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    Holocaust genre was a tragic time in the 1930s‚ during Hitler’s reign in Germany and it involved the persecution of the Jewish people. Holocaust literature was developed from this and from testimonies of survivors and fictional writings by authors. John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ is an example of Holocaustic literature; the story follows a young boy who is the son of a Nazi officer during the reign of Hitler. Holocaust literature texts contain conventions common to the genre‚ e.g. specific

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    Politics Essay To what extent does democracy in the UK suffer from a participation crisis? (25 marks) There are a lot of ways in which citizens can participate in politics in the UK without necessarily having to vote for example: joining a political party‚ boycotting‚ and even signing petitions and fund raising. However‚ there is an argument that there has been a participation crisis over the past years in the UK. A participation crisis is when less and less citizens take part in political

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    It can be argued that Britain is both democratic and undemocratic; this can be shown via a range of issues relating to British politics and the society in which we live. Democracy is a form of government in which supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system. It states that all citizens have equal access to power and that all people enjoy the right to universally recognised freedoms. It is also the freedom of expression‚ speech and other civil liberties. The selection

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    The main genre idea of the production is to create an authentic Gangster production about two different gangs selling drugs for money. The audience will gain a better understanding of about what a Gangster film. The audience can learn life lessons from the plot we have created about gangsters. One of the lessons that can be learnt is that business is business; it’s not personal because its very important to take emotions out of your decisions because emotion clouds your judgment and when you make

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    To what extent is the EU now a ‘superstate’? What obstacles are there to further European Integration? (45 mark) To some extent the EU has become a superstate due to federalist features that combine the member states of the European Union closer together. For Eurosceptic British who oppose the further integration between the states have defined the EU’s superstate to be a huge‚ centralized Brussels Bureaucracy limiting the sovereign authority of member states. This can be controversial as

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    Jacob Craft Dr. Clark EN-131 24 September 2013 Waiting for Superman Essay If you had a child and lived in an undeveloped area with poor educational facilities would you not seek out the best alternatives available? Would you not go out and discover what opportunities offer the greatest chance for success and embrace every single one of them in an effort to give your child unlimited opportunities? In the film we viewed in class‚ we were shown unbelievable and also amazing scenarios where children

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    1) To what extent is Naturis an entrepreneurial company? In 1988 Naturis was found as a joint venture between F&P Riso Gallo‚ a well-known ialien producer of rise and Puccinelli‚ which its field of competence is in the production of dehydrated vegetables. Naturis was perceived as a research oriented entreprise which was exploring potential opportunities with regards to the dehydration process. Naturis was set up through corporate venturing which includes the creation of a new business. In order

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    Pitt having attempted reform in the 1780s‚ and the issue having repeatedly returned to parliament‚ no reform had been achieved. The fact that finally after so much time and so much fight‚ a reform measure had been brought in‚ it did not so much matter what was contained in the act‚ or if it benefited anyone. The symbolic victory and relief that ‘reform had begun’ was enough for most people to perceive it as “great”. The symbolic victory would not have been enough for long though; for the reform act to

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    To what extent does confusion and disguise contribute to dramatic comedy in Twelfth Night? Twelfth Night in set in an era of dramatic comedy under going changes‚ certain themes that used to perfectly acceptable although controversial was now seen to be distasteful and often looked down upon‚ this was due to the emergence(or rather acknowledgment) of two very different types of comedy: old comedy and new comedy‚ although neither were genre had a very high status in theatre compared to tragedies

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    The documentary genre has changed over time. Changes in society have had an impact on the change. There are large commercialist pressures for documentary to become more entertaining and engaging to capture a wider cinema going audience. Documentary has become increasingly popular. Documentaries such as Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore have been given numerous awards and were widely popular at the box office. The Grey Gardens is a 1975 documentary by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts

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