Subject Matter – ‘I was only 19’ written by John Schumann performed by the band the Redgums is a highly emotive and meaningful song. It describes the typical war experience and post war experience of the Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War‚ it show cases the struggles and hardships that the soldiers faced. It explores the atrocities of war witnessed though the eyes of young soldiers. The physical trauma and emotional scaring they suffered upon their return. It is primarily about his conscription
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different people. <br><br>In the following speech‚ Polonius is sending his servant‚ Reynaldo‚ to France in order to find out how Laertes‚ Polonius’s son is behaving himself. Polonius instructs Reynaldo to inquire an acquaintance about all the vile things Polonius assumes Laertes to be doing. <br>"He closes with you in this consequence:<br><blockquote>"and as you say‚<br>I saw him enter such a house of sale" - <br>Vedelicet‚ a brothel - or so forth. See you now<br>Your bait of falsehood take this
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learning: The Application/Orientation Process It takes two (2) weeks-time before I got the news that UCPB Saving-Libmanan Branch accepted my application for on-the-job-training. Undoubtedly‚ there was a delay since a rule has released mandating that each bank in the country should only have one (1) trainee every semester in order to lobby the experience that a student must acquire. Luckily‚ for some reasons maybe‚ I was selected by the bank stated above. During the orientation and a casual talk
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When I was born in the US I took on the title of being my families first generation American; something I wouldn’t realise the significance of until much later in my life. Even as I was born in the US I still feel as British as tea and crumpets. Sunday wasn’t spent watching NFL games‚ but was instead spent watching British Premier League games. But with sunday soccer and 4th of July parties‚ I have grown to embrace both sides of who I truly am. “Wait so if you’re british‚ why don’t you have an
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role in making it happen. These characters consist of; The Pope‚ the court (namely Alucin) and Charlemagne himself. It can also be disputed that the coronation was simply a natural outcome of the long term growth in Frankish and Papal relations over time. Our initial response to this question would be that the person gaining the power was surely the one that had to take the necessarry steps in order to get it. However‚ it has been disputed that Charlemagne didn’t have much motivation to become Holy
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what people tell him to do. He his not really looking forward to tomorrow‚ even though in this line it says that he is‚ “as I was told‚ and look forward to tomorrow.” At the end of the poems he asks us why he can’t live forever. Most people think that maybe it is not ideal to live forever because then life will get boring. If the speaker was living his life to the fullest and was
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The Beautiful Fool The Great Gatsby is a well-known novel written through an outsider’s perspective of the lives of those of elite society with opulent wealth. It is set in the 1920’s‚ where women had very little rights and were inferior to men. Within the novel‚ the main female character Daisy is seen as an appealing character that many assume to be very simple-minded and unintelligent. Although looking deeper into the character’s choice of words one can suggest otherwise. Daisy is in fact
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I sit and look out” by Walt Whitman echoes all miseries and atrocities of life that rose to the surface in the wake of capitalism. 19th century witnessed a sea change in the lives of people as rat race for materialistic possession became more prominent and principles were relegated‚ concerns and emotions were sidelined from inside of human beings. The poet pen pictures such a sad tale of human life by attempting to pose as onlooker who watches everything but does nothing to alter situations. In
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the dark night sky. My vision was impaired as the blood from my forehead trickled down my face into my eyes. It was almost impossible to move within the confines of that metal death trap. Any movement insured glass and broken pieces of metal would pierce my skin adding more agony to the pain I was already feeling. All of it was a big blur‚ really. As the smoke started pouring inside of the vehicle it was becoming even harder for me to see‚ let alone breathe. It was as if everything that could
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One late night I was walking and I looked up at the black sky. I was freezing cold; it felt like it was only 10 degrees outside. Well I guess that makes sense because it’s the middle of fall. I looked at my watch‚ it was about 10:06 pm‚ and I hadn’t intended to be out this late I sort of just lost track of time. The sun had set‚ and there lies an empty road ahead that had no streetlights. My anxiety was through the roof once I realized I was in for a dark journey home. I had decided that by traveling
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