English Belonging Text 1 Title of text: Great expectations Composer: Charles Dickens Source: Novel (fiction) Date: 1861 Composer’s intended purpose and Target audience: Charles Dickens Purpose for generating this novel was to tell a story that expressed ingratitude and selflessness‚ social climbing‚ suffering‚ and retribution; it is also said that Dickens wanted to express the differentiation of parenthood and the affect that the actions of one generation will have on the next.
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Belonging to a group‚ culture‚ nationality or school all have an effect on the individual’s sense of self. This shown through ‘the china coin’ by Allan Baillie‚ poetry ‘10 Mary st’ and ‘migrant hostel’ by Peter Skrzynecki‚ as well as the related text ‘neighbours’! In ‘The China Coin’‚ the main character Leah and Joan went on a journey to China in purpose to find out the mystery of the broken coin. As the journey progresses‚ this ultimately gives them a sense of their Chinese identity and belonging
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for Muslim society and‚ in application‚ constitutes a system of duties that are incumbent upon a Muslim by virtue of his religious belief. Known as the Shari’a (literally‚ “the path leading to the watering place”)‚ the law constitutes a divinely ordained path of conduct that guides the Muslim toward a practical expression of his religious conviction in this world and the goal of divine favour in the world to come. Muslim Family Law (MFL)‚ which includes all matters of inheritance for Muslims‚ is
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Then another agent walks up with his hand on his earpiece. “There was just an attempt on Mr. Collins life. But he’s okay.” They all jump into one of the Helicopters and are surprised to see Oren and Ty inside. Hi fives all around. Rod: “Man Oren I thought you might be in somebody’s trunk pissin’ on yourself.” At the prison they all look at the surveillance tape of the attempt on Ben’s life and how brave he was. Ty looks at Rod and tells him‚ “You taught him well cousin.” Rod reply‚ “Damn I didn’t
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The small city of Cairns may not be well-known but its claim to fame is that it is the doorstep to visiting The Great Barrier Reef. I’m excited to be here because I planned to go diving along the outer reef wall. Diving the Reef is one of the top site to explore for divers worldwide. As we walked off the plane we experienced the feeling of the warm tropical weather. It was muggy and we could see all around the lush green vegetation. Our transportation into the city was just a few minutes. We
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The Three Little Alpacas Once upon a time in a world where rabid squirrels viciously eat alpacas‚ three little alpacas sleepily woke up to terrible news. They were outgrowing their mother’s’ home and were forced to build their own. Normally their mother was a very kind person and accepting of others‚ but she was getting tired of a cramped house. “I’m sorry to do this but I’m going to have to make you leave. You are too old for my care and too big for this house.” “When you leave be careful of
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Room 101 As he sat stiff backed and upright in the hard wooden chair‚ Jotham looked around anxiously. He could only see three of the walls‚ and the ceiling‚ if he craned his neck upwards‚ but that was enough to make him very uneasy indeed. They were grey and bare - not silver grey‚ but a horrible murky grey‚ that made it seem like everything was closing in on him. The room was rectangular; not at all wide; there was perhaps a metre between him and the nearer two walls‚ but it was extremely lengthy;
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The saga of old Geo. Ochenski continues. As Geo. sat on his rock‚ watching the Cadillac‚ getting smaller and smaller‚ until it was just a dot on the horizon before it disappeared over the hilltop. He sat there for some time‚ with his head in his hands. Contemplating‚ about what the elderly gentleman had said. As wheels of the mind began to turn the gears of thought‚ ’old Geo could almost hear them groan’ from lack of usage. Suddenly the old 25 watt incandescent light bulb‚ lite up. Somewhere in the
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She has failed him. Portia has failed President Snow. She was his spy‚ his little inside mole‚ to report back to him about her tributes’ behavior‚ along with her stylist partner‚ Cinna. Snow had suspected something about him‚ something that was off‚ and had assigned Portia there. But she has to be executed now with the rest of the rebels‚ for being a failure‚ as Cinna has realized who she really is. But Snow still feels a little wary about this. Something not right‚ perhaps a little strand
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Abby‚ my best friend‚ and I are going to Disney world. We won a contest and the prize is tickets to go to Disney world. It is currently 4:30 am and our plane leaves at 5:00 am. “Hey!” Said my best friend abby. “Hey!” I answered. “I can’t wait!” I say. Abby nods her head in agreement. Our plane boards at 5:00 am and it is only 4:30 am. Once we get to our gate we wait to board the plane. Once we got on the plane we head to Florida. After we get to Florida we get an Uber to our hotel which is a Disney
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