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    composer’s authorial voice in relation to relationships and the wider world to be expressed and communicated through different narrative voices. Using two prominent differentiating narrative voices‚ Day uses the character and voice of the protagonist‚ Claudia Valentine‚ and the antagonist‚ the crime overlord Harry Lavender‚ to not only juxtapose the nature of the protagonist and antagonist but also to express her realistic concerns about the moral decay of Sydney‚ to challenge the notion of stereotypes

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    narrative entitled “The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender‚” two main voices are heard; Claudia Valentine and Harry Lavender. The two distinctive voices are represented through different text fonts; Claudia being represented in a regular font as opposed to Harry’s voice being represented through italics. Unlike most Crime Fiction narratives‚ the protagonist’s voice is that of a female‚ occupying a male domain. Claudia subverts the classic ‘noir’ detective figure through which she can be seen as a

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    Harry Lavender" the character of Claudia‚ the use of the female’s voices is very distinctive. It generates voices to represent ideas and attitudes from the composer. Claudia valentine as the protagonist‚ she has a very distinctive voice. Marele Day portrays this perception in the result of different tones. Claudia’s language is reflective and introspective. She has a very distinctive voice. Marele Day portrays this by confusing the audience’s expectation from Claudia‚ who is not independent or strong

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    “paradise on Earth”‚ a network of organised crime is at work‚ stemming to the corrupt LAPD. In The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender‚ the story follows Claudia Valentine who takes on an investigation of a case which initially seems isolated. However‚ as the investigation continues‚ the tracks lead back to the underbelly of Sydney. The audience follows Claudia behind the buzzing clockwork of city life‚ revealing the “cancerous growth” that is Harry Lavender. Lavender is the city‚ and he has commanded his

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    turbine. Thermal Power Plants contribute maximum to the generation of Power for any country. Works on Rankine Cycle. Thermal Power Plants constitute 75.43% of the total installed captive and non-captive power generation in India. In thermal generating stations coal‚ oil‚ natural gas etc. are employed as primary sources of energy. General Layout of Thermal Power Station Rankine Cycle Coal Handling Plant • The function of coal handling plant is automatic feeding of coal to the

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    The Search for Blue Eyes Racialised Beauty in The Bluest Eye Though there have been many steps towards equality in today’s society‚ America‚ as a whole‚ will not reach it until races could be equal in everything. But America is still a race dominated culture‚ and mostly a white dominated culture. In this culture‚ society looks up to a racialised beauty‚ where beauty is defined in the terms of white beauty‚ or the physical features most white people have. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison tells

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    The Bluest Eye provides an extended depiction of the ways in which internalized white beauty standards deform the lives of black girls and women. Implicit messages that whiteness is superior are everywhere‚ including the white baby doll given to Claudia‚ the idealization of Shirley Temple‚ the consensus that light-skinned Maureen is cuter than the other black girls‚ the idealization of white beauty in the movies‚ and Pauline Breedlove’s preference for the little white girl she works for over her

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    Bluest Eye provides numerous examples that show the idea that white is beautiful and black is ugly. These white beauty standards deform the loves of black women. There are many examples that white is superior like the white baby doll that was given to Claudia‚ the idea of Shirley Temple‚ how the light-skinned Maureen is cuter than the other black girls‚ and Mrs. Breedlove’s preference for the white girl over her own daughter‚ Pecola. The adult women learned to hate their black bodies‚ but they take their

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    support their systemic understanding of this family. First Session The Brice family consisted of a family unit of five. The father Davie a lawyer‚ the mother Caroline‚ their teenage daughter Claudia‚ the younger daughter Laura and younger son Don. The family was referred by a psychiatrist who had been seeing Claudia‚ but felt the whole family needed to be in therapy. The first session was a challenge‚ the family agreed to go in all together only for the initial session and they were not very comfortable

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    all knowing narrator and there is the child and adult point of view of Pecola‚ Claudia‚ Cholly‚ Pauline and other characters to better understand the major conflict of the book because there are always two sides to a

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