Jasper Jones is technically good in that it has a message and themes and all that. But the deeper meaning is so close to the surface that a five-year-old could tell you what Craig Silvey is really trying to say. So I guess it’s not really a “deeper” meaning at all‚ more like a “surface meaning.” As suggested by my “better” title‚ Silvey was very obviously inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird. It sometimes seemed like he was writing it as TKAM fanfiction with a bunch of major changes and twists‚ and
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Gayl Jones is the author of numerous novels‚ poetry‚ short fiction‚ and literary criticism that has impressed critics and readers alike with intense and often brutal explorations of the legacy of violence in African-American communities. In particular‚ Jones confronts the sexual and psychological abuse of women‚ while also focusing on the social and cultural forces that contribute to that violence. Highly acclaimed as a novelist‚ Jones was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1998. Gayl Jones
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INTRODUCTION [PP-1] How many of you have a dog as a pet? Americans are widely known for their love for pets‚ particularly dogs. There are many breeds of dogs‚ yet only one has been nicknamed the “American Gentleman” for over a hundred years. The Boston terrier is considered a true all-American dog breed and one of the most popular dogs‚ which history‚ physical appearance‚ unique personality and gentle disposition make him “the American Gentleman”. BODY Transition: To begin‚ I will tell
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Caged‚ by Alaska Jones‚ brings Jenna‚ a fiery‚ redheaded club singer together with hit man‚ Malcolm Cage‚ as he rescues her from attackers outside Club Velvet‚ her L.A. club. Jenna wakes in a strange room‚ in a strange bed with barely any memory of what has happened to her. Stumbling to the door‚ she jerks it open and what does she find‚ a naked man. What has she gotten herself into? In this story of deceit and danger‚ Jenna and Cage are thrown together under extreme circumstances. Jenna realizes
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A Near-Death Experience Breeds RebirthHow close have you come to dying? What value do you place on your own life? Mary Oliver poses these very deep and thought-provoking questions to the reader in her short poem‚ Alligator Poem.In the poem‚ the persona has an experience in which she comes very close to death: an alligator walks by her as she drank some water out of a river while sitting on a riverbank. Oliver describes it in this way: I didn ’t understand/I drank up to the very moment it came/crashing
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The Dumping ground between Thane and Mulund has been giving out bad odour‚ as the open space receives 300 metric tonnes of waste everyday. Although the issue has been raised on several occasions by both residents and political parties‚ nothing has been done so far. This has become a problem‚ as the dumping ground is an excellent breeding ground. According to medical experts‚ the continuous dumping could result in around 40 diseases. The major diseases amongst these 40 include leptospirosis‚ food
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Annual Report 2010 DAVID JONES LIMITED ABN 75 000 074 573 ACN 000 074 573 CONTENTS Performance Analysis Chairman’s Report Chief Executive Officer’s Report Five Year Financial Statistics Board of Directors Management Committee Corporate Governance Statement Occupational Health & Safety People Community Environment Directors’ Report Remuneration Report Financial Statements Directors’ Declaration Auditor’s Independent Declaration Independent Audit Report Shareholder Information Corporate
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Positivity:”the practice of being or tendency or be positive or optimistic in attitude”. Sometimes in hard situations or conflict the solution is to just be positive. If it doesn’t solve the conflict it will definitely help it. Examples of people that dealt with conflict with positivity are Anne Frank‚ Miss.Breed‚ and Rosa Parks. To start Anne frank is a person that dealt with the conflict of being a Jew during the holocaust by being positive. Anne was a young jewish girl that had to go into
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James Earl Jones: A Voice in the Crowd March 19‚ 1996 People all around the world know the voice of James Earl Jones. From Star Wars fans listening to the voice of Darth Vader to news junkies who hear a voice that dramatically intones AThis is CNN@ just before all the cable network= s station breaks to children who hear the stately voice of the majestic Mufasa‚ the king of the jungle in Walt Disney Pictures= animated The Lion King - people know this deep harmonious voice belongs to this consummate
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On December 13‚ 1973‚ Jones was arrested and charged with soliciting a man for sex in a movie theater bathroom known for homosexual activity‚ in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles.[98] The man was an undercover Los Angeles Police Department vice officer. Jones is on record as later telling his followers that he was "the only true heterosexual"‚ but at least one account exists of his sexual abuse of a male member of his congregation in front of the followers‚ ostensibly to prove the man’s own homosexual
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