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    Ultima‚” it is evident that there are many motifs and examples of dichotomy. I believe that Anaya uses the previously mentioned elements of literature in order to provoke his readers’ thinking and help embody a struggle of understanding the world we live in. Motifs in this novel include: family‚ dreams‚ religion‚ education‚ and the list continues. For examples of dichotomy‚ the idea of good versus evil is the most vivid in this novel. An important motif in “Bless Me‚ Ultima” are Antonio’s dreams

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    imagery to create a mysterious and gloomy atmosphere. It also manipulates the audience’s emotions by evoking an emotional response. Furthermore‚ it is used to develop the characters and show how they change. There are many reasons for the repeated motif as it is a very powerful metaphor. The darkness imagery in Macbeth contributes to its ominous and threatening atmosphere. From the first lines of the play‚ the metaphor is introduced and the scene is set. When the three witches first spoke‚ the

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    Text Assignment The Odyssey by Homer (Greece) Personal Narrative About Your Own Journeys Create a visual representation of a significant change in your life where you had to journey either from one place to another or from one mental place to another Homeric Simile Analysis In-class analysis of a simile to see what it expresses‚ how the idea is conveyed‚ and what the greater significance is Creating Your Own Homeric Tale Tell a story using a Homeric form to show an epic moment from your own life

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    Testing location‚ they are introduced to a wonderful city. They soon start the Testing and them and the other 104 students soon began to discover the dark secrets it hides and the killer competitiveness fellow students have. One of the repeating motifs in the novel The Testing is the

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    If the bull is controlled or restrained it can bring about positive change or outcomes. Conflict has the ability to strike us deep and then we are hurt and we will often fight back. When one examined “ The Reluctant Fundamentalist” Changez soon realised that he no longer wanted to work for Underwood Samson “ I don’t want to work for Underwood Samson” or Like Erica when she bottled up her feelings and her sickness. “She had been unwell.” Conflict can make your life

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    Victorian Certificate of Education 2011 ENGLISH (ESL) Written examination Thursday 3 November 2011 Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 9.15 am to 12.15 pm (3 hours) TASK BOOK Section Number of questions A – Text response (Reading and responding) B – Writing in Context (Creating and presenting) C –  nalysis of language use (Using language to A persuade) 20 4 2 Number of questions to be answered 1 1 2 Marks 40 30 30 Total

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    “I was never an American. I was immediately a New Yorker.” How is Changez’s sense of identity altered over the course of the novel? In Mohsin Hamid’s 2007 thriller novel ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ we’re told the story of a young scholar‚ Changez‚ and his troubles as a Pakistani during his time before and after the 9/11 terror attacks in America. This turmoil is allegorically simplified by Changez’s own personal relationship with his love interest‚ Erica‚ evident given that her name is a

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    Looking to the East Orientalism‚ simply put‚ is the perception the West has of the East. The concept was mapped out by Edward Said in his book Orientalism‚ where he explores the concept‚ its origin‚ and how it functions. Said states that Orientalism is "the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient - dealing with it by making statements about it‚ authorizing views of it‚ describing it‚ by teaching it‚ settling it‚ [and] ruling over it" (3). However‚ Said points out that even if Orientalism

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    Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist 1. America is mourning the September 11 attacks‚ this give way to America retaliating towards various insurgent groups located in the Middle East. 2. Changez views Chris as a rival‚ due to Erica’s ongoing attachment to him. 3. Popcorn shrimp refers to the American delicacy which acts as a reminder of something so common in New York. He compares the delicacy to the flowers found in Lahore so indicate he is loyal to his country. 4. His Princeton degree

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    In this canto‚ Dante awakens to find that he is on the edge of Hell. Dante and Virgil descend into the bottomless pit. They enter the first circle of Hell‚ Limbo‚ where the souls that are sighing live. The souls include those all Unbaptized infants and those men and women who lived before the age of Christendom. I am going to talk more about those souls later. In the previous canto‚ Dante fainted at moments of great intensity of feeling when he is shocked by the strange sights he sees in Hell

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