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    Unpolished Gem One finds pain and comedy running through Alice Pung’s migrant story THIS IS A MEMOIR SO vivid that images from it linger behind your eyelids - the pig’s blood jelly that Alice Pung’s father remembers wistfully; the festive paper chains made of cut-up Target catalogues; the fate of the chocolate eggs that the seven-year-old Alice hoards in a drawer. The book begins as the ethnic Chinese Pung family arrive in Australia from Cambodia‚ fleeing the Khmer Rouge. Immigrants to this country

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    (Perception of belonging and not belonging to people) "Unpolished Gem" · perception of Belonging to family member(unpolished Gem): the bond and the strong connection between Alice and Grandmother is one of life’s most enduring and unbreakable bond. "tell me a story...My grandmother was possessed of a form of magic‚ the magic of words that became movies in the mind." Alice uses a metaphor to convey the skills that grandmother’s anecdotes passed over Alice and her youthfull imagination that developed Alice’s

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    One of the major challenges migrants are faced with in Australia is communication barriers in terms or learning and understanding English and preserving their own language. Many migrants are not familiar with the English language when they arrive in Australia‚ causing language barriers‚ and have to learn a completely new language in order to be able to communicate. In ‘Learning English’‚ the main character Tom Cho talks about his experience with English: “When I first arrived in Australia‚ I did

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    UPG Quotes Notes: Do not put page numbers in your essay! You can use these ideas but not the wording. Pg Quote Explanation or Connection to Belonging or to the Role of Language 1 ‘like a chicken talking to a duck’ Expresses how silly communication sounds between speakers of two languages. 7 ‘all went to bed with clothes-hangers shoved in their mouths.’ Their wide grins reflect their joy at getting new things freely from the AU Gov. This helped them with basic needs and to adjust to

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    Learning styles and personal motivation to succeed Page 1 Learning styles and personal motivation to succeed Laurie S. Lynch COLL 100 American Public University Systems Kimberly Bessolo   Learning styles and personal motivation to succeed Page 2 While taking class COLL 100‚ I have discovered many things that I never realized before. First and foremost are the various learning styles‚ and the various amounts of styles that exist. By taking the

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    In early 2002‚ Joe Hogan‚ president of General Electric Medical System Division (GEMS)‚ faced the challenge of whether he should modify the Global Product Company (GPC) concept by adopting an “In China for China” policy so as to focus on the China market. At that time‚ technological changes represented by advances in genomics and healthcare information technology were making personalized diagnostics possible. This was due to the two emerging ideas in healthcare; personalised medicine and a move from

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    tries to change your sense of self Our identity is a collective set of behavioural and personal characteristics that defines an individual as a whole. But where does our identity actually come from? Does it come from within that makes us who we are‚ or is it the environment and the people in it that ultimately mould our identity? In this speech‚ I will try to examine and explain how society affects our personal identity and constantly tries to change it. But to first answer this question‚ we have

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    Case Executive Summary General Electric Healthcare was created in 2004 when General Electric (GE) acquired U.K. biosciences firm Amersham. Its predecessor organization‚ General Electric Medical Services (GEMS) originated as an x-ray business in the 1940s. Jeff Immelt took over GEMs in 1997 and took steps to grow the business from a $4 billion company to a dominant force in the worldwide diagnostic imaging market. Immelt stepped up acquisitions including a company that formed the basis for

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    Kelly Johnson English 82 (8002) Professor Jones 18 April 2012 Critical Analysis Final Draft Essay Alice Walker an African American novelist was born February 9‚ 1944 in Eatonton‚ Georgia as an eighth child. In 1961 Ms.Walker attended Spellman College‚ where she became active in civil rights. She then attended Sarah Lawrence College where she received her B.A degree. Walkers writing career began in 1969 at Jackson State College

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    Alice Sebold’s number one national bestselling novel The Lovely Bones depicts the horrendous rape and murder of a small-town girl named Suzie Salmon. Suzie must then watch--from her own personal heaven—her family and friends struggle to cope and move on with their lives. The novel is set in the suburbs of Norristown‚ Pennsylvania‚ 1973. Published in 2002‚ The Lovely Bones became an instant bestseller‚ and in 2010 it was released into theaters around the world. Alice Sebold’s early years helped

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