numbers for future use. 1. How is the use of the pseudonym ‘Afriend’ ironic? 2. What is a blog page? 3. Avalon is overwhelmed by the content of the email from A Friend‚ what does this suggest about her character? 4. How is the chapter title ‘The A-Bomb’ significant to events that take place? 5. What attitudes and values do Avalon’s parents have regarding education and family life? 6. Avalon is anxious about starting at Westerly High School do you think she has cause for concern? How are new
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Destroying Avalon Extended Response Destroying Avalon is a hard-boiled perspective at how a teenager can suffer such immense bullying and having it go to someone else. The story unravels when Avalon‚ a 14 year old girl moves from a country town to a large and vast city. On her first day of high school‚ which is every new person’s nightmare‚ she finds herself already formed enemies. Before transferring from her country town to this urban city‚ she quotes “Being fourteen is hard‚ but it’s even harder
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1) Avalon receives messages from a sender named “friend” this is ironic because the sender is abusing and insulting her online. So gives a very unusual meaning to the name. 2) A blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily‚ blogs often reflect the personality of the author. 3) Avalon is overwhelmed by the content of the email from “A Friend” this means that Avalon is very emotional 4) The A-Bomb is relevant to this chapter as
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I am writing in regards to your request for submissions of the inclusion of certain novels on the Australian Literature Society website. The novel ‘Destroying Avalon’ by Kate McCaffrey explores significant issues confronting contemporary Australia making it justifiable for its inclusion on the website. As a relatively modern novel‚ being published in 2006‚ the issues explored are contemporary and readers can relate in a realistic manner. The issues of cyber bulling‚ a new aged phenomenon and acceptance
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Devotion‚ Love‚ Despair and Betrayal The Mists of Avalon throws the throbbing pulse of femininity into the reader’s face. It expels a truth which can be felt through every sentence‚ paragraph and chapter. It is a grouping of heartwarming characters‚ horrifying plot twists and several tragedies surrounding many different themes. The Mists of Avalon becomes a legend seen through new eyes‚ with details‚ majestic language‚ and haunting foreshadowing that hold the reader through its more than 800
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The Responsibility Project: Avalon This paper is on short film “Avalon” from The Responsibility Project. Locate the link for the film: http://responsibility-project.libertymutual.com/films/the-entrepreneurial-spirit-avalon. Avalon is more of an inspiration than just a story in which two women spearhead a small new business of baking bread in a bad economic condition and achieve the success they desired. Throughout the film the owners discuss the organisational
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The Avalon Ballroom Mostly everyone has a hero‚ role model‚ or someone to look up to. These people can significantly affect your lifestyle‚ and what you do. The Avalon Ballroom by Ann Hood displays this type of character as the father of Lily‚ the protagonist. This highly respected patriarch inspires her to do many things‚ like to go to college at Princeton University just as he did. Lily seems to want to follow her father’s footsteps by going to Princeton University. This "god-like" figure
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women at the centre of Arthuriana. One of the most successful and influential of these retellings is Marion Zimmer Bradley’s fantasy novel The Mists of Avalon (1982)‚ which according to Fries gives “voice to those females who have so long remained mute in Arthurian legend”. Written during the height of Second Wave Feminism‚ The Mists of Avalon intends to ‘reshape’ and ‘restore’ Morgan back to her rightful place in the Arthurian legend. At the same time it endeavours to create an iconic feminine
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involved‚ what brought it about. The two countries partaking in the just war include Avalon and Molvania. Avalon is a strong‚ independent country and Molvania is a weak country with an incompetent government. Moreover‚ Avalon views Molvania as weak and vulnerable country because it has an unstable government. Avalon views Molvania as uncivilized and believes it is their duty to intervene in their government. Avalon takes advantage of the weaker nation to extract their resources and individual freedoms
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Elaine Yang Avalon High Avalon High which is written by Meg Cabot is a great science fiction and fantasy book. This book is a mythical tale about a girl named Ellie who moved to Maryland with her family. Her parents are professors that study and write about the medieval times and they always play vocabulary games. She is a shy but brave girl and has long brown hair. Her new house has a pool and a floaty which she loves to lay on and think about stuff. During a run with her father in the park
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