got his act together and changed his study habits. His new habits payed off‚ he started passing tests and got better grades on his report card. Being a first-generation and part of the working class‚ of course many people did not expect this from Kenneth Oldfield‚ especially a wealthy relative of one of his friends. This relative had said‚ “Oh Tom‚ I just don’t under-stand. If Ken Oldfield can get through college‚ anyone can.What’s wrong with you?!” about Oldfield after discovering that “Tom” had
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Ali Mufti- Year 12 English Extended Response- Slessor’s Poetry Essay Question: In your view‚ how does Kenneth Slessor’s poetry create the concept of memorable ideas through poetic techniques? A memorable idea is a concept that is thought about or remembered by a person because of the meaning that it may create. Slessor’s poems “Out of time” and “Beach Burial” convey the concept of memorable ideas. This is done through the thematic concerns of the poems‚ along with the use of poetic techniques
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Kenneth Slessor was a well known Australian poet whom was also an official correspondent during the second World War. Slessor was born on the 27th of March 1901 in Orange‚ New South Wales. Kenneth Slessor was one of Australia’s leading poets. He was notable particularly for the absorption of modernist influences into the Australian poetry. William Street and Beach Burial are the two poems that contain such techniques which shape significant ideas in Slessor’s poetry. William Street is a poem
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Kenneth Edelin is a third year resident at Boston City Hospital in Massachusetts. His supervisor‚ Hugh Holtrop‚ assigned him to do an abortion for a seventeen-year-old girl named Alice Roe. Ms. Roe and her mother signed a consented to carry out the abortion. Edelin performs a Caesarean surgery because it was safer for Ms. Roe’s health. While performing the surgery‚ Edelin had to prolong the surgery three minutes after the placenta was removed‚ so he could cut off any supply to the fetus. Then he
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All About Me Kenneth Lai Period 2 9-1-10 I never thought that if I sat down to write about myself‚ the result would be this. My name is Kenneth Lai and I was born at Kaiser Hospital in Berkeley‚ California on November 10‚ 1993. I live with my Mother‚ aunt and uncle in San Leandro‚ California. My mother and father divorced when I was about three years old and as a result‚ my Mother and I have lived in many different places. My mother works in a lab of some sort‚ making materials to cure eye
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Five Bells Time that is moved by little fidget wheels Is not my time‚ the flood that does not flow. Between the double and the single bell Of a ship’s hour‚ between a round of bells From the dark warship riding there below‚ I have lived many lives‚ and this one life Of Joe‚ long dead‚ who lives between five bells. Deep and dissolving verticals of light Ferry the falls of moonshine down. Five bells Coldly rung out in a machine’s voice. Night and water Pour to one rip of darkness‚ the Harbour floats
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Historical Context. Slessor was appointed official war correspondent by the Commonwealth government in February 1940. He served in North Africa‚ Greece and Syria thus saw a good deal of action. He regarded the position as a great honour and was loyal to the traditions and mythology of the Anzacs. Slessor’s was famous for his war diaries and poetry as his experience of being at the war front directly influence his writing. The futility of war is a common theme and sense carried throughout these
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Emily Morgan 4-24-17 Applied Ethics Dr. Gray Dr. Kenneth Edelin Kenneth Edelin was an obstetrician who performed abortions at Boston General Hospital during the 1970`s. In one case‚ the doctor performed an abortion on a seventeen-year-old girl named Yvette‚ even though there was nothing wrong with her or the baby. The mother just simply did not want to mother a child. The exact age of the embryo was unknown‚ but thought to be around the twenty-second to twenty-fourth week of pregnancy. Dr. Edelin
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market in English-speaking countries and many other Western nations. Lays Classic potato chips contain potatoes‚ healthier oil‚ and salt. Consumers buy lays classic potato chips because of the fufilling taste‚ crunchy and salty. Lays’ potato chips have become such a common snack among many americans‚ you will be surprised if you go to any american bar b que‚ or picninc‚ or casual event‚ where you wont find at least one bag of Lays Chips. The symbol itself has become an icon describing a good quality
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What does Cash’s list of the 13 reasons for beveling the edges of the coffin tell us about him? In the novel As I Lay Dying‚ Cash has to build a coffin for his dying mother. He decides to bevel the edges‚ and he makes a list of thirteen reasons for doing so. This action tells a lot about his personality. By making this list‚ it is made apparent that Cash is a practical person who likes order. Only an organized person would make a list-and an extensive one at that- of reasons why he is doing
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