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    This paper will take a key interest in the migration story of my parents Barbara Heinemann and Kirby Clark and their story in relation to identify the factors that shaped the migration and resettlement of migrants in the 1980’s and the Australian government’s policies and desires. How the processes of alienation and assimilation affected migrants who came from a western culture and how acceptance and ‘mateship’ was difficult to find in Australians. I will do this while comparing the similarities

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    Joshua DiFabio AP ELA O’Toole Block 2 The Great Gatsby Film Essay Two film adaptations exist of Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the A&E version made in 2000‚ and the Warner Brothers depiction in 2013. Both versions contain their share of faults as well as moments that do justice to the book‚ but the latter far outweighs the former in the newer presentation. The 2013 cinematic perspective of the book presents a greater understanding of the

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    A Time For Drunken Horses The film A Time for Drunken Horses‚ is an Iranian film that takes place during the period of the Iran-Iraq war. This film depicts the struggles that a parentless family of young Kurdish siblings must face in a time of adversity and financial burden. Ayoub‚ the eldest brother of the family‚ must fend for and work hard to provide money for his brothers and sisters. One of Ayoub’s brothers‚ Madi‚ is handicapped and extremely ill and requires constant medical attention.

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    What seems like a enjoyable day at the races is actually one big facade. The horse racing life is filled with competition‚ hard work‚ and of course lies. Horse racing is one big business‚ a business that runs on pushing the limits to win the big bucks. Here horses are over worked‚ drugged and given performance enhancing devices to give them a better chance at winning. These practices are becoming so common that horses have to be drug tested before stepping foot on the track. The desire to win lays

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    One of Whitehorse physical feature is mount Sima. It’s in only 20 minutes from downtown‚ Mount Sima offers runs from beginner to advanced and includes a freestyle ski area. First opened in 1993‚ Mount Sima was a venue for the 2007 Canada Winter Games.  One human attraction of this city is the Canada’s games centre. The Canada Games Centre is a full service use community sport‚ recreation and wellness facility for the City of Whitehorse and surrounding communities. This region stands along

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    ALL THE PRETTY HORSES: Rough Draft essay For the first thirty years of his career‚ Cormac McCarthy was a little known but critically acclaimed cult author. Then‚ with the publication of his masterful novel All the Pretty Horses‚ the first book of his Border Trilogy‚ McCarthy finally gained the mainstream audience and awards that had eluded him. Like most of McCarthy’s work‚ All the Pretty Horses has a dark presence about it. One can sense always that misfortune is around the corner‚ just a few

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    would a story be without cultural and historical background? It would not be a very detailed story to read. Cultural and historical background information helps the reader to see why certain actions were made‚ the heritage of the characters and many other things. When understanding information about the cultural and historical background‚ it helps with interpreting what other literary devices mean as well. Without any background information to explain some reasons for certain events‚ the story would

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    The sculptures of the horse and warrior are paralleled to Muni‚ and signify the gap between Muni’s self-image as a young man‚ and his present state. The final destiny of the horse is taken out of the public’s view‚ much like Muni‚ who is disregarded and unnoticed in his village. The horse‚ being “moulded out of clay” (page 11)‚ implies a material that is earthly and natural. As opposed to metal or processed material‚ clay is more suitable for realistic representation of art‚ because it allows much

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    War Horse: Theatre Review Before I went to theatre‚ I was expecting puppets to be moving and for it to be an emotional play. We (my drama class) went to the ‘New London Theatre in west. We went to go and watch the play ‘War Horse ‘which the book was written by Michael Morpurgo. The directors of the play are Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris. The person who had the idea of the novel and playwright was Nick Stafford. As soon as we got to the theatre‚ my first impression was ‘Wow ‘.It was so big and

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    Bibliography: very‚ Gillian. 1965. Nineteenth Century Children: Heroes and Heroines in English Children ’s Stories 1780–1900. London: Hodder and Stoughton. Avery‚ Gillian. 1994. Behold the Child: American Children and Their Books. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Bader‚ Barbara. 1976. American Picturebooks from Noah ’s Ark to the Beast Within. New York:

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