London Riots “On the 7th of August 2011‚ the town of Tottenham had been terrorised‚ as overnight riots called for; buildings and cars to be burnt‚ shops to be looted and petrol bombs thrown at police” It is very difficult to understand how such unnecessary violence can be approved on. One of my main reasons for saying this is that during a protest demanding “justice” over the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan‚ an outbreak of looting and violence began. This resulted in eight police officers having
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London Docklands Case Study: London 1981: After World War II the population was in decline die to people moving out fro a quieter life. Unemployment was at 60% amongst adult males. After the docks closed 10‚000 people were put out of work Before London’s docklands had been UK’s largest manufacturing area of 1970s. Lost 16% of population due to counter urbanisation. Causes of the decline 1. COUNTER URBANISATON: 1. London experienced net out migration and this is known as
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Ancient Greece: A Time Of Great Cities And Lives Ancient Greece was an interesting time and place with huge markets in which people could sell items of every kind. Strict laws with even stricter penalties if broken‚ a place where women were did not have as many rights as they do today‚ and along with the most outstanding army in their time. A quote that goes along with this time is; "I have killed one I have killed two -- the vampire who said he was youo." - Sylvia Platts. Likewise in the
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Trip to London Ketura Delisca Here I am sitting on the plane to London for the third time. I know‚ three is an awful lot of times considering how expensive tickets are nowadays. It’s just I haven’t been able to decide whether or not I am ready to leave everything behind. Everything ‚ as in my cute apartment‚ my adorable cat‚ and best of all my friends‚ the same friends who met me the first day of kindergarten; The same friends who helped me through thick and thin‚ from tying my shoes to making
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Lisa’s problem. Time to get your thinking heads on‚ and analyse the texts a little. Your composition will be graded A – F. Write a Comparative Analysis First‚ summarise the recordings in Chapter 2 "A Painful Decision II" and Chapter 3 "Marital Freedom II" (both audios are only accessible through the chapter study guide. If you have not activated your study guide yet‚ go to the document in unit 1 called "Activate your Read and Proceed Study Guide"). Second‚ write a comparative analysis of the two stories
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provide an avenue for research. For some reason‚ which I can not explain‚ my thoughts roamed to a trip I took in 2012 to London‚ England. In England‚ I visited a place called the London Dungeons. It is really nothing more than a tourist trap‚ to be honest. However‚ the dungeons did offer an exhibit on methods used in England to obtain confessions from accused witches. At the time‚ I found it disturbing‚ but it also caused me to wonder if these same methods crossed the Atlantic Ocean with English immigrants
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During the romantic era London was a place of beauty with underlying darkness. Both William Blake and William Wordsworth address this in their poems “London” and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”. The poems are eight years apart and both written in London. Europe was going through its Industrial Revolution during this time. These poets see London in opposite Ways; using metaphors‚ personification‚ and imagery both poets show their points of views. Blake for the people’s sorrow and Wordsworth for
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Jack London This writer is often called by an embodiment of an American dream. He created himself‚ counting only on the forces and the persistent work. Within 18 years he didn’t put down a notebook where wrote down all the thoughts and supervision which could be useful to him in work and that wouldn’t occur‚ daily created 5 pages of texts. Him called Jack London. He was born on 12th of January in 1876 in San Francisco where his parents - Flora Wellman‚ the daughter of the ruined wheaten magnate
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Representation of events Opening paragraph Info on events I will explore representation of two events… one of the key events of 2011 is London riots and the media response to them riots. Several London boroughs and districts of cities and towns across England suffered widespread rioting‚ looting arson and mass deployment of police. The front cover of the daily mail newspapers (Tuesday 9 august 2011) included the head line “the anarchy spreads” the front cover contained a main central image which
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Waking up to the sound of the waves crashing‚ vendors on the beach are offering fresh cold coconuts; children are playing in the warm‚ equatorial water. The beach is serene and quiet compared to the wild parties of the night before. The sun is warming; the world is coming alive and the day beginning. You walk a little further and accommodate your route to avoid the build up of smashed bottles in the sand. A homeless man lies ahead of you. A plastic bag washes up on the shore along with a dead blowfish
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