Since settlement‚ the Australian nation has been fixated on the question of “what defines us” as a people. From the bush legend of early settlement‚ to the beach culture of the 1980’s and 90’s‚ our search for a singular national identity has seen various failed attempts at pinning down ‘what it really means to be Australian’. National image and identity is a creation of the times‚ and as such‚ the pursuit for a defining any one national identity is an unattainable dream. In this essay I will endeavour
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Nowhere placed loneliness After watching the film‚ I only feel loneliness. As Giuseppe Tornatore’s first English-language film‚ “The Legend of 1900” was renowned in the end of the twentieth century. It tells a story of a pianist’s legendary life. On the luxury cruise Virginian‚ An orphan is abandoned in the first class. He is named after the year he was found‚ 1900. Nineteen Hundred becomes a prodigy with special piano talent‚ as he slowly grows up. He performs piano on the cruise‚ and everyone
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Blake Wilson Wilson 1/4 English 1101 Paper # 2 Narrative Essay 8/30/12 7:30PM “A Family Legend Passes” It still feels like yesterday‚ a place I haven’t quite left‚ here I was following behind an ambulance again. I remember being frustrated feeling overwhelmed over all of the repeating events‚ “I wanted it to be over already”‚ how I learned to regret that thought. We arrived to the hospital once again‚ I made my way
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Francesa Larkin Personal Legend paper What am I good at? What am I good at? The question swirled around my head as I stared at the lake it seemed so endless. It went on and on until it fitted into the sky. in that moment I felt like a body of water myself‚ I needed to find my path in life or just as the lake I would fade away I sat hopelessly feeling alone in the world I looked up to the star filled sky asking for some sort of sign or direction. In my peripheral I saw someone walking. I
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Legend in Albania Once upon a time‚ thre brothers were building a castle.During the day they build walls but in the night the walls were destroyed.Someday‚ an old and wice man was walking near the castle. -Good work!-said the man. The three brothers asked the man-What can we do to build the castle because in the day we build but in the night the walls fall down. The old man said-I know.Are u married? -Yes we are -answer the brothers. -Give your words not to tell your whifes what do we tell
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The Legend of Mount Kanlaon There once lived on the island of Negros a princess named Anina who lived a very sheltered life. One day‚ Anina overheard her father talking to the kingdom’s chief priestess. The priestess was frantic about a report that they could not find a single maiden who was unblemished. Later‚ Anina asked her father what it was all about‚ and the king finally broke down. There had long been a seven-headed dragon threatening the kingdom‚ and the monster could only be appeased
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Legend by Judith Wright - 1915-2000‚ written in 1949 and published in anthology ’The Gateway’ in 1953. The blacksmith’s boy went out with a rifle and a black dog running behind. Cobwebs snatched at his feet‚ rivers hindered him‚ thorn branches caught at his eyes to make him blind and the sky turned into an unlucky opal‚ but he didn’t mind. I can break branches‚ I can swim rivers‚ I can stare out any spider I meet‚ said he to his dog and his rifle. The
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The Legend of the Banana (Her Heart) A myth submitted to the site by Zinnia Marniel Philippines Long ago‚ before Philippines was invaded by other countries‚ the only religion Filipinos know is Paganism. They know no God until it was invaded by the Spaniards and killed everyone who refuses to give their riches. In the town of Vigan (in Philippines)‚ one rich family planned to hide their beautiful daughter named Corazon because they heard that the Spaniard captain wanted their child. Corazon was
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The Longer Paper: What’s the story? The Legend of Miss Sasagawara is a narrative of tragedy. A tragedy typically illustrates the downfall of the protagonist‚ who is usually a person of good standing‚ through one or a series of tragic incidents that he or she does not have control over. The protagonist usually has a wish to achieve some goal but encounters obstacles along the way. The outcome is that the protagonist is unable to overcome these challenges and therefore suffers a change in fortune
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I Am Legend Many great experiences start out as a “What If‚” concept. Things such as‚ what if I had a million dollars? Or what if I had one wish? Maybe even things such as what if I had New York to myself for an entire day? To Will Smith’s character‚ Dr. Robert Neville‚ someone’s so called fantasy turned into a full blown nightmare that he was forced to live every day for three years of his life. By himself. Robert goes through many major events that change his life forever and force him to see
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