Text response essay The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas D’arcy McGregor 9b The boy in the striped pyjamas is a profanation. This fictional novel by author John Boyne is set in the early 1940’s and tells the tale of a German boy’s friendship with a Jewish boy imprisoned within a concentration camp. Whilst the novel is moving‚ clever and seemingly informative‚ it is actually an inaccurate account of the Holocaust and as such‚ may misinform readers who have no other knowledge of this time in history
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The Little Prince – Text Response Essay ‘The Little Prince’ written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery conveys life lessons through the novella. Many of the lessons revolve around meeting characters. De Saint-Exupery cleverly interweaves these messages throughout the prince’s conversation with the pilot which include many encounters with characters who teach the little prince lessons about kindness‚ modesty‚ conceitedness‚ lying and narrow mindedness. The most prominent are the lessons of looking with
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Animal Farm Text Response Essay James Ramm George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a novella which is about a group of animals who rebel against their cruel master‚ but are soon overcome by corruption. In the text‚ George Orwell illustrates to reader that this corruption of the original ideals in Animal Farm was caused by this greed and hunger for power. Greed in George Orwell’s novella Animal Farm is a main
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Animal Farm Creative Text Response Childrens Story Once upon a time there was a farm called Manor Farm which was run by farmer Mr. Jones. There was many different animals including pigs‚ horses‚ dogs and chickens. One day all the animals gathered in the barn for a meeting that Old Major had organised. He told them a dream he had which was about all animals being free with no humans. A few days later Old Major died and Mr. Jones gets kicked off the farm and the animals decide to take over
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“The Best Boots in the World” TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY “The three characters in the story – Mikey‚ Mikey’s mother and the youth – all teach us something worth knowing (nature) about consequences (effect‚ result).” Do you agree? How can effect in your life. Valuable human life – Mikey As we live‚ we learn to value the money You are to write a five paragraph essay in response to this statement. Ask yourself do you agree? You could break the statement into questions you will need to answer – What
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The boy in the Striped Pajamas--Text Response It has been said before that ignorance is bliss.The film The boy in the Striped Pajamas does demonstrate that a lack of knowledge about what is true and ugly about the world would certainly make a person happier.The many characters in the film that are oblivious or unware of the incomprehensible truth happening around them enjoy life more than those who are aware of the complete truth.This essay will argue that what the main characters Bruno‚Shumel
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Analyse how the beginning and end show a character’s change in the visual or oral text(s). Gattaca is a dystopian film directed by Andrew Niccol. It is set in the ’not-too-distant future’ where discrimination is based on your genetic makeup and has become the defining factor of your societal class. One character that changed throughout the film is Jerome Morrow. The beginning portrayed him as a cold and depressed valid that had been in an unfortunate accident‚ costing him his legs. As the film progressed
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Thomas More’s 16th Century text Utopia‚ written against the historical background of a medieval England plagued by problems of class division and social injustice‚ continues to reflect the importance of a government which ensures the safety and security of its citizens. So while More’s text was written as a possible alternative to a feudal world in which corrupt power of King and lords resulted in dysfunctional social‚ political and economic systems‚ we have to be careful that the satirical and critical
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Describe the advantages and disadvantages of living in a world such as that depicted in GATTACA. Secondly‚ imagine that you live in this world. Describe how you envisage your life‚ including the good and bad. Include the kinds of issues that people living in this world would have to deal with everyday. The film Gattaca is based on the theme of a eugenic society in which science and medicine are imperative in the running of the world. Medicine in this movie has the ability to genetically engineer
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Remember the Titans text response essay Although it is an inspirational film‚ the greater messages of tolerance and anti-racism in Remember the Titans are lost in the hype of the Titan’s football victories. To what extent do you agree? Remember the Titans‚ directed by Boaz Yakin (2000)‚ is an inspirational film that addresses major issues of tolerance and anti-racism. The film also celebrates success on the football field‚ however the greater messages explore racism and the friendships that develop
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