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    Sexism In Whale Rider

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    The main character of the film Whale Rider is Paikea Apirana. She is an 11 year old girl‚ who was born in the New Zealand Maori tribe. As soon as she was born‚ she was unwanted by the members of her tribe. This is because both her mother and twin brother died during the birth‚ leaving Paikea alone. Paikea states in a voice over of this scene‚ “there was no gladness when I was born. My twin brother died and took my mother with him. Everybody was waiting for the first born boy to lead us but he died

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    Freedom Riders Thesis

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    The Freedom Riders were brave both black and white people who were ready to state their point‚ end segregation in the south. They were tired of the ways of the government they would have a law but not enforce it. The Freedom riders got on buses and drove through the south‚ all they needed was to get the attention of the Kennedy admiration who would help them accomplish their goal. Same goes for Little rock nine these 9 courageous students were willing to sacrifice everything just to go to a better

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    Alan Rider Analysis

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    was indeed amiss at Sayle Enterprises. Rider had been assigned to Sayle’s base in Port Tallon as a precaution. To keep an eye on things as it were. Things had progressed quicker than Blunt had anticipated and Rider had died before being able to make his final report. It had been an unfortunate setback as far as Blunt was concerned. A waste of time and resources but it was Blunt’s job to ensure that they turned the situation around to benefit them. By having Rider killed‚ Sayle had shown his hand. It

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    THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE IN TENNYSON’S ULYSSES The greatest Victorian contribution to poetry is certainly the form of the dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is defined by various critics as a type of poem in which a single speaker‚ a persona‚ “utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem‚ in a specific situation at a critical moment.” This speaker addresses and interacts with one or more other people. They are silent but usually identifiable listeners in whose presence the speaker reveals

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    Easy Rider Culture

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    portrayed as an era where there was a clear challenge and feeling of hostility towards the older establishment generation of authority‚ as well as a period in American culture where psychedelic drugs and rock music were widely popular. The 1969 film Easy Rider is a very well known film‚ which portrayed many of the cultural aspects and characteristics of the Hippie age. The message of this film clearly is to make a statement that expressed the fact that many young college aged students resented traditional

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    Alex Rider Analysis

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    Alex Rider is an orphan because his parents died when he was a baby a couple weeks after he was born. The fourteen year old boy was taken care of his uncle but he also died recently so he is all alone. Now he has to take over Ian Rider’s mission and join MI6. He has all the skills because his father’s brother was secretly training him. Alex is athletic‚ strong ‚ loyal‚ hardworking ‚courageous‚ and etc. He has short brown hair and dull brown eyes and tall for his age. He is strong because he was

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    The Whale Rider Belonging

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    Reading Log Entry – English: 1.10A 11ENG - Visual text Assessment “Whale Rider” Directed by: Niki Caro The film “Whale Rider” Directed by Niki Caro is a film about the Whangara people in the east coast of New Zealand who date theier tribe back to one ancestor Paikea. The tradition of the head family is to name their first born son Paikea‚ but due to a freak accident at birth ‚the first born male died‚ leaving his twin sister alive. She was then named Paikea. The naming of the girl as Pakea

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    Dragon Rider Archetype

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    creatures called Urgals. Running wild with magic‚ and clashes on an epic scale. Into this world‚ there were born a few‚ rather extraordinary‚ men‚ even for this world. Galbatorix a Dragon Rider of the order‚ destroyer of an era of peace and prosperity‚ Eragon a farmer boy who became one of the legendary Dragon Riders‚ and Sloan a simple butcher who became significant through his involvement with Eragon’s family. These men all made choices driven by things they perhaps could not control or fully understand

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    Dramatic Monologue

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    The vile odour of disinfectant permeates the air around me. My heart is racing and my trembling‚ sweaty hands cling onto my mother’s like a sloth to its branch. Gradually‚ more doctors begin to crowd around me‚ resembling vultures hovering over their prey‚ preparing to strike. The clanging of metal instruments and beeps of various machines distract me momentarily. Looking over to my left‚ I see a stout‚ middle-aged man donned in a green surgical gown. He is wearing a big‚ red foam nose and a multi-coloured

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    because it had a singular God who’s major focus was the welfare of his people. Constantly Jesus stressed that their God loved each of them equally and no man in God’s eyes was greater then any other man. Jesus preached this to his people through a literary form known as a parable. A parable is a picture painted by the speaker using words. The fundamental importance of the use of parables was that they were open for interpretation. They never told the people what they should think‚ rather they were

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