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    In article 31 of the Refugee Convention‚ Asylum Seekers are stated to have a right to enter a country in seek of Asylum. Approximately 35-50 people are granted refugee status in Australia‚ all of which are from offshore detention centres. These are Australia’s offshore detention centres. The first is a well-known centre of Australia‚ Christmas Island detention centre. While it is offshore‚ it’s still a part of Australia‚ just a long way away. But in 2012‚ two new centres were opened in completely

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    ’Wilfred Owen’ a war poet who rote many tens of poems‚ emphasized his visual experiences of carnage in war‚ in his poems. One poem that presented the pacifism of war is ’Dulce et decorum est’. Through this poem vivid depiction is utilised with the co-operation of techniques such as‚ extensive imagery‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ simile and symbolism to show his audience of the horrific environment that was savored. "Dulce et..." is a poem that challenges old conventions in its portrayal of the realities

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    almost drowned in the pool when he was 5-years old. Susequently. He is afraid to go swimming years after the experience. Is this nature‚ nurture‚ or an interaction? Nuture Justify your answer: With Chauncey almost drowning‚ he has really bad fears of hisself drowning in the pool again. This situation have him traumatized from this day forward knowing it was a life and death situation. Moriah Moriah was born with Down Syndrome (Trisomy-21). Is this nature‚ nurture‚ or an interaction

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    The Hypocrisy of Religion and class hierarchy Voltaire employed the events‚ characters and actions in candid to drew the attention of the reader to the infidelity and immorality side of these characters in the real life. For example‚ the Pope‚ a man who as a Catholic priest should have been celibate; dishonestly keeps a mistress‚ and has a daughter. In despite of the voluntary vow of poverty taken by members of the Franciscan movement‚ a Franciscan friar works

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    “The opposite of love is not hate‚ it’s indifference.” This quote by Elie Wiesel says a lot. Indifference is dangerous. We have a moral responsibility to help others most of the time. There are moments where it’s okay to be indifferent. This moral responsibility that we have is important to keep our indifference in check. We have a moral responsibility to help right the wrongs in the world but to an extent. There are situations where it is acceptable to be indifferent. For example‚ a part in the

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    Task three Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘’Dulce et Decorum est’’ was written during his World War One experience. Owen was an officer in the British army‚ the poem explains how the British public and press comforted themselves in the fact that young men were dying in the war doing the noble and heroic thing the reality however was quite different as Owen so horrifically demonstrates to the reader in the poem. Owen wants to throw the war in the readers face to illustrate how vile and in humane war really

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    kind of phobia that I am going to write about is Hydrophobia. Hydrophobia is an anxiety disorder that causes fear of drowning. The panic is generally so intense that and has an effect on a person’s quality of life. People with Hydrophobia sometimes feel uncomfortable to see a lot of water or a swimming pool. People who suffer from hydrophobia are actually in more danger of drowning than other people who cannot swim‚ because their panic can be so intense when they find themselves under water. The

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    I had never heard of the Andrea Yates case until now. After doing some research I learned that Andrea Yates was a mother that killed all five of her children by drowning them because she believed that if she didn’t her kids were going to go to hell. Andrea had also claimed to be a bad mother and after killing her children she called her husband and the police telling them that “it’s time.” Once the police came Andrea had admitted to everything and told the police that she needs to be punished. She

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    spoken about as young‚ strong‚ handsome men and here they come back buggered and weak from the war. Owen speaks about the war with his insights of pity he has for it ’In all my dreams‚ before my helpless sight‚ He plunges at me‚ guttering‚ choking‚ drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in‚ And watch the white eyes writhing in his face‚ His hanging face‚ like a devil’s sick of sin’ and Owens insights of the war allow the readers to capture and understand

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    sense. But he became mentally and emotionally unwell and died a broken man as a result. The inquiry that followed the sinking of the Titanic led to gossip that he had acted in a cowardly manner. From the poem it seems Ismay was criticised for not drowning with the crew. They and many male passengers were called heroes for going down with the wreck. Ismay seems to reject the criticism that he ‘got away’. He didn’t in an emotional sense. Later in the poem he shows guilt for what happened to the third

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