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    The Changes in Law Enforcement All together law enforcement has changed‚ but few see the drastic changes that have happened. Everyday‚ police and sheriffs are working to keep the people in their community safe. With improved technological advances and social changes‚ police and sheriffs are keeping a closer eye on things today. For example‚ improved weapons such as tasers have helped keep suspects safe‚ computers in police cruisers allow instant access of information of individuals. Other

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    Prep Activity for Public Law Workshop 1 ‘The absence of a written constitution … enables constitutional change to be brought about within the United Kingdom with the minimum of constitutional formality’ (Hilaire Barnett‚ Constitutional and Administrative Law 2011) Intro Whilst not completely‚ I largely agree with the statement posed in the question. Define Constitution Ultimately‚ the UK has an uncodified Constitution‚ derived from a number of sources‚ but revolves around the principle of

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    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 engrossed by it

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    ❖ CHARACTERS: • Narrator 1 • Narrator 2 • Narrator 3 • Narrator 4 • Madame Matilda Loisel • Monsieur Loisel (Matilda’s Husband) • Madame Jeanne Forester (Matilda’s former schoolmate) ❖ Scene 1: An apartment [Matilda mimes in concert with the narrators’ descriptions.] NARRATOR 1:  This is Matilda‚ a pretty and charming young woman who happened to be born into a family that didn’t have much money. She felt so trapped by her circumstances that she

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    Lloyd Jones is set in the 1990’s on the war torn island of Bougainville. The story is narrated by 13 year old Matilda Laimo. Matilda’s mother continuously struggles to hold onto her young daughter as she becomes completely intrigued and connected with a fictional character Pip from Charles Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations. This causes a breakdown in their mother daughter relationship. Matilda and Delores relationship displays a convincing struggle between the beliefs of each of them that leads to the

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    In this essay I will group 2 texts (Matilda and The Jungle Book) grammatically. I have chosen to focus on a variety of grammatical features within the chosen texts and how they can be grouped together through similarities‚ differences and context. Firstly‚ the tone of Matilda is imperative-like‚ it consists of grammatical features which make the tone imperative-like. The main part of Matilda which supports the tone is ‘something had to be done about it’. In The Jungle ‘Wood and Water LAWS’‚ fulfils

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    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‚ white man left on the island. He begins reading Great Expectations to the children and Matilda finds herself becoming entranced in white civilisation

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    Pip’’ unfolds as it introduces Matilda‚ a young bouvilligan teenage girl who develops a trusting relationship with the islands only white man‚ Mr Watts – known as Pop eye to the villagers‚ who willingly puts himself forward to be Matilda and her class mates teacher‚ as all the other people had escaped from the island in time for missing the blockade‚ along with Matildas father. The two minor characters I am going to explore is Dolores‚ Matildas mother‚ and Joseph‚ Matildas father. Through the story the

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    Pip” written by Lloyd Jones‚ the protagonist of the novel Matilda has faced many challenges through the novel which she has lost a lot of her world. This includes *her mother and possessions which creates one of the main ideas of loss. Matilda’s way of escaping the violence in her world is turning to the book ‘Great Expectations’ which is introduced by Mr Watts which helps them create a new dimension *. Lloyd Jones shows how much Matilda is determined to be strong about the losses in her life and

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    between Matilda and her mother Dolores. Through this relationship‚ we as a reader are able to understand the character Dolores more thoroughly. By exploring the character Dolores and her relationship with Matilda‚ we as a reader will be able to understand the themes of blood being thicker than water and loyalty. We will do this by exploring their relationship in the beginning of the novel‚ the middle and the end‚ and see how it progresses the character of Dolores and her relationship with Matilda.

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