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    In an article called Malibu Local’s Only: “Boys will be Boys”‚ Brian Ludeke successfully argues how MLO qualifies as gang explaining multiple factors as to why it should be established as a criminal street gang. The California Penal Code 186.22‚ defines a criminal street gang as‚ “an ongoing organization of 3 or more persons‚ with a common name‚ or identifying mark or symbol‚ having as one of its primary activities the commission of the crimes listed and whose members individually or collectively

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    Context in Hamlet

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    ways in which an author uses context‚ allow readers to develop a greater appreciation for the text. The play‚ Hamlet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ heavily adopts the use of context in numerous ways to allow the reader to embrace the text and its contextual meaning. In Hamlet‚ Shakespeare has encouraged us to focus on historical context‚ social context and ideological context to allow the audience to develop this appreciation for the text It is the ways in which context can be observed from the text

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    innocent and complicity. Though he attends school and his father is a high ranking Nazi official‚ Bruno is mostly ignorant of the political situation at the time. When Bruno leaves Berlin he wonders why he left to be near the camp full of people in striped pajamas. Another example is the fact that he has no idea what is going on in the camp or Germany and also thinks Shmuel lives in the concentration camp with his family. That is abruptly changed when he actually goes inside to look for Shmuel’s father

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    Design in Context

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    DESIGN IN CONTEXT “ A style does not go out of style as long as it adopts to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind‚ it is never the style that triumphs.” Coco Chanel Visual communications are a reflection of their time and often depict the fashion‚ taste and trends of a period. The impact of social change can be clearly seen in many areas of design including fashion‚ architecture‚ graphic design and product design. What was

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    Shakespeare's Context

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    Year 11 Elizabethan English research task Research the context of Shakespeare’s ’King Lear’ (including personal‚ social‚ historical‚ personal and workplace context) and write a 1500 word report. In your report you may use sub-headings. For each element of context‚ identify the similarities and differences between Shakespeare’s context and your context. E.g. During Shakespeare’s lifetime the stability of Queen Elizabeth’s rule was threatened‚ just like the stability of our prime ministers’ is threated

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    Boy Meets Boy

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    both forward and backward in time‚ to a town where the songs are still records‚ candy is still a dime‚ but everyone excepts each other for who they truly are‚ there is a fifteen-year-old gay boy named Paul. Paul lives in a fictional town in the fictional novel Boy Meets Boy written by David Levithan. Boy Meets Boy is a good book because it’s diverse characters and descriptive language. In the small town‚ there lives a colorful group of friends. Paul the main character and speaker of the

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    Technology in Context

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    Response Essay #4 Technology in Context The readings from Bijker‚ Klinenberg‚ and Kimmelman collectively address the issue of storm water management within a variety of contexts: from its historical development to examples of successful strategies worldwide. Climate change is a global reality‚ and is prompting national responses to manage the severe weather it brings. Ultimately‚ the contexts affecting US water management strategy today have and will make the difference between the failures of

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    The first regards a piece literary work as universal and belonging to no time period. The model states that historical context has no significance in literary texts‚ and that both should remain autonomous from each other. Critics are concerned with literary texts being artefacts in themselves that surpass the possibilities of a particular time‚ thus the idea of specific historical context is dismissed. R.S. Crane supports this view and in an essay said history is part of “the general history of

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    The Cultural Context

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    Cultural context Understanding Cultural context enhances our overall appreciation of texts all narratives leave an impression on all those who read or study them and certainly the entertainment value can be enhanced by looking at the different aspects of these narratives. One of the features I personally enjoy most is looking at cultural context or the world of the text. This cultural context shapes what happens to characters‚ shapes the choices they make and reveals the influences

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    The importance of Objects throughout history and the case of the Lady in the stripped wig. In Sam Roberts "Object lessons in History" the author illustrates the importance of material culture throughout history‚ coping with the physical world to facilitate social intercourse benefiting people’s state of mind‚ emphasizing how profoundly the product of our thoughts affect our world. In the case of Tom Mueller “The Lady in the stripped wig “the author argues the illegal antiquities trade and how many

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