Text: Mao’s Last Dancer I chose the autographical novel ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’‚ composed by Li Cunxin‚ as it has several themes that convey the idea of a journey. It is physical in the way Li Cunxin had to work hard to be a professional ballet dancer and it is also mental as it is a road to self-discovery. The autobiography is also extremely inspirational and inscribed in first person‚ therefore this allows the reader to see the personal journey of Li. I believe this text also relates to Shakespeare’s
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The poem My Last Duchess utilizes strong imagery of the speaker’s last wife in order to warn his new future wife the expectations and need that he needs‚ for his last marriage did not meet his expectations. From the description of his last wife and her flaws‚ the speaker evokes to his future wife what he expects in his new marriage‚ which further reveals the speaker’s attitude. The speaker enjoys and compliments the last duchess’ “depth and passion” of her earnest glance. However‚ it is revealed
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The Kite Runner - Reading Questions for Chapters 15-20 1. In Chapter 15‚ Amir meets with the dying Rahim Khan. Where are they? Peshawar‚ Pakistan 2. What does Amir say about clichés? Why does Amir use the cliché about "an elephant in the room" to describe his meeting with Rahim Khan? They are usually dead on. The elephant is the truth about Rahim Khan’s condition – he is dying and doesn’t have much time left. 3. Afghanistan has been seized by what political group in Chapter 15? Taliban 4.
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Africa’s dictators. The Last King of Scotland‚ by Giles Foden is a true story set in the 1970s‚ about a young Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan. He comes to Uganda to assist in a local hospital; soon he meets President Idi Amin who offers him a senior position as his personal advisor. Amin soon shows his true colours and refuses to let Nicholas go home‚ Nicholas is forced to make crucial decisions that could mean his death if Amin finds out. The film version of The Last King of Scotland‚ was directed
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(4) b) the sum of the first 20 terms of this sequence (840) 3. The 3rd term and the 7th term of an arithmetic progression are 11 and 27 respectively. Find the sum of the first 20 terms. (820) 4. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is -5 and its last term is 40. If its common difference is 3‚ find: a) the number of terms in the series (16) b) the
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Hubner‚ John. (2005) Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth. New York‚ NY. Random House Inc. Last Chance in Texas is an eye opening look into the efforts of the juvenile justice system to rehabilitate youth offenders and integrate them back into society. The book chronicles the research of author John Hubner who heard about a facility in Texas that ran an aggressive and one of the most successful‚ treatment programs in America for violent young offenders. He was particularly
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“The Year of the Flood” is an epic‚ sprawling novel that moves back and forth between past‚ present and future effortlessly. Though it is told from Ren and Toby’s point of view‚ the novel is really about the story of three women (Ren‚ Toby‚ and Amanda) and their will to survive in a cruel and harsh world. It is a story of hope‚ despite all odds and a story of the power of love. Fatefulness about the survival of the species is not new. Religious thinking has end-time built in‚ and most of our sentient
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The Last Judgment Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists of all time. He excelled in architecture‚ sculpture‚ painting‚ poetry‚ and engineering. He was a true Renaissance man who lived a long emotional life. In painting "The Last Judgment‚" Michelangelo was able to incorporate all that he had learned about the human body. He was able to show the way the body moved‚ as well as its displays of unrestrained passion‚ overwhelming grief‚ or endless torment. This is what makes "The Last Judgment"
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Aviva Patz‚ author of “Will Your Marriage Last” is a divorced and remarried woman who lives in fear that her second marriage will not last. She decided to attend a seminar in Boston instructed by Ted Huston‚ a professor at the University of Texas who introduces the study of the outcome of marriage. After a thirteen year study‚ Huston claims that in the early years will determine the length of your marriage. Really focusing on the first two years of newly wedded couples‚ it can be predicted the
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Fermat’s Last Theorem Fermat’s Last Theorem states that no three positive integers‚ for example (x‚y‚z)‚ can satisfy the equation x^n+y^n=z^n if the integer value of n is greater than 2. Fermat’s Last Theorem is an example a Diophantine
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