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    “The Castle” directed by Rob Sitch‚ is an Australian movie which expresses a variety of messages about the values connected with Australian culture. The Castle demonstrates themes of mateship‚ family values and team work. These values will be discussed about how these values are pre in the film and discussing how they occur in the film. Mateship is one of the strongest themes that stands out in the movie. For example Darryl‚ who finds his house in danger because the council want to expand the airport

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    Welcome back to Current affair I’m joined by Michael Carton who plays Darryl Kerrigan in the much loved film “The Castle” the castle is a iconic Australian movie portraying a battling Australian family living in a low socioeconomic‚ near and expanding airport. The owner of the airport‚ air link wants to buy the kerryigan family home amongst others is in the way of the development. Darryl his family and friends mount a high profile high court battle in a successful attempt to protect their homes‚

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    Medieval Castles Castles were a vital part of medieval life. The architecture of these large dwellings was designed for military purposes. Life inside of a castle was extremely busy and smelly‚ as well as crowded. Famous medieval castles include Dover castle‚ the Tower of London‚ and Windsor castle. The architecture of a medieval castle was based on the need for military protection‚ rather than comfort and style. A “motte and bailey” style was commonly used as a layout for the grounds. This consisted

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    everyone‚ knights fought for their clan‚ servants and peasants served for the Lord and Ladies‚ and castles were the magnificent structures that defended these people and displayed their wealth. Castles were originally built in France but were introduced to England in 1066 by William the Conquer after the Battle of Hastings. One of the first castle types built in Europe was the ‘Motte and Bailey’. These “castles” were fortresses built out of wood on top of a hill with a wooden stake fence around the outside;

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    In the Skin of a Lion

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    Chapter: The Searcher they think they will make an order like the old one‚ sow miniature orchards‚ carve children and flocks out of wood 1. The events that begin “The Searcher” chapter can be compared to this stanza of Atwood’s poem “The Immigrants”. Patrick is in a state of denying his victimhood. He looks back on his hometown with memories of frozen laundry and hated whiteness and the smell of shit that followed him everywhere. He looks ahead to his future in Toronto and sees lavish possibility

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    “I’m the King of the Castle”: Literature Coursework Investigate the ways in which Susan Hill uses language to create tension and a sense of foreboding in “I’m the King of the Castle” Susan Hill implements several writing techniques to create tension in the novel. Tension in this sense simply means mental strain or excitement in the readers. One of the techniques used is shown when she uses a third-person narration to narrate the story. This narrator is omniscient and implies that he/ she is not

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    Why is skin color a major factor with regards to the issue of colonization? It started with a belief whereas in the past‚ it was believed that before one could be able to colonize or take over an area‚ one must have the high position in the society‚ just like what British people think they are when they colonized India. The British colony ruled over India for more than two hundred (200) years. History clearly shows that the British treated Indians lowly and unfairly. In this scenario‚ the British

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    Oscar M. Vistar III Glenn John S. Guerrero Carlo Martin P. Selera ENGL2 Mr. Angelo O. Tubac March 17‚ 2011   EFFECTS OF STRESS ON SKIN DETERIORATION The skin provides the first line of defense between the body ’s interior and harmful environmental insults by well-established physical and biochemical mechanisms. Physical protection mechanisms include the relatively impermeable barrier the skin provides. The skin can‚ to some extent‚ repel and absorb insults such as chemicals and ultraviolet

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    Essay On The Glass Castle

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    face isn’t into a screen‚ where your face is into a book with paper pages. The book I’ll be summarizing is a book about lesson about to be responsible‚ a book about having an unstable family and an unstable family life. The title of my reading is about The Glass Castle. The author’s name is Jeannette Walls‚ the book is about a family with poverty‚ the lesson of this entire book is about being responsible. being a good influence and to have a good structurized family because things can affect others

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    The Glass Castle Monologue

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    One day I got a text from my dad saying he wanted a tattoo of Tammy’s name on his chest. I told him constantly how stupid he was for even contemplating doing this. After we had a discussion and I thought I talked him out of it‚ but he proceeded to make his devil woman happy. I didn’t talk to him for about a month after that; I was livid. He finally got me to come back over‚ and that is when everything got worse. All of the people started treating me like dirt and it seemed like Tammy wanted me gone

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