Stone Cold by Robert Swindells Stone Cold is an absorbing novel by Robert Swindells which follows ‘Link’‚ a sixteen year old boy from Bradford‚ England. The novel tells you about his life over the past two years‚ how he leaves his violent home and lives on the street‚ first in Bradford and then in London‚ where the story starts to take shape. The novel also follows ‘Shelter’‚ an ex-military man who served for twenty nine years‚ discharged on medical grounds. In my essay‚ I will aim to analyse
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would give you the great experiences that you have been searching for your whole life. The best part is that‚ once you have decided to plug yourself into this machine‚ you would feel and think that these false experiences you are having are real. Robert Nozick proposes this very scenario in his book Anarchy State‚ and Utopia. This scenario is known as “the experience machine”. (Nozick 1974‚ 165) Sounds great‚ doesn’t it? I would beg to differ. Is pleasure really the only thing that we spend our
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In “The Experience Machine‚” Robert Nozick expresses his belief that most people would not want to “plug in” to an experience machine. He defines an experience machine as a machine that helps you to see and feel the experiences you want‚ even though they are far from reality. If I were given the opportunity to plug in to this experience machine‚ I would choose not to. Nozick states that “first‚ we want to do certain things‚ and not just have the experience of doing them” (28). This statement is very
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Peter Roberts "Target Area" is an influential poem that exposes the reality of war. The poem depicts a bombing mission targeting an enemy village‚ beginning with the entry of the bomber into the target area and ending with its escape. Peter Roberts gives a vivid description of the bombing raid from the perspective of the bombardier. Roberts describes what the bombardier endures‚ observes‚ hears‚ and encounters during the raid. The theme of the poem is the sights and sounds of war throughout the
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Many guidelines for American ways came from England and Sir Robert Peel’s principles is a perfect example of that. Peel’s principles emphasize so much on the relations police ought to have with the public that it sounds almost identical to the philosophies of community policing. For example‚ community policing advocates dedicated problem solving to prevent crime. This goes perfectly by Sir Robert’s first principle‚that states that police’s basic duty is to prevent crime and disorder. An effective
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Times of loneliness come and go where one may feel isolated. In “Acquainted With the Night” by Robert Frost‚ isolationism and depression developed the consumption of imagery and symbolism to arrange the theme and mood. Throughout the poem‚ Frost paints many pictures and consumptions symbolism to show many dark thoughts and memories of times of his past. “I have outwalked the furthest city light” was noted in stanza one line three. This line presents the thought that he has walked away from all good
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19th Century Medicine Robert Koch (1834) Koch worked on anthrax and tuberculosis (TB) and developed work of Louis Pasteur. Koch first investigated Anthrax (that affected herds of farm animals and farmers.) In 1868 Davaine had proved that a healthy animal that did not have anthrax could get the disease if it was injected with blood containing Anthrax. Koch developed this work further. Koch found out that Anthrax microbes produced spores that lived for a long time after an animal had died and these
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Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning The dramatic monologue is narrated by the voice of the persona‚ which has been dictated by Robert Browning. This illustrates a contrast in the social classes of Porphyria and the persona. The opening scene is reinforced as “suller” and “spite”‚ nevertheless‚ after the presence of Porphyria‚ the atmosphere mutates to “warm” and “blaze up” followed by her seductive actions. Regarding to Porphyria’s “vainer ties” she is unable to ‘stoop’ causing her to “worship”
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MATERIALITY AND CONCEPTUALISM -Case Study 1- Robert MacPherson: Discuss Macpherson’s material practice (250-300 words): Robert MacPherson’s material decisions in Mayfair‚ Swamp Rats (1994-1995) revolve around selecting and use of materials and pieces of language from his everyday world. For example‚ MacPherson’s has intentionally undertaken a process such as; pre-cut Masonite sheets‚ hand painted typography‚ large scale‚ intentional arrangements‚ specific language‚ a reduced colour scheme and
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their chosen form of text to explore their concerns within the world. Throughout the poem The Late Ferry by Robert Gray the type of journey is seen to be long-term‚ emotional‚ confronting and challenging for individuals. Shaun Tan’s The Red Tree uses journey as being long-term‚ personal‚ confronting‚ emotional and mental. These are recognized by the usage of symbolism and metaphors. Robert Grays The Late Ferry contains a large amount of symbolism through the duration of the poem. The symbolism
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