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    a restricted 3rd person narrator. Someone is talking about Stephen ’baby tuckoo’. How does the language represent stephens infant mind? The diminutive form of moocow represents the childhood state of Stephen as a narrator. Wetting the bed – childlike association. Narration – not by Stephen at first‚ but the change in bed wetting signifies a change in narration. The focalisation fo stephen through the narrator could almost be the same person. Opening – hardly any narration. Full novel focalised

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    Personal Response to Wilfred Owen One of Wilfred Owen’s poem is Dulce et Decorum est. The title of this poem is roughly translated to: It is honorable and beautiful to die for your country‚ the poem itself basically speaks of how this is a lie. It takes you through a small story at the end of which it explains in gruel poetry the death of a soldier with effective language that helps inspire fear “And watch the white eyes writhing in his face‚ His hanging face‚ like a devil’s sick of sin;” I believe

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    had been born to sever and had been following through the mists of childhood and boyhood‚ a symbol of the artist forging anew in his soaring impalpable imperishable being." The overture ends with Stephen hiding under the table awaiting the eagles which will pull out this eyes. He is hiding under something most to the time ‚ bedclothes‚ the enigma of a manner ‚ an indurate rhetoric‚ of some other carapace of his private world. Theme words It is through names that things have

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    and the conditions the men faced? (Don’t forget you must refer to specific lines and poetic/film‚ techniques)</b> <br> <br>Naturally it is a lot easier to convey the desired setting of a scene if the medium used involved visual concepts. However‚ Wilfred Owens poetry manages to give the reader an extremely vivid idea of what the conditions were like for the people whom he describes. Like Oliver Stone‚ in his movie Platoon‚ Owen uses some very simple concepts to set the scene in his writing‚ such as

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    By using magical concepts in his story to stimulate the reader’s imagination‚ Gabriel Garcia Marquez obscures the serious theme behind “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”. With the subtitle to this story of “A Tale for Children”‚ one is lead to believe that this is a fantasy written to entertain children using magical realism. However‚ there is a much deeper premise for this story which is seen after analysis. The story examines how humans react to supernatural occurrences and disrespect the importance

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    Parable of the Sower takes place in Octavia Buttler’s apocolypse (Old English‚ via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis‚ from apokaluptein ‘uncover‚ reveal‚’ from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’). In an interview‚ Buttler said that when writing the book‚ she took many of the issues of the modern world and took them to their natural conclusion. In doing so‚ by defintion‚ Buttler has created an apocalyptic work. For Parable of the Sower to be fully understood‚ one must first

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    particular ways the poet had communicated ideas in example Wilfred Owens War Poems and others how many of you could write a good HSC response? Not many well today i will be addressing this question for you and hopefully this will therefore assist you. Wilfred Owen uses poetry to challenge public perceptions on the war as well as to inform‚ awaken and enlighten his readers about what war was really like‚ the horrors‚ the pity and the waste of war‚ through exploring the emotional and psychological impact on

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    Gospel Parables According to Luke Luke’s unique parables of the Good Samaritan‚ the Prodigal Son‚ and Lazarus and the Rich Man contributed to a major change in attitudes toward people who were poor‚ powerless and socially outcast. Empowered by the Holy Spirit Luke’s Jesus forgives sinners‚ comforts the oppressed and heals the afflicted. Luke demonstrates that Jesus’ kingdom demands an ethic change when it comes to social and religious values. The Good Samaritan parable is an excellent example of

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    Paper 1: “The Old Man” In this paper I can see that this student uses simple sentences very well. This student uses a simple sentence to get right to the point‚ and it’s working well for this student. The student’s introduction sentence was simple‚ yet it caught my attention. “Sand‚ beach‚ and water are what surrounded the old man.” This sentence gives a great description and I personally think it’s a great introduction. This student seems to want to experiment with complex sentences‚ and I think

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    everyday life lessons that can be learned from one ’s own experiences and from one ’s parents. Some parents do not take the time to teach these morals or life lessons‚ which could be crucial for when that child grows up to be an adult. Every child should be taught the phrase “you have to give respect to get it”‚ but not all are taught that‚ and most children that are not‚ become very rude people as adults. In today ’s society‚ the story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is perceived to be more of an

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