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    live. Keating’s teachings enthrall his student‚ Neil Perry‚ who takes Keating’s torch and runs

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    characters Neil and his mum. This short story gives you an insight into some problems which are a part of today’s society. In the text Neil goes to stay with his friend Michael and his family and soon realises it is nothing like his own house. When it comes to bedtime Neil takes his pyjamas to the bathroom and buttoned his jacket right to the top. Here he is trying to hide his problem. Things like this happen throughout the story as Michael tries to get him to go swimming and Neil makes up a

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    characters include Colonel Geoffery Wain‚ Neil Macrae‚ Angus Murray‚ Roddie Wain and Penny Wain. Throughout the novel these characters all experience different quests with very different outcomes. The first evident quest arouse in the novel is a quest for power. This quest is associated with Colonel Geoffrey Wain. Throughout the novel‚ Barometer Rising‚ Geofferey is regularly trying to obtain more power. Geoffrey is trying to gain power over his daughter and over Neil‚ even after his job as a Colonel is

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    The Novel The main subject of Hugh MacLennan’s novel is the return of Neil Macrae from France to Halifax in order to clear his name. His uncle‚ Colonel Geoffrey Wain‚ had ordered an ill-planned advance on the Germans; Wain tried to blame the resulting debacle on Neil‚ ordering his arrest and court-martial for cowardice. When a shell hit the dugout in which he was being held prisoner‚ Neil was reported missing‚ believed killed. It is revealed‚ however‚ that he was picked up‚ badly wounded and amnesiac

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    reality. Of course this is just the average person. The characters Finny and Neil are both dreamers and idealists and were therefore destined to die for they could not live in a world where dreams are only dreams and reality includes hate‚ jealousy and practicalists. Finny was unable to live a life where his best friend hated him. Neil was in able of living a life in military school. Both could only live the dream. Finny and Neil are both optimists and through their attitudes towards everyday life one

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    expectations. Some look for an early exit‚ as Neil Perry does in Dead Poets Society. Or some view the world as‚ a form of a "˜joke’ like Charlie Dolton. Aidan Foster-Carter’s poem Adolescence has the theme that life doesn’t always go to plan‚ which are simular to Holden’s attitude about the unfairness about life and the transition to adolescence. Class Discussion‚ written by Gloria Yates‚ is full of despair. The girl in the poem is like Holden Caulfield and Neil Perry‚ because of the depression and their

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    overall concept of transcendentalism understood. The main character of Dead Poet’s Society is Neil Perry‚ an over-achieving‚ good-natured young man who is unwillingly committed to the academic career of a doctor due to his very strict father. All his life Neil had been obedient to his father‚ until English Professor John Keating instilled some spirit in him and helped Neil pursue acting‚ an art Neil has always admired. After auditioning‚ he got the lead role in the play and proceeded to forge a

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    incident Neil: Hello‚ welcome to ‘How to…’ with me‚ Neil Edgeller. In this programme we’ll take a look at how to tell friends‚ or people you know quite well‚ about serious things which have happened to you. Perhaps you’ve been unlucky enough to have been attacked‚ or maybe you’ve seen something frightening‚ like a road accident. How do you introduce the topic to your friends? How do you tell the story‚ and how do you finish it? Listen and find out more in this week’s How to… Neil: I’ve

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    others layout their future for them. The film ’Dead Poets Society’ by Peter Wier uses characters and situations to express the idea of conformity‚ by ways in which an individual’s values are challenged. A few characters in the film like Charlie and Neil experience how one’s dreams and values can be altered to take different decisions because of their new environment‚ how attaining other’s hopes can be a challenge to compete with. This can change how they think‚ and how newly they deal with their problems

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    QUESTION 2: 15 MARKS a) Assess any legal rights that Meghan and Duncan may have against Neil (10 marks) Issue: Do Neil and Meghan have a contract? Law and Application: In order for there to be a contract there must be intent‚ offer‚ acceptance and consideration. The onus will be on Meghan to prove that she has a contract with Neil. In commerce generally‚ the element of intent is presumed to exist. It seems that Neil and Meghan are dealing at arm’s length and that intent would likely be presumed to exist

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