Our choices change our identity Our identities are mainly shaped our own decisions and concerns‚ whereas external factors create opportunities to change our identity. Do we choose our identity or is it chosen for us? With infinite opportunities around us‚ we are given a path that leads to a new adventure‚ all determined on whether to follow or refuse. The opportunities around us are often formed from the basis of our family‚ as they make decisions for us when we are born. An individual’s parents
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‘Doing It For The Girls’ is a multi-modal‚ promotional article from a women’s magazine‚ and is mainly aimed at working-class women or women looking for a career path. It features the young engineer Katie Fish and informs the reader of the increasing number of young women working in the engineering sector‚ specifically in nuclear power. As shown by the bold “Promotion” in the picture‚ the purpose of this article is to promote nuclear energy and challenge the stereotype of women taking up engineering
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‘‘Boys and Girls’’ was first published in 1968 in The Montrealer‚ The story‚ narrated by a young girl‚ details the time in her life when she leaves childhood and its freedoms behind and realizes that to be a ‘‘girl’’ is to be‚ eventually‚ a woman. The child begins to understand that being socially typed entails a host of serious implications. Thus becoming a ‘‘girl’’ on the way to womanhood is a time fraught with difficulties for the young protagonist because she senses that women are considered
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The naked nine-year-old girl in the iconic Vietnam War photo used to hate the picture -- until she began to think about what the photograph could give rather than what it could take away‚ then later found that it was a "path to peace." "I realized that if I couldn’t escape that picture‚ I wanted to go back to work with that picture for peace. And that is my choice‚" said Kim Phuc‚ the girl in the iconic photo‚ according to a report from CNN. On June 8‚ 1972‚ AP Photographer Nick Ut photographed
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They have a small neutral ball wrapped in tin foil attached to a piece of string and a Perspex ruler. Alice brings along a silk cloth. Explain the difference between a charged object and a neutral object. (2) Write down a possible investigative question. (2) Write down a possible hypothesis. (2) Name at least ONE variable that must be controlled during
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“Still Hungry‚ Still Homeless”‚ the authors use the data to express their concern of homelessness. On the other hand‚ Anna Quindlen’s article “Our Tired‚ Our Poor‚ Our Kids” uses a different way with different technique‚ which is more efficient‚ majorly discusses the problems of homeless children‚ from the cause to the effect. In “Our Tired‚ Our Poor‚ Our Kids” Anna Quindlen illustrates that there is a large group of people living in a poor circumstance with examples. From the examples of Sharanda
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Our Heroes–Men of Steel Faiza Zahid ..and if we don’t come back tell them we have sacrificed our today for their tomorrow… Being daughter of a soldier means that the passion for patriotism runs with the blood in the veins. You are brought up with a sense of responsibility and the aim of protecting the motherland no matter what. During childhood‚ the sheer dedication and devotion for the country was beyond my apprehension. I could not understand how someone can love the country more than his
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people that you love‚ as well as people who love you back. It’s but a simple place where everything is okay. The idea of a home relates to this text because the girls home starts to separate. Her loved ones have to separate to do work under control of the Japanese military. Many of Sookan’s traits were revealed throughout the book. The first trait that was revealed was optimism. Sookan always tried to stay as positive as she could so nothing could bring her down. According to the text‚ “Mother and I
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Our Town “Our Town”‚ by Thorton Wilder tells a story about life and the people of Grover’s Corners‚ New Hampshire. The choice of Grover’s Corners is meant to typify every small town or community in America. Grover’s Corner is Anytown ‚ U.S.A. It is a simple place and this reflected in the physical setting of the play. Basically‚ Our Town is about Grover’s Corners and its people‚ particularly the Gibbs and Webb families. It takes the audience through the stages of life‚ in a simple way
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In An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott‚ Polly Milton is a simple country girl who journeys to the city to spend a month with her friend‚ Fanny‚ and her family. In the beginning of her stay of her stay‚ she was fascinated by all the pretty things that came with the life Fanny had lived‚ as she had been so used to a basic life in the country. However‚ as the days go by‚ Polly finds herself more and more uncomfortable with the city life and all that comes with it. After what seemed like countless
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