Anna Karlsson EP12 Engelska Book report Book report I have read The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera. It is a short little book with a green cover. On the cover it is a shape of a whale-tail with the ocean in the background. Themes of the book is unrequited love‚ equality and culture of the Maoris. The Whale Rider is on my personally list of ”Do not read”‚ truly not a book I am going to read again and now I am going to tell you why. Firstly the names i the book is typical Maori-names and I thought it
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Explore the ways Atwood presents the struggle for gender equality in the novel Written by Margaret Atwood The Handmaids Tale explores the reversal of women’s rights in a society called Gilead. It is founded on what is to be considered a return to traditional values‚ gender roles and the suppression of women by men‚ and the Bible is used as the guiding principle. Women are not only tripped from their right to vote‚ they are also denied the right to read and write‚ according to the new laws of Gilead
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The Struggle of Life As one goes through life‚ hardships are inevitable‚ but how one faces the hardship determines the outcome of their life. In different religions‚ a God(s) has a huge impact on one’s life and how one conquers a hardship. In the Greek and Hebrew works‚ Oedipus and the Book of Genesis‚ both share a common theme of self-determination and free will presented through the characters Oedipus and Joseph‚ however‚ they differ in how they handle their own free will and self-determination
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When reading about history‚ one comes across a rather unfortunate number of mass killings. From the slow destruction of the Native American peoples‚ to the brief but devastating Holocaust‚ to modern terrorist attacks‚ history books tell of atrocity after atrocity. If one were to ask a random person on the street‚ he or she could probably provide a decent explanation of any of these events. After all‚ humanity has a fascination with violent and horrific acts‚ so if people remember anything from high
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As Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom indicates‚ an issue such as classism is not merely an ideology‚ but a way that differentiates the classes on a social and economic scale. Classism is reflected in the play where the people on the top feel they are naturally superior to those on the bottom‚ especially displayed through the set-up of the recording studio. Irvin and Sturdyvant are at the top of the economic scale and are characterized as the leaders of those below them. They feel that because they are of
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Peter Wood’s Black Majority is a social history examining the cause and effects‚ both explicit and implicit‚ of the black majority that emerged in colonial South Carolina. His study spans the time period from the settlement of Carolina through the Stono Rebellion‚ which took place in 1739. He also takes into consideration and examines certain events that took place in the years immediately preceding the settlement of 1670‚ as well as those that immediately followed‚ as a direct result of‚ the Stono
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The book I chose to read for my book report is called Spellbound by Janet McDonald. The plot starts with Raven living with her mother in the projects in New York City. Raven had a baby at sixteen and had to drop out of high school to take care of her baby boy‚ Smokey. She wants to be better than another high school dropout‚ project girl with few prospects. She wants to do it for her mother’s sake. Her baby’s sake. And for her own sake. She wants to show the ambition she has inside of her and to do
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historical struggle for racial equality in the book ’Noughts and Crosses’. This moving story is about a young boy called Callum – he is a nought‚ a second class citizen in a world run by crosses. Then there is Sephy – a daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country. Noughts and Crosses simply don’t mix. Malorie Blackman has shown racial equality by making Sephy and Callum different races. Malorie Blackman has twisted the story around according to historical events by making black people more
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L3 Language Literacies Learning Harvard referencing guide UniSA This guide will help you apply the Harvard referencing style to your writing at UniSA. It is designed to help you understand the conventions and principles of this style and make decisions about referencing. There are many different versions of the Harvard style. This guide presents one consistent version for use at UniSA‚ which conforms to the Australian Government standard guidelines presented in Snooks & Co (eds) 2002‚ Style manual
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A Book Report on Mozart: A Life in Letters Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ known for being a musical genius since his childhood‚ was a brilliant composer of symphonies‚ concertos‚ and chamber music. Even after his death in December 1791‚ Mozart is still among one of the most popular composers to be written of. Mozart: A Life in Letters is a fascinating book that includes a set of his letters‚ providing a new understanding of his life story including his marriage‚ his relationships with
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