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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time written by Mark Haddon portrays the ideas of coping with loss through human relationships and the need for control in humanity‚ which is represented throughout the Boone family. Coping with loss and control are both depicted through the Boone family and to a larger extent Christopher‚ the protagonist who is a 15-year-old Autistic boy. Haddon creates a unique perspective through the characterisation and the disproportionate level of control throughout

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    Beware of the Dog

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    The author of the short story “Beware of The Dog” is Roald Dahl. The main character of “Beware of The Dog” is the Narrator/Pilot. The setting of the story is in 1940’s of World War Two. The plot is that there is a British Pilot that is flying in his Spitfire airplane who has been shot and has lost his right leg in combat. He starts to lose conscious because of all the blood lost from his leg being shot off‚ he flips the spitfire upside down and falls out so he can stay awake long enough to pull the

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    feel of a film. Reservoir Dogs is a film that is heavily based on the dialogue. Tarantino definitely has his own scriptwriting style. Most of the film takes place in a warehouse building‚ with the men going in and out. Besides the flashbacks that occur due to the non-linear structure of the film‚ the majority of the film takes place in a single room. Aside from the strong dialogue‚ what makes the film so unique and helps support its dramatic narrative‚ and advance its themes are the cinematography

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    In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ each character tells their tales based on their experiences or beliefs. Although they may all be different‚ some stories do share similarities. As we see in the knight’s tale he shares a story full of chivalry‚ passion and courage. Since those are his beliefs and what he stood for it makes sense why he choose to tell a story with these qualities. As for the Wife of Bath‚ she too tells a story of a soon to be knight who is arrogant‚ superficial and vein but

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    Wag The Dog The movie starts with the President hit with the claim he had sexual relations with a firefly girl during a tour of the white house‚ and all this happens two weeks before the election. I’m not sure if this movie was actually based upon the Lewinsky scandal that our current president is facing‚ but it seems this movie came at the right time. The story is similar‚ as far as the sex charges‚ and a war to cover it up. Clinton did declare attacks on Iraq‚ which was after this

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    AVery Old Man With Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children - Theme A very old man with enormous wings focuses on how the characters‚ but also humans in general respond to people who are weak‚ have a weakness‚ dependent‚ and different from either our perception of how those in society should be or the perception of someone else. The theme of this story which is inferred by the text is the coincidence of compassion and cruelty‚ through the main characters actions and thoughts. In the short story there

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    / library assignment: Mark Tansey Mark Tansey is an American painter. His parents were both art historians‚ so he started to learn about art at his early age. Those experiences had great influences on Tansey’s painting style. Most of his painting is monochromatic and describes daily or historical affairs. Although his painting involved many realistic objects‚ he is not realistic painter at all. There is always something behind what you have seen in his work. The first Mark Tansey’s artwork I have

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    The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a group of stories where pilgrims tell tales during their journey to a holy shrine in Canterbury. There are 29 pilgrims but the first two pilgrims to tell tales are the knight and the miller. The miller practically mirrors the knight’s story. The miller’s tale uses elements similar to the knight’s tale but it corrupts those same elements by mimicking them. The miller’s tale and the knight’s tales are very different although they have some similarities.

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    Centre Number Surname Other Names Candidate Signature Candidate Number For Examiner’s Use Examiner’s Initials Question Mark General Certificate of Secondary Education June 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 Design and Technology: Graphic Products Unit 1 Written Paper Friday 10 June 2011 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm 45501 7 For this paper you must have: a black fine-line pen‚ a pencil‚ a ruler‚ an eraser‚ a pencil sharpener and coloured pencils. TOTAL Time allowed 2 hours Instructions Use black

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    The Canterbury Tales: Review Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is considered as one of the major beginning marks in English Literature. The Canterbury Tales‚ written in 14th century is a collection of short stories mainly in verse form. The stories in The Canterbury Tales are told by a group of 24 pilgrims on pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. A Prologue to The Canterbury Tales introduces the major characters of the

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