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    (Caravan Park) Away is about reconciliation and the power of healing through love and compassion This play is about the experiences of a dying school boy‚ it is a celebration of life and the power to heal through gaining insight. At the end‚ the characters accept their motives‚ ambitions‚ hopes and fears which determine their actions Characters Imprisoned in a World which their worth as human beings is measured in the costs of their holidays The quest of the characters in Away brings them

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    of the characters and issues is always improved by its staging. "Staging" in Drama means the process or manner of putting a play on stage. This refers to the positioning of the characters and props‚ the way the actors move‚ the way they use their voice and how the character looks. Gore Vidal once said‚ "A talent for Drama is not a talent for writing‚ but an ability to articulate human relationships." By this‚ Vidal meant that to convey a play properly‚ association between the characters has to be

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    Perhaps the most obvious resolution in the play is Tom’s illness. We are left knowing that he has finally accepted his illness and its consequences. Gow finishes the play with Tom reading a passage from King Lear; “while we unburden’d crawl toward death.” I believe that Gow does this purposely to show the growth of Tom throughout the play. This is because Tom also opens the play and again he is quoting a famous Shakespeare play. However this time he is Puck from ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’. This shows

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    state – Gorkhaland) had inherited a loss of identity through the way they’ve been treated. The idea of loss is common throughout the book in different examples and intensities. Physical things are lost; they are somehow taken from the lives of the characters. One major example was when the Gorkhas stole the guns from Cho Oyu. The guns were important to the judge‚ and he obviously took pride in them as they were honorably mounted on the wall at the end of the hall. The judge had inherited these guns

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    There are several different characteristics that are crucial to surviving anything. For example determination‚calmness and intelligence. These three traits have their own reasons they are important but they compliment each other. Let’s say you are going through some rough times you and your best friend just got into a fight and you want to survive this tough time. determination will help you because you have a reason to be determined you want to patch things up with your best friend. You are determined

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    Everyone is aware of the high flying‚ game winning‚ risk taking‚ Michael Jordan. The Jordan who brought 6 championships to the city of Chicago. Jordan was born on February 17‚ 1963 in Brooklyn‚ New York. He was drafted 3rd overall in the 1984 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. He played 12 seasons with the Bulls‚ 3 with the Washington Wizards and had retired twice in between. Jordan always demonstrates leadership qualities whether it is on the court or outside in his personal life. Specifically‚ this

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    of those‚ it is the conflict that everybody experiences within themselves. Conflict will always be experienced between a person and themselves‚ whether it is the struggle of making the right choices or the need to accept change around you. Michael Gow’s play‚ Away‚ explores the struggle of acceptance within an individual and the ability to make the right choice and avoid conflict. 10 things I hate about you directed by Gil Junger‚ shows the conflict between acceptance of the truth and the consequences

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    It seems that Mary’s nickname of "Mary Runs Away" fits‚ because on page 89‚ not 8 short chapters after we are introduced to her‚ she gets married and actually runs away. This leads to a question that everyone is asking. "Did Sherman Alexie name Arnold’s sister Mary because she gets married?" Nobody can say‚ but we can still ask ourselves that question over and over again. Junior is told by Mr. P. that Mary used to love reading and writing romance novels. After she moves‚ Junior says‚"And then I realized

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    In the novel Hunger by Michael Grant‚ the central figure‚ Sam Temple‚ faces the struggle between surviving as a community. Sam has quickly become the leader of Perdido Beach after every adult has disappeared. But now the concern over starvation is imminent and chaos between other rivals descends upon the town. For example‚ the narrator says‚ “Survival. We’re not winning that fight. We’re starving. Kids eating their pets. We’re breaking up into little groups that hate each other. It’s all going out

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    Chapter 19 GOW Rhetorical Analysis Chapter 19 of the book The Grapes of Wrath presents historical background on the development of land ownership in California‚ and traces the American settlement of the land taken from the Mexicans. Fundamentally‚ the chapter explores the conflict between farming solely as a means of profit making and farming as a way of life. Throughout this chapter‚ Steinbeck uses a wide variety of persuasive techniques including parallelism‚ diction‚ and metaphors to convey his

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