novel Private Peaceful and the short story "The Best Christmas Present in the World" are both by Michael Morpurgo‚ however the author is not the only thing that connects the two. When looking at these stories you realise just how similar they are‚ mainly the characters‚ plot and many of the themes. However‚ these stories are also very different‚ and the main characters face challenges that are different to each other yet hold just as much importance. Tommo‚ our narrator in Private Peaceful‚ faces difficult
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My Vacation I just had the most amazing vacation! I just came back from a cruise aboard the largest cruise ship in the world; it’s called The Oasis of the Seas. I would like to share with you three of the most enjoyable aspects of my trip‚ from the endless activities‚ to the exciting land excursions and just meeting tons of new people. The ship was huge! It was a whopping 225 feet above the water. The possibilities of having something to do were endless. Just think of mountain climbing‚ while
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feel as if they are there in the villages with him. Jal gives a brief peek into his story at the beginning of the book. He used this to catch the readers attention and make them want to know every detail of what he went through. Jal says‚ “In the peaceful village we once knew‚ rockets blow apart houses with families inside‚ women are raped‚ and children are murdered.”(2). Jal’s description of what the war is causing around him pull the reader to read more. As this passage is read the mind begins to
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1. An account presented usually in detail. 2. A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group. 3. Law A published collection of authoritative accounts of court cases or of judicial decisions. Often used in the plural. 4. Common talk; rumor or gossip: According to report‚ they eloped. 5. Reputation; repute: a person of bad report. 6. An explosive noise: the report of a rifle. v. re·port·ed‚ re·port·ing‚ re·ports v.tr. 1. To make or present an often official
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per cent owned by the Indian Government and 24 per cent owned by financial sectors through the Indian stock exchange. BEL is one of the eight PSUs under Ministry of Defence‚ Government of India. BEL became a Mini Ratna Category I in February 2002. Subsequently BEL has been got Navratna status in June 2007.BEL has more than 360 products in its range from small components costing a rupee to a huge equipment costing about Rs. 60 crore. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) IS AN Indian based multi-product
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Sarah Pacheco English 1101‚ MW 9:30 A Peaceful Women Explains… 11/04/12 Purpose and Audience 1. In paragraph one‚ Hasselstrom clearly states that she is “peace-loving” and due to past events she carries a pistol to be safe. She also wants to give valuable reasons on why people should carry pistols. 2. Paragraph five serves to give an example of a person who got raped after calling for help on her CB radio. The author is trying to point out that the person got raped because she did not have
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Place Marketing The concept of place branding has emerged in recent years as a powerful instrument and it is becoming more popular all over the world. Place branding is important today because in the global marketplace of instant communication and growing democracy‚ the opinions of the people count as much as the opinions of the powers in charge. As a consequence of expanding globalization‚ the need for place branding is more important than ever. Having a positive brand is necessary to compete with
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A Beautiful Place Everyone has their favorite place‚ if it’s in their heads or in real life. This is about one of my favorite places. This place would be the place I’d always go to whenever I had the free time. Even if I didn’t‚ I’d take the project I was working on and finish it there. No one ever went to the place or did I tell them where I was going so I was all alone in complete solitude. I used to live on a farm‚ out where no one could see. When you step outside you will see never ending
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What is peaceful resistance? We have seen many examples in history up even to today‚ in my case‚ even close to home. Peaceful resistance and non-violent protests is the practice of achieving goals through symbolic protests‚ civil disobedience‚ and noncooperation. The real question is with deaths of many great leaders and people throughout history with this "peaceful protest" is it a good thing? If you look at the outcomes‚ the positives outweigh the negatives. If colonial Indians hadn’t spoken-out
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Peaceful defiance of laws effectiveness is all in the eye of the beholder. If done correctly it can bring attention to the movement in a positive light. However if it causes to much of a nuisance to people that do not support the cause it will receive much opposition. The most effective peaceful defiance of laws in my opinion would be the Civil Rights movements of the 50s and 60s. With their leaders they perfectly blended the ability to get their word out with complying with others to achieve what
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