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    Alex Rider

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    Alex rider Bites back. Introduction The author of this fine novel is Alex rider and the title is called Snakehead. This book is published by WALKER BOOKS in London‚ Boston‚ Sydney and Auckland. Also this book is quite long‚ about 400 pages. Summary Snakehead is a book about a 14 year old boy Alex Rider that

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    Freedom Riders

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    the southern authorities.” Freedom riders were civil rights activists who would travel on Greyhound and Trailway buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961. They did this to challenge the non-enforcement of the Supreme Court’s decision in 1946 of the Morgan v. Virginia which made segregation in interstate transportation

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    Flynn Rider

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    Throughout the movie Tangled‚ Eugene “Flynn” Rider represents the stereotyped‚ male savior to illustrate that Rapunzel makes her own decisions. In the beginning of the movie‚ Flynn is a criminal who swindles his partners to achieve wealth and success for himself. He consistently dupes the kingdom of Corona‚ forming a reputation of him being infamous. The plot begins when Flynn finds Rapunzel in her tower when he is escaping the Stabbington brothers‚ for he steals the crown that they work together

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    Whale Rider

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    obstacles and movement to new places. They provide opportunities for travellers to extend themselves physically‚ intellectually and emotionally as they respond to challenges and learn more about themselves and the world around them. The film Whale Rider I about a young girl named Paikea. The film does not only show us one girl’s experience of growing up‚ but also tells us about the Maori culture‚ tradition how gender is treated‚ and their leadership.  The Happiest Refugee is an extract from a memoir

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    brought him into conflict with the government and other community leaders (Barlow 2003). Perkins being an Aboriginal activist he fought for the right of freedom for the Indigenous community‚ the group that Perkins formed was known as “The Freedom Rider”‚ with this group both Indigenous and non-Indigenous parties were able to achieve a positive outcome (Gunson 2000). His involvement in the ’Freedom Ride’ through rural New South Wales in the early 1960s played a crucial role in bringing attention

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    Whale rider

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    The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera has many important themes that are represented by several characters in the text such as Koro Aprina‚ who struggles to put aside traditional values and struggles to input morden values.We have Nanny Flowers who has that everyday struggle with her husband over who gets that last say in what but Nanny Flowers takes peoples feeling into consideration as Koro Aprina lacks that quality in him. Koro Aprina is old and a very precise man. He is the type of person that

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    Would you regard Maurya as a tragic character? Give reasons for your answer Ans. Maurya‚ as portrayed by I. M. Synge (1871-1909) in ‘Riders to the Sea’ (1904)‚ is truly an unforgettable character who wins our admiration by her unusual power of endurance‚ by her capacity to withstand her misfortunes‚ and by her dignified behaviour at a time when she has suffered the most painful bereavement of her life. She is often compared to Meda and cleopetra. When the play opens‚ Maurya is feeling sorrow-stricken

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    whale rider

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    Whale Rider 1) The Maori people have migrated from the island Hawaiki‚ around 800 to 1200 AD. The story was about a family and they were Maoris. A man named Koko is grandfather to a little girl named Paikea. Koko was the leader of the Maori people in the place they lived in and he wanted to find a new leader‚ which had to be a boy if he wanted to follow the tradition. The person who actually head to be the next leader was Koko’s grandson‚ but he didn’t have a grandson‚ and he could not do like

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    Symbolism In Whale Rider

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    Niki Caro has used symbols in her movie Whale Rider (2002) to explore ideas by using elements to express a certain feeling‚ instead of getting the actor to show the feeling through words. The movie Whale Rider follows a young girl named Paikea living in a small Maori coastal town in New Zealand. It is about the challenges Paikea faces being a girl and how this affects her relationship with her grandfather. This essay discusses three symbols that Niki Caro has used in her film. These includes; Koro’s

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    Symbol

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    Symbol | Meaning | Example | | delete | | | close up | | | delete and close up | | | caret | | | insert a space | | | space evenly | | | let stand | | | transpose | | | used to separate two or more marks and often as a concluding stroke at the end of an insertion |   | | set farther to the left | | | set farther to the right | | | set as ligature (such as ) | | | align horizontally | | | align vertically | | | broken character | | |

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