Introduction: “Going Home: is a short story written by Aboriginal author Archie Weller‚ about a young Aboriginal man named Billy Woodward who tries to change his lifestyle to white society leaving his Indigenous family and lifestyle behind. The author as used various techniques such as characterisation‚ point of view and setting to persuade the reader to feel angry‚ supressed and unhappy. Paragraph One: Billy Woodward is a young man who is ashamed of being an Aboriginal and so he tries
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Did Bad King John Deserve his Reputation? In this assessment‚ I will talk about whether King John was really as bad as people say he was by looking carefully at different sources and evidence. To many‚ John was cruel‚ greedy and ultimately a failure as King. John’s reputation as England’s worst monarch is partly due to hostile chroniclers‚ but also to an unfortunate reign.In the beginning of his reign (1202) John’s nephew died and everyone thought John was to blame and so they rebelled
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On Choosing a Mistress “On Choosing a Mistress” is a letter written by Benjamin Franklin to advise one of his close friends about choosing a mistress. In his 1745 letter‚ Franklin conveys that marriage is the only remedy for lustful inclinations‚ but if the friend is determined to stray outside marriage‚ Franklin advices‚ "you should prefer old Women to young ones." Franklin offers some basic‚ clean advice: they are more knowledgeable‚ they are more discreet‚ they cannot get pregnant‚ and then
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Dear Principal‚ I really would like to visit Lava Beds National monument located in northeastern California. It holds many new learning experiences‚ many new sights to see‚ and possibly might change their career. A surreal landscape sculpted by molten earth‚ Lava Beds National Monument contains volcanic tablelands punctuated by cinder cones and spatter cones‚ plus more than 700 caves. These strange features were formed when the outer edges of flowing lava began to cool‚ forming tubes. When
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Going Home Summary of the story: The story ’Going Home’ is about a young man who’s turning twenty-one. He lives in Great-Britain but his parents have aboriginal roots. The story is told from when he was sixteen years old till his twenty-first birthday. This young man goes by a couple of names: Billy Woodward and William Jacob Woodward. Those two names symbolize the two sides he has as a ‘white’ aboriginal. When he is the ‘son of his parents’ and when he talks to other aboriginals‚ he’s called Billy
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WC821 September 2010 Final Paragraph Going Home It’s hard for an adult to move back in with their parents after being gone for so long. That is the situation I find myself in at this moment in my life. After being terminated from my job in July I found myself in a difficult situation. My father also found himself in a difficult situation; He was diagnosed with prostate cancer along with debilitating arthritis of the joints‚ which makes it very difficult for him to get
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Juan Rios Mrs. Wines ERWC‚ Hour 5 October 21‚ 2013 In Cohen’s statement‚ he gives off an intellectual but also an arrogant tone. This reflects his knowledge for being a successful retailer‚ but also has a sexist and snobbish way of viewing marketing. Retailers look for walking billboards to upscale their product to the public. Cohen states that you need attractive people working behind the counter to bring in today’s young crowd to the stores. On one hand‚ retailers should be
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Should John be more caring about his son? The short story "The Father" written by Hugh Garner is about John Purcell the protagonist being uninvolved with his son Johnny.The story takes place at a father-son boys scout banquet‚ during the 1900s. John Purcell has a conflict against himself because parents should be more caring about their kids not like John Purcell. Furthermore‚ parents can take breaks from time to time‚ but when John’s son wants him to go to a banquet with John‚ he’d expect to go
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Giving a helping hand In today’s society‚ “going green” has ultimately become the latest and greatest fad sweeping the nation; from recyclable grocery bags to vegetable oil being used as gasoline replacement‚ our society is slowly coming together to accommodate our environment. As we have seen in the last decade our world’s lack of natural resources and pollution problems have become a huge ordeal. Having to find alternatives from gasoline‚ for example‚ could potentially help our economic recession
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March 4‚ 2015 A Sufficient Taste of warfare: Examining a passage from Generals Die in Bed Throughout the selected passage‚ from Charles Yale Harrison ’s Generals Die in Bed‚ there is clear evidence of the purpose‚ descriptive imagery‚ and the authors intriguing style. It displays the lethal truths about combat in the trenches during world war 2 as the main character known as Young‚ takes the reader through his first struggle in the foxhole. After getting a comprehensive understanding of the chosen
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