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    The hitch hiker’s appearance was described as a small ratty faced man with grey teeth‚ rat like eyes‚ slightly pointed ears‚ wearing a cloth hat‚ greyish coloured jacket with enormous pockets. In other words‚ he looked like a human rat. In my opinion I think that Roald Dahl describes the hitch hiker similarly to a rat so that it makes the reader assume that the hitch hiker is probably a looney-toon‚ murderer or some other sort of criminal. Once the reader assume that‚ it will make them predict that

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    Reality shows‚ why do we like them so much? I started thinking about this question‚ and then I though about how many I actually had watched. Reality shows has become a big trend in our society today. People can become famous for almost anything‚ and a lot of people seem to think that being in a reality show is the biggest thing that can happen in life. I think all of us have though about being famous at some point in our life. How nice it would feel to be that athlete‚ singer or actor that everyone

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    Reality television is a relatively new fad in America that is sweeping the networks’ ratings and redefining programming altogether. Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents unscripted dramatic‚ entertaining or humorous situations‚ documents real events‚ and usually features people chosen from the ranks of ordinary people and not professionally trained actors. A reality show provides exposure that people could not get anywhere else; giving non-celebrities the potential

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    Reality television (also known as reality show) is a television programming genre that presents unscripted and humorous situations‚ documents actual events and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors. Much of reality television programming falls into a subcategory as certain collections of shows within the genre use specific themes and focuses or incorporate elements from other genres‚ i.e.‚ reality documentaries‚ reality game showsreality legal programming.[1] Reality television

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    upon arrival‚ you find out that this is a place‚ “where pilots were disappearing like flies" (The First Encounter with a Bandit‚ 38). Roald Dahl wrote a memoir titled‚ “Going Solo" about his time he spent away from England for three years. Dahl left England to take a job in Africa for three years‚ along his journey he had to leave his job in order to fight against the Germans during World War II where he met a variety of unique and different individuals. Two characters Dahl meets are David Coke and

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    Reality Shows In china: A Road to a More Democratic China or Not? In 2005 up to 400 million viewers‚ nearly a third of the population of China sat to watch the grand finale of The Chinese version of American Idol Supergirl Idol. The winner Li Yuchan was chosen via text messages receiving 3.5 million votes. Apart from voting through new age technology ‚the 2005 finale also was covered by over 100 newspapers with series of articles and the website sina.com alone received 2.4 million comments on the

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    REALITY SHOWS gave a new face to Indian Television. They started with very few but reached to a number which was not expected and today they have a new standard. There are different types of reality shows some real and fiction. In this report there is mention of start of reality shows and how these shows have changed over the years. Also topic of various types of reality shows be it real or imitated. There is also inclusion of how there is lack of innovation in our shows as most of the

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    So in this essay I will be talking about how Roald dahl and ray bradbury are alike.How are roald dahl and Ray Bradbury alike? Well they are very good at making things without thought or emotions seem like they do. For example Roald dahl made it seem like the landlady’s dog and bird were alive. She treated them like real living things ‚ he made that seem very real. And Ray made it seem like the whole house was alive . For example Ray said said on there will come soft rains” the clock sang” or “robot

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    Reality shows has grown in popularity for several years and it will never slow down because of the excitement and attention it brings to the viewers. A reality show is based upon many things that go on in a daily life such as romance‚ drama‚ friendship‚ hate and etc. Being on a reality show may look fun but it’s a lot of hard work. Reality shows bring a lot of attention and the companies are making a lot of money for it because of the viewers. * Reality shows are bad‚ lazy and violence television

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    Appearance versus reality Appearance versus reality is an important theme in William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. The theme focuses on characters who are deceived by what appears to be real‚ and on the tragic consequences that follow this error in judgement. By evaluating the way the play shows that appearances are deceptive and the consequences of each pretence it is apparent that Shakespeare is conveying the message that all humans must make a decision whether to choose the world of appearance or

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