common cover of When the Hipchicks went to War‚ by Pamela Rushby‚ represents the cultural context and values of the text. This cover represents the geographical context of Vietnam‚ the innocence of the main characters (personal context)‚ the freedom of the late 1960’s (social context) and the Vietnam War period (Historical context). The composer uses a range of visual literacy techniques to represent these contexts and values. When the Hipchicks went to War tells the story of a group of young Australian
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well known or rich. He was still a child when his sisters married‚ and his brothers-in-law were close associates during his father ’s struggles in the Mercenary War and the Punic conquest of Iberia. To better understand Hannibal’s rise to greatness one needs to look into his father’s history. After Carthage ’s defeat in the First Punic War‚ Hamilcar set out to improve his family ’s and Carthage ’s fortunes. With that in mind and supported by Gades‚ Hamilcar began the subjugation of the tribes of
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Shaun Tan’s The Arrival contains an affluence of images that depict world issues such as Immigration and colonisation; however no commentary thus far has addressed the depicted image of war. Through the application of Ekphrasis and close reading analyse‚ I intend to draw attention to the importance image of war plays upon on the audience in relation to the construct of image as language. Ekphrasis can be defined as a graphic‚ dramatic reading of a visual work‚ bringing forth the image shown vividly
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American author who writes stories based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. O’Brien‚ throughout the story ‘The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong’‚ describes the changes that Mary Anne goes through during her time in Vietnam. Mary Anne’s physical and mental changes that she goes through during her time in Vietnam also press and signify the changes that the soldiers‚ and possibly the civilians‚ go through in a time of war. O’Brien also chooses to have Rat tell this story even though O’Brien informs
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the Vietnam War was different from WWII. Instead of engaging in open battle with a distinct front‚ Vietnam was more about search and destroy. Locating the enemy was more difficult than killing him. The endless monotony of the march deprives the soldiers from feeling as though they’ve accomplished anything - no battles won or lost. This increases the sense of ambiguity in the war and in the book. The novel makes strategic shifts back and forth between first and third person. The first chapter is
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When the colonists first came to the Americas they had very little impact on Britain‚ they expanded the empire‚ created new trading routes and opportunities between countries‚ and they were paying taxes to the British. Because of these reasons‚ the colonies were not a problem in the eyes of the British so they felt no need to pay much attention to them. Leaving the colonists in charge of themselves‚ and not effectively enforcing many British laws. Thousands of miles of ocean between the two countries
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Period 6 AP English “The Things They Carried” Questions a) What are the main subjects/topics of this novel? What exactly is the author writing about? How do you know? The main subject of this book is the horrors of war. Tim O’Brien fought in the Vietnam War and has experienced some of the events he retells in the book. For example‚ in “The Man I Killed‚” a chapter in the book‚ O’Brien describes the man he killed over and over again because the horror that he killed someone was imprinted
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October 2014 Critical Thinking Questions Chapter 5 1. Throughout the course of the Roman Republic‚ they were threatened by many different countries around them. They created a mighty military that crushed the Latin states. After that‚ they waged a war against the Samnites‚ and were victorious. They had a significant portion of Italy as a result‚ and came into direct contact with the Greeks. The Roman’s culture was greatly affected by the Greeks (such as adapting gods). Later on‚ the Romans crushed
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leader and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam‚ Ho Chi Minh and his brand of Vietnamese nationalism. Ho had successfully sought military aid and financial assistance from communist China and the Soviet Union in the years after World War II but he was driven by more logical objectives than what he regarded as old world communist ideologies. The political alliances he forged on behalf of the Viet Minh were always a means to an end with the end being an independent Vietnam under Viet
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Eisenhower’s eight year presidency was riddled with United States involvement in Southeast Asia - specifically around the Indochina foreign policy. Eisenhower’s administration was truly the first administrations that was tested by the conflict in Vietnam to aid in solutions and help promote diplomacy. The war torn region of Southeast Asia had been challenged by violence for decades already to this point in history and the United States understood how critical it was to America’s strategic direction;
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