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    describe what happens during the poetry writing process. Although Mary Oliver believes that writing poetry is hard work‚ she uses extended metaphor‚ juxtaposition‚ and point of view to describe the writing process in comparison of building a house‚ which shows that Oliver sees poetry as something that involves mental labor which is a different challenge than physical labor . Through the use of extended metaphor‚ Mary Oliver is allowed to express both the mentality and physicality when writing a

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    Why did Jamie Oliver begin the “Ministry of Food”? (150 words) The original Ministry of Food was set up by the British Government in England during the Second World War. It was about creating a network of food advisors and cooking teachers to educate the public on food and nutrition at a time when there was limited food available to feed England and where rationing was part of life. It was a way to educate people at time of crisis. In Australia it was introduced in 1942 and this is when wartime

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    It has been established from early age that each gender plays a different role in society. Feminism is believing in the economic‚ social‚ political‚ and intellectual equality between both men and women‚ not female supremacy. In Breath‚ Eyes‚ Memory‚ Edwidge Danticat expresses the theme of feminism by creating characters for whom bravery‚ strength‚ and education are significant values. Bravery is a powerful value for the characters in the novel. In Haitian culture‚ people view bravery as a characteristic

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    Adversities or Challenges and How They Shape You Everyone has to face challenges‚ but not many confront it. Whether they are young or old‚ rich or poor‚ the struggle of a challenge can vary. In the biographical sports drama titled The Blind Side directed by John Lee Hancock‚ the protagonist Michael Oher faces countless challenges and difficulties and attempts to address them. As the film progresses‚ the director continuously exposes the viewer to Michael’s character along with the predicaments he

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    The Deaf and Blind Husbands Michel de Montaigne‚ a sixteenth-century French philosopher‚ states “A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.” Marriage is very difficult and a marriage would be perfect if the wife could not see what the husband is doing‚ and the husband could not hear what his wife says. Unfortunately for George Wilson‚ from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and Amos Hart‚ from the movie Chicago‚ they are both deaf and blind and their wives have no disabilities

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    Truth in Oliver Stone’s JFK Oliver Stone is a master of manipulation. Being an expert in the art of directing‚ Stone is able to make an audience believe whatever he wishes. In the 1991 film JFK‚ Oliver Stone manipulates facts in order to convey a fictional conspiracy involving the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The Zapruder film and the magic bullet theory are two facts that Stone employs to trick the audience into believing his fabricated tale. Stone unfolds this film through the eyes of Jim

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    His role as a “classic bad boy with a heart of gold” truly is emphasized by his facial expressions and use of vocabulary. On the other hand‚ Sandra Bullock won an immense amount of awards for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in the beloved film‚ The Blind Side. Sandra really became her character in this particular movie by her reaction to realistic events‚ the ability to make the scenes believable‚ and the intensity she put into her emotions. Both actors have proved to be phenomenal in the acting world

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    Harry and Rose from Oliver Twist and Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol are in similar situations because both of the couples are in love yet wealth has come between both of the couples. Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge were engaged and in love. Ebeneezer’s love for Alice was soon not as important as his pursuit of wealth and desire to be a part of “High Society”. Alice and Scrooge were a part of the lower class and their love was not enough for Scrooge‚ his greed was too strong for him

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    people often formulate odd conclusions about a religion that often causes others to get the wrong idea about it. One example of this is in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens where the religious views often create a debate over whether the book should be banned or not leading to a very radical history. The first reason many people believe Oliver Twist should be banned can be explained by Joseph Goldstein who stated‚ “It is calculated to‚ and does inculcate bitter hatred and malice in the hearts

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    Oliver utilizes several literary techniques‚ like figurative language and structure‚ to further develop the strong connection between nature and life. Oliver writes: Figurative language can give shape to the difficult and the painful. It can make visible and ‘felt’ that which is invisible and ‘unfeelable.’ Imagery‚ more than anything else‚ can take us out of our own existence and let us stand in the condition of another instance‚ or another life. It can make the subject of the poem‚ whatever it

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