Once Were Warriors: “Once Were Warriors” by Alan Duff is a harrowing vision of New Zealand’s indigenous people two hundred years after the arrival of Europeans. In prose that is both raw and compelling‚ it tells the story of Beth Heke‚ a Maori woman struggling to keep her family intact‚ despite the filth and violence of her urban neighbourhood in which they live. Conveying rich textures of Maori tradition and the wounds left by its absence‚ Once Were Warriors is an engrossing novel of unblinking
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the origin of the phrase “once in a blue moon” and what a blue moon actually is. “Once in a blue moon” today means “very rarely‚” though it used to mean something that was absurd‚ right along the lines of “when pigs fly.” The first known recorded use of a form of the phrase is in an anti-clerical pamphlet published in 1528 by William Roy and Jeremy Barlowe. In a conversation between two characters‚ one says‚ “Yf they say the mone is blewe/We must believe that it is true.” It appears to be a
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“Once More to the Lake” “Once More to the Lake” is about a father who takes his son to a camp he had visited often as a boy with his own father. While on this trip‚ the man often reminisces about how this camp has not changed a bit and that he often feels like he has gone back in time and is the boy he was when he first came‚ not the father he now is like when the speaker says “[…] or I would be saying something‚ and suddenly it would be not I but my father who was saying the words […]” (White
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After reading all of the descriptive essays I found that I liked the “Once More to the Lake “By E.B White. His essay is easily readable and his diction is simplistic. His descriptions and imagery include Whites past and present memories. The narration is first person through the eyes and voice of the author. On the other hand I feel that his theme is more elusive. This retrospection allows the reader to slip behind the wall of time and memories to watch a son and father enjoy the America dream a vacation
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September 31‚ 2012 Once More to the Lake In this story the author relives his childhood memories on a lake in Maine where his father used to take him and his siblings. In the story the author has moments where he “seemed to be living in dual existence” where he sees himself as his son and sees himself being his father at the same time. The author says “I would be in the middle of a simple act‚ I would be picking up a bait box‚ or laying down a table fork‚ or I would be saying something‚ and suddenly
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most compelling.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Respond to this question with close reference to one or more text(s) you have studied. The Heke family that feature in the ground-breaking New Zealand film from 1994‚ ‘Once were warriors’ directed by Lee Tamahori are clearly a family living on the margins of society. They live in a state house next to a busy and noisy motorway in South Auckland‚ New Zealand. Their story is undoubtedly a compelling one: an abusive husband
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers - Literature Notes The physical structure of this poem has beenaltered from the original layout in the text. Brave flowers‚ 1.that I could 5.gallant it likeyou‚ and be as little vain;You come abroad and make a 6.harmless show‚And to your beds of earth again;You are not proud‚ you know your birth‚For your embroidered garments are from earth.You do obey your months and times‚ but Iwould have it ever spring;My fate would know no winter‚ never die‚ nor think of such a
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Reflections Upon Marriage 1. According to Mary Astell the women’s customary status in society is that men are superior to women and it is the Wife’s duty to suffer without complaint. She reported that every man by nature is superior to woman and it would be a sin for women to have dominion over men (even the Queen) because of laws of nature. As she said on the third page “if they mean that some men are superior to some women‚ this is no great discovery.” This obviously indicates that the norm
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The City upon the Hill John Winthrop founded the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1630‚ where he was the first Governor of the colony‚ a position he held for twenty years. In April‚ 1630‚ aboard the ship Arbella‚ he led a large party from England for the new world to establish a pure Christian based colony. "They hoped to establish communities of pure Christians who collectively swore a covenant with God that would they work for his ends‚ knowing that in return‚ He would watch over them".
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This is a summary of an article I found in "New York Times" three years ago. Maybe it will be helpfull for students who have to take English classes. I had to do it for university to improve my buisness English skills. Summary of New York Times-article In the following text I will summarize the article “Crisis in Europe and U.S. Hurts Asian Economies”‚ published in New York Times on January 23‚ 2009. The text is about the weak Asian economies and how they are affected by the crisis which
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