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    SECTION - A 1. Name the technique to separate [1] (a) Salt from Sea – water (b) Butter from curd 2. Define velocity. [1] 3. What do you mean by free fall? [1] 4. Mention any 2 advantages of using Italian bee variety in honey production. OR (a) Identify soluble and solvent in the following solutions: [3] (i) Aerated drinks (ii) Tincture of iodine (iii) Lemon water (b) State the principle of each if the following methods of separation of mixtures

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    2014 Joseph: a cruel and religious parent Throughout history‚ it is not difficult to find leaders who used religion to control his country. Hitler was a symbol of fascist dictatorship during World War Two when Jews suffered at his end. The Chrysalids by John Windham is based on a society where few people survive a nuclear disaster and continue to live in a small town. Joseph is the local consequence and largest land owner in Waknuk. He is cruel and religious. Joseph demonstrates his cruel

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    Tahrim Chowdhury May 25‚ 2012 Chapter 1 1. I think that the high bank is a rode or some type of park that isn’t often talked about. I think that it’s some part of David’s community that people aren’t supposed to mention to their kids because they know what’s there and want their kids to live in a little bubble and in a way keep them safe. Usually a tone is really important for a book so in the first chapter I think it was a technique for the author not to tell us who the Old Ones and the high

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    The novel‚ through page one to ten could be thought of as made of mainly three parts. In the beginning‚ the first person character‚ 10-year-old David Strorm describes his lasting dream of a city full of buildings‚ streets and traffic. The place of his dream seemed very strange to him and his elder sister Mary warns him to never let anyone else know about his dream. The opening gives a feeling that the character lives in a culture where he needs to be very careful about revealing his feelings or thoughts

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    Within a few pages of the buldingsroman novel ‘The Chrysalids’‚ written by John Wyndham in 1955‚ a number of significant issues and ideas are introduced. Set in a post-apocalyptic world‚ Wyndham captures the fears and pessimism of Cold War Europe and explores how such fear and rigid principles can lead to destruction. Utilizing archetypal characters and techniques such as irony‚ Wyndham incorporates numerous issues and ideas within his dystopian and myopic world that are relevant to the rest of the

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    What Is An Ideal Mother? The purpose of motherhood is more than just the act of giving birth and keeping her offspring safe from danger. It is to ensure that her child does not just live‚ but rather thrives. In the novel‚ The Chrysalids by John Wyndham‚ the author uses an array of mother figures to portray his conception of an ideal mother. He does this by giving clear examples of characters that show both good and bad representations of motherhood. In this novel‚ the mothers are forced to choose

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    ! ! ! ! The Chrysalids Comparison Uncle Axel and Joseph Strorm‚ very contrasting characters in the novel‚ are compared by their personalities and their relationship with David Strorm. Joseph Strorm is a very dogmatic and detached man in the way he acts towards his son‚ David‚ and others in the town of Waknuk. In the novel‚ Joseph appears to be a very strict man who has no compassion and no positive influence on David’s life. In chapter three‚ David injuries his hand with a splinter and he says

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    Human activity can damage the Earth Human have been damaging on the Earth for thousands of years. In fact‚ human activity has big influence on the Earth. Some people believe that the Earth is being damaged by human activity. In my opinion‚ I really believe that the human is damaging the Earth. There are three main ways to damages the Earth from human activity are deforestation ‚ poisonous gases ‚ and it makes pollute the environment. First‚ a human activity that damages the Earth is deforestation

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    Fear often leads to negative judgment and negative treatment. In the current society‚ discrimination is rooted from fear. John Wyndham’s book‚ The Chrysalids portrays the idea that discrimination is the effect of fear. Throughout the society of Waknuk‚ fear and ignorance cause a further advancement to harsh discrimination toward the supposed mutants or anything out of the Norm. To begin with‚ Waknuk lives through distress of the Devil and God. Though the members of the society all strongly worship

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    In The Chrysalids by John Wyndam‚ Waknuk is a community throughly brainwashed by tribulation that causes the citizens to believe “normality” is the main focus in life. Consequently‚ Waknuk became a hostile environment totally intolerant of differences‚ which causes judgment‚ discrimination‚ and alienation to occur in everyday life. This quality of life is clearly evident firstly by the thought group’s constant threat of being discovered‚ secondly‚ the brutal treatment of those who are discovered

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