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    Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe and the film Whale Rider (2002) by Niki Caro both address the overcoming of emotional boundaries‚ while following the progress of the main characters. Issues such as cultural differences and gender equality are presented by the composers through the clever use of devices appropriate to the medium‚ while using the post-colonial context to accentuate these issues. Similar to Things Fall Apart‚ the film Whale Rider by Niki Caro explores the breakdown of Maori culture

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    Analysis of “Save the Whales‚ Screw the Shrimp” by Joy Williams “Save the Whales‚ Screw the Shrimp” by Joy Williams is an essay directed towards the human race‚ and how nature is being ruined by it. The human race is a large audience‚ but she believes that everyone is responsible for the destruction of nature‚ except herself of course. Williams wrote in such a satirical way‚ giving herself an advantage‚ or authority‚ over the audience. She showed such authority in that she used second person throughout

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    Ahab’s great white whale brings him destruction in the famous “Moby Dick”‚ but actual whales glide graceful and effortless through the ocean almost all of time. After the white whale in “Moby Dick”‚ there is perhaps no whale more well known among enthusiasts and scientists alike than Migaloo the white humpback whale. Migaloo the white humpback whale has been spotted this week off the coast of New Zealand as he makes his annual migration to warmer waters. Migaloo the white humpback whale is the center

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    The Disadvantages of Letting Students Use Their Cell Phones at School Published by KRISARU.com (Web News) on July 24‚ 2012 | 0 Comment Secure Your Name as Domain Name | Learn To Do Yourself | Website For ALL | Domain Names In most high schools‚ the majority of the students own a cell phone. Whatever the rules are at their school about cell phones‚ students use them. Sometimes they are caught by their teachers‚ but most of the time‚ students get away with it. Having a cell phone at school comes

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    Human Digestive System & the Digestive System of a Cow” Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breaking down of food into smaller components‚ to a form that can be absorbed‚ for instance‚ into a blood stream. Digestion is a form of catabolism; a break-down of macro food molecules to smaller ones. Digestion begins in the mouth‚ for a cow the teeth structure is very different from humans. Instead of having two rows of sharp incisors‚ cows have a single‚ bottom row of incisors and a dental pad

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    Due to the small population size of North Atlantic right whales (~300 plus or minus 10%) and the low annual reproductive rate of about every five years‚ suggests that anthropogenic activities affecting mortality may be more prevalent for right whale population growth than for any other whale species. Ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements are considered the main factors contributing to reduced growth and recovery of the right whale population. Data collected from 1970 through 1999 indicates

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    sketch Don’t Save The Whales‚ which shows members of a rally scapegoating and blaming everything wrong with their community on whales. Displaying how irrational and destructive unfairly placing the blame for problems is‚ the sketch also demonstrates how real problems go unsolved‚ new problems are created‚ and bandwagoning only makes everything worse. When people or communities pin the blame of their problems on others‚ they do not get any better themselves. Like blaming the whales in the sketch‚

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    Fafnir clearly remembers his chant‚ and to his surprise some of the words are very familiar to him. He knows the words very well‚ but does not want to believe in his doubts. He looks at Orbus as Fafnir struggles to burn the chains. Numerous dark spheres appear out of thin air. The sphere begin to form and take shape as Orbus molds every single one of them using his hands engulfed with his devilish mastery of the dark arts. The rain weakens as small droplets fall instead of a raging downpour. The

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    Whale Rider uses narrative structure in many forms to better describe the story to the viewer. It is used to link the plot together mainly using a number of different techniques including point of view‚ which is based on Pai because of her narrations‚ but is linked together with scenes of Koro‚ Nanny Flowers and Porourangi all having the point of view; conflict‚ with disagreements and argument all forming the story to come; and finally the way the story is divided into three main acts‚ which are

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    and combating the preconceptions in it. The detrimental damage on the colonised is often a turning point of change and the creation of a hybrid identity. This new culture can often be a doorway to a greater and more affective change. The movie”Whale Rider” directed by Niki Caro and originally written by Wiki Ihamera follows the process of old culture entwining with the new and allowing the love for a heritage to pull through.The poem A lesson for this Sunday is a metaphorical text on the morality

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