ASSIGNMENT 1 205L: Close Reading‚ Good Writing By Aly Verbaan Student # 31201792 Backdrop addresses cowboy By MARGARET ATWOOD Starspangled cowboy sauntering out of the almost- silly West‚ on your face a porcelain grin‚ tugging a papier-mâché cactus on wheels behind you with a string‚ you are innocent as a bathtub full of bullets. Your righteous eyes‚ your laconic trigger-fingers people the streets with villains: as you move‚ the air in front of you blossoms with targets
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Assess the view that Thatcher’s electoral success was a result of the weakness of the Labour Party Intro Para 1 – Labour Weakness 1st election – 1979 * Failed to manage economy and control unions * Winter of discontent 2nd election – 1983 * Poor defence policy * Disunity * No longer the ‘party of the working class’ * Unelectable face – leader/policies/general demeanour * Moved further left but electorate moved RIGHT 3rd election – 1987 * Labour still unpopular
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difference of opinion. This conventional trait among society allows diverse ideas to be suggested and added upon for a better future and eventually an all around Utopia. Rebellious attitude is depicted throughout George Orwell’s novel 1984 and Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale in a subtle‚ yet powerful way. The faint‚ disobedient remarks made by their characters suggest their hope in the future generations opposed to the present one. When a rebellious mindset comes in contact with an
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“The 1920s saw the development of a distinct‚ lively youth culture and of a society that was much more youth-oriented than ever before.” (“A Changing Society”) This change was the result of women having more opportunities in their lives to become more independent and stray from their former lives of being stuck as a wife whom only cleaned and took care of the kids. During the 1920s and 30s‚ women were able to get better jobs‚ and change their lifestyle in order to become more independent‚ however
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realized that that was where he belonged. The theme of this short anecdote is finding home and returning to ones’ roots. It seems that many Canadian literatures utilize this theme. The Diviners‚ by Margaret Laurence‚ illustrates this theme using many of the characters. The essay‚ Where the World Began by Margaret Laurence‚ and the film‚ Down the Road (1970) will be analyzed alongside The Diviners to comprehend the theme of home and returning to roots. Morag‚ the main character in The Diviners‚ grew up
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In Warfare: An Invention- Not a Biological Necessity‚ Margaret Mead states that war is a creation of man‚ not a necessity we need in order to thrive. She begins by stating that those who believe war is a biological necessity see men as aggressive by nature. This natural aggression leads men to need an outlet for their frustration which‚ in this case‚ is war. She proceeds to suggest that war is a creation of society. The origins of war‚ such as the struggle for land and natural resources‚ are not
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The Stone Angel Introduction: The Stone Angel‚ first published in 1964 by McClelland and Stewart‚ is perhaps the best-known of Margaret Laurence’s series of novels set in the fictitious town of Manawaka‚ Manitoba. In parallel narratives set in the past and the present-day (early 1960s)‚ The Stone Angel tells the story of Hagar Currie Shipley. In the present-day narrative‚ 90-year-old Hagar is struggling against being put in a nursing home‚ which she sees as a symbol of death. The present-day narrative
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tennis player Rod Laver won Wimbledon‚ French open US open and Australian open in 1969. He won a total of 11 grand slams. Margaret Court who is also an Australian tennis player won 3 out of 4 of the Grand slams in 1969. In 1969 world famous Australian tennis player Rod Laver won Wimbledon‚ French open US open and Australian open in 1969. He won a total of 11 grand slams. Margaret Court who is also an Australian tennis player won 3 out of 4 of the Grand slams in
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2012-01-23 Table of Contents 1. Introduction /Margaret Atwood Author Info 2. Murder in the Dark Summary/Hurricane Alicia Historical Event 3. Survival‚ Space‚ and Place 4. Victim Positions/Work Sited Introduction The author of my independent study novel is Margaret Atwood. Atwood is a multi-award winning writer‚ and also a hobby painter. She is a well known writer of poetry‚ fiction novels‚ and many others. Atwood is most honoured in her recent fiction novels‚ and is very well
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The New Right approach considers the responsibility of the vulnerable to be placed upon the individuals and their families and that the state should only play a minimal role in their care. This idea was not fully challenged until the election of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government in 1979 as they believed that the state should play as smaller role as possible in welfare provision as it was mainly the responsibility of the individual and their family. The New Right saw state support to be
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