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    Paul Keating’s speech Funeral Service of the Unknown Soldier was a eulogy given on the 11th of November 1993 and was in honor of the soldiers who gave their lives in the first world war‚ the speech was given at the memorial gardens in Canberra and was also televised all over Australia; and throughout the speech an air of remembrance and the ability of us as a unified nation to overcome these obstacles. Anwar Sadat delivered his speech on the 20th of November 1977 in the Israeli Knesset‚ house of

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    In the eulogy at Caesar’s funeral‚ Marc Antony‚ close friend of Caesar and general‚ seems to claim that he believes that Marcus Brutus and the rest of the men involved with the death of Caesar are honorable men‚ but in actuality believes that Caesar was the only honorable man in the Senate who was always there for his country and brought prosperity to his country. He also claims to not want to get revenge on the murderers of Caesar‚ but in reality‚ the whole point of his speech was to turn the citizens

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    prepare herself to become leader‚ even though her grandfather opposed. However something that sets the Whale Rider plot apart from Bend It Like Beckham was the heavy focus on the Maori culture. The Maori culture has a heavy influence in this story which also leads the Paikea into making the necessary decisions about her leadership. Although there were many contrasts‚ Bend It Like Beckham and Whale Rider shared many similarities between their individual plots. One similarity between plots was that both

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    Monsieur Rouault visits Charles the day following his wife’s funeral in order to to deliver him his payment for the medical treatment he had received‚ and he gives his condolences. He tells Charles to come and visit Les Bertaux again; he happily accepts the invitation. Rounalt cheers Charles up; he soon forgets all about his wife‚ everything starts to look better for Charles. Charles likes living without his wife‚ he doesn’t have someone there dictating his every move‚ he can eat when he wants to

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    inhale deeply‚ closing my eyes. A teardrop slides down between my nose and cheek before joining the rain on the cemetery lawn. Strangers in black coats‚ black hats‚ black shoes‚ their faces blurry and unfamiliar‚ pass in front of me as they enter the funeral home. The silence of the morning is interrupted only by the rain‚ and an occasional sniff or sob of a family member or friend. But not from me‚ I cry quietly‚ discreetly‚ carrying my grief deep inside of me.

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    March 17‚ 1926. William Friend Day‚ Pastor of Saint James Episcopal Church in Bozeman‚ Montana‚ had been thinking for nearly a week about the eulogy he would deliver that afternoon. In his short time at St. James‚ Day had already presided over five funerals‚ each time offering comfort to the deceased’s family and‚ by extension‚ the community itself. He always emphasized the person’s strengths and Christian attributes‚ avoiding any lifetime failings that were‚ almost always‚ unbeknownst to anyone outside

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    How do the elements of ‘belonging’ and ‘return’ operate in Samson and Delilah and Whale Rider? Samson and Delilah and Whale Rider are two films which deal with the conflict that can occur between tradition and modernity at the hand of colonisation. In both of these films‚ within this conflict‚ the elements of belonging and return are dealt with. Samson‚ Delilah and Paikea all have a yearning to belong to their communities‚ families and culture‚ yet find themselves on the outer for various reasons

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    The whaling ship Peqoud was a great Whaling ship in its day‚ but that all changed when they encountered the great White Whale. The crew of the Peqoud were mostly experienced seamen but that didn’t help there fate. On that stormy day that the Peqoud and its crew met its fate they were on the hunt...for Moby dick. Captan Ahab was in charge of the Peqoud at this time and he was the man who made the decision to hunt Moby dick. Although the Peqoud was a whaling ship they went after Moby dick purely for

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    On Friday‚ The California State Legislature approved a historic bill that banned the breeding of captive killer whales and orca performances in the state‚ the only exception would be for educational purposes and not entertainment‚ display‚ or performance purposes. The bill also prohibits the export or collect captive orcas coming from any place in California to another state or country‚ unless approved by federal law‚ and importing their semen or embryos of any orcas held in captivity for artificial

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    Social Transmission and Culture In 2001‚ Russell and Whitehead published an article claiming that Humpback whales did in fact have a culture. The explanation or definition of culture they used in their study was the following: the for a specie to have culture‚ there must be variation on the behavior of groups within the specie. Behavioral variations could be deduced by observing spatial‚ temporal or social patterns and these variations shouldn’t be able to be explained by individual learning

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