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    Ned Kelly the Hero. Ned Kelly the murderer. Ned Kelly the rebel. Ned Kelly the Saint. Ever since his famous death in 1880 in Melbourne‚ an all out battle has been fought by Australian’s‚ and others from around the world who sought to have their point of view sounded‚ all would swear that their interpretation of the person‚ Mr Kelly‚ was the most accurate. The infamous story of a man who grew up in trying times and suffered great persecution from the Victorian Police Force‚ facing the frustration

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    ’ Analyse how the relationship between history and memory explores this concept in your texts. Through the representation of history via one’s memory‚ often there are acts of deliberate selection and emphasis to help support an idea. History is a contested version of memory‚ and therefore memory on its own will be more bias and its representation will often have deliberate acts of selection and emphasis‚ used through the book True History of the Kelly Gang by “Peter Carey”. It’s representation of

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    The Man Booker Prize is my choice. Unlike the Pulitzer‚ the Booker Prize focuses specifically on rewarding authors who attained the highest level of novel writing. Also‚ the Booker prize is impartial as it rewards any writer who is a citizen of any Commonwealth country‚ as opposed to the American-only Pulitzer. Hence‚ I feel that the Booker prize encompasses a wider range of literature and is a better judge of good books. After much consideration‚ I have settled upon Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

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    In the novel “True History of the Kelly Gang” by Peter Carey and Lord Tennysons poem “Charge of the Light Brigade” both authors manipulate their textual form to crystallise the perception of an inextricable link that exists between history and memory. The texts use methodical‚ documented fact to anchor the work in historic authenticity whilst Carey uses imaginative speculation to shape personal representation of events and Tennyson adds a personal perspective‚ both demonstrating how a subjective

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    We were at Stringybark Creek looking for the Kelly gang. They were wanted for robbery and much more which was illegal. We were all wearing dark black boots and baggy clothes. The creek smelt like a junk yard! “Kennedy‚ Scanlon!” McIntyre yelled out that we were surrounded and should give up our weapons. What nonsense he was talking about? My buddy and I Scanlon just wanted to find the Kelly gang badly so they won’t hurt anyone else. We had already lost enough lives‚ so we just continued riding

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    History of Gangs Gangs are composed of young individuals who are from distinct groups who commit organized criminal acts. Gangs in America by the mid-19th‚ is when threat to city and their communities first arose. Being huge threats and concern on city leaders‚ such as mayors‚ police officers and the city council. Gangs are more likely to be found in “disorganized communities.” (organized gangs‚ 2016). Many members of gangs are formed from minority population‚ poor‚ or some might call “not well off”

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    Chicago Gangs‚ Then and Now with Solutions Nick Crot Marist High School Abstract This paper deals with gang violence in the city of Chicago since the beginning of time. It takes a deep look into the history of Chicago gangs and how they interact today. Also the past problems the City of Chicago made when dealing with gangs and the problems that gangs today have and how Chicago has the worst gang problem in the country. Also how gangs have turned themselves into big‚ and lucrative enterprises

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    Since the beginning of time‚ youth groups or gangs have been in existence. These groups have had many negative effects on society for many years. These youth groups or gangs‚ as they are commonly called‚ have participated in many criminal and illegal acts that have plagued society. They have been stereotyped with such negative names as rowdies‚ bad kids‚ troublemakers‚ and many other mischievous names. Some of the earliest records of gangs date back to the fourteenth and fifteenth century in

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    The Kelly outbreak is a famous phenomenon in Australia’s colonial history. Whilst some people prefer to see the outbreak as a simple criminal incident between an outlaw and the police‚ most historians view it as a broader sociological phenomenon‚ involving conflict between a larger rural community and the colonial authorities. An important issue for historians has been to understand the underlying causes of this criminal outbreak‚ whether it was mainly due to personal‚ ethnic or socio-economic

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    elements. It can been seen as one of a poor boy of great skill‚ devoted to his family‚ wronged by the police and the legal system and - following a tragic series of events - executed at the age of 25. Some feel it is a strongly Australian story with Kelly as the archetypal Australian challenging authority. There are also broader questions raised by his life. Was he a freedom fighter? Was he attempting to spark an uprising? When do people have the right to resist the law? According to some he was a

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