[Salutations] Today I will be discussing how the Contemporary Australian novel Cloudstreet‚ by Tim Winton‚ is of value and how it is received in different contexts. I will firstly discuss how the novel is of value because of the presence of universal‚ timeless themes of: the search for a sense belonging and the importance of family. Being post-modern readers‚ we believe that the reception of a text depends on our context and value system. Consequently‚ a text can hold many interpretations. In the
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There are times when people are put in the position in which they must choose between being selfless and helping others or not doing anything and only worrying about themselves. If the people choose to disregard their own safety and put another person’s life before theirs‚ it shows how ethically responsible they are. For an action to be ethically responsible‚ it must be done out of someone’s own intention to ensure the wellbeing of someone else. Ethical responsibility is defined as the obligation
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A GOOD DEED CREATES A GOOD SAMARITAN‚ NOT A HERO Connie Halal English Comp 122 Prof: Amy Morris May 17‚ 2013 A good deed creates a Good Samaritan‚ not a hero Today’s society is a busy self absorbed atmosphere. Our cultural system encourages everyone to go about their business on a daily basis while routinely ignoring the hungry man on the street corner or the dead animal on the side of the highway. It’s normal to mind your own business and not stick your neck out
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Many people‚ when faced with hardships‚ will abandon whatever they were trying to complete. When Santiago‚ a young shepherd‚ dreamt the same dream twice‚ he decided to seek a gypsy to interpret his dreams. The gypsy in turn‚ informs Santiago that he will discover treasure by the pyramids of Egypt in the near future. At first Santiago scoffs at the gypsy’s divination‚ but as he hesitates to move on‚ an old man appears and convinces Santiago to fulfill his “Personal Legend.” As Santiago progresses
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7274 McKee Street Burnaby‚ B.C. Canada V5J2V2 604-888-888 Altonlin@hotmail.com December 20‚ 2013 Mr. Russell Clegg Nursing Manager Family Health Hospital 67 Valley Road Vancouver‚ B.C 67911 Dear Mr. Clegg: I passed out of the University Nursing School and have heard that there is an opportunity for a Nursing Intern at Family Health Hospital. I am submitting this letter and resume as an application for this position. My goal is to obtain a position where I can employ my training
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Intermediate 2 Critical Essay Section C - Poetry – 45 minutes - 25 marks Choose a poem which describes a scene or incident vividly. Briefly state what is being described and then go on to show how the poetic techniques used make the description vivid. Poetic Techniques Link to Task Question Edwin Morgan’s vivid visual poem “Glasgow 5 March 1971” deals with the themes of violence‚ crime‚ apathy and responsibility.This poem is all about street violence and how people
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Ethical Scrap Book Part II Team D CJS/211 September 29‚ 2014 Michael Raneses Ethical Scrap Book Part II Sit down with a group of individuals and ask each one of the same exact question. It’s guaranteed that you will get several different answers. No two people are going to look at any situation exactly the same. This weeks’ lesson called for our team to answer questions and discuss our different answers. We are all able to come to a general consensus on how we felt about a few things. The topics
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Analysis of “Playwriting 101: The Rooftop Lesson” A short play is usually filled with a theatrical energy of diverse anthologies. The time allotted may be only ten or fifteen minutes‚ so it must be able to capture and engage the audience with some dramatic tension‚ exciting action‚ or witty humor. Just as in a short story‚ a great deal of the explanation and background is left for the reader or viewer to discover on their own. Because all the details are not explicitly stated‚ each viewer interprets
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Old man and the Sea: Parable of Man’s Struggle with Natural Forces The "Old man and the sea" is about life’‚ which is the finest and most ambitious thing for a parable to be about. Hemingway has written about life: a struggle against the impossible odds of unconquerable natural forces in which-given such a fact as that of death-a man can only lose‚ but which he can dominate in such a way that his loss has a dignity‚ itself the victory. Santiago is Hemingway’s code hero who illustrates the values
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How Jesus used Parables to teach people about the Kingdom of God. Jesus often used parables to teach people about the kingdom of god. Parables are a Jewish style of storytelling‚ they are drawn from ordinary life so they are easily relateable to the person listening so they can imagine them and apply them to their own lives making it easier for them to understand the message. Many of Jesus’ parables refer to simple everyday things‚ such as a woman baking bread (parable of the Leaven)‚ a man knocking
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