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    While Thebedi made a hand crafted bracelet which she gave to him before he went back to school. The secret exchange in gifts lead to believe that there friendship was becoming more than a friendship. With their friendship turning into love their time together was becoming more and more special. Every moment when Paulus was home from school was spent together‚ down by the riverbed‚ at the farmhouse when no one was around and some nights. The gifts became more elaborate‚ when he was as far from

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    Many people would say that the ABC series Once Upon a Time is a lousy show‚ is unrealistic‚ and does not make sense or follow a good storyline; but over its first six seasons‚ Once Upon A Time has stolen my heart time and time again for many reasons. These writers and the creators of this show Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis have re-created many people’s favorite scenes from their favorite movies like Prince Charming finding snow white and Waking her up with true love’s kiss‚ or beauty and the

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    Once Upon a Time Analysis

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    Once Upon a Time’‚ was written by Gabriel Okara‚ who is a Nigerian poet. He often explains what happens when a traditional African culture meets the forces of the Western way of life. I think the poem was written to outline the fake personalities of many people and to try and get them to return to a natural and innocent state. The poem tells of the conversation between what seems to be a father and son‚ where the father wants to learn from his son how to go back to normality and no longer be

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    Once Upon A Time... Once upon a time long ago and far away‚ there lived a Baron and his wife‚ the Baroness. They lived in a castle surrounded by a large moat with a big drawbridge. One day the Baron said to the Baroness‚ "I’m going hunting for a while and whatever you do‚ do not leave the castle!" And with that‚ the Baron and his hunting party left. The Baroness passed the day idly and waited and waited for her husband to return. At dusk‚ it became apparent that the Baron would not be returning

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    1. Background of the Literary Piece Once Upon A Time by Gabriel Okara The poem is written by Gabriel Okara‚ a Nigerian poet. He may have written the poem so that other people may understand how an African person deals with the western ideas. The poem is like a clash of cultures and how the speaker finds a way to adapt to the situation‚ the poem also gives a description about how the speaker wants to forget the ideals of these people. 2. Summary The poem‚ is depicting a man‚ maybe of old age (or

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    Once Upon A Time Analysis

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    (Melanie) and a girl; Luna (Helsey) are preparing food for dinner. The mother is wiping the table while the father helps to carry some of the food to the table as the narrator starts reading his line. Narrator: Every story does not have to start with once Upon A Time. Every story does not have to end with a happy ending‚ but this story does have the heart warming ending. But I warn you—that this kind of story is not what you expected because it will blow your mind and literally make you lost some weight—a

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    Once Upon a Social Issue Fairy tales have always been told to us as children; whether to comfort or entertain us‚ they always seem to be a part of most everyone ’s childhood. When Nadine Gordimer was asked to write a children ’s story‚ she replied with a short story titled "Once Upon A Time". Although the title is characteristic of a fairy tale‚ she leads the tale to an ending that is anything other than "…happily ever after." Gordimer distorts the fairy tale by dealing with certain issues rather

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    something in his or her life. Whether it be good or bad‚ there will be consequences for every decision one makes. Both “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer‚ and Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie‚ use allegory to show the dangers of wanting and having control. “Once Upon a Time” shows the power and dominance of control through a real-life situation and a fairytale. Gordimer writes about apartheid‚ a situation going on in her life that she is extremely unhappy with. In fact‚ most people

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    comparing how the poets who wrote: piano‚ once upon a time and poem thirty-nine feel about the past. In Piano the poet listens to a woman play a piano which reminds him of his past‚ the lines ’ Taking me back down the vista of years‚ till I see A child sitting under the piano’ show that he can remember being a small child – small enough to be under a piano and the addition of the line ‘ of a mother who smiles as she sings’ informs us of happy times listening to his mother. his mother e is hurt

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    the latest episode of their favorite thrilling and alluring show. What very few people realize is that most of the time the producers and screen writers did not come up with the idea and themes of these main stream shows all on their own. Much of the modern day media can be traced back to ancient text and stories that were common in antiquity. In the television show‚ Once Upon A Time it is clear to see that the source of the production comes from fairy tales and Disney movies‚ but some of the underlining

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