Take Home Examination Question One Focus: David Malouf: The Great World Evaluate Malouf’s representation of Australian prisoners of war in Singapore and Thailand during World War II. Malouf’s The Great World is a novel of historical proportions‚ focusing on the impact of major events in the lives of ordinary Australians over decades. Malouf opens his readers to a mysterious and complex world where deep experiences of individuals are dissected in order to explore the impact of the inevitable suffering
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For the extra credit‚ I watched an episode of Nova about the building of the great cathedrals. In the video‚ it talks about how in the gothic period they managed to build great cathedrals that reached the greatest height and maybe somehow added religious aspect into the building of the cathedral. They also experimented how a cathedral could collapse and how to prevent Amiens cathedral from collapsing like a previous cathedral. Also‚ a town in France trying to build a cathedral using the old method
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convinced him that abolition was the best decision militarily and morally. If it were not for Lincoln‚ slavery would likely have continued to exist for decades‚ possibly even longer. Therefore‚ President Abraham Lincoln deserves the title of “The Great Emancipator. President Abraham Lincoln enacted the Emancipation proclamation on the first day of 1863 in the middle of the Civil War. According to an article from a Civil War era newspaper called The Alleghanian‚ Lincoln stated that “all persons held
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The story is set in a dark corner of the park where the dusk has fallen heavily. The author presents the dusk as the hour of the defeated‚ an ideal setting for people who have fallen fortunes or lost all their hopes. The dusk represents the cynical and pessimistic attitude of the people who come to the park in this hour to avoid being noticed. These people are completely merged with the darkness of the park and they do not want themselves to be noticed by other people which is in contrast to the
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Katsushika Hokusai’s print entitled The Great Wave is a Japanese art during the period ukiyo-e which is a movement that depicts everyday life. There were many materials used in this piece. Including “Ink‚ Paper‚ Printing blocks‚ Prints‚ Relief prints‚ Wood blocks‚ Woodblock prints”(metmuseum). The print was created after the artists fame had died down. In his late seventies‚ to pass time. Hokusai printed different views of Mount Fuji. The Great Wave being one of 36 and the most known. Hokusai
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Rationale: The written task have written for part 4‚ will be based on The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. For this creative assignment I have rewritten a section of the novel from Gatsby’s point of view‚ instead of Nick’s. The section I have chosen comes from chapter 5. Gatsby and Daisy have not seen each other in years‚ and Gatsby has arranged to meet Daisy at Nick’s house. I have chosen to rewrite this scene because I believe that the way Gatsby is portrayed by Nick is very different from
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known.”-Nick Carraway. Nick is an impartial‚ honest‚ and loyal character. He gives readers a detailed‚ accurate account of the events pertaining to Gatsby’s life. Nick spends time with Gatsby and Tom even though they do not like each other. In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the color gray is continually used to show Nick’s impartiality to the characters and conflicts. Throughout the whole book‚ there is tension between Tom and Gatsby since they both want Daisy to love them. Nick acts as
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Throughout The Great Gatsby Scott F. Fitzgerald uses countless rhetorical devices to convey different tones and themes in the novel. While at Tom and Daisy’s house in chapter seven Gatsby and Nick discuss Daisy‚ more specifically her voice. Color‚ symbol‚ and metaphor are all rhetorical devices employed to signify the luxurious and somewhat cautious tone in the scene. This tone also leads into the theme; the influence wealth has on corruption. First off‚ the hestitation of Nick shows his caution
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You are repeating ’’leader" so often that your essay don’t sound good. Just read it aloud and you’ll understand what I mean. A positive attitude is another essential quality a leader must have in order to do well in office. A leader must see things in a positive light or else everything will not go as planned. For example‚ if a huge crisis was going on and a leader had a mind of a pessimist‚ he would scare "his people" into thinking the situation is way worse than what it really is. On the other
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Critique of the Film: ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ The film illustrates the aspect of the conflict between the journalists and the political leaders. The essay illustrates the critique aspect of the movie “Good Night and Goo Luck.” It was acted in the 1950s‚ at the time of terror. The film commenced with Ed Murrow saying “We are going to run with the story because he room is full of terror.” The journalists at that moment searched for their consciences for a family that ensures the Senator in the
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