Since its inception‚ the telephone has become one of the most important inventions of all time. Although some were skeptical about its replacement over telegrams‚ in the end the advent of this fine communication equipment has won the hearts of many. As a matter of fact‚ the telephone system had come to numerous facelifts that it literally connected the world before the internet was born. Because of its importance‚ homes and businesses can not live without it. In the U.S. alone‚ most if not all
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Changes lead to new understandings‚ often impacts an individual emotionally and mentally‚ therefore causing the perspective and views of an individual to be altered. Patrick Ness’s novel‚ ‘A monster calls’ deals with the theme of death‚ change‚ grief and fear. The protagonist‚ Connor O’Malley is a 13-year-old boy that deals with recurring nightmares which brought pain and suffering to him every night. He is in serious denial about the inevitable death of his mother which gave birth to a tree-like
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hated hearing that from people. That evening‚ his grandmother tells him that his mother is going back to the hospital‚ he is staying at her house‚ and his father is coming into town‚ which hits him like bricks. In Patrick Ness’ book‚ The Monster Calls‚ Conor said‚ "’Dads coming!’" (75). Conor had not see his father‚ who lives in America‚ for two years‚ so he was nervous but excited. After his grandmother talk to Conor‚ he went upstairs to his room where his mother was. His mother‚ not really
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Call of the Wild Vocabulary * Insular - 1.(adjective) of or pertaining to an island or islands; dwelling or situated on an island. 2.(noun) an inhabitant of an island; islander * Metamorphosis - (noun) a complete change of form‚ structure‚ or substance‚ as transformation by magic or witchcraft * Dominion – (noun) the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority * Consignment – 1.(adjective) of‚ pertaining to‚ or shipped as goods on consignment. 2. (verb) to
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Charles Dickens is the best known of the English Victorian novelists. He wrote a great deal about women in Victorian society and the way that roles for women were changing. Prior to these times women were expected to marry and be reliant upon men. Men were deemed to be in charge and any money possessed by women immediately passed to her husband once married. Miss Havisham is the antithesis of the social norm as a self sufficient woman living off her own means. Dickens develops her character throughout
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“elusive vitamin‚ very variable in concentration even in food groups (fruits and vegetables) that are recognised as good sources of the vitamin‚ very soluble in water and very sensitive to alkali‚ oxidation and heat” (Nobile & Woodhill‚ Vitamin C : the Mysterious Redox-System A Trigger of Life?‚ 1981). Vitamin C has undoubtedly been a very effective deterrent and solution against numerous
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"Neighbours" by Tim Winton is an intriguing insight into the lives of a young couple who had moved into a Melbournian suburb. The challenges and ordeals faced by them place the reader in a position to observe varying values and attitudes which are connected with many aspects of Australian multicultural life. The text deals with the different lifestyles of Australia’s ethnic minorities to Australians and we can see from the text how an author creates a good reader response. Examples wich contribute
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That morning I was scared and devastated to go back to that shop Milwards that day. Although father forced me he still doesn’t believe what he’s done while I was going to the shop people kept on talking quietly but I knew they were talking behind my back as it was just obvious. I was shocked as father didn’t want the matter to go out in public due to his reputation and his honour. I was ashamed to be walking in the street that morning but I had learnt my lesson which other people didn’t know. I was
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The play was written in 1945 at the end of 2 World Wars. It is set in 1912‚ Edwardian England‚ just two years before the first war. This was a very difficult time for England. It was a period when there were many strikes‚ food shortages and great political tension. By 1945 Europe was in ruins and two cities of Japan were destroyed by atomic bombs. During the war‚ the blitz and the evacuation of city children into the country meant that a lot of people were thrown or forced together. As a result
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Quotes Her views change as the play progresses. When she hears what her father has done to Eva‚ she says ’but these girls aren’t cheap labour - they’re people’ (p19) At the end she repeats the words of the Inspector’s last speech - ’fire and blood and anguish’ (p71)‚ and unlike the elder Birlings is genuinely changed by the night’s events. She is horrified by her own part in Eva’s story. She feels full of guilt for her jealous actions and blames herself as "really responsible." Priestley uses Sheila to
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