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    There are many ways in which the rainforest is exploited. Many of these ways are damaging to the environment. Rubber tapping causes almost no damage to the rainforest. Rubber tapping takes the natural latex from the tree by scraping grooves into the surface of the tree. The natural latex then falls into a cup‚ and is removed and processed to make the rubber. Rubber trees are quite rare - in a thirty square kilometre area‚ with 20‚000 trees‚ there may be just sixty rubber trees. Timber logging causes

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    Explore the ways in which Paul D’s Struggle with identity as a free man is presented in ‘Beloved’? In the highly acclaimed novel ‘Beloved’ by Toni Morrison‚ there are a range of themes that she explores throughout the novel‚ but the most predominant theme is the effects of slavery on the identity of the major characters. In this case Paul D. Throughout the novel‚ Paul D struggles to identify himself as society’s ideal man due to the terrible things that he had to endure while at Sweet Home. Morrison

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    Modest (in the fact that even though she knows she is quite strong‚ she isn’t one to brag to everyone and their mother about it). 5. Lazy (in the fact that even though she knows she needs to do things‚ she doesn’t get to it until a she’s good and ready to do so). History: 1. Aline Larkin is an only child‚ raised alongside her cousins by her aunt and uncle as her mom died when she was only 1 do to tuberculosis. Her father also contracted that disease

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    This Be the Verse by Philip Larkin They fuck you up‚ your mum and dad. They may not mean to‚ but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra‚ just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats‚ Who half the time were sloppy-stern And half at one another’s throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can‚ And

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    In the poem “At grass” by Philip Larkin the poet writes about his encounter with two retired horses. A passage of time is significant in this poem as it is only after the poet thinks back to what the horse’s life was like before it they retired that he has a change of mind and realises that they are probably better off now than they were in the past. The first hint that the poet gives us‚ is in his title of the poem “At Grass” as this gives the impression that the horses are at rest and away from

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    example if something goes missing or someone is crying the troublemaker will always be blamed. This then starts the child thinking well if I am being blamed I might as well act up to my label. The label then sticks with the child as they make their way through their school. As teachers talk to one another the label gets passed along right until the end of school. It is hard for a child to lose their label and so they eventually become it. This is called the self- fulfilling prophecy or in the case

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    Which place do you prefer to leave: in a small town or in a big city ? Small towns and big cities both have their good sides. First big cities have unlimited choices of things you can do. There is always a lot to do and visit. Living in a big city is more comfortable because there are cinemas‚ theaters‚ museums‚ shops‚ malls‚ lots of restaurants to choose. There are a lot of possibilities of shopping. Secondly the standard of education is also very high in big cities. People have

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    Write about the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in chapter 7 (Page 132 onwards) Chapter 7 mirrors chapter 1 in setting and structure‚ of the travelling to New York and the necessity to pass through ‘The Valley of the Ashes’ symbolic of the mythological River Styx and “The Waste Land” by T.S. Elliot. Also‚ the many separated sections in chapter 7 are reminiscent of the structure of chapter 1‚ used as a key way for Fitzgerald to effectively and emotively convey the story‚ by framing the two chapters

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    Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? There are too many differences between live in a big city and a small city. So we have to choice our own position. If you like calm condition‚ small cities are suits you. Although‚ if you want to improve yourself‚ big cities are the most important place to learn so many things will need your future life. In life‚ people’s the best thing is of course

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    Has technology shaped our society? When we look back to the mid 1930s‚ we’ll see that the US was facing a very difficult time. After the gigantic losses on the New York Stock Markets‚ the economy was on its way to an all time low. The unemployment rates were astronomically high‚ leading to even worse conditions. ’But why did this happen?’‚ we may wonder. Well‚ there is a very simple answer to that question. Just before the economical downfall‚ many people worked on the land‚ in the agraric sectors

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