Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an shy 11-year-old living with his proud miner father (Gary Lewis) and older brother Tony (Jamie Draven) during the political and social unrest of the 1984 miner’s strike. Times are hard - the men of the house spend their days on the picket lines clashing with the police‚ while Billy navigates the minefield of adolescence and takes care of his increasingly senile grandmother (Jean Heywood). Determined to forge his son in his own image‚ Billy’s father sends him for
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Corner Shot Gun Corner Shot can change the nature of relevant operations by providing security forces with an effective tool to accurately pinpoint and engage a target‚ at minimal risk to their personal safety. Amos Golan‚ the inventor‚ one of Corner Shot ’s founders and a former Anti-Terror Unit Commander‚ said: "I believe that the Corner Shot weapon system can be extremely beneficial in the global war on terror. It protects soldiers ’ lives and increases their chances of survival‚ while drastically
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Alarm Bells – net dating The author of the article is Andy Borowitz‚ born January 4th‚ 1958. He is an American comedian. He wrote the article “Alarm Bells” to “The New Yorker”‚ edition Sept. 26‚ 2011‚ about net dating. The article has a very ironical angle told by the main character‚ who might be the author himself in 1st person. But is it all irony? The story “Alarm Bells” is an ironic story about net dating. It shows many aspects about net dating such as prejudices and expectations. Especially
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IN THIS ESSAY I WILL ARGUE THAT: It is through the literary elements of Imagery‚ Allusion and Monologue that the characterization of Prufrock as a nervous and obsessively introspective man living a rather insignificant life is revealed. 1. IMAGERY Elliot’s vivid imagery reveals Prufrock’s life to be the opposite of a heroic epic. Imagery plays a vital role in bringing out the boredom‚ the frustration and the indecisiveness of the main protagonist J. Alfred Prufrock. The relationship between
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affect society There are various representations within the text that challenges the individual to experiences familiar and new horizons. Through the texts Billy Elliot and The short story "The Story of X" have helped to convey various new horizons and familiar experiences. Firstly‚ New horizons can be explored through both Billy Elliot and the story of ’x’ with the challenging of gender expectations and the effort in which the characters display in order to breakthrough the dominant discourses in
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In the film Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry we see many important ideas and presented with one of them being identity. The idea of identity is presented through the use of a number of techniques such as symbolism‚ contrast‚ music and dancing. Billy’s characters suffers many consequences because of this challenging time of trying to find his own identity and symbolism‚ contrast‚ imagery and music helps us to understand this. Identity is an important aspect for any individual‚ as it separates
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Moving into the world is a notion which encompasses transition and change. The concept explores how both choices and consequences can alter an individual both physically and emotionally. Billy Elliot‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry (2000)‚ is a film with a powerful message about venturing into a new world. It explores the themes of maturity and growth as well as gender conflicts. The choices and consequences endured by the characters of the film are used to highlight the positive and negative
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Describe at least ONE idea that was worth learning about in the text(s). Explain why the idea was worth learning about in the text(s) as a whole‚ using examples of visual and/or oral language features to support your ideas. The film Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry‚ is set in the miners town of Durham in the north east of Engand in the 1980’s. The film focuses on Billy Elliot‚ a 12 year old boy who is pressured and abused by his violent family as he tries to pursue his love of dancing in
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Coach’s Corner By Leslie London‚ MS Girl’s Basketball Coach Hornets Take on the Falcons The Lady Hornets honored cancer Survivors and those that have passed away from cancer between games on Pink Out night. The 6th grade team led off the night with the first game and strolled through it. The Lady Hornets had a tremendous 1st quarter with Kassady London knocking down two 3-point shots and picking up 10 of her 14 points to lead scoring. Rebounding was led by guard Bree Jolly with 8 and she also picked
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