysis of Clive Barker’s Thief of Always In Clive Barker’s Thief Of Always‚ Harvey‚ the main character goes into the house and meets Wendell and Lulu. Eventually‚ Harvey and Wendell plot to escape and while they’re escaping ‚ he meets Lulu who looks like a fish. He goes back to the real world. He decides to go back and rescue Lulu with Wendell. When they enter Wendell starts eating food while Harvey goes down and rescues Ms. Griffin. He defeats Marr ‚Rictus‚ and Jive. He then defeats Hood with

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    There is always a conflict between the individual’s desire to belong and his/her duty to themselves. To what extent is this true of the texts you have studied in Belonging? Belonging is an instinctive factor in human nature which is embedded in everyone. The sense of belonging or not belonging can have a significant impact on a person’s life‚ their personality and their position in society. A person may find a strong sense of belonging through representations of symbolic places‚ relationships

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    find her place in the social ranking of High School. Her desire to belong to the popular group puts the few friendships she has on edge. The film discusses the over desire and temptation of belonging and how it isn’t always a positive thing to achieve. One of the key scenes in the movie that relates to belonging is when Cady has made two friends who don’t rank high in social status‚ as Cady is going to sit at their table the popular girls speak to her. The groupings of tables are used to specify indicate

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    BELONGING NOTES! • Different environment& atmosphere contributes to our sense of belonging. • Adapting after a while strengthens the sense of belonging‚ knowing the place a bit‚ feeling comfortable. • Shifting back to civilization‚ feels out of place‚ not belonging‚ shifting in with different surrounding. • Upbringing places a part in our sense of belonging • Technology-internet-find someone with the same interest and sense of belonging kicks in. E.g. Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Bebo‚ Myspace. • Perspective

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