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    Laurence uses simile to illustrate the dynamic brilliance of the Northern Lights. When she describes wintertime in her hometown‚ Laurence writes‚ “[...] the Northern Lights flaring across the sky like the scrawled signature of God.” (Laurence 24). The use of “flaring” indicates brief and bright motion‚ since it is often used to describe fireworks and flares. A firework is a striking image of moving colour against a night sky‚ and creates a similar spectacle to that of the Northern Lights‚ especially

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    pieces‚ which may be seem strange‚ considering the great value that authors place on putting together original criticisms and interpretations. Many literary works of this kind also might draw from religious or biblical texts‚ and The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood is a clear example of this. This novel has borrowed characteristic traits from the Bible in order to influence certain religious practices or behaviors‚ divide social groups or classes‚ and to control usage of language within society.

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    The Margaret River Chocolate Factory demonstrates the various roles and importance of business in Australia. The company has grown each year since it began in 1999 so they have always made a good profit. This is a strong role of a business because in the case that they don’t make a profit a business not only halters but they fall behind and that effects everyone involved including the employees‚ the suppliers and the consumers. By growing as much as they have‚ the company is able to make a profit

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    In Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake‚ Atwood argues that genetic modifications are harmful to society instead of being helpful. Atwood shows this by describing all of the disasters that have taken place because of the genetically modified children. In the novel‚ genetic modifications start in animals‚ and then slowly progress to humans. When the modifications were taking place in animals there were a lot of people that knew about it‚ but once it switched over to the human population the people

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    The speech The Morality of Birth Control pin points several key reasons as to why birth control should be accepted and embraced into the lives of people around the world. Sanger effectively makes her opinion of birth control clear through the use of many classical argumentation tactics. She does not make any concessions to the opposing side what so ever and justifies only her beliefs with valid research presenting concise information. She initially captures the audience with stating that not only

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    The Chibok Schoolgirls and Atwood’s Handmaids On the 14th of April 2014 nearly 300 girls were abducted from the Government Secondary School of Chibok in Borno State‚ Nigeria. The young students aged 16 to 18 were kidnapped by Boko Haram translating to ("Western education is forbidden")‚ an Islamic jihadist group. A spokesman of Boko Haram claims that the young women have been converted to Islam and married off to members of the group. The indoctrination of the Handmaids in Margret Attwood’s novel

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    Full time carer Margaret McCall talks about her day-to-day struggles with caring for her disabled son. “Normally I get up at 6am‚ shower‚ take my tablets and make a cuppa. I get my son David up at 6:45am and get him out of bed. I then wash him before taking him back to his room‚ laying him on the bed and changing his pads. Then I dress him and put him into his wheelchair. I give him his breakfast and his medication then I take him into the living room and put his trainers on and wait for the van

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    I am therefore encouraged to start with the first ‘wave’ and recognise the emergence of bodily autonomy against a political equality background which is so often associated with this period of feminism. For more than half a century of her life‚ Margaret Sanger dedicated herself to the liberation of women from their female autonomy through the development of birth control

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    Comparative Essay of Van Gogh and Margaret Olley (Image 1) Olley’s Poppies and checkered cloth (Image 2) Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (Image 3) Van Gogh’s Vine Yards Margaret Olley and Van Gogh are two of the most well-known impressionists of their time. With more than a century between their eras‚ they both played significant roles in the progressing development of art today. Similarly painting still life’s and portraits‚ they also used the same media types

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    Margaret Preston was a dynamic‚ unique Australian artist born on the 29th of April 1875 in Adelaide. She is renowned for her bold artworks‚ and through them‚ she showed her ongoing passion to establish a national identity. What were the different experiences for your individual? She began to take interest in art after an influential trip to the Art Gallery of NSW with her mother when she was 12‚ ‚ continuing her new-found passion in Chinese painting through private classes with William Lister

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