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    will consider how the writers use the theme of a generation gap‚ and use symbolism and metaphor to convey meaning to the reader. Both the writers of ‘Flight’ and ‘Your Shoes’ the narrative technique of symbolism. In ‘Flight’ the grandfather uses a pigeon and in ‘Your Shoes’ the mother uses a pair of new white training shoes (trainers). Both symbolise purity‚ they are portrayed as precious and in need of being looked after. In both stories‚ the treatment of the symbolic objects shows how both the

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    Part 1 STORYBOARD SCAFFOLD Matthew 21: 12-17 Jesus Goes to the Temple 12 Jesus went into the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the stools of those who sold pigeons‚ 13 and said to them "It is written in the Scriptures that God said‚ ’My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!" 14 The blind and crippled came to him in the Temple‚ and he healed them. 15 The

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    hungry to follow him. Then the pigeon‚ the magpie and the dove began wailing and the grass lay down to pillow him. His rifle broke‚ his hat blew away and his dog was gone and the sun was falling. But in front of the night‚ the rainbow stood on the mountain‚ just as his heart foretold. He ran like a hare‚ he climbed like a fox; he caught it in his hands‚ the colours and the cold - like a bar of ice‚ like the column of a fountain‚ like a ring of gold. The pigeon‚ the magpie and the dove flew

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    animalistic ways or either we still do. The next study I had a chance to read was from Harvard psychologist B.F. skinner I’m which he produced evidence that a pigeon could dance‚ do figure eights‚ and play tennis and this today is very important to be familiar with when it comes to human behavior science. every time the pigeon turned to the left the pigeon was rewarded with a grain. This is called positive reinforcement. We often go through this everyday of our life. Nature helps the explain some of our animalistic

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    Ghost Dog “It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. It is the same for anything that is called a Way. If one understands things in this manner‚ he should be able to hear about all ways and be more and more in accord with his own.” Thus is the struggle of Ghost Dog‚ an African American trying to live by the Bushido code of the Samurai‚ as dictacted by the book the Hagakure: Way of the Samurai‚ while living in a world dominated by

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    Are migrants invisible in representations of Australia? Through the use of visual and written texts‚ migrants are considered invisible in representations of Australia. They are represented as invisible because of their unique lifestyles and culture they have brought to Australia from their foreign land. Many visual and written texts express their feelings‚ through confusion of being given a new start‚ in a new country. A country where the language barrier between a migrant and a native‚ make this

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    Comparing Grimms ’ The Brave Little Tailor and Aschenputtel In Germany‚ fairy tales were a part of day-to-day life and "the Germans have repeatedly used fairy tales to explain the world to themselves" (Zipes 75). In fact‚ Kinder-und Hausmärchen was indeed in nearly every household in Germany. These fairy tales written by the Grimm Brothers are known for being "German fairy tales." So what makes these tales so Germanic and others tales not? How do Grimms ’ "German tales" compare to others? Through

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    humans. A remnant of the Big Woods can be found at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park in Nerstrand‚ MN (in between Faribault and Northfield).
 2) The now-extinct passenger pigeon is an unfortunate example of the tragedy of the commons. It was one of the most abundant species in North America. An estimated three to five billion passenger pigeons were reduced to just one living in captivity‚ which died along with the species in 1914. The tragedy of the commons is when a plentiful resource falls victim to unregulated

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    it is reasonable to consider that the birth of his brother‚ Bobbie‚ had a significant impact upon Brian. The next time Brian learns about birth is through his father‚ when he asks about a nest of pigeon eggs that he and Forbsie observed for some time. His father briefly explains how the eggs and the pigeons inside came to be‚ and Brian begins to understand that birth is the beginning of life. Brian discovers the birth and reproduction of another animal‚ rabbits‚ when Forbsie’s herd gets out of control

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    Terry shouts to fellow pigeon-lover Joey that he has his pigeon ‘Danny-Boy.’ Joey’s comment “I gotta watch myself these days” indicates that fear is a part of this community. Terry unwittingly becomes a pawn in setting a trap to murder his fellow longshoreman dockworker when he convinces potential informant Joey to meet him on the roof. When he looks up to the rooftop‚ he sees the dark figures of two men standing there. Instead of joining Joey on the roof‚ he releases his pigeon into the air‚ and then

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