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    Firstly‚ they have the rights to raise the child however they want‚ this does not mean that they love their child any less. Moreover‚ in their perspective they are doing this for the benefit of the child - they don’t see anything wrong with it‚ instead they believe they are helping the child and that they are making the right decision. However‚ even though i support their decision‚ it does not mean that I would raise my child this way (this could be seen as normal/traditional or mainstream/not unique

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    this poem is very powerful. It tells the reader that this is a very sad poem and that by going to war death is almost certain. Sassoon has done this to give the reader an idea of war‚ and‚ as the reader reads the poem their insight into the brutality and the sorrow of war increases. The first paragraph of this poem tells of the slow death of a soldier as the sun rises. Sassoon has skilfully manipulated language and his choice of words in order to create a visual image that is slowly sculptured as

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    takes place in rural northern California in the town of Soledad‚ which was where the author grew up. Steinbeck uses his memories and recollections to paint an incredibly vivid landscape in each scene mentioned in the story. Of Mice and Men follows the seemingly futile journey of George Milton and Lennie Small on their quest to make a better life for themselves. Getting to their goal does have its complications‚ however. Even the differences between the two main characters cause conflict. Along the

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    a perfect place. Therefore making a dystopia a nightmarish place with many things wrong with it. The book "1984" is based in a dystopian world in 1984. This is the future from when the book was written. Orwell has to use many ideas and very twisted thoughts and nightmares to create this world‚ which seems to become more like reality year by year. An example of the dystopia being created would be the weather note on the first line of the book. "It was a bright cold day in April"‚ this puts forward

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    How does Owen challenge the idea that it is sweet and noble to die for your country? In the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est‚ Wilfred Owen describes the realities of war in a negative way even though the title of the poem‚ translated into English is: It is sweet and noble to die for your country. Portraying the truth of war contradicts the title of Owen’s poem and hence Owen challenges the idea of bravery in being killed in war‚ which is ironic for he‚ himself did so. Wilfred Owen uses the structure

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    and ends with reconciliation. The violence in this play occurs from a long standing disagreement between two families (Montague’s + Capulet’s). The events lead to the tragic deaths of ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ In this essay I will discuss how Shakespeare uses conflict to create the tragedy in which style this play was written. Physical conflict is the most obvious form of conflict‚ it is the effective in terms of representing itself‚ but it is also the most deadly and leads to more eventualities than

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    An American Singer‚ Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi’s song Up Up and Away lyrics state “in the end they’ll judge me any way so whatever.” That “whatever” at the end is what society creates. People start acting the way that society perceives them to be because they are so irked of being criticized for actions they aren’t responsible of performing. In the book Frankenstein‚ the society had created an image for the Creature‚ calling him a monster‚ even though he wasn’t‚ but eventually he became what the

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    Wilfred Owen’s poetry is shaped by an intense focus on extraordinary human experiences. Select TWO poems set for study and explore Owen’s portrayal of suffering and pity. Wilfred Owen’s poetry has been highly acclaimed by many critics due to the sheer accuracy and heart that is seen in his lines. These critical assortments of words are most likely birthed from his service in World War 1 and his first-hand experience on what the effects of war have on young men. In both The Next War and Anthem for

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    he could create tension and sympathy in his novel. The writer had made a huge contrast - from a stadium of triumph and glory to people being shot. In the scene when introducing the Silver Lion‚

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    Climate change is creating vulnerability. Sewage treatment plants are susceptible to major failures and overflows because of rising seas‚ more intense coastal storms‚ and increased heavy precipitation events. In 2012‚ Climate Central’s comprehensive analysis of sea level rise‚ stated more than two-thirds of costal locations in the U.S. will be affected by global warming that has more than doubled the chances of a hundred year storm surge occurring within the next year. (Hurricane Sandy) The higher

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