“Ka pai ki mua‚ ka pai ki muri” A close viewing Analysis of Turangawaewae-a place to stand a New Zealand short film This is a close-viewing analysis of the short film turangawaewae - A place to stand. Directed by Peter Burger (Ngai Tauiwi). Produced by Catherine Fitzgerald (Ngai Tauiwi). Written by Wiremu Grace (Ngati Toa‚ Ngati Porou). Wi Kuki Kaa (Ngati Porou‚ Ngati Kahungunui) portrays a returned Maori servicemen from Vietnam. Nancy Brunning (Ngati Raukawa‚ Ngai Tuhoe) portrays his daughter
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Reflection: Stand and Deliver Jaime Escalante has a steady job but left it for a lowly position math teacher at James A. Garfield High School. Knowing that the school is where rebellion runs high and teachers are more focused on discipline than in academics‚ he is determined to change the system and challenge the students to soar high in excellence. Of course‚ the students will not like a teacher who engages them in the things they don’t like. But as days passed‚ Escalante was able to convince
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people‚ and what importance their songs carry to him and his people. He uses events that have happened in the past‚ to represent what it has done to them and their culture in the present. The specific song mentioned‚ Shi Naasha‚ meaning‚ “I’m still here”‚ represents the struggles that the Native Americans faced throughout the mid 1800s‚ when their people where held captive. The idea that in this culture‚ songs are used to tell stories and remember history‚ rather than just pure entertainment‚ is littered
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We live in a materialistic world. We can’t go anywhere without a car‚ and the unimaginable tragedy of going camping with no cell reception. That’s not to say our materialistic view doesn’t have it’s merits. It leads to a constant flow of inventions and technology that makes society run more efficiently. However‚ efficiency and technology have started to overshadow the natural world‚ which has nurtured the human race for thousands of years providing it with food‚ shelter‚ peace‚ and beauty. Despite
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All teenagers may get easily frustrated easily and this frustration would cause anger. I have asked several teenagers about their problems and found that the most available problems are the limited freedom and the over protectiveness by their parents. The freedom. The freedom for teenagers is mostly limited as their parents would be scared that they would themselves to the wrong way‚ but the freedom should not be unlimited. Parents should let their children to have freedom but with some rules
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One of the stories that I choose was I Used To Live Here Once by Jean Rhys. The story is a short story that is told in third person format. In the beginning of the story the woman is looking at the stepping stones and remembering them as she is walking across the river. When the narrator says ‘She was standing by the river looking at the stepping stones and remembering each one” it lets you know that the young lady in the story has been there before. The narrator of the story is giving a sense of
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collection‚ Aidoo depicts women who survive despite the obstacles in neo-colonial Ghanaian society. For the majority of these women independence has brought no relief and has in fact only increased the difficulties they face. There is indeed "no sweetness here" but nonetheless‚ survival is the driving force throughout the collection. While Aidoo certainly seems to be committed to portraying the material‚ economic and social problems which plague post-colonial Ghanaian society and the difficulties which these
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There Are No Children We all have a have different perspectives of something. In the book “There Are No Children Here”. Alex Kotlowitz emphasizes the phrase the “The other side of America.” The author opposes to the stereotypes of families living in the projects‚ inner-city schools‚ and the drug dealers. In the beginning‚ Kotlowitz demonstrates the boys innocently playing around the train tracks. But when the hear the train coming‚ the children freeze‚ run away in fear or are in tears. The
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There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz chronicles the true story of two brothers growing up in the Henry Horner projects of Chicago over a two year period. Set in the Horner Homes public housing district of Chicago‚ Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers‚ their mother and siblings struggle to survive gun battles‚ gang influences‚ over-zealous police officers‚ and overburdened and mismanaged bureaucracies to simply survive. The story begins in the summer of 1987. Nine year old Pharoah and his brother
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Stand and Deliver “Stand and Deliver” is such an exceptional inspiring movie. I have learned a lot about the importance of a true commitment in order to achieve our goals. Mr. Escalante’s‚ the Math teacher in Garfield High School‚ devotion is a good example to validate this statement. Mr. Escalante is very much dedicated to his work; energetic‚ passionate teacher and wanted to change the poor performing history of the underprivileged and disrespectful students in Garfield High school. Escalante
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