Courage and hope is the key to survival‚ according to Gabriella. Gabi is the protagonist of the novel‚ “Tree Girl”‚ by Ben Mikaelsen. She endures a tough loss of her siblings‚ Julia‚ Antonio‚ Jorge‚ Lidia‚ and Lester. She also has to fight the pain she is going through with her parents. She lost her mom to an evil sickness and her dad to soldiers who had gunned him down. It all started in Guatemala. Guatemala was Gabi’s hometown‚ it was where she lived‚ went to school and played. But‚ one day‚ her
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The Red Tree is another outstanding book by Australian illustrator and author Shaun Tan. The book published by Hachette Australia in 2001 leads us on one girl’s journey through a dark and confusing path of depression. Although each page contains a few words it is the images that capture the reader’s attention with new objects‚ images and meanings discovered each time the book is reopened. Shaun Tan has had an impressive illustrative career spanning over fifteen years. He has won various awards
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Morality & Wealth and Poverty & Justice December 1‚ 2016 An individual’s ethical and moral standing can influence whether the individual becomes a wealthy person or a poor person. The justice system creates a view of what is right and wrong; therefore‚ the justice system can determine whether an individual lives in poverty or affluence. Authoritative figures construct the views of the justice system‚ therefore‚ most people believe the system is a reasonable one to follow
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Bonsai is a word used to describe miniature trees that are created using techniques such as pruning‚ wiring the branches and trunk and grafting. A Bonsai tree is a lot smaller at mature age than the cutting or seedling that it comes from. This means that all the elements of tree such as the leaves‚ flowers‚ roots and trunk must represent the larger version of the Bonsai. The art of Bonsai is considered to have origins in Japan‚ China and Vietnam. The Chinese tradition of bonsai is called penjing
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“A Poison Tree” Poetry Analysis “A Poison Tree”‚ by William Blake is a poem of four stanzas‚ with a rhyme scheme of aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff-gg-hh‚ and in which the poet examines the negative effects of unresolved anger. Blake cleverly presents this idea by way of an extended metaphor in order to make the point that if you let anger fester and build up‚ deplorable actions may occur. Blake also employs allusions and tone to help convey this theme. An extended metaphor is a literary device that compares
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Poor’s (S&P) behaviour towards end users of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs)‚ for possible breaches of the EC Treaty’s rules on abuse of a dominant market position (Article 82). The Commission believes that S&P may abuse its monopoly position as the US national numbering agency by forcing financial institutions (such as banks and investment funds) to pay licensing fees for the use of US ISIN codes in their own databases. The initiation of proceedings against S&P
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The coconut tree as a “tree of life” is characteristically a food supplier as this tree provides fruit and is well-known to be devoid of any anti-nutrient factors and is known as a whole food with 5‚000 years of recorded use in food preparation with health benefits.The fruit is edible at any stage of maturity. It provides not only a solid food but a large volume of very safe and healthy drinking water-based juice. The fruit of the coconut palm is the main source of many food products such as coconut
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Parts of the Trunk: Inside the trunk of a tree are a number of rings. Each year of the tree’s life a new ring is added so many people refer to them as the annual rings. The rings are actually made up of different parts: Bark: The outside layer of the trunk‚ branches and twigs of trees. The bark serves as a protective layer for the more delicate inside wood of the tree. Trees actually have inner bark and outer bark -- the inner layer of bark is made up of living cells and the outer layer is made
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1950’s The 1950’s where so called the birth of popular music. The first half of the decade was run by popular music‚ or classic pop. This more vocal driven music had replaced the earlier big band style. Artists such as Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra where the leaders of this age of traditional pop. Often the most popular musicians that play this genre also played very well on the television and sometimes they would be featured on music special shows‚ or perhaps even have a music variety of their
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In the play The Pohutukawa Tree‚ written by Bruce Mason‚ an important relationship was the relationship between Aroha Mataira and her mislead daughter Queenie Mataira. Throughout the play the relationship between these two main characters is a cause of constant conflict. The conflict is shown through the lack of a mother-daughter relationship‚ followed by Queenie falling pregnant and being sent away for good. This conflict helped me learn that firstly‚ even the closest family members can turn against
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