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    Three Expectations for the Next Generation of Gaming Consoles The 2012 E3 Expo introduced gamers around the world to the newest projects and games under development. However‚ there was nothing announced about the next generation of consoles. As the current Xbox 360‚ Playstation 3‚ and Nintendo Wii get older‚ many fans have begun to question when we’ll see new systems developed and released‚ and with those questions come expectations. Here’s a look at three expectations that I have for the next generation

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    For my transformation I choose the novel ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens and transformed it into a poem that targets the attitude and pain of the main character Miss Havisham. One of my main attempts was to focus on her loneliness and bitter personality. I wanted to grasp these points in particular to show the links between her attitude and hatred towards men and the world around her. She has a vengeful side which is portrayed in her violent language ‘stab’ and ‘death’. Her attitude towards

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    we have read so far‚ Great Expectations‚ Lés Misérables‚ and Wuthering Heights‚ the main characters are faced with negative challenges and influences. Positive guides and influences also affect the characters in these books; the positive guides usually end up winning in the end. In Great Expectations‚ the main character of the story was Pip. Some of the negative influences that Pip faces include poverty‚ low self-esteem‚ abuse‚ fear‚ and lack of love. The poverty that Pip endured may have been

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    Practise Essay- Mr Pip- Prompt: “Why is Pip so important to Matilda?” The novel ’Mister Pip’ by Lloyd Jones was set in the early 1990s on Bougainville Island in the Pacific Ocean‚ in the middle of a civil war. A blockade was imposed around the island‚ proclaiming that no one can enter nor leave. The vast majority of non-natives fled the island except for one eccentric white man with “large eyes bulging out of his large head”‚ Mr. Watts who the Bougainvilleans called “Pop Eye”. We are later introduced

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    chose‚ “Havisham” and "Love After Love"‚ are comparable‚ with their common subject of how a person responds to the end of a relationship‚ but they are very contrasting in the paths they take. The persona in “Love After Love” talks about returning to yourself and loving who you are: without the need for someone else‚ “You will love again the stranger who was yourself” as if you lose yourself in a relationship so much that you need to learn how to look after yourself again. Whereas “Havisham” shows

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    English Essay – Mister Pip Analyse how contrast between characters helped the author communicate an important message or idea. Mister Pip written by Lloyd Jones is a novel recounted by the protagonist Matilda. Set in 1990’s Bougainville‚ we see Matilda begin to question her Mother’s traditional idea’s about life as a civil war rages between the rebels and the Redskins in her homeland. Mr. Watts or “Pop eye” is given the role teaching the village children‚ being the only educated‚ and consequentially

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    course different stories. The book The Great Expectations by Charles Dickens gives a good example of this life time development. Readers view Pip as one of the protagonist and an antagonist character at the same time. He naturally develops into his adulthood from his memorable childhood. The theme: growing up‚ affects the characters and the plot because Pip and the characters around change as he changes into a grown man. As the story opens up to readers‚ Pip is seen as a little‚ sneaky‚ orphan boy

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    ExpectationsExpectations”…what do you think of? “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens maybe? Whatever the case‚ all people have expectations. It could be something they expect of others‚ or something they expect of themselves. It is something you look forward to in the future. It is the motivation‚ the incentive‚ people need to keep looking forward to tomorrow—the prospect of something wonderful about to happen. An undergraduate might have expectations of a bright‚ successful future‚ a businessman

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    Mister Pip written by Lloyd Jones is a story told by Matilda. It is set in the 1990’s on the South Pacific tropical island of Bougainville. The islanders are living in fear in the grip of a civil war rages between the rebels and the Redskins. Mr. Watts or “ Pop Eye” as the children call him‚ is the only remaining white man on the island and he volunteers to teach the village children. He reads Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations to the children‚ who are fascinated by it. Matilda is especially

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    of Great Expectations. I have chosen to look at how the relationship of Pip and Magwitch develops during the novel. I have chosen 3 key scenes in which Magwitch and pip meet and I will look at how each is portrayed in terms of character‚ development‚ setting and the messages or morals that dickens is trying to convey. Magwitch first meets pip at the graveyard on the marshes‚ from this we see that pip is a lonely child‚ who has lost his mother and father. Magwitch threatens to kill pip and

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