not think that PSLE should be removed. On the issue of abolishing PSLE‚ my concern is if we do not have the PSLE‚ when it comes to the entrance to secondary schools‚ how do you decide who goes to which school? I sometimes wish we were a bit like Hogwarts in Harry Potter‚ where you have the sorting hat that decides which house you go to. But in reality‚ we do not have a sorting hat and how do we decide who goes to which school? If you did not do it according to grades and scores‚ how would you do
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The Harry Potter series is an international literature phenomenon that is both criticised and cherished. Penned by renowned author J.K. Rowling the story of the boy wizard seems to break the barriers of age‚ race‚ religion and gender with the range of its fans. This investigation focuses on the Harry Potter series and intends to answer the question of Harry Potter: Selfish or Selfless under the topic of Altruism in Contemporary Young Adult Literature. This investigation is a literature review; unlike
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Chris Dawson Lee Bailey Humanities: Byzantine-Enlightenment July 17‚ 2014 An Art Analysis of the Gothic Church There are many Gothic churches/cathedrals around Europe. When you think of a church in Paris you think of Notre Dame but there are others. The church I chose to talk about is “The Abbey Church of Saint Denis‚ known as the first Gothic structure and was developed in the 12th century by Abbot Suger. The Abbey Church of Saint Denis‚ also known as the Cathedral Basilica of St Denis‚ provided
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Throughout history‚ the prevalence of evil and its good counterpart has become increasingly evident; beyond that‚ the physical and emotional conflict between the two has led to many controversial and brutal internal and external conflicts. This phenomena is made clear in several selections of various media-types‚ such as Macbeth by Shakespeare‚ “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning‚ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling‚ and "How One Notorious Serial Killer Got Caught" by Charles Monaldo
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Is there a clear divide between books for adults and books for children? On the surface one may feel that there is a clear divide between children’s books and adults. For instance if we take a look at a typical children’s book cover we often find them to be colourful and decorated with illustrations. In contrast to the supposed adult books that often have mundane simple covers. However‚ to distinguish if there is a clear divide between children’s books and adults books one must look further
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Do you believe in Magic? by Harry Potter - Stories from Tumblr on Tuesday‚ October 4‚ 2011 at 7:09am “This is outrageous! Outrageous I say! First we have to deal with post on Sundays‚ and now we have to leave the house on a freezing cold day to take the boys on a bloody train journey?! Are these freaks so ignorant that they are completely unaware of the fact that the golf is on the TV?!” grumbled Vernon Dursley as he trailed after his family towards King’s Cross Station. Dudley kept up his
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I. Heart of Darkness Text Theme: "A haze rested on the low shores that ran out to seanin vanishing flatness. The air was dark above Gravesend." (pg.45) "Only the gloom to the west‚ brooding over the upper reaches‚ became more sombre every minute‚ as if angered by the approach of the sun." (pg.46) Conflict: "- everything belonged to him - but that was a trifle. The thing was to know what he belonged to‚ how many powers of darkness claimed him for their own. That was
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was changed to “Sourcerer” for its publication in America. The biography also informs that the book was the start of a seven part series chronicling the life of the young wizard Harry Potter and his friend Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and WIzardry. In this book‚ Harry learns he is a wizard and becomes acquainted with the wizard world. He discovers who he is and what happened to his parents. The Encyclopedia of World Biography claims that‚ Harry Potter and
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Why shouldn’t Fan fiction be forbidden? (Positive and negative sides of fanfiction and which overbalance the others) Does fan fiction infringe the copyright? Yes‚ it does. And there are many people who consider fan fiction to be plagiarism or cheating. They claim that fan fiction writers are just thieves and some even consider these works to be immoral or illegal. In this essay I would like to present some arguments why fan fiction isn’t such a bad thing and why we should not try to forbid it
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What role does matter play in making social worlds secure or insecure? The aim of this essay is to illustrate the role that matter plays in making social worlds secure or insecure. This introduction will give a brief overview of what this essay will include‚ also giving brief definitions of any key theories and concepts that will be used throughout. To discuss the role that matter has in the securities and/ or insecurities of social worlds‚ this essay will use examples which are discussed in the
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