Broken Lives written by Estelle Blackburn is an expository text‚ which through research has presented that nineteen year old John Button was wrongfully convicted of killing his seventeen year old girlfriend Rosemary Anderson in a hit and run. I believe through my reading of Broken Lives that the key factor of expository texts is to explore awkward questions deeply and critically. In this case who was guilty of killing Rosemary Anderson in a hit and run‚ John Button or Eric Edgar Cooke‚ and the effect
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In this essay‚ I select the Museum of Broken Relationship. After briefly introducing this museum and explaining its social value‚ I would like to focus on the unique features of this museum and explore the psychology of the contributors. The collection in the Museum of Broken Relationships consists of articles which represent someone’s love‚ which ended usually in a sad way. Beside the articles‚ area brief explanatory memo about his or her ended relationship‚ with the title and where the item
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On the Road by Jack Kerouac has many themes. One theme that stood out was the rebellion against Corporate America. The main characters for this theme were Dean Moriarty‚ Sal Paradise‚ and Marylou. Each of them had behaviors that conflict with an ideal‚ working American. These characters also represent a longing for something they want‚ but can’t find or are incapable of getting. The first character that was the biggest cliché against the ideal‚ working American was Dean Moriarty. Dean was
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song ‘boulevard of Broken Dreams’ is performed by Green Day. The song expresses a person’s struggle in finding where they belong in the journey of life. The titles of the song is ironic to what we would normally associate with the word ‘boulevard’ with something pleasant‚ glamorous and full of life it’s a direct contrast to what we many initially expect. There is no presence of life‚ apart from the solitary individual who walks the ‘lonely road’. The boulevard is paved with ‘broken dreams’ of darkness
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How to Mend a Broken Heart A broken heart is one of the most traumatic and painful experience that you can have. It can lead you to devastation and depression. In addition‚ when you are in a broken relationship you feel like your world is falling down and sometimes‚ the reason you want to give up your life. Here are the following steps on how to mend a broken heart. The first step in mending a broken heart is to cry aloud and let all the painful emotions drain out from your mind. When
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Why do you think McCarthy has chosen not to give his characters names? How do the generic labels of “the man” and “the boy” affect the way you /readers relate to them? While reading The Road‚ a novel written by Cormac McCarthy‚ I was jerked from the warmth‚ comfort‚ and safety of my home and thrown into a cold‚ dark‚ and desolate world‚ walking alongside “the man” and “the boy”. McCarthy composes his work so graphically that readers are drawn right into the story. I believe Cormac McCarthy
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The fourth Chapter of Estella Blackburn’s non fiction novel Broken lives "A Fathers Influence"‚ exposes readers to Eric Edgar Cooke and John Button’s time of adolescence. The chapter juxtaposes the two main characters too provide the reader with character analyses so later they may make judgment on the verdict. The chapter includes accounts of the crimes and punishments that Cooke contended with from 1948 to 1958. Cooke’s psychiatric assessment that he received during one of his first convictions
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The chapter "Another Gun‚ Another Unlocked Door" is a chapter from Estelle Blackburn’s expository text Broken Lives. This chapter focuses on one night of Eric Edgar Cooke’s murderous sprees where he steals a rifle and shoots a baby sitter‚ once again leaving the city of Perth in the hands of fear and danger. The purpose of this chapter is to fight for Cooke’s guilt. It shows that he had no fear of being caught and was a devious man when it came to him stealing‚ killing and the plans he came up with
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be there. They’re supposed to understand if you’ve gotten totally wrapped up in your new boyfriend and forget to text them for three days. They’re supposed to get you tissues and chocolate and vodka whenever you’ve had a bad day or had your heart broken. They’re not supposed to be the ones breaking your heart. Some best friends do leave‚ though. And if they leave you‚ they’re supposed to fade into the background of your life without dramatic flare. You didn’t fade and you paid a huge amount for
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Analyse the ‘Broken Window’ theory in relation to crime prevention. What are the main strengths and weaknesses of this theory. The Broken Windows theory was first proposed by two social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in the 1982 article‚ "Broken Windows"‚ ( Wilson and Kelling‚ 1982). The analogy of broken windows used to explain this theory is that signs of disorder in a neighborhood inhibit the efforts of the residents to show social control. Any lack of social control makes
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