utilise the distinctively visual in order to give the audience a greater understanding of the characters and societal context in which they exist. It is through the techniques used as a result of the distinctively visual which ‘paints a canvas’ in the minds of the audience and allows them to connect to the individuals and societies within a text. Peter Goldsworthy in his fictional text ‘Maestro’ and Wilfred Owen in his poem ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ employ the distinctively visual to give the audience a
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The Longest Memory – Fred D’Aguiar The Longest Memory is a novel by Fred D’Aguiar‚ which has many different underlying themes and ideas communicated through it‚ but all relating back to two main themes of the book. These themes are Racial Superiority and the opposing ideas of Slavery and Christian Values. The date in which this novel is set (early eighteenth century) was a brutal and a seemingly amoral time. The white population at that time had deemed it just to enslave African peoples‚ whom
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Funny Memory New Year is coming; many of my friends have made a plan of where to go and what to do. Some go to Taipei attending the countdown party nearby Taipei 101. Some go home to enjoy the delight wither their family‚ and so do I. It seems that everywhere is full of joyful atmosphere. However‚ I got a bad news recently that my mother told my father’s company asked him to be on a business trip to Indonesia for three weeks. I think it is pity that I cannot share the happiness of the New Year with
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CHILDHOOD MEMORY It was summer‚ in the year 2004‚ and my niece came to visit my house. We used to live in the country side‚ away from town. We were playing around as usual; as it being a bright sunny day. I was a 6 year old boy who was always looking for trouble and something to do‚ along-side me was my brain storming twin brother and together we cause all sorts of chaos and would get scolded all the time and never listened. Of course since it was summer‚ we were anxious to start our day. Our
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Bittersweet Memories I will never forget the weekend of May 23‚ 2010‚ and how it impacted my life. It was the day my cousin Mia was in a fatal car accident. I remember hearing my mother telling me she has some bad news‚ her voice sounding like a child gasping for air. She was crying as though she had no words left to speak. Those words crushed and scarred my heart forever. The news of Mia’s accident made me feel as if I had no more breaths to take. Like in the movies‚ the hospital was not as
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Our memory is managed through the central nervous system within the human body. Our central nervous system also is responsible for coordinating body movements and remembrance. Psychology is the science of how the brain functions through mental behavioral stages in the human body. The word "psychology" comes from the Greek word psyche which means "breath‚ spirit‚ soul"‚ and the Greek word logia meaning the study of something. German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) was the first to create an
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The mitt was brown‚ a light hazel brown. A colour which was worn down by tiredness. It stood by the shoes. There with the bat and ball‚ both exhausted. It was stained by the green ink. The ink which had once been a vibrant green‚ like the freshest morning of a spring day‚ that’s how green. It had been tattooed by this ink‚ like a trademark written in poems. Poems of hope like those of bigger things. The seams were loose‚ like they were slowly falling from the mitt‚ losing their grip‚ a feeling the
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“It is not possible for a child –any child- ever to use his family’s language in school. Not to understand this is to misunderstand the public uses of schooling and to trivialize the nature of intimate life –“a family’s language”. (125) “At home they spoke spanish. The language of their Mexican past sounded in counterpoint to the English of public society. The words would come quickly‚ with ease. Conveyed through those sounds was the pleasing‚ soothing‚ consoling reminder of being at home.” (3)
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It has been established from early age that each gender plays a different role in society. Feminism is believing in the economic‚ social‚ political‚ and intellectual equality between both men and women‚ not female supremacy. In Breath‚ Eyes‚ Memory‚ Edwidge Danticat expresses the theme of feminism by creating characters for whom bravery‚ strength‚ and education are significant values. Bravery is a powerful value for the characters in the novel. In Haitian culture‚ people view bravery as a characteristic
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Childhood Memory My favorite childhood memory was when I was twelve years old with my Grandpa Joe on a fishing trip. We took his boat out into the Gulf and spent the day fishing‚ telling jokes and having a nice relaxing day. It was by far the best day I ever had with my Grandpa Joe. My Grandfather taught me how to string a fishing line‚ bait the hook‚ and cast the pole into the water. It was very frustrating at first. I did not understand how to throw the fishing line into the water‚ my first
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