Practice Questions for History and Memory 2009 Analyze the ways history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights Representing an ‘absolute truth’ is impossible. Inherent human bias affects both history and memory. We unintentionally falsify parts of the past in order to emphasise the nature of past events we find central to our individual beliefs. Therefore we are challenged with obvious limitations in representing the ‘truth’. The interplay of history and memory however‚ leads to a
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Memory and history share a unique dependent relationship with one another‚ and through the study of Mark Bakers’ The Fiftieth Gate along with Christopher Koch’s Highways to a War it becomes evident that the combination of history and memory brings meaning of past events to the present. French historian Pierre Nora once said that ’history is a representation of the past; memory is a perpetually actual phenomenon‚ a bond tying us to the eternal present’‚ therefore implying history is a record of
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An Animal Rabbit Rabbits (scientific name is Leporidae) are small fluffy mammals belong to the family Leporidae‚ of the order Lagomorpha. Over the world‚ rabbits can be identified in eight different genera in the family. Some of rabbit species are: European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)‚ cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus) and the Amami rabbit ( Pentalagus furnesssi‚ which is considered a harmful species in Japan). Besides‚ some species can be considered to closely relate to rabbit are pikas and
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THE RABBITS John Marsden and Shaun Tan John Marsden’s award winning picture book‚ is a partly figurative story about colonisation‚ told from the viewpoint of the colonised. Marsden deeply explores the concept of belonging through powerful illustrations and key phrases. I believe Marsden’s purpose of this pictorial children’s book is to convey at a children’s level the unfair and disturbing history of the colonization of Australia. The misunderstanding and disrespect of cultures‚ destruction
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The Significance of the title‚ “Fences”‚ and how it relates to the characters. Many people tend to over look family and relationship problems. May people sit around and watch the struggles‚ the drama‚ and the happiness of relationships built and destroyed. Not many people can understand the circumstances or the thoughts of the people involved in the “tragedies’ or the “fantasy”. Troy‚ Cory‚ and Rose express the deepest problems or “fences” throughout the most of the scenes. The emotion given off
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History is traditionally seen as the study of past events‚ which is recorded with facts‚ data and statistics. These recorded documents are everlasting pieces of the past. However‚ these documents on their own fail to present the intricate picture of the dreadful events that have occurred. The emotions and sorrows felt by the individuals are continually overlooked and sidestepped in these historical recordings due to their attempt to remain as unbiased as possible by maintaining an objective
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Your House Rabbit Just like people‚ bunnies enjoy a good meal. A nice mix of hay‚ pellets and fresh vegetables as well as fresh water will make your rabbit healthy and happy. An occasional treat can be given‚ but only in small quantities. Hay Fresh hay should make up the bulk of your rabbit’s diet and needs to be readily available at all times. Adult rabbits can eat timothy‚ grass‚ and oat hays‚ while younger rabbits should be fed alfalfa. Alfalfa should not be given to adult rabbits because of
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this image‚ over all the other images in the book for the cover of the Rabbits as it portrays the starting point of the drama that is about to unfold‚ the incredible numbers of rabbits is hinted at and it provides a thorough insight into the story and it communicates many significant ideas put across in the book such as the menacing nature of the rabbits‚ urbane culture of the rabbits‚ contrast of cultures between the rabbits and the native marsupial creatures is established‚ emotions of text are
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story "The Rabbits" by John Marsten and Shaun Tan‚ the aboriginals had bountiful lands with blooming trees‚ grass‚ and foods. Their children were safe and cared for‚ they had their cultures and customs set into place‚ until the "rabbits" came. "The rabbits came by boat" (Shaun Tan‚ pg.90)‚ were the aboriginals lived‚ they came‚ took over their land and made it their new home. The aboriginals are being out-casted from their homes and their land. The aboriginal elders warned them‚ rabbits will come
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In contrast to documented evidence‚ personal history or memory inevitably reflects a one sided biased view of history. Evaluate the proposition in relation to your prescribed text and at least one related text. Personal history or memory inevitably reflects a one sided biased view of history. However through an analysis of multiple texts it can be seen that neither documented evidence (history) or personal memories are completely reliable. Despite this‚ a study of the poems “In Thai Binh (Peace)
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