Billy Mitchell was the founding father of what is now the Air Force. His legacy of tragedy and triumph resonates with the proposition that success always starts with failure. The tragedy of his court martial‚ subsequent resignation after a long military career‚ and early death ended in triumph because his vision became a reality in the creation of today’s independent Air Force. Mitchell’s vision for the Air Force past and present was a theory of airpower not based on a single idea but on the combined
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22 September 2011 Credit Research Sector Report German Schuldschein Loans – A Primer ■ Schuldschein loans ("Schuldscheindarlehen") are bilateral loan agreements in a form unique to the German market. They represent a source of capital market financing similar to bond financing for issuers with long-term funding needs. For an investor with a long-term investment objective (i.e.‚ buy-and-hold strategy)‚ they are an important alternative to investing in bonds. In contrast to bonds
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which is marked by many challenges such as an individuals’ attitudes and beliefs. It is the process of individuals adapting from one world of experience into another. ‘Billy Elliot’‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry is a text which sends a message to the responder about venturing and transforming into new experiences. The film ‘Billy Elliot’ can challenge individuals’ attitudes and beliefs through the ideas of family values‚ gender stereotypes and determination as he leaves his monotonous life and
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BILLY ELLIOT ESSAY: Describe at least ONE idea that was worth learning about in the text(s). Explain why the idea was worth learning about in the text(s) as a whole‚ using examples of visual and / oral language features to support your ideas. In the film ‘Billy Elliot’ directed by Stephen Daldry‚ a memorable idea that was worth learning about was that we should persevere in following our dreams. Billy shows this throughout the film by his determination and his passion
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Billy Elliot Context: • Margaret Thatcher --- Thatcherism • 1979 – 1990 • Harsh policies – free trade‚ no government intervention in business‚ increase in rate of tax for lower income‚ decrease in rate of tax for higher income • Set in 1984‚ Durran‚ Coalfield mining town in England Film: • Strong family images (still images) vs. strike of miners = rich family life vs. violence (contrast) • Scab = industrial relations talk – people who go to work even when union is on strike • Cultural –
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Context Assignment For Billy Elliot Topic sentence: Different types of conflict often occur within a family. Families are portrayed throughout most films and texts‚ as indestructible‚ constantly supportive‚ and held together by a bond that is not able to be changed or broken. This ‘perfect’ image is unable to be supported in reality. Conflicts that occur between families‚ particularly between parents and children‚ are common in today’s belligerent world. Although‚ the stereotypical views
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the book the simple gift billy the main character talks about in his poem longlands road about how run down his house and street was‚ saying “this place has never looked so rundown and beat. Old bastens truck still on the blocks‚ the grass unmown around the doors. Mrs Johnston mailbox on the ground after I took to it with a cricket bat last week. And the windows from spencers house still broken from New Years Eve”. This part of the poem gives the reader a sense that billy isn’t proud or happy that
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Billy Collins once said‚ “Poetry can do a lot of things to people. I mean it can improve your imagination. It can take you to new places. It can give you this incredible form of verbal pleasure.” Collins truly sends his readers to new places with his poems. Billy Collins writes with childhood‚ and memories as his main themes. By writing about childhood‚ and memories from the past Collins brings his reader into the poem. Everyone reading his poems has had a childhood‚ and has memories of that childhood
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idea that was memorable in the text. Explain why the idea was memorable in the text(s) as a whole‚ supporting your points with examples of visual and/or oral language features. ‘Billy Elliot’ is a film directed by Stephen Daldry that tells of a twelve year old boy called Billy. Raised in a working class family‚ Billy had always possessed a love for dancing. However‚ set during 1984 in the small mining town of Everington‚ his dream of becoming a ballet dancer proves to be difficult. His father‚
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the visual representations of working-class masculinity portrayed in Stephen Daldry‟s stage musical adaptation of the film Billy Elliot (2000). After a brief discussion of the portrayal of the male ballet dancer in the dancing scene since the 1990s and the inherent voyeuristic inclinations of contemporary audiences‚ the analysis will focus on five aspects of male presence in Billy Elliot the Musical (2005). The dynamics of working-class masculinity will be contextualised within the framework of the
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