Minimum of Two – Essay “Minimum of Two suggests that family can be both a blessing and a curse” In Tim Winton’s collection of short stories‚ ‘Minimum of Two’‚ family is a major‚ recurring theme. Winton displays his interest in exploring the idea of family within each story differently‚ containing the positive and negative influence that family has on the actions and emotions of the Nilsam family and his alternative protagonists
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YOU HAVE TO FIX THE MIND BEFORE YOU CAN BESTOW THE BLESSING!!! BECAUSE UNTIL YOU GET YOUR MIND RIGHT‚ EVERYTHING THAT YOU’VE INVESTED IN IS GOING TO LEAK OUT OF THE CREVICES OF A MIND THAT REFUSES TO CHANGE!!! LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND ASK THEM‚ "DO YOU HAVE A MIND TO CHANGE?" WAIT FOR AN ANSWER...... IF THEY SAID NO‚ DRAG THEM TO THE CHURCH!!! TELL THEM THEY’VE GOT TILL THE END OF THIS YEAR TO GET THAT FIXED... THEY’VE GOT TILL DECEMBER 31 TO DUMP OUT ALL JEALOUSY‚ ALL PETTINESS‚ ALL
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The concept of civil society is elusive‚ complex and contested. There are different meanings and interpretations and over time different schools of thought have influenced theoretical debates and empirical research on their role in development. It is for this reason that this essay attempts to discuss why to some‚ civil society is considered a new broader paradigm of development which has been born‚ while to others‚ it is considered a symptom of intellectual fashion that has come to afflict
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Kamau Brathwaite: Limbo Tatamkhulu Afrika: Nothing’s Changed Grace Nichols: Island Man Imtiaz Dharker: Blessing Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Two Scavengers... Nissim Ezekiel: Night of the Scorpion Chinua Achebe: Vultures Denise Levertov: What Were They Like? Sujata Bhatt: from Search For My Tongue Tom Leonard: from Unrelated Incidents John Agard: Half-Caste Derek Walcott: Love After Love Imtiaz Dharker: This Room Niyi Osundare: Not My Business Moniza Alvi: Presents from my Aunts... Grace
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language and layout for effect are‚ ‘Two scavengers in a truck‚ two beautiful people in a Mercedes’ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti‚ and ‘Blessing’ by Imtiaz Dharker. Both poems were set in very different places and with different cultures. ‘Two Scavengers’ was set in America in the 1950s where lots of people were treated very highly and had lots of money. Whereas ‘Blessing’ was set in a poor country‚ in the outskirts of Bombay‚ where there was very little water available‚ “There is never enough water”
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Comparing the attitudes towards terrorism in ‘Out of the Blue’ (Simon Armitage) and ‘The Right Word’ (Imtiaz Dharker) The use of dramatic monologue allows Armitage to explore the thoughts and feelings of a victim of conflict. This extract comes from a much longer poem called ‘Out of the Blue’‚ commissioned by Channel 5 for the fifth anniversary of the bombing of the Twin Towers in 2001. The powerful TV images of the planes flying into the buildings‚ the subsequent fires and the collapse of the
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The poems; • Flag by John Agard • The Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes • The Right Word by Imtiaz Dharker And the Novel All quite on the Western Front . Show us different aspects of the parties that are involved in the conflict. Flag by John Agard explores the patriotism and pride over sovereignty of the motherland. How a piece of cloth ‚ a flag can unite people from different ethnic backgrounds and cultures to fight for a mutual agenda symbolizes grandeur ‚the love of their country to such extent
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Compare how poets present the effects of war in ‘Mametz Wood’ (page 36) and in one other poem from Conflict. In Mametz Wood‚ by Owen Sheers and Futility‚ by Wilfred Owen‚ their separate perspectives of conflict and war are shown throughout‚ with the use of imagery‚ and personification to show the poets’ changes in emotion. Owen Sheers wrote his poem in the perspective of what happened in the past‚ with the poem being influenced by Sheers seeing a picture of a mass grave‚ provoking gruesome
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the shadow is fading. In each stanza the way the figure is standing in the shadows is described differently‚ ‘watchful in the shadows’ and in the next stanza ‘defying every shadow’ shows Dharker is finding him less menacing as she can see the figure more clearly and is getting a better idea of his identity. Dharker describes the boys eyes as ‘too hard’ which portrays his confidence and purpose. This gives us more in depth knowledge of the boys reason for being there and makes the reader think of him
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