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    Australia‚ our wide brown land‚ a place where acceptance and opportunities are possible. Where we are renowned for welcoming all cultures and ethnicities from around the world. It certainly sounds good on paper‚ or does it? "Nope‚ nope‚ nope" our prime minister declares‚ as he deters another decrepit vessel full of the wretched and needy desperately seeking asylum. We may proudly call ourselves a tolerant and accepting but migrants’ experiences tell a different tale. The migrant experience is often

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    MARK TWAIN I chose to write about this Author because years after his death his novels and quotes from his writing collection is still being read‚ though and passed around from generation to generation. I assume that Mark Twain lived a pretty successful life being that his novels and writings are so famous. Mark Twain has many quotes still being spread across the world from his writing which gives me to believe he was a very famous

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    In 1814 Francis Scott wrote the poem that is recognized as our National Anthem. The poem‚ originally titled “The Defence of Fort McHenry‚” was written after the Maryland fort was bombarded by the British during the War of 1812. In 2013-2014 there was an estimated 98‚000 public schools in America. Many of these schools start their day with the National Anthem. In the past couple of years there has been controversy with people in the limelight sitting out during the National Anthem. Many people believe

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    and weight’s. Because they are stronger or prettier. Treat others how you want to be treated. Treat others how you want to be treated is extremely important. In the story “ASIAD” William was being a jerk to magot because he was jealous of margot’s poem. So he said -- she didn’t write that. Also in the story “ASIAD” William was just plain rude to Margot. When the Sun did not come

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    “Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with the view of improving it” stated in the Critical Thinking concepts and tools guide ‚ written by Richard Paul and Linda Elder. Linda Elder ‚ an educational psychologist born in 1962 spent many years studying critical thinking and understanding. With her masters degree in psychology along with her years of experience‚ studying critical thinking ‚herself along with Richard Paul developed The Critical Thinking concept and tools guide

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    intimate bond with place. I believe I have learnt that belonging is the most basic human desire‚ a part of the human condition. In order to achieve true belonging‚ however‚ many feel the need to belong to a particular place. In Peter Skrzynecki’s poem Migrant Hostel‚ and in a feature article in the Sydney Morning Herald titled All at sea in a leaky boat‚ the concept of belonging to self as a human desire is explored through displacement. Displacement is a fundamental

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    The poem also paints the pool players as revolutionaries by its use of ambiguous meaning. The term “strike” has various meanings including violence and pool playing‚ but it also denotes a strike‚ a demonstration against something. Since the poem was written during the height of the Civil Rights Movement‚ such acts would not have been uncommon. Brooks’ own writings say that she wanted to bring attention to the plight or urban African Americans‚ and the Civil Rights Movement was a significant step

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    each bad situation come something good if we stop to listen for answers‚ the poet stated “We could get quiet enough‚ we’d hear / the universe calling back to us‚ telling us / what to do next.” (27-28-29) “Carrie Fountain”. Her inspiration in this poem expressed some bad situation in her life she would had liked to skipped if it was possible‚ and to keep going in life and benefitting from those life’s experiences‚

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    they are based on how they both abandoned their culture behind to help shape a better one for themselves. They also did not leave their culture so they can shape a better one but they also abandoned their native people meaning their families. In the poem by “Sherman Alexie” talks about how a man left his culture and grew distant from his native culture just to find a culture that suits him better. For example‚ the text says “ Indian women‚ forgive me. I grew up distant” (11-12). The quote explains

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    of someone who is alone‚ depressed‚ and isolated. Frost uses a traditional English 14-lined sonnet‚ written with an iambic pentameter along with one noticeable metaphor and the personification of the objects in the night. The metaphor in the poem is noticed when the speaker describes the moon as a “luminary clock against the sky.” This metaphor shows that he has no connection to real time‚ as a normal person would‚ instead he looks to the moon for the time‚ but the time is almost nonexistent

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