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    With close reference to pages 183-186 analyse Salinger’s use of language and structure‚ exploring Holden’s contradictory view of the world. On Page 183 Holden says ‘you could tell the two hot- shots I was with weren’t enjoying it too much. They stayed close as hell to me‚ and the one that didn’t talk at all practically was holding onto my sleeve’. Holden calls them ‘hot shots’ because they acted phony by bunking school and then lying about there being no school. (P182). Throughout the novel‚ Holden

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    How does Steinbeck create a sense of drama in this section of the novel? This section of the novel is about the fight between Curley and Lennie; it is dramatic because it is unfair on the both of them‚ Lennie because he didn’t do anything wrong and Curley because Lennie is a lot stronger. Steinbeck creates the drama by using things like imagery for example when he says “flopping like a fish”. The tension between the characters in this section makes the fight inevitable (it is definitely going to

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    front to keep Juan Peron in Power. My question is‚ did Eva Peron act legitimately and on her own accord‚ or was she pressured into the spot light and manipulated by Juan Peron in a façade to stay in power?

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    enter into the realm of consonance‚ even if it’s only very briefly‚ it creates a striking and noticeable contrast. Underpinning these contrasting elements are theoretical intricacies‚ which are all expressed through Shostakovich’s creative and emotive use of instrumentation. Unlike many other aspects of musical composition‚ instrumentation isn’t as beholden to theoretical rules around structure and

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    Mice and Men’’ loneliness is present troughtout th novel.Many of the characters amit suffering from it. Early in the novel George says‚ : ``Life working as a hand ranch is on the loneliness of life.As the story develops George‚Crooks and Curley’s wife all confess their loneliness.Each of these character searches for a friend to talk to. First of all‚George is a lonely chacter because he has to take of his mentally handicaped fren Lenny.George could of have abandon him and lived without Lenny but

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    barrier far more vast than any in existence today between two dialects.     Multi-Regionalists tend to argue in favor of the Neanderthal’s capability to use language. A major genetic piece of evidence that they call upon to support their assertion is the existence of the FoxP2‚ “language”‚ gene which is prevalent in Neanderthals. Although this gene does contribute greatly to the human comprehension of language it is not significant enough to hold up speech capabilities on its own. “...FoxP2 is not unique

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    How has artwork transformed itself with the use of metaphors? With many different artwork pieces we have seen through museums or within our textbooks‚ most would include an underlying meaning. The underlying meaning of the artwork is depicted by the audience and how they would choose to interpret the artwork. For instance‚ in Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait piece with a thorn necklace and a dead hummingbird‚ it signifies certain objects to show her own characteristics. Aside from the hummingbird‚ which

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    specific activity that use shorthand‚ to quickly express ideas that are discussed among members of a group. The colloquialism is an informal style of writing or speaking. Slang is a way of speaking with friends or acquaintances. Keep me in the loop this means let me know what’s discussed at the meeting or if you find out anything that’s going on in the other departments keeps us informed. Make sure I’m tracking- remind me of where you are going and when you will be back. We use this a lot on my job

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    John Steinbeck grew up during the Great depression and looked around him and knew one day all of this would be inspiration for the books he would write later in life. John Steinbeck was an American author who gave a permanent look of what America looked like during the Great depression. John Steinbeck was in the literary time period of modernism. The modernism time period stretches from the late nineteen twenties to the late nineteen sixties. John Steinbeck experienced many harsh events throughout

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    and Men’‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ is a novel set in 1930s California and tells the story of two migrant workers‚ George Milton and Lennie Small‚ who move from ranch to ranch looking for work during the Great Depression. This novel is set while George and Lennie are in a small working ranch in the Salinas Valley of northern California‚ and over a period of 3 days we are introduced to a variety of characters that also live on the ranch. This essay will show how Steinbeck develops and presents two

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