Going to the Moon 1. Miss Johnson represents the good part of the narrator’s life and the beginning of the adventure. The beauty of her appearance gives the narrator a sense of relieved‚ and he feels protected. The detailed description of Miss Johnson’s appearance and apparel is significant because the narrator must be paying a lot of attention towards her‚ taking in her goddess fully. 2. a) The theme of this story is fulfilment or acceptance of one’s destiny. The series of events change the
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Keith John Moon was an English musician‚ best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He was well known for his unique drumming style‚ and gained notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour. In 2011‚ Moon was voted the second greatest drummer in history in Rolling Stones ’"The Best Drummers of All Time’" readers’ poll. His drumming skills continue to attract praise from critics and musicians alike‚ 35 years after his death. Moon grew up in Wembley‚ London
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Catch-22 features Captain John Yossarian‚ a bombardier stationed on a fictional island called Pianosa during World War II. Throughout the novel‚ Yossarian finds various ways to avoid flying dangerous missions in hopes of staying alive and surviving the war. However‚ as Yossarian works harder and harder to survive‚ his concern for his own well being and his growing concern for the other members of his squadron come into conflict with one another‚ and after losing several members of his squadron‚ he
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When reading the play "Ruby Moon" it is easy to pick up on the personal and social tensions between characters. The descriptive nature of the stage directions and the very act of reading as opposed to just seeing on stage‚ being able to take time to look over each line‚ means that a reader can see which scenes accentuate the tension between both Ray and Sylvie or the characters they have created. Stage directions in the play plainly describe when a pause on stage is to be tense‚ or what the vibe
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William Somerset Maugham (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) The British novelist William Somerset Maugham‚ one of the most popular writers in English in the 20th century‚ is noted for his clarity of style and skill in storytelling. Born in Paris‚ of Irish ancestry‚ Somerset Maugham was to lead a fascinating life and would become famous for his mastery of short evocative stories that were often set in the more obscure and remote areas of the British Empire. Suffering from a bad stammer‚ he received
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One of the most important quotes Judith Butler uses in her writing is seen in‚ Imitation and Gender Subordination. Judith Butler explores the ideas that gender is about a performance one must do and how gender has become an imitation of what others deem as acceptable behavior. She also explores that idea of why gender is important for a society and states‚ “Drag constitutes the mundane way in which genders are appropriated‚ theatricalized‚ worn‚ and done; it implies that all gendering is a kind of
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The False Moon When you choose to put children into this world‚ when you choose to give birth to a little child. That little child becomes your responsibility. You cannot let it down because it will affect it when it grows up‚ when it has to make its own family. It is your responsibility to give love to this child‚ to show this child how to live a life. If you cannot cope with the task of taking responsibility of the child you have brought into this world. You have to forget your pride and speak
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In an excerpt from her book‚ Gender Trouble‚ Judith Butler discusses the enigma that is gender identity‚ while clearly distinguishing between gender and sex. Claiming that gender is a “fabrication”‚ Butler is able to deconstruct the typical gender notions. Over two decades later‚ this theory is now being broadcasted to thousands of viewers each week via the popular television show‚ I am Jazz. The reality television series I am Jazz has boomed in popularity since its premiere in 2015 and follows the
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the structure in which the author chooses to write their ideas in and simply the love an author conveys through their work. Judith Wright‚ an Australian poet and environmentalist expresses these thoughts with her 1950’s poems ’Sanctuary’ and ’South of My Days‚’ which both tell of the Australian landscape and Wright’s thoughts and feelings on the country she grew up in. Judith Wright presents vivid and forward-thinking imagery in her poems‚ using light and dark tones (both figuratively and literally)
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Judith Beveridge is a poet of great detail. Her poems are written with strong use of language. Strong imagery of her observations and contrasts of her views help create her poems meaning and effect on the reader. Beveridge’s texts are valuable to the understanding of human and nature’s precious life‚ and her appreciation for life in all. Through her two poems ‘the domesticity of Giraffes’ and ‘the streets of Chippendale’ these both communicate her ideas and values the strongest. One of Beveridge’s
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