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    Often in novels‚ a character faces conflicting directions of ambitions‚ desires‚ and influences. In such a novel‚ like "The Awakening‚" the main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ faces these types of conflicting ideas. In a controversial era for women‚ Edna faces the conflict of living in oppression but desiring freedom. The patriarchal time period has influenced women to live only under the husband’s thumb but at the same time‚ break away from such repression. These opposing conflicts illuminated the

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    POSSIBLE ESSAY ANSWERS “I have not known a days peace and contentment in my life.”  Discuss this statement in light of the various internal conflicts faced by Makhaya in the novel.  Support your ideas with details from the novel. In the novel When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head‚ we are a spectator to trials and tribulations of Makhaya‚ the protagonist.   While many of these trials are external‚ they also impact on his state of mind and on his emotional detachment.  As an individual‚ Makhaya

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    QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel‚ become familiar with the historical and

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    how appropriate they would be. Analyse the ways conflicting perspectives generate diverse and provocative insights. All texts composed convey an agenda which is based on the composer’s context. William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Jason Reitman’s satirical film Thank You For Smoking (2005) and George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) all use conflicting perspectives to convey their agenda by generating diverse and provocative insights. Conflicting perspectives are generated through the use and potential

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    around us influence the outcomes of those experiences. David Guterson’s novel‚ “Snow Falling on Cedars” and Shaun Tan and John Marsden’s picture book‚ “The Rabbits” both portray conflicting perspectives that are shaped from past events. Different experiences of the same event can cause conflicting perspectives. This is the case for Ishmael and Kabou in “SFC”. Gutterson uses this scene as the novel’s core scene where the characters form different views from before and after the war. Tan and Marsden’s

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    is the representation of conflicting perspectives an integral part of the texts you have studied? The representation of conflicting perspectives is an integral part of Guterson’s novel‚ Snow Falling on Cedars through the author’s use of characterisation‚ symbolism and themes. Guterson’s employment of characterisation throughout the novel allows him to effectively convey the different perspectives of Eastern and Western cultures. This is mostly achieved by the characters of Hatsue and Ishmael due

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    Unit 9 [IT190: Foundations in Information Technology] Unit 9 Final Project Requirements: Proposal The accounting firm‚ for which you work as an IT administrator‚ consisting of 40 employees has just merged with a smaller firm consisting of 10 employees. The smaller firm does not have an IT administrator on staff. As a result of the merger‚ a new building has been purchased to accommodate the additional employees in the city’s downtown historical district. (See attached floor plans below)

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    of at least one of Hughes’ poems and one related text of your own choosing? In some texts authors have the intention to evoke a personal understanding in the audience. However‚ the personal experience varies between each individual creating conflicting ways in response to a text. These responses to the messages from the authors are shaped through personal experience and values of the individual. The notion of conflict within perspectives is evident in “Birthday Letters” by Ted Hughes especially

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    What is your understanding of “ truth” after your study of conflicting perspectives and their representation? The notion of truth being a defined reasoning and represented as a one sided argument is unmistakably how most audiences visualize it. The concept cannot be interpreted in such close mindedness‚ as to tell the truth is to speak what appears “truthful” to “you”. Conflicting perspectives arise when the visualization of how feasible or veracious something is differs between individuals. The

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    Sample essay – birthday letters Module C: Conflicting Perspectives   Perspective denotes a way of viewing the world‚ and significantly influences the ways in which responders are positioned with regard to events‚ personalities or situations. Throughout his anthology Birthday Letters‚ which is an address to his dead wife Sylvia Plath‚ Ted Hughes develops a perspective which cultivates the sympathy of the responder. Conflicting perspectives are evident in the interplay between memory and hindsight

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