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    The Shape of Things Essay “Love is whatever you betray‚ betrayal can only happen if you love” (John le Carre). The play The Shape of Things by Neil Labute reminded me of this quote by John le Carre because of the reality in life and reality in the play. Beginning in a museum located in a small town‚ Adam was a shy student working at the historical facility and a conversation sparked up between him and a girl named Evelyn. As the play went on‚ Evelyn became so important to Adam that he simply

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    an example of a simile. Similes use like and as to make explicit comparisons between unlike things‚ such as eyes and stars. Metaphor Her eyes were pools of liquid light. Again‚ her eyes are literally human eyes. Figuratively‚ they are being compared to pools of liquid light. However‚ the comparison is implied‚ not stated. This is an example of a metaphor. Unlike similes‚ metaphors compare unlike things without explicitly stating the comparison with “like” or “as.” Personification Her eyes followed

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    Shaun Tan’s short film the concept of outsider is celebrated. In ‘The lost Thing’ audience can see an outsider in the sterilized community and through Tan’s use of juxtaposition and narrative voice‚ we discover and follow the lost things voyage to be in the right place‚ belonging. Recall Firstly the use of colour is a vibrant technique used by Shaun Tan to explore the role of the outsider in The Lost Thing. The lost thing has been found in the wrong ‘world’ and is noticeably out of place. This is

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    There are many things that matter to me in life but above all‚ are family. The core of our beings‚ the love in our hearts‚ the thoughts in our minds‚ are what comes from being family. Webster defines family as being a group of persons related by common ancestry. However‚ I feel "family" is much more than that. I have my ancestral family‚ my family of close friends‚ and a group of acquaintances I regard to be part of my extended family. My ancestral family‚ which I consider to be the most important

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    Why it is important to keep sensitive items accountability at all times. Sensitive Items is a range of items which varies from those which are essential to the mission to those which contain information which is sensitive in nature (i.e. giving access to secure communication‚ movement of troops‚ their equipment‚ support lines or the general idea of the mission.) There are many reasons these items need to be secure and accountability maintained for them. Some of these reasons include the potential

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    The Things They Carried What seems like a true account of his time in war‚ Tim O ’Brien makes The Things They Carried a generalization of his own experiences in Vietnam. Through the actions of soldiers we can begin to explore the effect war has on the human condition and the toll it plays on their minds. O ’Brien makes shame and physical and emotional burdens motivation. He also plays around with the idea of ambiguous truth and how to tell true war stories. That the difference between the "happening

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    In the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien the author tells about his experiences in the Vietnam war by telling various war stories. The quote‚ "It has been said of war that it is a world where the past has a strong grip on the present‚ where machines seemed sometimes to have more will power than me‚ where nice boys (girls) were attracted to them‚ where bodies ruptured and burned and stand‚ where the evil thing trying to kill you could look disconnecting human and where except in your imagination

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    The Lost Thing

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    THE LOST THING  Shaun Tan      Teacher’s Notes  By Nancy Mortimer          Contents  • • • • • Introduction  Language and Literacy  Visual Literacy  Design and Layout  Discussion Points      The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan  Teacher’s Guide 2009    Page 1 of 8  www.hachettechildrens.com.au  INTRODUCTION   The Lost Thing is the first picture book that Shaun Tan has both written and illustrated‚ and the  result is a wonderful‚ warm‚ humorous story that will be read and enjoyed by a wide range of 

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    Charlie was a molestation victim as a child‚ a fact he repressed until urged to enter into a sexual situation he could not deal with. While his breakdown provides the epilogue for the book and places him into a mental hospital‚ he comes out of the whole thing as a supposed fuller individual who is more self actualized than he would have been without realizing the sexual trauma of his youth or‚ more drastically‚

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    Moreland English 11 April 16‚ 2012 The Things They Carried In the book‚ The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien‚ the challenges faced by war are explained in the form of stories. The effects that war can have on a soldier in Vietnam are not solely limited to the physical state‚ but also the mental state‚ as is shown when O’Brien introduces the character Mary Anne Bell in chapter nine. The corruption that war brought to an individual’s life led to an altered view of morality and Innocence

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