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    The Stronger is a theatrically‚ intriguing piece of fiction by August Strindberg. A poignant one-act play with two women: Mrs. X and Miss Amelie Y. The first line within the play sets the scene “The corner of a ladies’ cafe. Two little iron tables‚ a red velvet sofa‚ several chairs.” (Project‚ n.d.) Mrs. X is an indignant‚ talkative‚ married actress with possibly a couple of small children. It is Christmas Eve and she has been shopping for Christmas gifts. She stops at a small cafe‚ and sees acquaintance

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    Rabbit Proof Fence

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    Rabbit Proof Fence A contemporary Australian feature film released in 2002 and direct by Phillip Noyce. Child characters: Molly (14)‚ Daisy (8) and Gracie (10) walk 1600km home to their desert home in Jigalong from the mission called the Moore River Native Settlement north of Perth * Noyce uses oral and written historical methods to tell the story * He uses real and fictional characters to present an emotive and supportive narrative of the girl’s journey‚ showing the white authorities

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    old systems are being dismantled‚ gradually being replaced by newer‚ and hopefully‚ better ones. Technology‚ governments‚ businesses are fast evolving‚ recognizing that you‚ the individual‚ are a significant part of a bigger whole. You matter‚ and what you do matters. The Philippines is no stranger to this transforming reality. More than ever‚ your country recognizes your role in society‚ government and the economy. And so we are investing heavily on you; putting our hopes in each one of you. In

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    Charlie Wilsons War

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    Charlie Wilson’s War Charles Nesbitt Wilson was a United States naval officer who was also a former Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas’s 2nd congressional district. Charlie is best known for leading congress into supporting Operation Cyclone‚ the largest CIA covert operation which supplied military equipment to the Mujahideen including Stinger missile systems which were the main downfall of the USSR in the Afghan Proxy War. Charlie was born in the small town of Trinity‚ Texas. Charlie earned

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    Macomber asked. “I’ll have a gimlet‚” Robert Wilson told him. “I’ll have a gimlet too. I need something‚” Macomber’s wife said. “I suppose it’s the thing to do‚” Macomber agreed. “Tell him to make three gimlets.” The mess boy had started them already‚ lifting the bottles out of the canvas cooling bags that sweated wet in the wind that blew through the trees that shaded the tents. “What had I ought to give them?” Macomber asked. “A quid would be plenty‚” Wilson told him. “You don’t want to spoil them.”

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    Wilson Satire Essay

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    similar strategies on bashing one another’s view on the environment. Wilson writes both passages with parallelism to emphasis his point on how similar both arguments made by each side are and because they are similar they have no effect towards one another’s extreme claims. Through his satirical works Wilson makes the assertion that both groups are pointless through the use of syntax‚ the appeal of pathos‚ and applying strong diction. Wilson does this in order to prove that both groups are too radical to

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    Sgt John Wilson

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    Sgt john Wilson BOOK I -Summer of 1819‚ Jessie’s moved to Prince Albert and started work at a hospital -Jessie’s mother did not like her relationship whit john but in Prince Albert she had little control over it -Jack told Jessie that his brother Alex had been killed in action and that his sister Isa had mysteriously died -Jack takes a position in Saskatoon in a new detachment -Polly discovers a letter from Jessie to jack in a coat pocket -Polly confesses to Mrs. Wismer that she suspected

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    Wilson Lumber Company

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    New Terms 15 1. Introduction Wilson Lumber Company is a small company engaged in timber business. The company has one owner Mr Wilson‚ an entrepreneur‚ who is considered to be reliable partner and talented business man by his suppliers and customers. Mr Wilson originally established the firm with his brother in law‚ Henry Holtz‚ in 1991 but in 2004‚ bought out a part of Mr Holtz for USD200‚000 payable in two equal parts over the next two years. Mr Wilson is willing to try a discount 2/10 net

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    How does the opening chapter of The Handmaid’s Tail introduce the main ideas of the novel? One of the main themes in the novel is that of hierarchy. This is demonstrated in the first chapter‚ through the violent and animalistic imagery of “electric cattle prods” carried by the Aunts “slung on thongs from their leather belt(s)”. This immediately hints to the reader that the women are being kept in the gymnasium by force. Another theme displayed in the first chapter is regime. The description in the

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    In drama‚ struggles and tensions within the lives of characters and the situations they face are important for the building of the plot and maintaining the attention of the audience. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fences by August Wilson‚ the main characters of the plays face struggles which move the plot along‚ while adding anticipation and excitement. Willy and Troy face struggles internally and externally with society. Willy struggles with failing business‚ while Troy struggles

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