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    Angel Lucia Yiangou 07040088 Reading 20th century fiction HL1003N Explore the representation of race Initial novel: Sonny’s blues – James Baldwin Secondary novel: The Buddha of Suburbia Hanif Kureishi The journey undergone by the narrator (and elder brother) in Sonny’s blues may be short in literary terms but is said to be one of the tenderest and thought provoking pieces in modern fiction. Indirect comparisons between life and music are rich within many of the paragraphs and pages and remain

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    Stephanie Kuehnerts Ballads of Suburbia takes place within the suburbs. She also works to combine themes of self-harm and emotionally absent parental figures within the novel. These combined themes set the book apart from traditional drug addiction based novels. That and the fact that we meet the protagonist 4 years after her drug overdose. Instead of meeting her before like the characters in the previous novels. Most reviews will point out the use of music within her novel. The use of music adds

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    Tales from outer suburbia by Shaun Tan (Short Story): Belonging ‘Tales from outer suburbia’ by Shaun Tan starts off as a collection of 15 prose short stories with illustrations‚ but it soon begins to adopt more and more aspects of comics. The pictures stop illustrating the story and quickly become integral to telling the story and several points through the book the prose and the pictures combines splendidly. It’s not an illustrated children’s book‚ nor is it a comic. It’s somewhere in between.

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    Life in suburbia opposed to city life When choosing a place for you and your family to thrive entirely‚ it is very substantial to choose your environment wisely. Out weigh all of your pros and cons first‚ then make your decision. There is plenty of light to shed on to both sides of the spectrum. Life in the city‚ sure everything is within walking distance‚ and you don’t have to drive two miles down the street just to

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    Read and submit a review the “End-to-End Argument in System Design” paper [1]. In our your submission you need to briefly summarize the main idea(s) and contribution(s) of the paper. In particular‚ your review needs to address the following: 1. Discuss the three most important things the paper advocates‚ 2. Discuss the most glaring problem(s) with the paper‚ and 3. The paper was written with the design of the original Internet in mind. Discuss what impact‚ if any‚ may the argument presented

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    Red Dog – Essay The author Louis de Bernieres explores three major themes within the novel “Red Dog”. Bernieres novel looks into themes such as love‚ companionship and loyalty. Love is highlighted by the relationship of Nancy and John and the respect they have for each other. Another major them of the novel “Red Dog” is companionship‚ demonstrated by the bond between Red Dog himself and the people of Dampier. Finally the author Louis de Bernieres emphasizes the importance of loyalty and to have

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    Summer Reading Essay Carelessness in society often leads to many incidents sometimes tragedy to occur. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses many incidents in his book to develop his idea of carelessness. Carelessness can often play a role in developing a conflict and put a person in a bad situation. [In the book The Great Gatsby‚ carelessness plays a major role and is displayed by people getting drunk at parties‚ and Daisy speeding a causing a car accident‚ which left one dead.] One way of displaying carelessness

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    “THE WATCHER” By: Andrea L. Thornton The painting I have chosen for this assignment is the 1921 oil painting‚ “The Watcher” by American artist‚ Frank Weston Benson.  I had the privilege of viewing this painting on February 23‚ 2013 of this young woman standing on a white‚ sandy shoreline gazing out over the waters.  The painting was donated to the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington‚ West Virginia. My daughter‚ Noelle assisted me with taking my picture and I dedicate all of my efforts

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    Dion Bass CJ-1200 Professor Williams Assignment 2 9/6/13 1. The five functions of law in American society are : 1A-Law Bestows Benefits on People 1B-The law creates new programs 1C-The reflects society’s values 1D-Law prescribes certain activities 1E-Law provides predictabilities 2. Select one of the five functions of law. Give an example of how an interest group would use that function to promote its own special interest. Homeowners who use contractor to complete repair to their

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    How like the winter is my favorite song because of all the combinations of all the parts. And how the music flows with the deep voices of the men in that choir. Another reason I like the song is just how all the parts perfectly put it together to show how challenge it sounds to sing this piece. The tone in this song sounds very deep and very dark because there are no high notes for the men. The amounts of dynamics to sing this song were a lot since they have to know your part and not miss a single

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