Since settlement‚ the Australian nation has been fixated on the question of “what defines us” as a people. From the bush legend of early settlement‚ to the beach culture of the 1980’s and 90’s‚ our search for a singular national identity has seen various failed attempts at pinning down ‘what it really means to be Australian’. National image and identity is a creation of the times‚ and as such‚ the pursuit for a defining any one national identity is an unattainable dream. In this essay I will endeavour
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Nowhere placed loneliness After watching the film‚ I only feel loneliness. As Giuseppe Tornatore’s first English-language film‚ “The Legend of 1900” was renowned in the end of the twentieth century. It tells a story of a pianist’s legendary life. On the luxury cruise Virginian‚ An orphan is abandoned in the first class. He is named after the year he was found‚ 1900. Nineteen Hundred becomes a prodigy with special piano talent‚ as he slowly grows up. He performs piano on the cruise‚ and everyone
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I’m going to introduce "I Am Legend". This movie was released in the USA in 2007. This film was set in New York. New York fell into ruin from a virus which came from a medicine for cancer. However‚ while this medicine saved a lot of lives‚ some people suffered from a symptom like a rabies. From this side affect‚ they found that medicine changed into a virus. This virus caused death. Infected people were called "Dark Seekers" in this story. Their weak point is sunlight but they have great physical
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Blake Wilson Wilson 1/4 English 1101 Paper # 2 Narrative Essay 8/30/12 7:30PM “A Family Legend Passes” It still feels like yesterday‚ a place I haven’t quite left‚ here I was following behind an ambulance again. I remember being frustrated feeling overwhelmed over all of the repeating events‚ “I wanted it to be over already”‚ how I learned to regret that thought. We arrived to the hospital once again‚ I made my way
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Many people believe that it is considered crazy to believe in Bigfoot‚ and even more crazy to look for them. They believe that the creature is nothing more than a legend. A legend started with a video in Bluff Creek california by a man named Roger Patterson‚ who filmed a creature walking upright on 2 legs across a dry creekbed in Bluff Creek‚ California. During my early life‚ I had never believed that a creature such as Bigfoot could possibly exist. Even after seeing this mysterious video‚ I was
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phrase that gets caught in people’s heads. A few verses and a bridge are included in the song between choruses to make the song interesting. Most of the songs are about happy love or sadness and you dress according to your gender. When Prince Rogers Nelson enters the music industry at the ripe age of 22‚ he is to follow these rules and guidelines‚ right? Wrong. Prince took every possible expectation and flipped it upside down to create what Rock and Roll Hall of Fame reporters describe as “his own blueprint
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today’s leaders learn from Lord Nelson What do you intend to do and why? This essay will examine the nature of leadership by exploring the strengths and weaknesses of Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson (1758 - 1805). I have chosen Nelson as he is widely admired and celebrated as an effective leader and much of his dynamic approach to leadership can be translated into a practical model for today’s school leaders. Nelson’s popularity has not declined despite the passing of time. Those who do not share in England’s
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Francesa Larkin Personal Legend paper What am I good at? What am I good at? The question swirled around my head as I stared at the lake it seemed so endless. It went on and on until it fitted into the sky. in that moment I felt like a body of water myself‚ I needed to find my path in life or just as the lake I would fade away I sat hopelessly feeling alone in the world I looked up to the star filled sky asking for some sort of sign or direction. In my peripheral I saw someone walking. I
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Legend in Albania Once upon a time‚ thre brothers were building a castle.During the day they build walls but in the night the walls were destroyed.Someday‚ an old and wice man was walking near the castle. -Good work!-said the man. The three brothers asked the man-What can we do to build the castle because in the day we build but in the night the walls fall down. The old man said-I know.Are u married? -Yes we are -answer the brothers. -Give your words not to tell your whifes what do we tell
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Willie Nelson was a singer whose albums have caught the imagination of the world for more than thirty years in the Heartland. We also‚ “learn about his childhood spent picking cotton; his stormy marriages; his impoverished early years as a fledgling songwriter; his wild experiences with drugs‚ booze‚ and women; his long rise to superstardom; and his shared musical and personal experiences with performers like Waylon Jennings‚ Julio Iglesias‚ Kris Kristofferson‚ Johnny Cash‚ Ray Charles‚ Loretta Lynn
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