complete starvation. When one horrible disappointing day Kat collapses from hunger and exhaustion in the rain. As she sits there she looks up at the bakery and sees a boy get slapped by his mother for burning a few loaves of bread then is ordered to throw the burnt bread to the pigs outside. Instead of doing what he is told he throws the bread to Katniss‚ who happens to be soaking wet sitting curled up at the foot of a tree. Immediately Kat grabs the bread and runs home to feed her mother and sister
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“I don’t like to do what people expect.” This line from the character Kat in 10 Things I Hate About You accurately summarises the attitudes of both her own character and her doppelganger‚ Katherina‚ in The Taming of the Shrew. These texts show us that the differing contexts and societal values of the texts influence directly the development and growth within the characters. The parallels and differences between Kate’s transformations in William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and Gil Junger’s
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Battle of the Sexes Essay Context plays a large role in how a text is perceived and how the author portrays their concept. In William Shakespeare’s early seventeenth century play The Taming of the Shrew‚ the outcome and the surrounding context directly reflects the Elizabethan era where males were superior. Therefore Petruchio winning the battle directly reflects this context. In comparison‚ Ten Things I Hate About You by Gil Junger’s shows a similar concept but alternate context. Having a modern
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observe as Kat slowly adapts her values and conforms. In Shrew‚ Petruchio uses the “cruel to be kind” method to tame Katarina into the perfect wife. He deprives Katarina of food‚ sleep and nice clothing by claiming that these things are simply not good enough for her. She must have the best or go without. “I tell thee‚ Kate‚ ‘twas burnt and dried away‚ and I expressly am forbidden to touch...” –Petruchio‚ Shrew‚ Act 4‚ Scene 1‚ 141-142. Within 10 things‚ the relationship between Pat and Kat is diametric
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concerned with the power of women and youth. A modern film‚ it is directed towards a target audience of teenagers with modern views- which dramatically changed from the 1960s and onwards with the rise of feminism and youth. In this modern setting‚ Kat is able to exercise her non-conformist views freely. Though
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The novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ by Erich Maria Remarque has many different themes represented through out it. The main theme that is shown throughout the book is the “Lost Generation” theme. In the foreword‚ Remarque states‚ “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession… It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war.” This book focuses on the Lost Generation of the German Army of World War I. The
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Taming of the Shrew. The Strattford sisters‚ Kat and Bianca have the same last name and both go to Padua High‚ but that’s where the similarities end. Bianca is preppy‚ pretty‚ popular‚ and well-liked. Kat shuns the in-crowd and does whatever she can to make people mad. Their father is very strict and has a house rule that neither girl can date until after she graduates. After much pleading by Bianca‚ he amends that rule -- Bianca can date‚ when Kat dates. The characters in the film are based on
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Bianca he is always very honest with her. He learns that her dad has a rule that is she can only date if her older sister Kat is dating. Cameron being an intelligent person persuades a very rich jerk named Joey Donner (who also wants to date Bianca) to hire someone to date Kat.joey thinks he will get Bianca. Meanwhile Cameron is off getting to know Bianca better. Eventually Kat starts to date so Bianca goes to a party with Joey. At the party Cameron gets mad at Bianca for being idiotic and because
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troop train the same time another group of young boys were entering training camp. Faithfully‚ at the trains station they notice another train arriving loaded with returning injured soldiers. Once they reached the front lines‚ they meet their mentor Kat; who takes them on their first patrol and tried to teach them may skills in order to be able to survive at the front lines. At the beginning‚ the French and German armies are attacking each other regularly over no men’s land‚ over a few hundred meters
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second item‚ loneliness‚ was something that resonated with Kat. Something Kat mulled over as the Knight talked to the barmaid. As Ashlynn stood from the table and gestured for the necromancer to follow‚ she did. Katherine stood and followed slowly to allow her eyes to view the room one last time. Blue orbs looked at the warm fireplace in the corner keeping the room warm. When they made contact with the narrow‚ dull eyes of another patron Kat diverted her gaze and quickened her pace up the stairs.
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