Mao’s Last Dancer Term 3 | Maddy Taylor | Mrs Pugliese Hello and welcome to Literature Links‚ a series of podcast lectures which observes and explores social‚ cultural and political issues as highlighted and presented in non-fiction texts. I am your host‚ Maddy Taylor‚ and today I will be exploring significant themes and issues presented in Australian Book of the Year award-winning novel Mao’s Last Dancer‚ by Li Cunxin. Within this literary spectacle‚ Li draws on his own experience growing up in
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Leonardo da Vinci painting “The Last Supper” is the famous magnum opus in “High Renaissance”. And different with the other “The Last Supper” he uses a brand new overall management which let the Jesus and his disciples sit together both in the face of the audience. The Jesus sit in the center of the table and his disciples separate on both side of him‚ the window behind the Jesus reflect the light on the Jesus which stand out him with other people. All his disciples were the symmetric distribution
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The Last Thing I Remember Have you ever had a nightmare about being captured and taken miles away from your home? In The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan‚ this is exactly what happens to Charlie West. It’s action-packed and quick paced‚ but could be compelling for many different types of people. This novel is the first book in the Homelander series‚ which is a thrilling‚ suspenseful four-book series. In this novel‚ Charlie wakes up in a strange place‚ strapped into a chair. He was surrounded
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Earth Kingdom‚ Fire Nation‚ and Air Nomads. Each nation can bend their own element means that they can control over it. Then‚ there is the avatar who can control all four elements. The avatar has to maintain the balance in the world. The Avatar: The Last Airbender‚ created by Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko is an American animated television series. It first aired on Nickelodeon back in 2005 and consisted of 61 episodes (each about 22 minutes). In the show‚ Aang‚ the avatar is definitely
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My Last Duchess A dramatic monologue is defined as a poem in which a single character is speaking to a person or persons- usually about an important topic. The purpose of most dramatic monologues is to provide the reader with an overall or intimate view of the character’s personality. A great poet can use punctuation and rhythm to make the poem appear as if it were an actual conversation. Robert Browning‚ known as the father of the dramatic monologue‚ does this in his poem‚ “My
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In his novel‚ Last of the Mohican’s‚ James Fenimore Cooper illustrates a broad scope of human behaviors and types through a cast of characters ranging from the savage Huron warrior Magua to the fiery and courageous half-sister Cora Munro and her fair and meek sister Alice the passionate and noble Uncas‚ his wise father Chingachgook and their adopted ally and family member Hawkeye. The relationships between these characters are rich and in many ways as similar as their fates are intertwined.
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MY LAST TRIP TO BAGUIO by Jobelle P. Ramos I love travelling‚ especially to those beautiful spots here in the Philippines. I’ve been to Pangasinan‚ Quezon Province‚ Tarlac‚ Pampanga‚ Bataan‚ La Union‚ Baguio‚ and Tagaytay. One thing that I can’t forget are my trips to Baguio. I’ve been there several times with different companions. I almost memorize the different places there that the tourists visit every time they go there like Burnham park‚ Mines View‚ Wright Park‚ Botanical Garden‚ Strawberry
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I have just read The Last Song by Nicolas Sparks. It is about a teenage girl‚ Ronnie‚ whose parents are divorced. Her younger brother and she live with their mother. She hates her father‚ Steve‚ which is why they haven’t seen each other for years. One summer‚ she is forced to stay in Steve’s house near the beach in a small town. They have to spend time together but the girl doesn’t even want to talk with him. Then‚ she meets Will‚ who turns out to be the love of her life. This new experience turns
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I cannot meet. Failure is not an option in their eyes‚ as many other parents. They expect me to work hard to achieve their expectations and to get what I want in life. Sometimes‚ I’m excited at first to work to get what I want. For example‚ in “One Last Time”‚ the author says “When we arrived I was frisky and ready to go…” (Soto). When work first started for him‚ he was excited and ready to learn new skills in order to be successful. I can relate to this because every time I try something new‚ I’m
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“The Last Song” is a breathtaking film directed by Julie-Anne Robinson about a teenage girl‚ Ronnie‚ whose parents divorced when she was young and she has been rebellious ever since. Ronnie and her father had a special language they spoke through‚ music. When Ronnie’s parents divorce she refused to play. Not only did she loose contact with her dad she lost contact with music too. This is until Ronnie and her brother Jonah are sent to stay with their dad in North Carolina over the summer. The main
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