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    Another example of a facet of humanity‚ compassion‚ is in The Road page 90. The quote is "He sat the boy on the footlocker under the gaslamp and with a plastic comb and a pair of scissors he set about cutting his hair. He tried to do a good job and it took some time. When he was done he took the towel from around the boy’s shoulders and he scooped the golden hair from the floor. [….] He cut his own hair but it didnt come out so good. He trimmed his beard with the scissors while a pan of water heated

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    the Chinese people enjoyed peace‚ prosperity‚ and stability. The boundaries that were formed by the Qin were still maintained‚ extended and secured. The Chinese control over strategic stretches of Central Asia led to the opening of the Silk Road. Silk Road is a land route that linked China by trade all the way to Rome. One of the precious goods that were traded was silk‚ which had been cultivated and woven in China since at least the third millennium BCE. Paper was invented during Han dynasty but

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    Bless The Broken Road

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    related text‚ composed by Rascal Flatts‚ is ‘Bless The Broken Road’. The purpose of this document is to compare my related text to the statement‚ “More than anything else‚ journeys are about the challenge of self reflection”. The use of symbolism‚ similes and Metaphors will be discussed‚ when analysing ‘Bless the Broken Road’. Examples of techniques from each text will be tabulated‚ and their effect explained. ‘Bless The Broken Road’‚ uses language techniques to emphasise the meaning of the songs

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    TMA01 City Road

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    While studying module 1 and viewing the content on City Road it is easy to see it is centred on being in the heart of the community and provides an almost “one stop shop” for all cultures‚ ages and diversity within the community‚ this can be seen in many town and cities with the streets themselves being created and changed by the very people themselves. To confirm this further I can make comparisons of my own with a street near to where I live‚ this is Ascot High Street in Berkshire. I have chosen

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    In The Road‚ the characters experience a lot of exile in the new apocalyptic world in which they now live. The characters struggle in ways for survival and experience things they have never seen or done before. The father and the boy’s experience is both alienating and enriching because of the things the that are portrayed when reading this novel. The boy and the father experience exile because of the things they have to go through in order to survive. They feel isolated because of how they have

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    depending on the reader. Frost shows duality through nature‚ relationships‚ and choices. In the poem “The Road Not Taken”‚ Frost mentions taking the road less traveled. The road less traveled is not mainstream like all the others. Taking this road will give a different story to tell. Going another way is unique and shows that there is more than one way to go. Possibly regretful of taking the road less traveled‚ Frost states “Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ / and having perhaps the better claim

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    Theme Of Hope In The Road

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    Having hope in difficult situations Having hope in difficult situations is definitely a very big theme in The Road. Everyday there awaits something new and dangerous for the man and the boy while traveling on the road. McCarthy shows us how much they need to survive with having to find food even when areas seem to be left barren. The man and the boy may not realize it but if still existing in this world they still have some hope that they may survive and find a better life somehow. They encounter

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    Inequalities on City Road

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    Overview In my assignment TMA01 I will introduce some inequalities on City Road in Cardiff. First of all I want to start by explaining what inequalities actually means. Later on I will pick two examples from the Learning Companion 1 and the Making Social Lives DVD to give a deeper understanding of inequalities in our society. After that I will summarize the examples and give you my opinion to what I have learned so far in this course. “Inequality refers to the unequal distribution of valued

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    Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road is a moving story of a father and a son in a post apocalypse world. They are constantly struggling to get food‚ shelter‚ and safety. Unfortunately the people of this world have turned against their own kind and have had to revert to cannibalism to survive. There are many important themes presented in this novel‚ but the two I would like to focus on are death and parental love. These two themes are present throughout the entire novel‚ and they help characterize and

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    "The Royal Road To The Unconscious" What is a dream? - A dream is an event transpiring in that world belonging to the mind when the objective senses have withdrawn into rest or oblivion. I chose to write my paper on dream interpretation/analysis because it was always a subject that intrigued me because one will never dream the same dream‚ just like no two flowers are ever the same; you fail to find the same fragrance in the rose at all times. Persons of the same or similar temperament will be

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