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    Death is interested by humans and the colours of the world‚ but he struggles to decode how humans are capable of so much beauty but at the same time ugliness. Death shows an interest in Liesel’s story and describes the incidents in her life. His opinions are mostly on his understanding of humans and bold texts are used in the novel to correct humans understanding of him. Firstly‚ in the prologue‚ Markus Zusak has used bold text to disrupt the reader and to directly communicate with the reader. For example

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    who were forcibly removed from their parents by Australian authorities in 1931. Molly is the hero of this story and leads her sister and cousin back to their homes and family after they get taken away. Phillip Noyce directed the award winning 2002 film‚ and applied emotive audio and visual elements to evoke a profoundly unsettling emotion in its audience. The visual element of subtle cues of lighting and colour create an atmosphere to position the audience to understand the big ideas‚ such as people’s

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    1. Provide a comprehensive description of the experiment Thomson used to discover the electron. Thomson was experimenting with electric discharges in electric discharge tubes when he found that it would glow when a high voltage was applied in a gas volume at low pressure‚ while it was known that the glow in the gas was something to do with the cathode and the negative pole of the high voltage‚ Thomson continued with his experiments with the rays coming from the cathode and he found that the rays

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    the movie “Gattaca” and the book “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley are based on perfections done on the future and how science has taken over the world‚ they both have similarities and differences. Vincent‚ the main character on Gattaca has more inner strenght than Bernard and John (main characters of Brave New World) who were not happy with themselves for not been a perfection.They are also similar in the way that they rebel against their societies. Both “Brave New World” and “Gattaca” had similar

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    their engagement in forms of language such as‚ reading‚ writing and even restricts how they speak. Which‚ naturally made language a desire by women‚ because it’s degrading to not have freedom of speech. Atwood utilizes literary elements point of view‚ dialogue and diction‚ to convey how powerful language is in this world. The protagonist of this story‚ Offred is a prime example of how powerful language is. She states how uses language daily by making mental notes throughout the day forming a story. Offred

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    is many examples of racism throughout the entire book of To Kill a Mockingbird. After knowing all the examples it teaches the reader about many things that occurred throughout the 1900’s. Racism is not only rude‚ it also affects people’s lives and how people live. Racism is atrocious and it agonizes many people. First‚ Scout and Jem were walking around outside. Then‚ suddenly Mrs. Dubose stopped them from walking. Both Jem and Scout are not fond of Mrs. Dubose since‚ she is a rude person. Mrs

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    between? People of Troy and Allie’s of Greek Kings. Epic and Values 1. What are epics? Long narrative poems that tell of the adventure of hero’s who in some way embody the values of their civilianization. 2. What were the Iliad and the Odyssey used for? To teach greek virtues.

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    How is geometry used in everyday life? When you’re studying a subject‚ the science of lines and angles can seem like nothing more than a dull exercise in formulas and predictability. In reality‚ geometry is at work everywhere you go. Whether you’re aware of it or not‚ geometry quite literally shapes our lives. An Ancient Science‚ how long has geometry been around? To answer that question‚ let’s take a look at where geometry gets its name. Geometry is derived from the Greek words for Earth (Geo)

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    Both cartoonists use analogy to display and compare social classes‚ and how upper class reacts to lower classes. Analogy is the comparison between two things or ideas to clarify and explain the problem. In the “House problem” cartoon‚ showing middle class life Vs. Upper class is simple explanation for analogy. It is used successfully comparing middle class life and the upper class’ point of view. Although the rich man has a house and a car‚ he still thinks he is living like middle class. In the “Unions”

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    Napalm has been used in World War 2‚ but became famous in the Vietnam War. It was first used as a weapon against buildings‚ but later it became a weapon against other soldiers. Napalm was very effective against people‚ because it sticks to the skin and causes extreme burn wounds. Napalm is quite an inhumane weapon. When napalm was created in World War 2‚ it was used in flamethrowers. Later in World War 2‚ Napalm was put into bombs‚ which were dropped on targets. The U.S. Army used Napalm‚ because

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