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    Alice’s Identity Lewis Carroll had written two books and they were “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass.” The character of Alice is based on a real girl‚ called Alice Liddell‚ who was one of the author ’s child-friends. Alice is the main character of the story "Alice ’s Adventures in Wonderland" and the sequel "Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there". She is a seven-year-old English girl with lots of imagination and is fond of showing off her knowledge. Alice is polite

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    ------------------------------------------------- What themes and techniques link the two texts? Refer to the opening scenes of both. (50/50) Due: Thursday 16th Shakespeare’s play King Richard III and Al Pacino’s documentary Looking for Richard are two text composed more than 400 years apart that can be linked through their themes and techniques. The influence of these themes or values however‚ is subject to the context of the audience. Both texts explore the characterisation

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    Jasmine Doss Dr. Magee IAH 201 1-23-14 Response Paper 1: Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backwards In Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backwards‚ the 19th century was a time full of war and poverty. Julian West was an aristocrat who noticed the gap between rich and poor. Although he could do anything to change that‚ he dwelled on the thought. Suffering from insomnia‚ West is put to sleep by a hypnotist one night‚ only to wake up over 100 years later in a Doctor’s room. Much to his dismay‚ the hypnotism kept

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    docu-drama ’Looking for Richard’ reveals relationships between the texts and their respective audience. The fifteenth century and twentieth century contexts demonstrates the values of each text and enables understanding of how the film enriches the ideas presented in the play. ’King Richard III’ portrays a hateful‚ corrupted Richard exploring divine justice and the notion of appearance versus reality in the context of the Elizabethan era. With a time difference of four centuries ’Looking for Richard’

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    Bri Swartley An Analysis of Looking Out for Number One: Conflicting Cultural Values in Early Seventeenth-Century Virginia by: T.H. Breen I believe what Breen is trying to say in his essay is that the Englishmen that came to Virginia were very different from the settlers of other colonies and they had a much different society develop than what was typical in the other colonies. They were a highly individualistic society. Breen believes that the personalities of those who came to Virginia

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    understanding of those around them. This experience is unveiled in the texts Looking for Alibrandi directed by Kate Woods and Tuesday’s with Morrie by Mitch Ablom. Kate Woods bildungsroman film “Looking for Alibrandi”‚ follows the transformation of an Italian/Australian girl Josie Alibrandi‚ whose cultural and filial ambivalence positions her as being combatant and antagonistic. The title itself is symbolic of Josie looking for her own identity. This feeling of not knowing ones true self is shown

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    Informal Class: A Tale of Looking Good August 17‚ 2015‚ it’s a new start‚ a new beginning‚ and a difficult journey I knew I could take on. It was my first day of my senior year and I had moved over 300 miles away from my original home‚ to a place I had no idea about‚ Andover‚ Kansas. It was a sunny day so I decided to put on some shorts and a nice button down polo shirt. In my mind‚ the way you look says a lot about who you are. Since I like standing out and showing off that I’m an independent

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    Excerpts from “The Economic Way of Looking at Life”‚ Nobel Lecture‚ December 9‚ 1992 by GARY S. BECKER … (Excerpt 1) 1. The Economic Approach My research uses the economic approach to analyze social issues that range beyond those usually considered by economists. This lecture will describe the approach‚ and illustrate it with examples drawn from past and current work. . . . The analysis assumes that individuals maximize welfare as they conceive it‚ whether they be selfish‚ altruistic

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    The Importance of the Skills When Looking For a New Job In today’s market people are asking when they will change jobs instead of asking if they change the job. According to the surveys in California/USA‚ the average employee stays in his or her job only 2.5 years. The frequency of changing job has become a norm rather than expectation. If a job change is in the future‚ evaluating the skills is one of the best ways to begin the process. Skills fall into three groups: personal qualities‚ information-based

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    Scott Russell Sanders in his essay "looking at Women" has his views shaped by the people he is surrounded by. This trend is apparent even in his early child hood. He continues this trend thru early adulthood. Well into adult hood this trend show it self through his actions‚ and through the quotes that he chooses. Sanders forms his opinions from the opinions of others in this essay‚ and demonstrates thoroughly. Two people‚ the first of which is a friend‚ affect Sanders first realization of sexuality

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