‘Old Story Time’ tells of a traditional story in a rural community‚ which refers to a mother who was ‘enslaved’ by her past. She grew up in a society in which she was of the opinion that ‘anything that was black wasn’t good’ and the black signifies failure and hardship‚ while white signifies prosperity and advancement. Mama sells goods at the market for a living. While Mama was at the market she left her son Len at home to study his books in order to not mix up with the ‘black gals’ in the district
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Representation can be described as the production of meaning through language‚ used by the composer to convey different perspectives on certain aspects of human nature. Therefore‚ as representations are obscure opinions‚ whether of the composer or characters within the text‚ then by their very nature‚ they will create conflicting perspectives. The film Hunger‚ directed by Steve McQueen‚ perfectly exemplifies this understanding‚ as it uses representations to explore the differing opinions of loyalists
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are less interested in politics as older generations it could also infer that the younger generations are not as well educated in politics. There also seems to be a voting crisis as the turnout in the past elections was incredibly high‚ such as Margaret Thatcher’s landslide 1979 win where the turnout was 76% of the electorate. However in 2001 the turnout had fallen to a very low 59.4%. Although this may not seem to be much of a big issue‚ if a government is not elected by the majority of the populous
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Duffy had seen her neighbours snowman stolen from their front garden. Getting inspired by this‚ she had written this poem reflecting on the problems that occured in that moment‚ hence it was the time in Britain where unemployment was high due to Margaret Thatcher’s (the Prime Minister during the 1980’s) government policies. The poem starts with a rhetorical question‚ "The most unusual thing I ever stole?" This question seems like it’s been repeated to oneself after hearing the same question which
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The Author Margaret Laurence was born Jean Margaret Wemyss on July 18‚ 1926 in the prairie town of Neepawa‚ Manitoba‚ Canada. Both of her parents passed away in her childhood‚ and Laurence was raised by her aunt and maternal grandfather. Laurence decided in childhood that she wanted to be a writer‚ and began writing stories in elementary school. Her professional writing career began in 1943 with a job at the town newspaper‚ and continued in 1944 when she entered the Honours English program at Winnipeg’s
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To what extent and for what reasons did New Labour succeed in introducing a new and distinctive set of values to the conduct of Britain’s external relations between 1997 and 2010? Introduction As John Rentoul has observed in his biography of Tony Blair‚ “Prime Ministers always run their own foreign policy” (Rentoul‚ 2001: 420). This was certainly true of Tony Blair and New Labour. That itself is a reason why Britain’s external relations in the shape of New Labour’s foreign policy can only be properly
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One Direction has released the music video for their latest single "One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)" on 20 February 2013‚ which was specially recorded for the Red Nose Day‚ a telethon event annually held by a British charity‚ Comic Relief. Red Nose Day is a huge fundraising event organized by UK charity Comic Relief every other year. It originally launched on Christmas Day 1985 aiming to make the public laugh with celebrity sketches and routines while highlighting and raising money for the then
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Margaret Sanger was a strong woman in history who decided to change the unjust laws regarding contraception in a society where a woman was not considered a person. She fought with courage‚ her wit‚ and didn’t back down even when it seemed as if she may get hurt in the process because of the higher powers around her. She was the founder of planned parenthood‚ and a great role model for woman everywhere. Margaret Sanger was born to a family of twelve‚ parents and her ten brothers and sisters
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The work of Margaret Sanger symbolizes the end of the first wave of feminism and the start of the second wave with the introduction to the undercurrent that is bodily autonomy which flows between the waves; educated women who had served in the war were reluctant to return home to their domestic duties whilst the women of Friedan’s era chose to go home and adopt these domestic duties. Sanger’s work empowered the next two generations of women and there was a general consensus emerging that women deserved
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What were the two greatest successes and two greatest failures of the Wilson government 1964-70? This period of Labour rule is often marked down as a poor performance on behalf of the labour party‚ critically looked upon by many historians. There were many failings under the rule of this government however the circumstances they were placed in caused severe restraints in their options. Wilson had been voted into government with the promise of central planning and “the white heat of new technology”
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