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    Unless You Know Them I learned this lesson when I was just a young girl. I was in the 6th grade I think and it was these group of girls (preps) and they seemed that they were mean. I was new at the school and I really didn’t know the girls for myself so I just went with what everyone else was saying. A couple of months past and I haven’t talked to the girls because of what some of the other kids had told me. I finally got the courage to talk to the group of girls and when I did I came to the conclusion

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    I told you he was mexican” (Boyle‚15). Delaney hit Candido with a car‚ and by including the fact that he was hispanic showed that he was racist against them. He felt that since Candido was hispanic he wasn’t going to be sued by him‚ so there was no need of seeing if Candidio was alright‚ he gave him twenty dollars for hitting him. The quote depicts that carelessness of Delaney and characterizes him as prejudice.   “For a long moment they stood there‚ examining each other‚ unwitting perpetrator

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    In “I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz” was published in 1948 by Dr. Gisella Perl as an autobiography of her experiences as a Hungarian Jewish Gynecologist in Nazi concentration camps. Perl begins the novel before Nazi perversity eradicates her village and she recounts her experiences in the death camps. Perl divides the novel into short stories of all the people she encounters in her ultimate quest for survival. Perl devotes her memoir in recognition to the inhumane events that took place. Perl applies

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    The text I have chosen to analyse in this written review is called ‘I Was Only Nineteen’‚ but also goes by the names ‘Only Nineteen’ and ‘A Walk in the Light Green’. It was composed by John Schumann‚ the lead singer/songwriter of the folk group Redgum. This examination will focus on topics such as the poetic techniques used‚ how Australian identity is portrayed‚ the effect the text has on the reader and my opinions. I Was Only Nineteen tells the story of an Australian digger’s experiences

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    text that support your analysis. 1. Write the title of the text you have analyzed here: "When I Was Fair and Young" by Queen Elizabeth I circa 1585 2. List at least three examples of diction in the text that add to the overall tone. Explain how each word contributes to the emotional power of the piece. "Fair" and "Young" are good choices of words as it conveys o the audience that the Author was highly attractive. “Scorn" Conveys a strong negative emotion. it is stronger than using the word

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    Retrospectively‚ the First World War seems as if it was inevitable‚ but the arms race between the European powers can be conceptualized as a defensive response to the increasing military power by a country’s neighbours. Though some plans were indeed offensive‚ they were building not towards deliberately offensive maneuvers but rather an attempt to protect their borders should a neighbour invade. Germany’s answer to this in the Schlieffen Plan was an aggressive form of defence‚ hoping to avoid a war

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    It wasn’t till his last year of junior high that Jungkook knew he was gay. It wasn’t something that had come to his mind all of a sudden. There had been an inkling somewhere in his thoughts that liking girls wasn’t exactly his cup of tea. Yes‚ he’s had girlfriends before‚ but he wouldn’t ever feel something special. At first‚ he thought it was because he was too young that he wasn’t feeling anything‚ but that was never the case. Even if you were young‚ you would have at least felt the feeling of

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    What caused World War 1 In the source it talks about how nationalism was growing in Europe and how nationalism was the overall cause of World War 1 and how it impacted most of the other causes. I agree with nationalism being the main cause of World War 1 because of all the great powers of Europe trying to prove their dominance over each other. Nationalism made all the citizens of their country believe that their country had a better government and military strength than the other countries. This

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    I’m Not Scared “I’m Not Scared” by Niccolo Ammaniti is a dramatic thriller in which the author portrays the contrasting themes of loyalty and betrayal with the use of symbolism and characterisation. “I’m Not Scared” is a dramatic tale set in a small Italian hamlet written in first person narrative. The protagonist in this novel is Michele‚ a 9 year old boy who accidentally stumbles upon a young boy who is being held ransom. Throughout the novel Michele visits and as the story progresses Michele

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    Niccolo Ammaniti demonstrates in his popular novel‚ ’I’m Not Scared’‚ the role fear plays in people’s lives and their respective decisions. He discusses how fear is able to manipulate key character’s moral instincts and distort their interpretations of what is right. Fear is shown to be an extremely powerful underlying contributor to many of the situations that the characters find themselves in and the paths they chose to follow. Teresa‚ Pino and all the other adults of Aqua Traverse perfectly

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