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    Pat Tyree uses John Tiong Chunghoo’s haiku‚ “The futon stored away a low table and some plates there – our dining room‚” to inspire his work. The use of an instruction manual implies that the user must build their own furniture‚ and often times the furniture one must build is low quality. This translates the image of a low-income household from the poem; a futon and a low table‚ assumingly a coffee table‚ being used as a dining room table gives the reader an image of a household that has not been

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    Slavery‚ but immigration issues still exist. Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States delivers an abundance of information that contributes to the evidence of the ongoing issue. The author emphasizes ratiocinations on why Mexicans aim to live in the United States‚ what they are trying to escape from in Mexico‚ the restraints they are facing in the United States‚ and the conditions they are facing while crossing the border to get into the United States. Individuals such as

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    Assignment A: “Crossing” by Mark Slouka “Crossing” is a short story written by Mark Slouka. It takes up the themes about the relationship between father and son and the situation of a divorced family. These themes are being dealt with‚ when the father and his son are going on the same ritually camping trip‚ that he went on with his own father. In the story the reader are being introduced to a father and his son. The father is taking his son on a camping trip as an attempt to trying to connect

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    order to miss a test‚ while others try to hide themselves to avoid being picked to openly discuss a topic in front of the class. Although we try to run away from the problems we face in our lives‚ the only way to solve the problem is to embrace it. Pat Barker reveals this theme not only to our general lives but to those of soldiers facing war neurosis in WWI. Her novel‚ Regeneration‚ portrays the various characters’ struggles with combating the effects of war neurosis at the psych ward‚ Craiglockhart

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    The life and work of Pat Robertson (shortened version): Pat Robertson is an American Christian Political extremist‚ born in Lexington Virginia in 1930. Generally he is a supporter of conservative Christian ideals and previously worked as a Baptist minister‚ although over the years has founded several major organisations and is currently chairman of the Christian broadcasting network. Robertson is a wealthy‚ powerful and influential man respected by some but feared by others. He was born into

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    RUNNING HEAD: TERRORISM AND BORDER CONTROL Terrorism and Border Control Jessica M. Morgan Kaplan University CM223-09 Professor Stephen Rogers October 12‚ 2010 An astonishing 6‚000 plus people lost their lives to the tragedy that befell our country on September 11‚ 2001. Those whose loved ones vanished and witnessed the horrific events on this day will forever have a black hole filled with emptiness in their hearts. Terrorism‚ the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce

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    24 October 2007 Desperation The movie‚ Night Crossing portrays an East German family about the year of 1978. This was right after they stopped allowing East Germans to travel freely back and forth East and West Germany. This is just one more of the acts furthering the restrictions placed on East Germans. Others included requesting visas to leave the East and being constantly in fear that a spy would report them to the SS for being “unpatriotic” when found even speaking about other ideas‚ or

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    Regenerating Relationships A look at character connections in Regeneration by Pat Barker Throughout Regeneration by Pat Barker there are intricate connections being made between the characters. The relationships between patients‚ doctors‚ and soldiers cross over many lines forming complicated bonds that go beyond those of friendships and father figures. The gender roles in this wartime tale do not follow normal social rules. There are strong‚ dominant females that compensate for the effeminate

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    How does Pat Barker use symbolism in the novel Regeneration to explore the theme of emasculation? The theme emasculation appears several times throughout the novel Regeneration in variety of forms. Barker’s exploration of emasculation in the novel challenges traditional notions of manliness‚ showing war as a possible “feminine” experience. Pat Barker is bringing to attention that the atrocities suffered at war are making the soldiers unmanly as they’re facing shell shock and trauma. There are many

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    The Border Collie and the Greyhound are fascinating breeds. They have similarities and differences which make them a great subject for this assignment. This assignment is to inform the reader about Border Collies and Greyhound. Elizabeth picked this subject because it fascinates her and every one already picked dogs and cats. Border Collies and Greyhounds have a lot of similarities. Border Collies and Greyhounds are both hypoallergenic which means that they will most likely not give allergies. They

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