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    Mossbawn Sunlight

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    Points/Introduction: Recalling and reflecting his childhood memories (links in with how this is a common aspect with other poems like Digging‚ Death of a Naturalist). However‚ unlike these poems the tone is of fondness and nostalgia. Slow pace and inaction complements the sense of nostalgia and longing. Time shifts in the form of temporal connectives creates an effect of capturing cherished moements in the past (preservation of childhood memories). Natural‚ rural and domestic imagery creates a warm homely

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    survival. Although‚ as our modern day civilization has began to modernize and thrive‚ our relationship with nature has slowly diminished. In the excerpt from Last Child in the Woods‚ Richard Louv uses thoughtprovoking rhetorical questions‚ soothing nostalgia‚ and an anecdote in order to support his argument over the separation between people and nature. First‚ Richard Louv uses several examples of rhetorical questions in order to contribute to his argument. Louv asks‚ “Why do so many Americans say they

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    reminiscing on those times. In Seamus Heaney’s poetry‚ most of the memories from his childhood focus on helping his father at work and family qualities‚ for example in ’Digging’‚ which portrays his father’s job on the farm. There are also forms of nostalgia and family pride here as Heaney looks up to his father‚ even though we know he becomes a poet instead of following in his father’s footsteps. He vows to preserve agricultural traditions by capturing them in poetry‚ rather than by actually becoming

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    Paseo Ahumada Sequence

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    Many sequences in Chile: la memoria obstinada confront temporalities in provocative ways. Professor Ernesto Malbrán‚ who appeared in La batalla‚ reflects throughout the film on the nature of memory and argues that the dictatorship was not a definitive defeat for the left‚ but rather a temporary one. In another sequence‚ a youth band marches through the Paseo Ahumada‚ a commercial‚ pedestrian thoroughfare that symbolized Pinochet’s economic reforms of the 1980s‚ and plays “Venceremos” (“We shall Overcome”)

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    Harwood’s poetry are valued texts because they explore challenging ideas of nostalgia and mortality. Discuss this statement in light of your understanding of the poetry of Gwen Harwood. Gwen Harwood’s mournful laments Mother Who Gave Me Life and Father and Child explore the challenging ideas of nostalgia and mortality to provide valued texts. Harwood’s elegy Mother Who Gave Me Life nostalgically explores the confronting concepts of the unavoidability of death and past bleak memories. Harwood

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    Independence only to realise that the post-independence India was not the same as the India they had left years ago. Hence they were disillusioned and they were struggling to understand their own motherland. Therefore‚ their feelings of alienation and nostalgia were highlighted in their poems. They also shed light on important issues such as the ambiguity of religion and the subjugation of women. The poets also adopted the Marxist ideology to give a voice to their protests in their poems. Themes:

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    such as the house in The Glass Room by Simon Mawer‚ yet through neglecting this change‚ the belief of being able to recapture what once existed sustains the originality of the house. As Liesel loses the love and support of her husband‚ a feeling of nostalgia grows over her‚ as the Glass Room becomes an illusion of the “perfect” life that once existed. Liesel often uses the house as a support system in hopes of recreating the feeling of fidelity that she not only had in her life in the house‚ but also

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    The New Beetle Q1. What positioning alternatives were available to Liz Vanzura and her team? What were the advantages and disadvantages of each? Arnold group’s research reveals that the target market for the new Beetle encompassed both Baby Boomers and the younger 18 to 34 year olds (Gen X’ers). This includes a very diverse group of people‚ but their research also showed that potential drivers shared some common characteristics like confidence‚ individualism and a desire to be the center

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    the story. The flashbacks that take place throughout the novel act as a way to build up the one of the major themes and a major motif within the story by enhancing the story. The major theme that is enhanced using flashbacks is the nostalgia for pastoralism. The nostalgia for pastoralism

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    The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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    become one in his rejection of American society? Is Hamid implying that America is guilty of economic and political fundamentalism? Is Changez rejecting the ‘fundamentals’ of Underwood Sampson- maximum profit etc? Nostalgia When does nostalgia become destructive? Changez compares nostalgia to crack cocaine- How powerful is it really? And to whom? Identity What is the relationship between personal and cultural identity? Hamid is challenging the stereotype and suggesting that individual identity is far

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