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    The Story of Tom Brennan J C Burke You do not need to write the questions out but you must write in full-sentences. Prologue 1. Identify three narrative techniques and explain how they reveal to the audience that the family are escaping from their world. (Hint: first-person narration‚ past-tense‚ tone‚ flashback‚ repetition of ‘we’‚ etc.) 2. The first sign that this novel’s structure is non-linear (not in a straight narrative pattern) is the change from past-tense to present tense in the

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    The texts The Story of Tom Brennan and Edward Scizzorhands illustrate this through their featured themes of belonging and the introduction to a new world. The Story of Tom Brennan illustrates that the introduction to a new environment can force an indiviual to rethink their beliefs and attitudes. The plot takes Tom and his family‚ the Brennans out of their home town after tragedy strikes and they are forced to move and “start from scratch” or readjust to their new surroundings. Tom is an unwilling

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    Tom and Jerry Story

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    victor - it will be the little mouse. For the cat and mouse are Tom and Jerry‚ and this‚ of course is a Tom & Jerry cartoon. The ever-dueling duo have chased each other from the Hollywood Bowl to Hungary to out space and back‚ and fifty years after their movie debut‚ are still going strong. Vintage Tom & Jerry cartoons still play at the cinema‚ on television‚ and are packaged for sale or rental on videotape. Born in Hollywood‚ Tom and Jerry have captured the delight‚ and the laughter‚ of audiences

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    Exploring Transitions by Character in Tom Brennan    Brennan Family (Immediate)      Character  Transition being Explored  Quotation/page no./analysis of  language or technique  Tom Brennan  Living with grandmother in new town  of Coghill after leaving Mumbilli.  ­struggles with house rules and  expectations such as saying grace  and sharing grandmother’s  cooking(KG)  ­images of saints and prayers at  Gran’s house  ­going to Mass (Pp156­8)  ‘But we weren’t home. We were here.  Here in my grandmother’s  dark

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    Tom Walker: A Short Story

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    Tom Walker went on a journey and ended up coming across The Devil. He is told amount a great sum of money buried and given the option of having it if he sells his soul. He now felt convinced that all he had heard and seen was no illusion. Tom had been thinking a lot about his choice. Did he really need the money? Would his wife be thankful for it? Deep down he knew that making a deal with the The Devil was wrong but over all of that‚ he wanted the money to live the life they never had. Maybe with

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    Explain how Tom Brennan and Juno (related text) portray the consequences of moving into the world. The concept “Into the world” is a process assisted with many new experiences and changes. An individual’s response to these experiences and changes is known as a consequence. Thoroughly portraying the stages of moving into the world with the assistance of an array of techniques‚ the novel “The story of Tom Brennan” by J.C burke and the movie “Juno” composed by Jason Reitman‚ distinctly present a

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    Extended response - The Story of Tom Brannan is a typical teen genre novel‚ discuss. The Story of Tom Brennan by J.C Burke is a typical teen genre novel. This is depicted through the concept of characters coming of age‚ themes such as drink driving and relationships and romance which teenagers understand and relate to as well as language techniques such as colloquial language in which the responders use. Burke uses a number of different themes in her novel The Story of Tom Brannan to explore the

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    The story of Tom Brenan J.C. Burke For the main character of the book Tom Brennan‚ life is about mates‚ rugby and family. Until a night of celebration changes his life forever. Tom is a survivor but he needs a ticket out of the past just as much as Daniel. Until a night of drunken celebration changes his life forever. In a drunken rage‚ Tom’s older brother Daniel causes a car accident in which their cousin‚ Fin‚ suffers irreversible spinal injuries and two friends are killed. Toms world explodes

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    Corporate Social Responsibility of TOMS Shoes BUS 311 Ethical Management May 20‚ 2013 Tom’s Shoes Corporate social responsibility is defined as "actions of an organization that are targeted toward achieving a social benefit over and above maximizing profits for its shareholders and meeting all its legal obligations" (Ghillyer‚ 2012). The for-profit company‚ TOMS Shoes‚ takes social responsibility seriously starting with their central goal: "We can create a better tomorrow by taking

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    problem. The solution to the problem is called Toms‚ and all you have to do is buy a pair of shoes to help out. For every pair of shoes that you buy there is another pair of shoes delivered all over the world and even in some specific areas. Toms is an emerging organization that has helped out people with their health‚ education‚ and mental self. The Toms organization all got started with Blake Mycoskie. He is the founder of the Toms shoe and also created the idea of the One for One

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