Year 11 English Communication - Looking For Alibrandi Students are to complete each section as a word document. Section 1: Close Study – Chapter Questions Chapter One 1. What information is given about Josie’s background? 2. What evidence is there that she is caught between two cultures and two social classes? 3. What beliefs does her thinking reflect here … Chapter Two 1. At school‚ Josie believes that she does not fit in. why does she feel this way? 2. What are
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“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” John Green. In the book Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ the characters attempt to find every possible way out of a labyrinth‚ which everyone can find themselves while they still exist. While exploring‚ they discover that there is more to it than they can understand‚ because somethings just don’t have a fair explanation to make us truly believe. But‚ this doesn’t stop Green from suggesting us to try and seek a great perhaps‚ as Miles
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the day I die. I used to wish when I was young that my mother had made a mistake and that my father wasn’t the son of an Italian‚ but an Australian. So I could be part of the in crowd’ you know." (152) Race is a prominent aspect in the novel Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta. Ethnic notions are evident throughout the book as they construct a variety of values which link together to create a being of reality. Within the text illegitimacy‚ discrimination and status are demonstrated
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Mariah Santos February 25th 2014 AP Language and Composition - Period 4 Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Stanza I 3. a. Ominous - "only moving thing" is an eye. b. Detail - contrast of silent‚ white snow‚ and moving black eye. c. Eye is all seeing. Stanza II 3. a. Torn: targets the "three" choices like with the different "three minds" and "three blackbirds" b. Detail - Compares and contrasts "three minds" and "three blackbirds" then in a way ties it to one thing‚ "a tree." c.
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From the moment we are put into our parents’ arms‚ they begin to shape our identity. Our appearance‚ thoughts and actions are developed from them and what they believe is “right” and “wrong.” However unfair as it may seem at times‚ everything done is based on their past experiences‚ the culture we are born into and ultimately done for our own well-being. “Never change who you are to please people”‚ “There is nothing you can’t do” and “We are proud of you no matter what” are three very common
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said in The Little Prince‚ “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly”. To me‚ this quote means that someone can only see another person for who they really are by looking through their own heart. This quote is true because the way you see someone isn’t how they always are. When you look and judge someone through your heart‚ you clear your opinion of all your biases‚ preconceived notions‚ and beliefs about them. In the novels‚ To Kill A Mockingbird and
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short story‚ “The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection”‚ Virginia Woolf writes of the sad self portrait of a woman who‚ examined from both outside and in‚ finds herself unsatisfactory. By implementing modern features of theme and style‚ Woolf creates a character to reflect on herself and she employs modern ideas of narration and character to illustrate a fuller‚ more complete image of the character. The title and subtitle of the story‚ “The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection” indicates
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differences between the Greek gods and the Hebrew God. These similarities and differences are revealed in the character and functionality of the gods. The revelation of similarities and differences can also be seen in man’s relationship to his god or gods. Homer was instrumental in documenting the oral traditions of the Greek gods in his poetry. Moses‚ the Hebrew leader‚ is attributed with documenting what he witnessed from God in the Torah. The Greek and Hebrew belief systems were established for the purposes
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Our values and morals remain timeless as they form the basis of our interaction with each other and are instilled as part of our humanity defining us as beings. The Shakespearean play‚ “King Richard III” and its hybrid doco-drama appropriation‚ “looking for Richard’ directed by Al Pacino‚ reveal inherent values of power in relation to our morality and justice. As Shakespeare focuses on the human psyche and the role of god’s Devine retribution in the Elizabethan era‚ Pacino on the other hand emphasizes
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Looking for Alaska by John Green is basically about Miles Halter‚ a sixteen year old teenager‚ who is friendless at his high school in Florida‚ and asks his parents if they can send him to boarding school in Alabama. His first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School consists of many pranks‚ good friends‚ and searches for answers about life and Alaska’s death after an accident. I’ve never attended a boarding school however‚ John Green gave me a sense of what it’s like to attend a boarding school
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