Hello‚ my name is Aoife O’Neill and welcome to my Grade Six portfolio. The theme is based on a twentieth century literary figure‚ and for this‚ I have chosen J.K Rowling. This‚ for me‚ was an obvious choice. As I grew up‚ and still at my age‚ the excitement and anticipation for a book a J.K Rowling’s is unbelievable. In 2007‚ at the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows‚ I remember waking up early; to get in line‚ just to buy this new book. Numerous copies were bought among my family‚ because
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alleys‚ the Visigoths hot on their tails. Suddenly Porcius jumped through an open door‚ closing it as he ran in. Romulus‚ near the back of the group‚ swore under his breath. Romulus was a tall natural leader with the usual Roman blonde hair and sharp features. While his heart pounded‚ he saw his long time friend‚ Marcus’ black hair‚ unusual in Rome‚ bobbing in the middle of the group. Romulus had led a dozen legionnaires and veterans in an ambush against a small group of Visigoth troops. However‚ there
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represented in many ways in the 1998 memoir‚ ‘Romulus‚ My Father’ by Raimond Gaita. Through Gaita’s employment of various writing techniques and his recollection of past events and adversities‚ the reader becomes aware of the many struggles of the characters‚ particularly to belong to the Australian culture and landscape. In the 2001 short story ‘Mate’‚ by Kate Grenville‚ this struggle is again represented through intertextual references‚ dialogue and tone. Romulus Gaita’s struggle to belong is evident
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Romulus was a rich and powerful warrior‚ Emperor’s friend and led an enormous army of 50 000 men. The Emperor‚ jalous of Orion and his popularity‚ told to Romulus to go for Athens and kill Orion. So Romulus did it. He brought with him his whole army and traveled to Athens. Orion didn’t know for Romulus and his army and when he saw all the men arrive at his city‚ he panicked. He gather together with his personal army and wait for Romulus. The battle was bloody and many
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other humans can. • Raimond describes all of the animals they had at Frogmore‚ their roles and small anecdotes about them. • They decide to buy a poultry farm; Romulus built an egg-washing machine. • Christine and Mitru come to Frogmore in winter‚ but they argue so Mitru leaves to Castlemaine station to catch a train to Melbourne. Romulus drives him there‚ and on the way back his speeding motorbike developed problems so he jumped from it‚ breaking his leg in three places. • Hora gave up his job
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demonstrated by the combination of techniques used in the novel ’Romulus my father’ by Raimond Gaita and also in the song ’I must belong somewhere’ by Bright Eyes. One of the major aspects of belonging which is throughout the entire novel‚ is the belonging that Romulus has with his personal character. Gaita uses the word “work” as a metaphor to represent the way his father believes that work and character lay hand in hand. Romulus gains the respect of many different people in town from both his
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belonging is explored by the 1975 Peter Skrzynecki poem Feliks Skrzynecki and the 1998 memoir Romulus My Father by Raimond Gaita which utilise techniques such as narration and metaphors to accentuate the experiences of belonging and not belonging within their respective protagonists. The theme of belonging attained through significant human relationships is epitomised in the memoir Romulus My Father by Romulus establishing a “community of honourable men” with Hora in response to the Australian community
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The Power of Purity A vision in white surrounded by the air of purity and near divinity was the image of a Vestal virgin. These women became synonymous with the eternal existence and safety of Rome. The representation of influence‚ devotion‚ and power were characteristics of these six women who sacrificed their sexuality and family cults to serve the Goddess Vesta and to profit from the advantages that such devotion earned. The life of a Vestal virgin was unlike that of any other Roman woman with
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Submitted by Williams‚Sierra on 8/26/2014 3:19:29 PM Points Awarded 8.00 Points Missed 22.00 Percentage 26.7% 1. This writing outlines an ideal society based on justice and reason‚ but not on democracy. The ideal state was authoritarian. A) The Republic B) The Oresteia C) The Allegory of the Cave D) The Apology E) None of the above. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): A 2. The Song of Roland was inspired by A) the Vikings
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cultural and historical context which shapes a sense of belonging to the individual‚ the community and the environment. As a social construct‚ belonging and its subsequent representations of relationships within literature including Raimond Gaitas ‘Romulus My Father’‚ John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ and Barack Obama’s Election Night speech conceptualise the notion and search for an identity and acceptance in creating
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