Gallipoli is the remarkable story of two Western Australian mates who are sent to Gallipoli in 1915. Frank and Archie are both very successful sprinters and Archie wants adventure‚ while Frank wants to stay in Australia‚ but signs up for the inventory anyway. This story brings back some harsh truths about warfare‚ and explains why so many naïve young men joined up‚ only to suffer deaths well before their time. The troops were headed for the Gallipoli peninsula and the Dardanelles Strait‚ in southern
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surrounded by images attractive‚ airbrushed people‚ it’s easy to loose sight of one’s sense of self-worth. This problem is only compounded by our interest in celebrity culture. But where does this obsession with the lives of the rich and famous come from? Perhaps‚ celebrity antics merely fulfill a desire for entertainment. Tabloid stories and reality TV shows tap into a deeply engrained fascination with the shocking and outrageous. But‚ we should not ignore the fact that‚ for many teenagers‚ an interest
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seen Tim Burton films you was probably a little freaked out at first. His movies has a weird kind of message. In all his movies the main chacater is always the one learning the lesson. All his movies are very dark but has a happy theme to the message A element used in Burton’s films is the element of distinctive characters. Characters that don’t fit in to society and are frowned open in a way. Characters outside the norm. We see the use of this element in most of Burton’s films‚ for example in
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The film Away From Her‚ is a screenplay adaptation from the short story Bear came over the Mountain by Alice Munro. The story focuses around the relationship of Fiona and Grant‚ an Ontario couple married over 40 years. The couple is forced to face that fact that Fionas forgetfulness is actually Alzheimers disease. After Fiona wanders away and is found after being lost‚ she realizes that she can no longer live at home. Fiona has too much self-pride for herself‚ and too much pity for Grant‚ to subject
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mystery is a MacGuffin for first time viewers. It is meant to push our view away from the truth‚ sort of like a magician. So‚ as I’ve said‚ the fugitive with no name pretends to be Rita Hayworth. Rita Hayworth was a Hispanic movie star of yesteryear who pretended to be a red head. She changed her natural hair color of black to red to fashion a more glamorous persona for herself. So the real life actress mentioned in the film also participated in the fake image-making Hollywood enterprise that deceives
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English Literature GCSE A View From The Bridge Characters: Eddie Alfieri Catherine Beatrice Rodolfo Marco Themes Law and Justice Betrayal and Family Loyalty / Codes of Honour Womanhood Masculinity Eddie Carbone Beginning Meeting with Alfieri End of act 1 - teaches Rodolfo to fight‚ tension with Marco Kisses When he calls the Immigration Office End - death * ’It’s too short‚ ain’t it...you’re walkin’ wavy’ - First appears to be very protective of Catherine. Doesn’t
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Have you ever met someone who would do whatever they can to save a tree? the character Juli from Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen shows courage and bold actions. Two traits that would describe Juli clearly would be thoughtful and ambitious. For example‚ Juli loved a sycamore tree so much that when it was going to get cut down‚ she protested by climbing up the tree and not coming down until someone what to bring her down. Juli is thoughtful Juli is very thoughtful because she is always trying to make
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Choosing a favorite teacher is fairly difficult when one puts into account all the types of teachers they have known‚ all of them are important. Teachers are the second most important people in our lives‚ right after our parents. Teachers are persuasive and have the power to build a child up from an immature student to become a responsible adult; or they can completely and utterly crush a students hopes and dreams. As an identical twin my mother has always pulled a few strings to have my sister
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My Favorite Movie It’s always hard to pick a single favorite movie‚ because there are so many good ones. Sometimes people have different opinions whether a particular movie is good or not. The movie I like the most is “Batman: The Dark Knight” by Christopher Nolan. The whole movie is action packed‚ while still retaining drama‚ a love story‚ and even a little bit of comedy. The best thing about this movie is the great performances we get to see by the actors and actresses. Already‚ you can begin
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I really don’t think I have a favorite; I think I have a few of favorite pastimes. My favorite pastimes are NASCAR‚ baseball‚ and football for sports. Others would be watching television or movies‚ and probably sleep. I think my favorite pastime of them all would be NASCAR. I started watching NASCAR when I was really little. I always was sitting in front of the television every Sunday. For the past five years we have been going to Michigan International Speedway for the whole weekend when the Sprint
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