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    and greater gets released and shoots to the top of the wanted charts for many civilians. Now look at the situation through someone else’s eyes. They man on the corner holding the homeless sign. He has only one leg‚ and whatever he can fit into his knapsack yet he still manages to smile? Why is that? He doesn’t have the newest upgrade of a phone and probably doesn’t even have one to begin with‚ no car‚ and appears to be without a roof over his head. His only worry is when he will get his next mean and

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    TMA 01 - DULCE ET DECORUM EST 1a. Reading about the soldiers during the gas attack was very disturbing and I realise that the poem is an account of the brutal sacrifice soldiers are expected to give. It made me think not only about the physical horrors of war but also the psychological. It made me question and consider the human cost of war. 1b. The poem was written to challenge the accepted perception of what it means to die fighting for your country. It describes the devastating effects

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    desert. One morning her mother woke her up so no-one else would know. She took her far enough away so that when the procedure was being done the rest of her family wouldn’t hear her screams. An elderly lady sat down next to her‚ rummaged in her knapsack‚ pulled out a blunt razor which still had the blood of the last victim on it. She then spat on it‚ gave it a wipe on her grubby clothes and proceeded to begin. Waris described her excruciating pain in the book and told of how she would black out

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    human. In chapter six‚ Paul witnessed the worst of the tragic horrors‚ which in the end gave him a different perspective on life that not many men get a chance to gain. “I take out a scrap of bread‚ eat the white and put the crust back in my knapsack; form time to time I nibble at it.” (108). Paul has learned to use limited resources‚ war taught him to be smart in the moment‚ so that in the future he can be safe. Paul also learned to prolong his equipment; he can make his resources last for longer

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    Razno began to take notice of the man and his items after he was tied down to a chair away from the couch. The criminal’s face was not covered‚ which meant he planned to kill. His weapons weren’t made by FutureDec‚ so he wasn’t a part of them. His knapsack was black‚ along with the rest of his clothes. Why did it matter? This was the end Razno thought. Razno was just trying to distract from his inevitable fate. The man began to shout questions at him. Not realizing it‚ but Razno began to shed tears

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    The country around the town of Kjöge is very bare. The town itself lies by the seashore‚ which is always beautiful‚ although it might be more beautiful than it is‚ because all around are flat fields‚ and a forest a long way off. But one always finds something beautiful in the spot that is one’s own home‚ something for which one longs‚ even when one is in the most wonderful spot in the world. And we must admit that the outer edge of Kjöge‚ where small‚ humble gardens line the little stream that flows

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    Introduction Pechay (Brassica rapa L. cv group Pak Choi) is an erect‚ biennial herb‚ cultivated as an annual about 15-30 cm tall in vegetative stage. Ovate leaves are arranged spirally and spreading. The petioles are enlarged and grow upright forming a subcylindrical bundle. Inflorescence is a raceme with pale yellow flowers. Seeds are 1 mm in diameter and are reddish to blackish brown in color. Uses and Nutritional Value Pechay is used mainly for its immature‚ but fully

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    LIST OF TOOLS and EQUIPMENT USED * These include: * Brooding bulbs * Gas brooder * Core paper * Barrow * Shovel * Rake * Hay fork * Bucket * Blow torch * Knap stack sprayer * Table spoon/ measuring spoon * Fan * Tube feeder * Tractor tailor * Plasson water * Waterer * Push broom * Overall * Respirator * Gloves * Goggles * Drum * Cheese tin * Fogger system * Gas cylinder * Matches * Medicine

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    in his town due to the lack of old friends he can talk or hangout with. Also‚ Bowker cannot seem to get away from Vietnam. Everything he sees around the lake subtly hints to his time there. While driving‚ he observes two young boys “hiking with knapsacks and toy rifles and canteens” (133). Bowker uses allegory of two young boys playing soldier to revert back to his own experience in the war. He observes these two boys playing soldier and tries acquiring their attention‚ “He honked going by‚ but neither

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    reasonably‚ on the offense. What is interesting about Trask’s writing is her clarity. She tells tourists not to visit‚ Hawaiians not to practice their indigenous culture peripherally‚ historians to be more self-reflexive‚ and haole’s to unpack their knapsacks of white privilege and colonial histories. It is also clear what is at stake in her interrogations and resolutions; the survival of Native Hawaiian people‚ rights‚ culture‚ and lands. Trask’s text‚ in presentation‚ appears more like

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