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    experiences shape an individual’s sense of belonging A sense of belonging can be created by the experiences and relationships of individuals. These different aspects of belonging were expressed in the play Rainbow’s end and the movie Rabbit Proof Fence respectively and also in the short story neighbors by Tim Winton. A sense of belonging can be shape by the strong relationships between the cultures‚ family and experiences shape sense of belong even more important to the people. In rainbow’s end

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    BY: MA. ROSELLE PAULINE PERALTA The movie “Troy” which was released in 2004 was a fairly remarkable movie. However‚ the scene starting with the Trojan Horse being found by the Trojans and ending with Troy being sacked had lacked effectiveness. This may be due to insufficient details delivered throughout the whole movie. It may be a disappointment if one decides to look at the accuracy of the movie’s depiction of the stories of Homer’s The Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid. Both poems are known

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    Sarah Bain  Mrs. King  AP English III  The Great Gatsby Assignment  A Gold Plated Picket Fence  What is the American dream? Is it white picket fences with beautiful green lawns and  comfortably large brick houses? According to Dictionary.com the American dream is “the ideal  that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through  hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative”. The American dream is a theme that is often used in  American literature just like F

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    Rabbit Proof Fence: There are two ways to connect the Mockingbird ‘walking in someone else’s shoes’’ theme in RPF the film. The first is of course how the Australian society did not believe that aboriginals were proper people and deserved the same rights as the European whites did in those days. This is because they lived in the bush and had no civilized way of living‚ according to the white perspective. Families were split up and children were taken to places where they would grow up and learn

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    In the film Rabbit Proof Fence‚ directed by Phillip Noyce an important/significant character is Molly. The director helps us understand why Molly is a significant character when he shows she is a unselfish caring person. We also notice Molly’s Significance when she uses her leadership skills and knowledge to happily lead her cousin (Gracie) and her younger sister (Daisy) back to Jigalong. The director helps us understand why Molly is significant character by showing how caring and unselfish she

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    Attempted Aboriginal Genocide in Rabbit Proof Fence The exploitation and colonizing of the Australian Aborigines by the British settlers in the early 20th century is evident through Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington. Historical background information has provided a deeper understanding into the “stolen generations”; hence‚ we further understand the struggles Daisy‚ Molly‚ Gracie and their families had to go through. The kidnapping of these children to brainwash them of their language‚ tradition

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    SPEECH Good morning ……. My question to you is “Why are our morals and values such an integral part of our life?”[PAUSE]. Well the answer is that it defines who are and what we want to be in life. We strive to express our identity in the search for belonging to the places and the people we desire to be with but as we all know‚ life can throw unexpected events in the times of struggle between ourselves and our loved ones. * Why do we always seem to return to the people that matters the most

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    Year was Troy destroyed and how was it destroyed? The city of troy was officially abandon at 500 AD‚ the city was destroyed due to the Romans and the sophisticated and well know plan know as the Trojan Horse. The Trojan Horse was a invention/plan the one of the Greek Generals came up with to destroy the city because every other plan failed due to Troy’s advanced and strong defense around the city. The basics of the plan was the Romans leave a large wooden horse outside the walls of Troy and leave

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    Bathsheba Everdene and Sergeant Frank Troy’s courtship is first presented to us as a well fitted relationship‚ as both Bathsheba and Troy are well educated people. However‚ later on Bathsheba‚ because of this relationship with Troy‚ goes down a road to self-discovery as she learns her faults and changes in the process. Before Bathsheba’s relationship with Troy‚ she is a very outward and extremely independent woman. She does not seem to want a man to rule her life‚ and she is conceited and vain

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    Was "Troy" the Movie Accurate According to Homer? Did the movie Troy‚ released in 2004‚ accurately depict the story of Homer’s epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ and was it a good movie from a critical point of view? I think it was a good movie from an entertainment standpoint‚ but it fell short in it’s comparison to Homer’s epics. As a fan of "epic" movies‚ I have watched the movie Troy a couple of times. In comparing the movie to the epic‚ there are various discrepancies between

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