HSC Subject Guide Belonging 2009 HSC: Area of Study – English - related material English HSC 2009 - 2012 is Belonging. What does belonging mean? From the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus: belong‚ verb‚ 1) to be rightly put into a particular position or class; 2) fit or be acceptable in a particular place or environment; 3) belong to be a member of; 4) belong to be the property or possession of. Belonging‚ noun‚ affiliation‚ acceptance‚ association‚ attachment‚ integration‚ closeness‚ rapport‚
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captivity‚ which they call their pampered performers‚ yet their pampered performers are being locked in cages that are nearly just as big as the elephants themselves. For days the elephants are shackled‚ thirsty and hungry as well as being exposed to deadly diseases such as herpes and tuberculosis. Kenneth Feld‚ director of Feld Entertainment‚ admits under oath that “’His Callahan 2 Trainers routinely correct elephants by hitting them with bull-hooks‚ whipping them‚ and on occasion
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How many times have you eaten something without reading the ingredients label? In 1982‚ Genetically Modified Organisms were approved for human use1 and eventually mass produced to the public as FLAVR SAVR Tomato in the late 1990s.2 Many may think that GMOs will end world hunger‚ but it is killing us rather than saving us. If food companies continue to advertise GMOs as the savior of America’s hunger problems‚ the country is in for a surprise. Any food product being sold to the general public should
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the hole and back up onto the ice.” (Gary Paulsen) I think this means that dogs will do anything to save their master and that includes pulling them out of frigid ice‚ and since they know what’s going on in an instant they saved him before he drowned. Later in My Life in Dog Years‚ “Two steps ahead I saw a pretty colored ribbon lying along the trail. Another step closer and I saw it had moved. It wasn’t a ribbon but a snake‚ one that-I was to learn later-was deadly. Some involuntary signal made me start
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first on April 22‚ 1915 by opening 168 tons of chlorine gas. This gas was heavier than air which meant it stayed near the ground and anyone who would breathe is suffocated immediately (Wikipedia). Another type was mustard gas and this was the most deadly kind because gas masks could not stop it. It penetrated the clothing and burned the skin. During the whole war‚ gas killed more than 700‚000 troops on both sides. Eventually‚ they stopped the use of gas in 1925 and it was not used in World War II
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1. INTRODUCTION The movie “Law Abiding Citizen” changes our perception of the legal process and that process eventually changes to conform to our expectations. The scenario of the blockbuster movie‚ Law Abiding Citizen‚ can be explained by these simple questions. What would you do if a ruthless killer broke into your home and killed your family right before your eyes‚ then bargained with the prosecutor to receive only three years punishment in exchange for testifying against his innocent accomplice
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bodies. Through these two articles the reader is informed that sugar can be both “poisonous” and “deadly”. With the consumption of sugar rising‚ obesity rates are subsequently rising. In examining the impact of sugar on our health one may read‚ “The Toxic Truth About Sugar” written by Robert Lusting‚ Laura Schmidt and Clair Brindis‚ published in Nature volume 482 in February 2012 and “Is Sugar Toxic” by Gary Taubes‚ published in the New York Times Magazine on April 17‚ 2011. These two articles examine
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care costs associated with drug use.” Rangel makes a valid argument because the availability of every drug could possibly increase the overdose statistics and hospitalization among users. But his argument becomes insignificant in light of Governor Gary E. Johnson’s article‚ “The Case for Drug Legalization‚” who believes the war on drugs has been a complete failure. He writes‚ “We are presently spending $50 billion per year to combat drugs. I’m talking about police‚ courts‚ and jails.” Combined
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Modern issues essay Gun control is a controversial issue for a long time around the world‚ particularly in U.S. because of a lots of mass shooting in school and public places. The second Amendment of the U.S. constitution is one of the shortest in all of the bill of right‚ it was written by the time period of American’s birth and it is the spirit of self-defense that help the new citizens of U.S. win their own freedom from the British. But now as the gun shooting problem happening every day in America
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The San Francisco Earthquake In 1906 the world’s most deadly earthquake that ever happened‚ happened in San Francisco‚ Northern California on April 18th at 5: 12 am. The San Francisco earthquake caused problems for many of the people in the community; it caused lots of devastations throughout the whole city. The earthquake happened by a temblor that had a 7.7-7‚ 9 magnitude‚ which had lasted for about a minute and was the result of breaking the northernmost 296 miles of the 800-mile San Andreas
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