Contents: Introduction 5 I. WESTERN GENRE ANALYSIS 7 1. Possible Pathways 7 2. Guns‚ Horses and Cactuses – Defining the Genre 10 3. White Cowboys and Other Key Features 15 4. The Milestones in Hollywood Western’s History – A Short Genealogy of the Western 17 5. The Structure of Western films – Plot Variations 20 6. Stereotypes 23 6.1. The Hero 24 6.2. The Anti-hero 25 6.3. The Villain 26 6.4. The Woman 27 II. Cowboys Enter
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The 2014 John Newbery Honor was given to The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes. Billy Miller is seven-year-old boy who is determined to have his best year yet before he starts the second grade. However‚ Billy must first overcome obstacles that all children face while growing older. As Billy makes his way through second grade‚ he must learn how to deal with fear‚ his parents‚ and bullies. The Year of Billy Miller is a prized book because it is a realistic story. Instead of relying on traditional
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Jim Elliot Would you give your life for something you believed in? Jim Elliot died trying to bring people to Christ. This might be all you know about this famous martyr‚ but he didn’t start out as a missionary in Ecuador. Early on in life‚ Jim’s parents introduced him to many missionaries who sparked his interest in mission work. In college‚ he became ever more focused on his goal of spreading the Gospel to the world. Finally‚ he went to the mission field where he began full-time missionary
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Text and Discourse The nature of text When we think of a text‚ we typically think of a stretch of language complete in itself and of some considerable extent. However‚ there appears to be a problem when we have to define units of language which consist of a single sentence‚ but that fulfill the basic requirement of forming a meaningful whole in their own right. For example: “keep off the grass”. This text is complete in terms of communicative meaning. So‚ if the meaningful of the texts does not
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of Bramble Elliot‚ who died on the 22nd of May. A girl who thought taking her life was the only solution and thought she wouldn’t have missed or mourned. But she was wrong..." I hear the Priest say but after that I space out. Tears are dowry streaming down my face and I can’t focus on anything except a few words. "Guilt...tragedy...pain...death..." Suddenly‚ someone’s shaking my arm and I realize it’s time for me to give my eulogy. Snapping out of my daze‚ I look up to see Mr. Elliot standing in
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Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. a teacher in Riceville Iowa‚ Jane Elliot wanted to show her students what it means to discriminate against someone. They had just named Martin Luther King Jr. as their “Hero of the month” and no one could understand what would compel someone to assassinate someone so good. She wanted to let her students understand what it’s like to be discriminated against and what it was like to discriminate against people‚ letting the students experience both
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The Minds of Billy Milligan Out of all the classes that I have taken here at Westfield State College‚ I can honestly say that Abnormal Psychology has been by far the most interesting. Since this course has had such a major influence on me this semester‚ I am strongly considering continuing my education in this field of psychology. Throughout the semester‚ we studied a number of intriguing disorders. The disorder that really seemed to catch my attention was the Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
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novel Billy Budd‚ Sailor‚ as Captain Vere executes foretopman Billy Budd for what seems like a justifiable crime to the reader‚ under an undiscriminating law. The idea of capital punishment for laws that do not take into account anything but pure facts has long been debated on moral and ethical grounds‚ and Melville explores both sides; the side of justice‚ which would have let Billy live‚ and the side of the law‚ which condemned Billy to death. Through the character of Captain Vere‚ “Billy Budd‚
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20th century. The text also displays an interesting perspective of panic‚ and how the narrator reacts whilst panicking. T.S Eliot describes the context of his poem ‘Hysteria’ quite abstractly‚ but it is reasonably easy to establish the setting. It seems clear that the narrator is a man observing his female companion while they are having tea or waiting for it to be served to them. The woman is laughing‚ which somewhat disturbs the narrator. The reason for this reaction is not clear in the text. The poem
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