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    dangerous to be different to the rest of society. Identity states how ones need to be. It is a self-representation of ones interests‚ relationships‚ social activities and more. Sometimes‚ when ones identity is totally different to the rest of society‚ it will be dangerous because of bullying or discrimination. However‚ it is needed to be different to the rest of society in order to be ourselves. It is dangerous to have different appearance or style of clothing to the rest of society. Clothing is functioning

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    Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Rest Cure. "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Its Autobiographical Background. Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Charlotte Perkins Gilman ’s Biographical Background 4 2.1 General Information 4 2.2 Gilman and the Rest Cure 5 3. The Rest Cure 5 4. Parallels between Charlotte Perkins Gilman ’s Experiences and Her Short Story "The Yellow Wallpaper" 6 4.1 Comparison of Fictional Characters with Authentic Persons 6 4.1.1 The Narrator Compared with Charlotte Perkins Gilman 6 4.2.2

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    Stephen King’s “Rest Stop” Literary Analysis Horror and fantasy are Stephen King’s specialties; writing about ones worst fears‚ or most adventurous dreams. As for his short story‚ “Rest Stop”; it captures what a well-educated man with split personalities reacts when brought to a difficult point in life. He is famous for not only writing novels and short stories‚ but creating such stories to make them become hits in the box office. The way his stories can end up grasping reader’s attention and bringing

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    How do superpowers influence the rest of the world? Super powers can exert their influence through economic power. Wealth allows superpowers to export their power around the world‚ buy resources and influence trade patterns. The world trade system is a way western nations can essentially trade freely. This is evidently an advantage for super powers such as the USA as they have many products they export and import. This increases USA’s rate of globalisation as they become both sellers and buyers

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    Analyse the trial scene and its relationship to the rest of the novel: The trial scene‚ which takes up several chapters of the book‚ can be seen as the climax of the story. This part of the book sums up some themes Harper lee refers to in the novel such as racial prejudice‚ morality‚ injustice and maturity. The trial is the backbone of the novel‚ and was an effective way to for the author to show that racism was present in the society of Maycomb and its relationship with the novel becomes apparent

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    In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” the author describes how a rest cure is inappropriate for a case like the narrator’s. The story uses irony to argue that the rest cure is unfitting: the confinement in a room where the character slowly falls into madness‚ her description of the wallpaper and her attraction for it and her gain of independence as she loses her sanity. The narrator is kept in a room which is supposed to make her feel better‚ but instead‚ she becomes even

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    In the short stories‚ “Spaghetti” and “Slower than the Rest” by Cynthia Rylant‚ both main characters lives improved after using curiosity to find something that gave them luck. In “Spaghetti‚” the main character‚ Gabriel‚ hears a crying noise as he is sitting outside the building he lives in. Gabriel goes looking for what the crying noise could be. He unexpectedly finds a kitten‚ which surprised and pleased him. In “Slower than the Rest‚” the main character‚ Leo‚ was described as a “slow learner”

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    Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and development in the rest of Brazil had led to many conflicting interests in the Amazon region. This is a global issue and can affect many lives e.g by global warming and other factors. The Brazilian rainforest is being used for natural resources‚ which is in great demand. This leads to deforestation (clearance of forest land). The rainforest is so important to people because without it there would be loss of wildlife‚ loss of medicine‚ soil erosion‚ decrease

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    Explain the changes in attitudes to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War Australia’s attitude to its involvement in the Vietnam War changed due to a number of factors. Australia’s attitude changed from supporting the war during the beginning to opposing the war as it progressed. This is due to the fact that there was little understanding of why the war was occurring as Menzies manipulated the Public View by playing on the fear of communism. Also most of the older generation and veterans believed

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    Robert Mugabe is something of mystery to the people of Zimbabwe and the rest of the world. He came from humble beginnings. He was the son of poor Shona tribesmen‚ his father Gabriel Matibiri was a Jesuit trained carpenter and his mother Bona a school teacher who was also trained by the Jesuits. Unlike many African rulers who create myths of their youth‚ his boyhood wasn’t one of great feats of masculinity or remarkable events. His life was that of a scholar‚ who got caught up in the whirlwind

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