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    In “identities” by W.D. Valgardson‚ the protagonist is a static and flat character‚ the adjective lost best describes him‚ both literally and figuratively. The protagonist lives in a quiet town‚ where the town is full of blossoming flowers‚ full of pleasant aroma in the streets. The adjective lost best describes him because‚ he belongs to no where‚ he leave his home to find a new place‚ and he was not able to adapt quickly to his new world. The Protagonist thought that his home was boring. The reason

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    Identities - W.D. Valgardson Normally‚ he goes clean-shaven into the world‚ but the promise of a Saturday liquid with sunshine draws him first from his study to the backyard‚ from there to his front lawn. The smell of burning leaves stirs the memories of childhood car rides‚ narrow lanes adrift with yellow leaves‚ girls on plodding horses‚ unattended stands piled high with pumpkins‚ onions‚ or beets so that each one was‚ in its own way‚ a still life. Always‚ there were salmon tins glinting with

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    Literary Essay- "Identities" In the short story "Identities" by W.D Valgardson‚ the author uses contrast to create tension in the story by placing the character in an unfamiliar environment and by contrasting the different areas of the town he is in. This contrast creates suspense in the story and it shows that stereotypes are dangerous to society. As the main character goes through the town‚ the areas change and things change from being clean and neat

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    "To dominate the fear" is the central idea of this story. Flaherty is a great Irish novelist‚ essayist‚ and short-story writer. He is a keen observer and interested in sea-life. He spent much time on sea-shore and studied the life of seagulls quite closely. Once a young seagull was standing alone on a rock in the sea‚ he was afraid of flying. His parents taught his sister and two brothers how to fly and dive for fish into the sea. They strove their level best to teach the young seagull to fly but

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    express how I feel‚ but I will try my best to explain. The actors and actresses did a phenomenal job in the new release of ‘The Birth of a Nation’ in portraying the 19th century involving the importance of changing how blacks were portrayed‚ compared to D. W. Griffith’s movie The Birth of a nation in 1915. The director took the audience to a time when the South’s king cotton thrived off the backs of slaves’ labor. Despite the evil ways‚ Negros were symbolized in D.W. Griffith’s birth of a nation movie

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    In the early twentieth century a director called D.W. Griffith of the United States proved that film narratives can be improved by adjusting the way in which the film is put together (Bywater & Sobchack‚ 1989). Griffith developed ways to counteract the little dialogue there was in those days and intensify the drama and emotion he could provoke in his fictional films (Fabe‚ 2004). He had three main methods: utilising the foundations of “filmic” mise-en-scene with his cast‚ filming his movies more

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    lives. Whether it is a feeling of not being able to break free of an abusive loved one or being trapped by a bad storm‚ the natural animal instinct of survival is apparent. "Celebration" written by W.D. Valgardson studies that instinct and the helplessness of situations that drives us to it. Valgardson introduces various situations that require survival techniques in the story. One is the helplessness of the children in the violent home atmosphere and the poverty that they live in. Whenever Eric and

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    D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation is a film based on the Civil War. It features two families The Stonemans‚ from the north‚ and the Camerons‚ from the south. This movie is known to be one of the most controversial‚ racist movies ever created. It accurately depicts how Africans in America would later be treated by whites. In this paper‚ I will discuss the background of the Civil war‚ how the characters in this movie connects to previous and current‚ black and white controversy‚ as well as its connection

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    Flight By Alice Hoffman The author uses a number of symbols through the novel. The most prominent of the symbols is of course the owl. It can be interpreted in 2 different ways but the one dos not necessarily exclude the other. It can be seen as a symbol of how important freedom and the possibility to doing what we love means to us. When the owl comes in the possession of our narrator it is no longer able to go flying freely as it loved to do with Eugene. The other way to read the meaning of the

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    Lift and Stalls (1.32) Describe the Effect of Altitude on Mach Number and Critical Mach Number As the altitude increases‚ the density changes resulting in changing Mach numbers. For constant Mach the equation is M = TAS / LSOS For constant IAS the equation is IAS = TAS x √ρ/ρ0 For constant TAS the equation is TAS = IAS x √ρ0/ρ Lift and Stalls (1.35) Describe the Effects of Changes in Angle of Attack on the Pressure Distribution and

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