Love and friendship plays a major role in everyday life. This is shown particularly well in the film Billy Elliot‚ directed by Stephan Daldry. It is set in Evington in 1984‚ during the miners’ strike. Throughout the film love and friendship is portrayed in a range of different ways as Billy‚ the main character‚ has a different relationship with each of the other characters. The effective use of symbolic and technical film codes and the narrative elements; point of view‚ plot and characterization
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this is from the internet‚ not mine. Extract from an English student’s learning journal. Week Five - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Decay of Lying (1889‚ revised 1891) ’The Happy Prince’‚ ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ ’The Selfish Giant’‚ ’The Remarkable Rocket’ and ’The Devoted Friend’ from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy
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1. Moem 2. Title – The Happy Man the only one of his kind‚ who achieved smth‚ then – who followed his dream. 3. Gist 4. Narrator - 1st person narrator (The narrator is the participant of the narrated event) The main character is the narrator. There is no any information about him in the text. Nevertheless we can judge about his character from his thoughts‚ behavior and speech. The description of his character is indirect. He is a wise man & a bit ironical towards life: he knows that it is impossible
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Today is your birthday. I just wanted to tell you how very happy I am that you were born and made your way into my life. Although my calendar tells me that today I have to tell you how much I love you‚ I hope you know I love you every day of the year‚ far more than simple words can express. It’s magic each time we hold each other‚ each time we cuddle‚ and each time we kiss. I feel goose bumps all over again. I never want to let you go for fear of losing you‚ so I just hold on a little bit tighter
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Description of New England‚" by John Smith and "Of Plymouth Plantation‚" by William Bradford‚ the two authors represent New England differently. One way they represent New England differently is by the tone of how they tell their personal stories‚ varies noticeably. Both authors use certain tones to attract and persuade targeted audiences. John Smith wrote of what a wonderful place New England was‚ while on the other hand Bradford wrote about the difficulties and realities of New England. John Smith‚ a pilgrim
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England and Burgundy * Renaissance: (French‚ “rebirth”) PERIOD of art‚ cultural‚ and music history between the Middle Ages and the BAROQUE PERIOD‚ marked by HUMANISM‚ a revival of ancient culture and ideas‚ and a new focus on the individual‚ the world‚ and the senses. * Burgundy: * Martin le Franc: * Contenance angloise: (French‚ "English guise") Characteristic quality of early-fifteenth-century English music‚ marked by pervasive CONSONANCE with frequent use of HARMONIC thirds and
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“HAPPY TEACHER” A Narrative Report on Practice Teaching 2011- 2012 Maria Regina D. Gile My parents would always tell me how I dreamed of becoming a teacher in the future. I would usually be found holding a book and a pen‚ scribbling some notes and cutting off sheets of paper. A chalk and a board was my favourite‚ they would say‚ with matching pointing stick. I guess ever since‚ I find teachers so majestic and powerful and smart that made me want to be one. That was BEFORE not until
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In the article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” Mary Ray Worley‚ also a member of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)‚ talks about being accepted in America as a fat person; she tells us her personal experiences at the NAAFA Convention‚ her points of view of being a fat person in American‚ and even gives us information from doctors and researchers about weight loss. Worley talks about how America sees fat people and how they are just totally against being fat;
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Law Case Analysis According to the law case EEOC v. FREEMAN‚ the EEOC filed a law suit against Freeman and alleged the company’s hiring policy which includes criminal background and credit history checks‚ has a disparate impact on African-American‚ Hispanic‚ and male applicants. And the material fact of this case is whether Defendant’s hiring criteria of conducting criminal background and credit history checks is consistent with business necessity. Since the Defendant was charged by the EEOC with
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simple and straight forward writing style. In order to make it more interesting; use phrasal verbs‚ idioms / wise sayings ‚ dialogs / flashback etc to leave a strong lasting impression. Sample 1 Ai Ching and Mary knew that Miss Sarimah was now in safe hands. They watched the ambulance slowly disappear into the horizon. Bystanders‚ and all those who had witnessed the miraculous incident slowly started to disperse.Slowly the place transformed back into its old rustic look.There was a dead silence
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