Armin Greder’s picture book The Island is a powerful allegory that depicts fear of strangers and ignorance which satirises the majority’s exclusion from the unknown and highlights the importance relationships and communicates acceptance. The barriers which prevent acceptance are demonstrated in The Island widely through the differences of appearance. The islanders do not accept the protagonist’s dissimilarities and his ostracism is shown through the first double page. A small‚ vulnerable man stands
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Armin Greder’s The Island is a picture book that explores the negative concepts of ‘belonging’ through instances of alienation and judgement. The text presents symbols and metaphors that can be applied to universal social issues‚ particularly the migrant experience. Although the tone of the text is ultimately pessimistic‚ there are suggestions of Christian ideals such as sharing‚ caring for the less fortunate and having a clear conscious. The text also not only discusses an outsider’s perspective
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THE ISLAND The picture story book‚ The Island‚ by Armin Greder‚ shows the importance of accepting people for who they are. This can be seen when they gave no proper shelter and They didn’t give him any food or water. This is also shown when he didn’t look the same and They didn’t get to know him before they judged him. The characters on The Island were very disappointing showing a lack of acceptance towards the Stranger‚ only letting him sleep on some straw in an abandoned goat pen. The Islanders
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Good afternoon/morning HSC students. My name is Armin Greder the illustrator of ‘The Island’ One of the ideas that I have always been fascinated in‚ is the interaction between individuals and society and how this influence’s our sense of belonging. My picture book ‘the island’ works metaphorically to show how social repression‚ fear and madness can create a context where those who are different are demonized‚ isolated and persecuted. In Arthur Miller’s famous play ‘the crucible’ the condemnation
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Idi Amin From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Idi Amin Amin addressing the United Nations General Assemblyin New York in 1975 3rd President of Uganda In office 25 January 1971 – 11 April 1979 Vice President Mustafa Adrisi Preceded by Milton Obote Succeeded by Yusufu Lule Personal details Born Idi Amin Dada c. 1925 Koboko‚ Uganda Protectorate Died 16 August 2003 (aged 78 years) Jeddah‚ Saudi Arabia Nationality Ugandan Spouse(s) Malyamu (divorced) Kay (divorced) Nora (divorced) Madina (widow) Sarah
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Born in 1925‚ Idi Amin was unquestionably one of the most significant leaders since 1971 to 1980. He had achieved a great deal and had had an extremely negative impact on his people‚ his country and the international community. During his reign‚ Idi Amin had managed to gain total control of Uganda and murder a ridiculous amount of people who opposed or challenged his view. Further‚ he used lies and deceit to get into power and then abuse the trust of his people. Finally‚ his actions in supporting
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The Idi Amin I knew By Brian Barron BBC Africa Correspondent 1977 - 1981 The first time I encountered the intimidating presence of the one-time sergeant major in the King’s African Rifles was 26 years ago at a military ceremony in West Nile Province‚ his home tribal district. We landed on an old British colonial airstrip in one of his Hercules transports‚ normally used to import scarce luxury goods for the Ugandan dictator and his henchmen. It was a scorching day but Amin was wearing his
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Idi Amin was a soldier first and foremost. He imposed a scheduled and militaristic way of life on his followers. His own military record paints the picture of his rise to power. During British colonization of Uganda Idi Amin began his endeavor into the military. It was in 1946 that Amin enlisted in the King’s African Rifle’s‚ KAR‚ the British army in colonized Africa. (Boddy-Evans) Upon his entry he was placed as assistant cook‚ a far from glorious position. However he managed to rise through the
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THE CONTROVERSY OF IDI AMIN AND UGANDA THE CONTROVERSY OF IDI AMIN AND UGANDA Corey Thomas Jr. Per.7 2-16-12 Who is the most vicious fascist in the history of fascist? In my opinion‚ the worst fascist is Idi Amin. He was so cruel to his people in Uganda. He was the third president of Uganda. He was in office for eight years. Uganda is in the southern hemisphere. Uganda’s monetary unit is shillings. The chief religion is Christianity. The current population is 33‚424‚683. The
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Tree plantation‚ trees are generally one of the many elements which constitute our own surrounding. Tree planting‚ In case within a granted spot‚ woods tend not to really exist inside ample ratio to be able to males‚ earth‚ creatures‚ atmosphere as well as normal water‚ this ecological equilibrium receives disturbed and living gets to be complicated or maybe not possible. There are many types of fruit trees exist in the world like‚ banana trees‚ bonsai trees‚ paulownia tree‚ palm trees‚ almond
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