“We live in a postmodern world in the sense that no single religion‚ system or ideology has any convincing claim to be the one voice of truth. We are yet to grasp the full reality that Australia is a pluralistic‚ multicultural‚ multi-religious society in which among people of different traditions and with indigenous people is a requirement of social cohesion. In a global world our national identities in no way preclude our responsibilities for the well-being of all humanity and the one earth we share
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Lois Lowry is known for her dystopian novels for young adults. One out of many novels is her work ‘The Giver’. The Giver exposes the story of Jonas‚ a boy who questions his society’s standard of living. Jonas’ people tend to have false perceptions of their world being supposedly ‘perfect’. On the other hand‚ ‘Gathering Blue’ – a companion novel to The Giver – reveals the story of orphaned and handicapped Kira who also questions her society and is led to provide evidence to the Council of Guardians
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DEATH BY TOURISM By Arnold Baker At the entrance to one of the ruined temples in Petra in Jordan‚ there is an inscription chiselled into the soft red rock. It looks as if it has been there for centuries. It could have been carved by one of Herod’s soldiers‚ when they were imprisoned in the town in 40BC. However‚ closer inspection reveals that it is not ancient at all. It reads: Shane and Wendy from Sydney were here. June 16th 1996 The ruins of Petra were discovered in 1810 by a Swiss explorer
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Death Clock: Stimulus B. In Greenview the Howth clock stood over the town like a guardian. ‘TICK TOCK TICK TOCK’ it went as it counted the hours‚ minutes and seconds of every day. On the outskirts was the Greenview forest which contained all the memories of our childhood‚ building forts and playing hide and go seek. On the other side of town led to the crusty salty ocean coast which cooled our hot sweaty bodies after a fun afternoon out exploring the forest. This was what life like was before…
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You’re eleven years old. All of the pain‚ fear‚ war‚ and hatred of the world has been eliminated from society. Everyone looks and acts the same‚ and your profession is chosen for you based on your abilities; at age twelve. The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry‚ is a fascinating story about a different type of society and learning the secrets behind it. The movie of the same name directed by Phillip Noyce‚ is creative‚ but showed some very disappointing changes from the book. All in all‚ the book is far
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Eurasian and African plates. Examples of Armorican fold mountains include the Vosges mountains in France and the Black Forest mountains in Germany. These mountains have an East-West trend as the compression came from the South. The ridge and valley landscape of Munster is a result of Armorican folding. During the Armorican foldings sedimentary rocks in Munster were folded to form ridges of sandstone and valleys of limestone. The limestone was easily eroded from the fold anticlines and they are seen today
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ENG 122-404 27 February 2012 The Death of Print and the Drowning of Quality Writing Daniel Okrent has been in the publishing industry his whole career. He is a published author and has served as an editor for Time‚ Life‚ and the New York Times. In a 1999 lecture to students attending Columbia University’s School of Journalism‚ Okrent predicts‚ “I believe they (news papers‚ magazines‚ and books)‚ and all forms of print are dead” (Okrent 578). A little harsh‚ wouldn’t you agree? But fear not
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people’s freedom‚ including such things as internet restriction and birth control. If the situation gets stricter‚ China would eventually develop into a country that is very alike to the community Jonas lives in. In the book The Giver published by Lois Lowery‚ the community has gone to a stage called “Sameness” (111). In other words‚ Louis Lowery created a brutal world of total control that takes away individual freedom‚ strong emotions‚ and most importantly‚ the truth. The divesture of freedom
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DEATH IN VENICE Thomas Mann Context One of the most important figures of early 20th-century literature‚ Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is famous both for his fiction and for his critical essays. Mann was born in 1875 in Lubeck‚ Germany‚ to a distinguished merchant family that had a literary lineage‚ as well; Mann’s older brother‚ Heinrich‚ also became a famous novelist and playwright. Mann took a keen interest in the German philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche‚ and their theories
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part of every landscape painting. It usually serves as a background element and not a centre piece. There have been made very few in-depth studies of the sky‚ for example‚ Jan van Eyck (1390-1441)‚ who produced very accurate skies and was a master of aerial perspective‚ but none have been as authentic as John Constable’s‚ who depicted them with such precision and detail that they were used as scientific references. John Constable is considered as one of the greatest English landscape painters‚ who
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