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    -152401531620I.T.S. – Item B4 00I.T.S. – Item B4 42214804701540Task Conditions Assignment Style – Project Duration – 5 weeks Y11 Formative – Some teacher assistance Y12 Summative – Minimal teacher assistance Individual work 00Task Conditions Assignment Style – Project Duration – 5 weeks Y11 Formative – Some teacher assistance Y12 Summative – Minimal teacher assistance Individual work -152404701540Criteria Assessed/Results Dimensions A B C D E Knowledge and communication Design and

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    "You were brought into this world for a purpose‚ and your futures‚ all of them‚ have been decided." In the novel‚ Kathy‚ Tommy and Ruth spend their first 16 years at Hailsham‚ a arcane boarding school that secluded from the outside world. There‚ they could vaguely apprehend that they were special to the normal people outside. Not knowing their meaning of lives‚ they were terribly anxious about searching of their own values. A lot of time‚ students at Hailsham were having an ardent belief that "how

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    ENROLLMENT: Spring 2013 ENGL 216-B01 LUO___ NAME: _________ ID #__ WRITING STYLE USED: APA______________ When you think of an event do you think of the before or after‚ or do you compare them? In Thomas Hardy ’s poem "The Convergence of the Twain: (Lines on the Loss of the Titanic)" he compares the intent of the original areas within the ship purpose to the current location at the bottom of the ocean; in addition to the fate of the ship and the iceberg. The Titanic was known to be the largest

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    As William Penn says in his book‚ Some Fruits of Solitude‚ in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life‚ "Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children." This statement is true‚ to a point. While eugenical artificial selection could in fact ‘breed’ an ideal human being‚ as is done with horses and dogs‚ there is a level of eugenics that has gone too far. During WWII‚ Adolf Hitler took the stance of eugenics as an innovative idea that

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    that he come out and "...meet the man you’ve swindled". (Twain 143) Boggs then continued to call Sherburn every offensive remark he could think of while even though he was under the influence. Then comes Sherburn‚ a proud-looking man who carried himself very well‚ so well that when he stepped out onto the steps of the store the crowd steps back almost in awe. He was about fifty-five and was the best-dressed man in that town‚ he wore Mark Twains later look of all white. Then he warns Boggs to leave by

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    adjectives to help create the fear a good example of this is “A man who has been soaked in water and smothered in mud‚ and lamed by stones‚ and cut by flints‚ and stung by nettles‚ and torn by briars” These adjectives help the reader to picture Magwitch a a big scary tough man. Dickens has described him as “pirate” looking. All these adjectives add to the fear because without them we would not be scared of Magwitch as he could be weak as well if not for the adjectives. Dickens also uses humor in this chapter

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    In the first extract (Huckleberry Finn) Twain shows the theme of escapism by describing how Huck fakes his own death in an attempt to escape from civilization. In the second extract (Catcher in the Rye) Salinger shows the theme as escapism as Holden is running away from Pencey to go into a Hotel for a few days. Salinger shows that Holden is emotional about staying and leaving Pencey as he had got the ‘ax again’. ‘It made me too sad and lonesome’. This quote shows that Salinger is trying to portray

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    everyone is “equal”. Equalization is achieved by the government enforcing weights for the physically strong‚ masks for the beautiful‚ and loud buzzing ear pieces to make those who have above average intelligence to be dumbed down. This in theory should create the perfect society in which no one has an advantage over anyone. The government is able to keep control over all the citizens with these physical devices that ensure no free thought. The story is littered in satire‚ political correctness‚ and government

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    of problems‚ federalism is viewed by many as the only hope for a country. It has grown in popularity over the past century‚ which is largely due to its particular successes throughout the world. However‚ federalism is not without any defect. This essay will briefly outline the definition of federalism which followed by an detail analysis of both advantages and disadvantages of federalism as well as the impact on business. The term federalism is used to describe a system of the government in which

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    credited to his name. The play Much Ado About Nothing‚ written by the poet in his mid-thirties‚ can be named as a farce or even a melodrama based on multiple excessive and dramatic events in the drama which contrast with the constant use of comedy and humor. Although the play is named as a comical work‚ there are still moments of intense emotions and drama that could alter the genre to a tragi-comedy. There is a fair share of comical effects and tricks used in the play. The characters of Dogberry and

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