With this year’s theme of “problematic protagonists‚” each of the summer works features a main character whose personality can be found unappealing. In Master Harold and the Boys‚ Athol Fugard explores themes of racism and segregation in South Africa during the apartheid. Hally‚ a white boy‚ has known Sam and Willie‚ two older African servants‚ his whole life and has intelligent conversations with Sam as his equal. After discovering that his alcoholic and handicapped father is being discharged from
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Brian Korn Easy Rider Paper Thomas What are the hidden messages in Easy Rider There are many symbols of freedom and individuality in Dennis Hoppers movie Easy Rider. The movie Easy Rider revolves around two bikers‚ Wyatt and Billy‚ making a trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans‚ to attend Mardi Gras. The first scene in the movie involves the two protagonists selling a large amount of cocaine to a gentleman in a Rolls Royce. After the drug deal two the bikers begin their journey to Mardi
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Therefore‚ virtually any woman can become ‘hot’ simply by extreme diets‚ intense exercise and plastic surgery. In turn‚ women focus on these ‘important’ attributes and forget inner beauty. Inner beauty‚ difficult to appreciate with looks alone‚ is what connects with people and is referred to as ‘that special something’. Being beautiful is the way a woman walks‚ talks and presents herself to others. Some men believe having passion and being able to get excited over certain things‚ having the confidence
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What makes abortion controversial? Abortion is a very controversial subject in our society today and has been for many years. Abortion is the destruction of a fetus while it is still growing in the mother’s womb. A baby is allowed to be aborted up until the day of birth in the United States. People have an issue distinguishing whether this is something that is right or wrong. That typically is where controversy strikes. First off‚ there are some who consider abortion to be as cruel as murder and
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Hall-Evans 1 Susan Hall-Evans S. Fong English 1a 09/25/2014 What Makes You Happy? Advertising is tricky. The challenge facing most advertising groups is creating the allure to get the consumer to buy their products. In advertising the lay out is just as important as the context of the ad. The advertisers use all forms to entice us: color‚ typography‚ catch words‚ and of course things that appeal to our vulnerabilities. These catch words are words which are
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many people will think first of the Noh drama. The Noh drama has been performed for over 1000 years‚ is one of the world’s oldest continually performed types of theater and is the oldest of Japan’s traditional performing arts [1]. Even after such a long time the spirit of the Noh drama has never been extinguished‚ it is still around us in our modern lives. In this research paper I will talk about the Noh drama masks‚ as the masks are the soul of the Noh drama. Without the masks‚ most people wouldn’t
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name is Alex Rider. Stormbreaker‚ written by Anthony Horowitz‚ is an adventure fiction and thriller novel targeted towards teenagers. It was published on the 4th of September 2000. Stormbreaker holds the battle between Good and Evil‚ between a young teenager named Alex Rider who is determined on stopping the main antagonist Herod Sayle. Herod Sayle‚ the main antagonist‚ is trying to kill every young school child in Britain because of past bullying experiences. Though Alex Rider‚ the protagonist
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1998 4. What did she want to achieve by putting it on? Weternbaker wanted to show how bad the conditions were 1780s when convicts were sent to Australia‚ she wanted to show awareness of thing such as the social class‚ punishment‚ crime‚ death and poverty. Her aim was also to show convicts in a different light‚ how they reformed and showing what really happened behind closed doors 5. What was happening socially? 6. What style did she write this play in? The play has elements of being Brechtian
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“Whale Rider” Extra Credit Questions Name ________________________________________ Class Start Time ___________ 1. What object does the grandfather throw overboard a boat (and expects will be retrieved)? a. his father’s brass heirloom pistol b. his traditional chief’s necklace c. his sacred black harpoon d. his sacred smoking pipe e. his radio 2. What is the central conflict in “Whale Rider”? a. How do indigenous societies keep their traditions and yet accept change? b. How
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There are many factors that make a civilization great. Some of the factors that make a civilization successful do not only include an efficient government‚ but a flourished environment. It must contain a great source of food. Which is very crucial to the sustaining of a civilization being a necessity. A good geographical area is key. A good area would include availability to water‚ which in turn would help with the growing of crops. When water is available a source of food should be constant
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