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    The past: The past is a poem about race‚ identity and the people who have been forgotten. The poem is written in 1970‚ the writer is named Oodgeroo Noonuccal. She is from the tribe Noonuccal. She talks about the past‚ she is very eager to tell the reader that the past is something that shouldn’t be forgotten. We are agreeing on her way of thinking. The past is a fact that we can’t just sweep under the carpet. The past is what makes the world and the individual what they are today. As she says: The

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    The Past In The Lion King

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    In Walt Disney movie‚ The Lion King teaches the importance of letting go of the past. This lesson is taught through the wise old man‚ immortality and the heroes. From these themes you learn not to worry‚ to live in the present not the past and to remember who you are. In the events leading up to Simba near dead in the desert‚ he is told by Scar that Mufasa’s death is his fault. Simba believes him and he runs away because he does not know what else to do. Confused‚ alone and hurt he has no

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    Leave the Past Behind

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    Leave The Past Behind As the matter of fact‚ the racial diversity in the world is increasing day by day. However‚ people just need to find out how to live comfortably with other of different history’s background. It is true that the process to overcome the past between nations and the discrimination between races takes an amount of time. Nevertheless‚ people nowadays are opening a new chapter of life. In reality‚ people all over the world now do not think about the painful past‚ the war or whatsoever

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    Becoming "Un-Stuck" in Slaughter-House Five As we begin our epic journey in the science-fiction novel Slaughter-House Five‚ we are struck with an unfamiliar phrase. "Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time." But what does author Kurt Vonnegut mean by that? We soon discover that this idea of becoming "un-stuck in time" is major theme in this novel. Our protagonist‚ Billy‚ jumps to different points in his life at unexpected points in time. At time we find ourselves with him

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    Past Tense and Structure

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    If যুক্ত কোন বাক্যের প্রথম অংশ past tense হলে পরের অংশ হবে past conditional। Past Conditional---- subject + should / would + verb +object Structure---- If + subject + verb এর past form + object + ‚ + subject + should / would + verb +object. Example-- If I received the mobile‚ I would know about the matter. If যুক্ত কোন বাক্যের প্রথম অংশ past perfect tense হলে পরের অংশ হবে perfect conditional। Perfect Conditional---- subject + should have / would have + verb এর past participle +object Structure----

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    Great Gatsby

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    Great Gatsby Essay Please select a topic of your own choosing‚ or one of the options below‚ in a 5 paragraph essay. The essay is due on Monday April 8th and will be worth 100 points. Each paragraph should have two quotes to support your argument‚ with proper citation as well. Remember that a good thesis does not state something obvious- it proposes something that someone could theoretically disagree with‚ but that you prove with your strong arguments. Nick takes great pride in his honesty

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    The critical essay that I found is from Cliff Notes titled “Social Stratification: The Great Gatsby as Social Commentary” by Kate Maurer. The essay discusses the theme that is one of the most developed in The Great Gatsby‚ being social stratification. Maurer explains that Fitzgerald carefully set up his novel into distinct social classes and he recognizes how each group has it’s own problems to deal with that comes with living during the 1920s. The groups that were created for the novel include old

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    Past Paper of F3

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    allowance for receivables was $39‚000. At 30 June 2006 trade receivables totalled $517‚000. It was decided to write off debts totalling $37‚000 and to adjust the allowance for receivables to the equivalent of 5 per cent of the trade receivables based on past events. What figure should appear in the income statement for the year ended 30 June 2006 for these items? A B C D $61‚000 $22‚000 $24‚000 $23‚850 (2 marks) 3 In times of rising prices‚ what effect does the use of the historical cost concept have

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    Cxc Past Story

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    CXC short story award 2007 The CXC short story award 2007 went to this answer. CXC English A paper 2 question: Write a story which includes the words‚ "The phone rang once and stopped. It rang again. This was it now."  Beads of sweat slowly trickled down my face‚ the numbing feeling of guilt stealthily creeping up my spine. I sat in my western looking living room on the cowboy patterned sofa‚ shaking from head to toe. The dingy brown‚ the room had been painted‚ it seemed nauseating at this moment

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    Gatsby Symbolism Essay

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    Gatsby Symbolism Essay The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is regarded as one of the most famous literature works of all time. It has captivated the minds of readers for years and shows that being rich does not get you everything you want. It is the story of four people with lives like no other‚ one man’s quest for the love of his life‚ and another man just stuck between it all. Throughout the book there were many symbols and messages that were shown by Fitzgerald. These symbols are Gatsby’s

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