World on Fire: The designer of this video shows how she distributed money that she would have spent on a Hollywood produced video to a bunch of charities. Instead of spending thousands of dollars on the short video‚ she instead specifically explains how that money could be used to help people in many countries who are in need. For example‚ the video showed that $15‚000 would provide India with a mobile medical unit that could service 150‚000 people through its use. Also‚ the $16‚500 fee for
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Take Home Examination Question One Focus: David Malouf: The Great World Evaluate Malouf’s representation of Australian prisoners of war in Singapore and Thailand during World War II. Malouf’s The Great World is a novel of historical proportions‚ focusing on the impact of major events in the lives of ordinary Australians over decades. Malouf opens his readers to a mysterious and complex world where deep experiences of individuals are dissected in order to explore the impact of the inevitable suffering
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War of the Worlds A New Jersey crane operator and hopeless father‚ Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise)‚ has his weekend with his kids interrupted by alien invaders who have come to destroy Earth and its inhabitants. We follow the Ferrier family as they struggle to survive the extermination attempt as they herd along the east coast. Along the way their relationships are tested as they learn more and more about each other‚ and mankind. Accompanying Cruise on the screen is a very impressive Dakota
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character and has history greater than credited. Debra Marquart illustrated the history of her small town. Throughout the passage described in first person narrative by Debra‚ herself‚ explained her story of what she has seen and been told. In “Horizontal World” author Debra Marquart applies vivid imagery‚ unique diction‚ and a personal anecdote to convey the importance and uniqueness of small towns. First‚ Debra Marquart uses vivid imagery to emphasize the small details that make a town unique. Debra opened
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Syntax H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds is a novel written in the first person perspective with quite a variety of sentence structures but is predominantly composed of compound‚ complex‚ and compound-complex sentences. One of the few straight to the point‚ simple sentences in the text is‚ “I felt foolish and angry (44).” This sentence quickly and concisely conveys the emotional state of the narrator at this point in the story. Also contributing to the text are the long sentences that draw the
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Science fiction books or sci fi books not always write about aliens but when they do it almost always has to do with an alien invasion. In “Zero Hour” Ray Bradbury and “War Of The Worlds” H.G Wells both describe alien invasions on earth and how it affected the characters. Both stories were written in the early 1900’s but both portray the same idea. In both texts‚ alien invasions have characters that want to change life on earth and create events that ruin life in different ways. Both Bradbury and
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purpose of live is to live it‚ to taste experience to the utmost‚ to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.” Eleanor Roosevelt‚ American Politician and the First Lady of the United States *** In the 1993 comedy Wayne’s World‚ Mike Meyers (Wayne) dreams he meets Jim Morrison of the Doors. Morrison informs Wayne he is destined to put on a concert. When Wayne asks how he is supposed to get the bands to come‚ Morrison tells him‚ “If you book them‚ they will come.” Take the
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In order to create a stable society‚ the leaders believe that they would need to take away all human emotion. The World Controllers believed that emotion caused social unrest‚ disease‚ and war which all lead to death and suffering. The controller believes if you give people what they want immediately‚ therefore shortening desire‚ then it will eliminate emotion. By eliminating emotions‚ many of the problems in the past will go away and the society can live in harmony. The people get no say in how
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forefront of Sports‚ Entertainment and Lifestyle Industry The Asian economic growth story that started in the 1980’s has seen exponential growth. Japan surprised the world with its economic might and ever since has occupied the second position in terms of GDP and economic standing. This was followed by growth stories of Korea‚ Hong Kong‚ Taiwan‚ Thailand‚ India and the latest and mightiest addition – China. Although the current financial crisis has negatively impacted the world‚ China has maintained
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Judging by the image‚ the artist is trying to depict world hunger and how it is a growing crisis yet countries with food that are well off are not making an initiative to change it. The image portrays an obese white male that is crushing a malnourished black male. It also shows the white male with food and a remote while the black male has a bandage with blood on his left arm. With this‚ the artist is trying to get his argument across to the audience and make the audience feel sympathy for people
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