Yellow Brick Road by Witi Ihimaera Follow the yellow brick road‚ Follow‚ follow‚ follow follow‚ Follow the yellow brick road ... We’re almost there! Almost at Wellington‚ the Emerald City! Me and Dad and Mum and Roha‚ we been travelling for two days now in our car which Dad bought from Mr Wallace last week. No dents and honk honk goes the horn. Dad‚ he said I could have a drive of it myself when we left Waituhi but then it conked out on the Whareratas and that made him change
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SETTING IN TIME AND PLACE The short story "Yellow Brick Road" is set in a car‚ on State Highway 2‚ between Hastings and Wellington. It briefly mentions home‚ Waituhi‚ and Uncle Sam’s house. Wellington is their goal. These points are unimportant. What is important is travelling from security‚ warmth and familiarity to vast‚ unfamiliar and the alien big city. The time setting is a no man’s land‚ caught between an old life and a new life. The car is their only home and their possessions are
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Carl von Clausewitz and On War Clausewitz was a part of the Prussian military in the 18th and 19th centuries. He was a great military strategist whose strategies have been used and studied my many military commanders. Clausewitz’s description of war is still applicable to modern warfare. Clausewitz said that the side with the most force and the willingness to use it has the advantage. To this day the side that has the most force and uses it defeats their enemy. The United States has more force
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“...Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow the Yellow Brick Road?” Like Dorothy‚ I’ve wondered that many times myself. Should I follow the Yellow Brick Road? This time‚ however‚ the Yellow Brick Road is my passion‚ and the Emerald City is college. Do I really want to risk pursuing a theatre major in college? Coming from a strict family‚ I knew that my parents had set high goals for me. Like the usual Asian parent stereotype‚ my mother and father wanted me to pursue a career in a higher field‚ especially
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An interesting character in “Yellow Brick Road” by Witi Ihimaera is Matiu‚ a young boy who cares for his family and is very eager to meet with the future. Matiu helps to deliver the idea of going somewhere foreign with great enthusiasm in this story‚ unlike the character Hema from “Big Brother‚ Little Sister.” Hema is also an interesting character as he is protects and cares for the people in his family‚ and instead of purposely harming them when they betray him‚ Hema runs away. Hema and Matiu are
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white-collar full of frustration‚ I decided it was time to take matters into my own ink-stained‚ carpal tunnel syndrome-stricken hands. I immediately gave my two-weeks notice‚ and pontificated about going to college. <br> <br>Headed along the yellow brick road towards the registration office‚ I was intercepted by my malevolent manager‚ the "Ineffable John" as he was called by my fellow co-workers‚ and he said unto me‚ "Michael‚ you don’t want to go to college‚ stay here and you shall have bestowed
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The Yellow Brick Road “Joe Versus the Volcano” is both a fairy tale and romantic comedy. The goofball characters‚ and sneaky symbolism of this screenplay by Shanley‚ make this zany movie the comic delight that it is. The overall look and feel of this movie leaves the audience with the feeling that life is worth living‚ miracles do occur‚ and God is in control. There are many symbolisms and visual metaphors incorporated into this movie‚ and these visual elements work collectively to give the story
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worked with him. The first song(s) in our performance piece‚ “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding‚” were originally not written as one single piece. At 11 minutes long‚ the two pieces were rarely played on the radio when the album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” was released in 1973. However‚ it soon became a favorite of radio DJs‚ because it allowed them to take their much-needed bathroom and/or snack breaks. John wrote “Funeral” for two reasons: his record producer Gus Dudgeon had often suggested
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snails rapidly spread to the southern part of China and south east part of Asia most likely the Philippines. With this problem‚ the researcher thought of a solution. The researcher decided to use Golden apple snails’ shells as the primary component of brick to help lessen the population of this kind of snails. Background of the Study Many researchers said that Golden Apple Snails are from South America. Argentina‚ Brazil‚ and Uruguay are the first place‚ which Golden Apple Snails have come from. And
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Shells Bricks in Different Height The table 1 shows how durable the Golden Apple Snails Shells Bricks that fell from different height. On trial 1‚2 and 3‚ the brick is still durable when it fell in 1 meter . On the trial 1‚ it is still durable when it fell with a height of 5 meters but on the trial 2 and 3 it is not durable anymore when it fell from the height of 5 meters and 8 meters. The table 1 shows that the brick is not durable when fell from a height of 8 meters. Kinds of Bricks | Height
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