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    snob. She is very competitive when it comes to school. Q3) The statement tells us that she was from a strict Catholic culture. Q4) Jacob Coote was a boy from ‘Have A Say Day’. Q5) Jacob Coote goes to a Cook High. It is a public school with a rivalry against Josie’s school. Q6) The speech day was held at Martin Place. The day was called ‘Have A Say Day’ Q7) Josie spoke about sex education in schools. Q8) Jacob’s speech was about voting and how political parties influence us. Q9) Josie was in awe

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    Reading 1.3  Jackall‚ R. (1988) Chapter 4‚ ‘Looking Up and Looking Around’‚ in Moral Mazes‚ Oxford University Press‚ NY. Abstract In the early sections of “Looking Up and Looking Around” Jackall seeks to explain the reasons behind inadequate decision making processes and ability. The circumstances and environments that cultivate ‘decision-making paralysis’ and a lack of individual decision making ability are explained. Numerous examples and reasons are outlined to communicate a manager’s fear of

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    Medieval Times Since the beginning of written history‚ marriage is portrayed as a sacred vow by almost all religions and peoples throughout the Earth while adultery is almost always looked upon as wrong. Marie de France was one of the few female writers in medieval times which made her very influential and well respected. In her book titled “The Lais of Marie de France‚” she gives the reader a look into the affairs and adultery that was going on in the medieval courts. It seems Marie de France does

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    changing houses‚ and changing schools. Unlike most other kids‚ I don’t have a childhood home where I made countless memories‚ in fact‚ my earliest memories as a child all consist of cardboard moving boxes‚ along with unimaginably long car rides to foreign places. I don’t have a door marked to show how I’ve grown over the years‚ and I don’t have a bedroom wall thick with paint covering over colors I chose as a child. Truthfully‚ often times when I was younger‚ and would see someone with these things‚ I was

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    The culture of France is very diverse. It reflects a lot on the differences in the regions and the influence of the new immigration. For many centuries‚ France and especially Paris‚ have played a very meaningful role in the world’s culture. Paris is the leading capital of fashion and design. France is famous for their multicultural differences with the fascination of style with fashion‚ cuisine and looks. The French are often regarded to as very proud of their national and cultural identity. French

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    My Last Duchess-Robert Browning The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is a poem written about a Duke of the 16th the century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem an is explaining to a visitor about a portrait of a ex-wife. He tells how she was a flirt and had very disgraceful behavior. He claims she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his "gift of a nine-hundred-years- old name." As his monologue continues‚ the reader realizes with ever-more chilling certainty that the Duke in

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    believe that he is intending to convey that there are so many people in this world that work extremely hard and don’t get any notice or thanks for their time and struggles. I feel as if this really relates to the generation that I live in today. In my generation‚ more than my parents and theirs‚ I feel that kids aren’t really appreciative of their parents and many other people that do a favor for them. It’s almost as if they believe that the world revolves around them‚ they are entitled to everything

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    from the shelf; my mom didn’t have much tolerance to put up with this. Part of you was injured but every thing I did somehow it was a mistake. You never let me forget because we were God‚ and then took me to bed because I was forever yours. Connotation: "My Papa’s Waltz" presents similes‚ metaphors‚ and personification. An example of a simile would be‚ "But I held on like death." The author means that he could never let go he is so desperate. A personification example would be‚ "My mother’s countenance

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    the poem‚ “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed and Where and Why?” by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ indicates that she has become an older woman who can’t remember the loves in her past that have come and gone. Throughout this poem there are hints and reasoning behind my thoughts on why Millay has described herself in this poem. I will go through this poem dissecting short parts of the poem to prove my point. “What lips my lips have kissed‚ and where and why‚ I have forgotten‚ and what arms have lain

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    NEW FRANCE The Seigneurial System New France was a French colony in present-day Quebec and north-eastern Ontario. The colony lasted from 1534‚ its discovery‚ when Jacques Cartier was sent to find a route to the Orient and precious gems and metals‚ to its formal surrender in 1759. An important part in the history of New France was the fur trade‚ as it brought many new things to the Natives living in Canada and helped New France develop. Europeans traded their supplies with the First Nations

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