“ The Hunger Games” How often do you see teenagers reading a book for pleasure these days? Sadly‚ this is a dying art. It is essential to encourage today’s adolescents to read. When a book is made into a movie‚ people often argue that the written version is no longer necessary. Although the movie version is fun to watch‚ reading the actual novel is much more stimulating. Such is the case with Suzanne Collin’s novel‚ The Hunger Games. This novel is about the nation of
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If you take a look at America’s history‚ you will see that the deadliest war was the Civil War. Spanning over 4 years and 600‚000 deaths‚ you may think that what was fought over was silly and that they could’ve simply prevented the war. The supposed “silly” thing that was fought over was slavery. Sure‚ maybe it could’ve been prevented if slavery wasn’t a big part of America‚ but it certainly was not preventable when it was an economic‚ political‚ and social issue. When slavery is the backbone for
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effective tool for achieving peace. In Dr. Seuss’ The Butter Battle Book‚ he manages to provide an entertaining story for young children while also imprinting an important lesson that can be appreciated by both kids and adults. As “out there” and silly as his stories sometimes appear to be‚ they all leave a lasting impression on the audience that can both mold youths to adapt to these morals‚ and cajole adults to reflect on their outlook of life. In The Butter Battle Book (TBBB)‚ Dr. Seuss is clearly
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Australian Identity Mateship. Adventurous. Loyal. Free. Proud. These are the typical words Australians use to describe themselves‚ to identify themselves as different from the rest of the world. But who is an Australian? Someone that was born in Australia? Only people we choose to call Australian? People with great achievements that we choose to take credit for? Only people that love sport and vegemite? Or maybe only people with ‘Aussie’ accents? The Australian population is a proud one indeed
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Professor’s house with the rose in his hand”. Nevertheless‚ when being refused‚ he “threw the rose into the street” without hesitating. He discards the red rose- Love. The Student is ignorant of love and is not persistent in pursuing love. For him‚ “What a silly thing Love is”‚ “it does not prove anything”‚ “it is quite unpractical‚ and‚ as in this age to be practical is everything.” The Student represents the contemporary society‚ following materialism. Money is everything and Love is nothing. The Lizard
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sweet and innocent‚ using a very childish language‚ but also being curious and having a great imagination which gives some action. By using more complicated words and long sentences‚ she also seems intelligent even though she still comes off as a silly girl‚ with the childish words‚ which adds the most the humour to the story. The story takes place in Elizabeth and her family’s new home “Mount Pleasant”. It is described as a big beautiful house‚
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Many stories hold immense truth and meaning behind the words on a page. Water symbolism specifically‚ is used to represent a form of rebirth. No matter how it may be used‚ whether through submersion or simple rain‚ it can signify great meaning for the story written. Submersion symbolism‚ specifically water‚ represents ideas of rebirth. It could mean renewal‚ where one is cleansed of their past or old self‚ or it could mean death of one leading to life for others. The time period where “The Horse
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My name is Andreas1) but I like to be called Andi I’m 34 years old I wrote a DokuWiki extension to make sure the previous fact is always correct I’ve been born and live in Berlin‚ Germany I studied applied computer science I work as a system administrator/ programmer I drink a lot of coffee I don’t like sports I prefer T-Shirts and hate suits My first computer was my father’s 286 CPU; 40MB HDD; 4 MB I’m only good at things I enjoy (or maybe the other way round)
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Joel Spencer 3779350 Knowing and Knowledge Assessment 1 Comparative Analysis This essay will be comparing and analysing the techniques used by two Melbourne based university lectures‚ Robert Manne and Patrick Stokes. Both dealing with the thematic subject of opinion. Concerning Climate Change “Clear‚ Catastrophic threats‚ Manne opens the article with an anecdote‚ that a “part of the english syllabus [as a schoolboy] was “clear thinking”” (Manne 2011). This anecdote should set up a rele
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The dentist said‚ “I had to. You yelled so loud you scared away two other patients.” 109. One little boy said to another little boy‚ “Why don’t you come to my church?” The other little boy said‚ “Because I belong to another abomination.” 110. You know the famous picture of Whistler’s mother. She is sitting in a rocking chair. Once Whistler saw his mother‚ down on her hands and knees‚ scrubbing the floor. What did Whistler say to his mother when he saw her scrubbing the floor? Answer: “Hey
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