Shauna avoided Cort on Friday when she spent the day shopping with her mother. She avoided him on Saturday when the McCabe family got together to tromp through the woods in search of the perfect Christmas trees. Sunday was a different story. "Hello‚ Shauna‚ nice to see you again‚" Cort said when he walked into the parlor where Shauna was expertly weaving a burgundy and gold ribbon through the branches of the twelve-foot Frasier fir Susan had chosen. "Mr. Mackenzie‚" Shauna answered‚ keeping her
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To achieve this standard‚ the student needs to create a fluent and coherent visual text which develops‚ sustains and structures ideas using verbal and visual language. A visual text is created: A visual essay on themes in the film The Shawshank Redemption. This is explained in a supporting commentary (note that this commentary is not assessed). The student creates a fluent and coherent visual text by introducing ideas of friendship‚ hope and negative effects of imprisonment. These are developed
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The outdoors contains many wonders that a child explores throughout the early years of life; therefore‚ a person’s childhood tends to position his path for the future. As a result‚ occurrences seen on an average day sitting at school‚ exploring in the woods‚ or examining the stars have the potential to be life changing. An American Childhood (Dillard)‚ “Two Views of a River” (Twain)‚ and “Listening” (Welty) all allocate this thought‚ yet the works juxtapose each other with different morals. Annie
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The play starts on opening night for Max Bialystock’s latest play‚ and latest flop‚ Funny Boy. Max is devastated as he recounts his previous failures and vows to return as “The King of Broadway”. The next morning‚ his accountant‚ Leo Bloom‚ arrives at Max’s office to audit his books. Just as Leo’s dream of being a producer slips out‚ one of Max’s “Investors” arrives and Leo is forced into a bathroom. They play one of their sex games and Max persuades a check from her‚ before finally‚ she leaves.
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In the essay‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell illustrates his experiences as a British police officer in Lower Burma‚ and reflects it to the nature of imperialism. Since “anti-European feeling was very bitter” due to the British Empire’s dictatorship in Burma‚ Orwell is being treated disrespectfully by the Burmese (12). This allows him to hate his job and the British Empire. However‚ the incident of shooting of an elephant gives him a “better glimpse … of the real nature of imperialism – the
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Title: Red Dog Response type: Film Directed by Kriv Stenders Response written by Jesse Bird The film Red Dog‚ directed by Kriv Stenders is an inspiring story about a stray dog that brought together the small community of Dampier and is based on a true story. Red Dog explores the ideas of loyalty‚ friendship‚ isolation‚ community‚ love and hardship. Stenders uses a human-like approach through his representation of Red Dog. This can be seen when the character Jack‚ begins to explain Red Dog to Thomas
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30 Funny Persuasive Speech Topics 1. What to do with good advice that actually isn’t good? 2. Everyone a university degree. 3. How to get rid of boring blind dates. 4. If you think you can‚ you can - or not. 5. How to laugh every day. 6. Bingo keeps grandmoms off the streets. 7. What is a funny topic or humorous speech anyway? 8. Why vegetarian don’t love animals. 9. The bigger the worser‚ or vary on the adjectives of this funny topic for a persuasive speech. 10. Limiting alternatives will
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Wag the Dog Wag the Dog is a movie that demonstrates the power that media has in our society and the ways it affects it. Through the movie we see how media manipulates people’s thoughts‚ believes and the ways they interact. Barry Levinson‚ the director of the movie‚ emphasizes the importance of active media consumption as he shows us that everything we see in news these days could be just an illusion easily created in Hollywood production. Also‚ it presents Machiavelli’s idea of power and keeping
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minutes I’ll be checking my phone. (Mimes checking phone) Oh look! I have…zero missed calls‚ zero new texts‚ the facebook frontier is quiet… Then I remember I’ve had zero incoming calls‚ zero texts‚ and I have three friends on facebook: mom‚ dad‚ and my dog. I used to have four but then the cat died. Anyways‚ I’ll still be sitting there‚ or standing there‚ no difference‚ with my phone‚ just messing around with it. I have one of those sliding phones*click‚ clack‚ click‚ clack* It’s lots of fun until
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The Limitless Jogger There Alice stood‚ at the entrance of her bedroom door‚ reminiscing before deciding what route she would like to take on her daily jog. It was mid-day‚ 2:05-PM to be exact. Alice had the option to take the route of which she would go through the woods‚ or the route of which she would take the sidewalk along the busy street‚ just 4 miles up the trail from her cabin in the hindered woods. Alice reminisced and foreseen herself back in that hospital room‚ on that late October night
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