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    Distinctive Voices

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    Marele Day and related film Miss Congeniality directed by Donald Petrie. Both these composers have created a variety of distinctive voices in the texts. The most distinctive voice within the novel the life and crimes of Harry Lavender is that of Claudia Valentine. Claudia’s voice is both unique and original. She is unique and hard-boiled and works as a private detective which is very much a male dominated workforce. She is short and sharp as seen in the quote "no one gets in my room .... let alone

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    Chapter 2 In the novel The Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison‚ I have seen that there is more suffering caused by a diseased mind than by a diseased body. The idea of a “diseased mind” is a mental illness while the “diseased body” is a physical illness or injury and though the former is more dominant‚ yet both are displayed by the characters in the novel. The Bluest Eye is Morrison’s first novel and also a very powerful study of how African-American families and particularly women are affected

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    Heights” composed by Emily Bronte In the novel “The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender” the composer Marele Day’s persona Claudia Valentine uses distinct elements and characteristics of language to create subversion of conventional American crime fiction. Claudia’s voice creates a more feminized contemporary genre style‚ which alters the audience’s interpretation of the novel. Claudia is presented as a hard drinking loner replicating the classic 1940’s private investigator lifestyle. However‚ there is

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    Sabrina Peters Midterm Paper Professor Hurt March 12‚ 2015 The Bluest Eye For decade’s society has always had a certain set of beauty standards that (young) girls and even women were expected to meet. Those girls and women who did not meet these certain idealistic standards‚ they were often made fun of‚ pushed aside‚ treated poorly‚ and at times they were not considered or seen as beautiful; these standards that society has set regarding what

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    Good morning Scott‚ Thank you for the information. Please note‚ since South Houston has not attended most of the events offered this school year‚ Amazing Race would be the last CASE for Kids event South Houston can participate in this summer. Per our Interlocal agreement with Pasadena ISD‚ all campuses are asked to participate in college and career Kids’ Day events or field trips sponsored by HCDE and CASE for Kids. The event and materials are no cost to the program therefore it would not pull

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    Distinctive voices have a particular influence in languages which is employed by the composer to create voices for particular purposes. Distinctive voices can be referred to as language of the characters‚ expressing their ideas different to others. The language is set as a distinctive way which conveys the qualities and moral values of the speaker. They display the ways language is used to create voices in texts‚ and how this affects interpretation and shapes the meaning. The composer has simulated

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    International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research‚ Volume 4‚ Issue 6‚ June-2013 ISSN 2229-5518 2081 Design And Analysis of Connecting Rod Using Forged steel Leela Krishna Vegi1‚ Venu Gopal Vegi2 Department of Mechanical Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University‚ Kakinada‚ AP‚ INDIA E-mail ID: krishna.leeven@gmail.com1‚ vvgopal26@rediffmail.com2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract

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    and their experiences to be brought to life. "The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender"‚ written by Marele Day‚ is strategically able to create distinctive voices and experiences throughout the novel by incorporating a variety of characters including Claudia Valentine‚ a female investigator in big city Sydney‚ Australia‚ and Harry Lavender‚ the antagonist of the novel and the boss of Sydney’s underworld. Day’s strong and clever use of techniques‚ effectively create a range of significant‚ distinctive

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    sexual advances toward Bill‚ Addison’s power is elucidated as he can then use this as leverage later on while blackmailing Eve. Addison also uses doors as a portal between the real world and the world of the theatre. This is seen as Addison transports Claudia Caswell‚ an attractive but underwhelming actress‚ into the world of the theatre as he walks her through the door at Bill’s party. Addison is not bound nor restricted by doors‚ which can be seen by his arrival at the party despite Margo “distinctly

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    doing a cultural assessment. I have decided to watch the movie‚ “Home for the Holidays”. This movie is about the main character‚ Claudia Larson‚ losing her job then ending up making out with her soon to be former boss and lastly finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend. Then ultimately ends up spending the holidays with her family. Claudia Larson is a single mother‚ with two

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