(Tim Winton) Technique & Quote Explanation Technique & Quote Context and text (Zohra Saed) “Big World” is a story of two boys’ lives as they finish school and assert their independence in the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Context: Grew up in small towns in WA. Working class background. Father was a police officer and great story teller. Educated at university. Christian. Idiom: “the old girl will crack a sad on me”; “[Biggie’s] old man will beat the shit out of him”. First-person narration/colloquial
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some sounds that you should hear. Most of them are good‚ normal when your vapor is working properly. However‚ you need to pay attention to particular changes in the sounds. Certain vaping sounds are bad and can create ugly consequences. Here’s the good‚ the bad‚ plus the ugly consequences of vaping sounds. The Good A steady crackling noise‚ accompanied by a soft hiss is a good sound. Sometimes these two sounds are a more distinct when you’ve just changed the atomizer‚ cartomizer‚ or clearomizer
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Cruises: The Ugly Truth When most people think of taking a cruise‚ they imagine visiting exotic places‚ lounging by the pool or beach and sipping on exotic drinks. Add to this the promise of all you can eat gourmet food and days of pampering and you have what sounds like the vacation of a lifetime. This is for good reason. The cruise industry spends millions of dollars a year in advertising to ensure that this fantasy image fills the minds of not only potential cruisers but also veteran
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Liposuction: The Bad and The Ugly Due to the risk involved‚ liposuction is not the answer to having a great body. Liposuction is one of the most popular forms of cosmetic surgery today. Those seeking the perfect body seldom understand the risks involved in this invasive surgery. One of the risks of liposuction is that fat cells can grow back in the area where the procedure took place. Another risk associated with this procedure is over-aggressive fat removal. Poor work performed by untrained
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The Ugly Sweater “Today is going to be the best day ever because today is my birthday!” Rachel said jumping on her bed several times with all of her stuffed animals flying off my in every direction making a mess. “Good morning Rachel‚ and happy birthday!” Rachel’s dad said jump scaring her like in horror films‚ she nearly hit her head on the table. “Ow! That hurt but it’s my big day and that is okay.” Rachel said with two salty tears coming down from both ends‚ but she smeared them away with
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Remember a time when playing sports was all just fun and games? As an athlete grows older‚ there are many things they have to think about before considering playing a sport in high school. Athletes can face positive and negative effects and opportunities brought to them by participating in any sort of sport. Playing sports can have many positive effects for the player‚ including physical abilities‚ personal life and mental aspects of their lives. With sports an athletes physical abilities can
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Zadie Smith’s “The Girl with Bangs” is a story about concealment and symbolism. Through the narrator’s subtle imagery the story illuminates the misbeliefs the narrator has when it comes to their attraction for Charlotte and blindness towards her faults. Ultimately‚ the story suggests that Charlotte’s bangs act as a; concealer of her faults and as a symbol of perfection which increases the narrators desire for her‚ however‚ when the narrator realizes that Charlotte is who she thought she was the allure
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I picked the song “The Beauty in Ugly” because I think that the lyrics relate to the story of Oochigeas and the Invisible Hunter. The song is about a girl who thinks that she isn’t beautiful‚ but she truly is in her own way. It reminds me of how Oochigeas sees herself versus how she really is. In the story‚ Oochigeas lives with her vain sisters who treat her unkindly. She begins to believe that she is plain or even ugly because she has burns on her body and singed hair. Despite being treated poorly
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Strauss’s article “The Big Ten’s Bigger Footprint” argues that the Big Ten decided to add Maryland and Rutgers to their conference largely because of its desire to broaden the conference’s geographical scope. The Big Ten’s expansion didn’t come without heavy scrutiny‚ as there were many people who disagreed with the wisdom behind this move. Throughout its existence Big Ten membership has been limited to schools situated within the Midwest‚ so it was a bit of a surprise when the Big Ten decided to add
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her theory as to why the people in America love ugly houses and buildings‚ and hate beautiful things. Her theory answers H.L. Mencken’s question of why people are in love with such ugly buildings. In Buck’s essay‚ she shows that the lack of connection between generations results in poorly designed architecture. In contrast‚ Mencken solely focuses on the buildings‚ not the people’s family structure. Furthermore‚ “Indiana” and “The Libido for the Ugly” both make discuss the disconnection between the
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