I have studied 4 texts from a survival genre. I have looked at connections within the overall topic of ‘how people act in a survival situation. I found a connection between two of these texts and another connection between the other two texts. The first connection was ‘the will to survive and determination to stay alive can overcome the power of nature and negative thoughts when in a life or death situation’‚ this connection was shown by the characters in the film ‘Touching the void’ directed by
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Topic: in Steinbeck’s “of mice and men” the negatives out way the positives. Do you agree? In John Steinbeck’s “OF MICE AND MEN” a large variety of social statuses and social classes are observed in the characters‚ which range from: Negros‚ women‚ elderly‚ the rich and the poor during 1930’s America. Whilst it is a touching story of dreams and friendship it is also rather saddening because of its setting during the Depression and hardship that everyone had to face. Crooks is the Negro stable buck
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with. This type of bullying is obvious and easier to tell who is performing such an act. On the other hand‚ cyber bullying can be carried out over the internet or by writing threatening notes. This includes emails‚ instant messaging‚ blogs‚ and text messaging. Cyber bullying usually occurs to a child‚ preteen‚ or teen. For bullying to be classified as cyber bullying‚ its intention must be to cause emotional distress. The most common and simple way of cyber bullying is the continuing to send messages
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Text Response Option 2- “The Outsiders” S.E. Hinton What are the lessons that S.E. Hinton wants to teach us through the story of “The Outsiders’? A number of lessons can be learnt from reading S.E. Hinton’s debut novel “The Outsiders”. By naming the novel “The Outsiders” yet writing it from the greasers perspective‚ we feel more like an insider in this group society seem to be pushing out. We identify with the underdog from the opening page. We find ourselves seeing life through the eyes of the greasers
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1 - Into the Wild shows a man who journey’s through the country in order to find peace and belonging. Christopher McCandless or ‘Alexander Supertramp’ was a man who wished not to conform to the way society was governed‚ he did no want to be sucked into the depths of technology which has consumed the minds of many people. He only wished to live simply as one would have one thousand years ago. Into the wild strongly relates to the concept of belonging in many ways. In May 1990 McCandless graduates
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Text Analysis I General information 1. Who is the author? 2. What is the title? 3. Is the title clear or obscure? 4. What feelings and expectations does the title arise? 5. Who is the narrator: ➢ The author him/herself (a person who knows everything about the facts and the characters but takes NO part in the action of the story) ➢ External narrator ( i. e. an outsider who speaks of people they knew but whose role in the plot is merely that of an observer)
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Text Response for Macbeth Act I Scene i The opening scene of the play creates a very mysterious type of tone. This is shown with the witches chanting fair is foul and foul is fair; the fact that the two aren’t true makes it mysterious. Also that the play starts off with three witches talking about a meeting. Scene ii Macbeth is regarded as a hero in the beginning of the play as he was the one who killed Macdonwald with much courage and loyalty to Duncan‚ for brave Macbeth – well he deserves
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Kyle Warren AC0538219 SP 180.0.2 Principles of Public Speaking Assignment 7_07 Written Speech 4/5/2013 No Call or Text is Worth a Life Using a handheld cell phone could be one of the deadliest decisions you could make while operating a motor vehicle. The dangers and impact of using a cell phone while behind the wheel are numerous. One of the main reasons people still use their cell phones while driving is that there is no consistency in the laws across the country. Certain states have legislation
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The Best Years of Our Lives1946 In class one of the movies we watched and discussed was‚ The Best Years of Our Lives The movie is about these three men that come back from the World War II. It tells the story of these men coming home and their ups and downs it takes to get back to normal life. Al (Fredric March) is the older‚ upper middle class‚ higher ranked man in the Army‚ he was a banker before he left for war‚ he also has a wife and two kids at home. Homer is the younger middle class from
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ESSENTIAL COURSE Unit One text From: DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE By R. Gordon Richard Gordon was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital‚1 a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon’s twelve "Doctor" books and is noted for witty description of a medical student’s years of professional training. To a
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