allows him ot critically assess and comment on the motives behind government decisions such as the moving of indigenous people from the Government Well Aboriginal Reserve in Northam to Moore River. Example Jack Davis shows this to be true in no sugar when Jimmy said ”Whole town knows why we’re goin”.”Coz wetjalas in this town don’t want us ‘ere’.” Jimmy’s identity and survival are built on outward protest but other members of his family find more subtle forms of protest. Therefore‚ this whole
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Academic Convention Essay When analyzing readings and writings of academic discourse‚ readings and writings found outside the college setting‚ there are common patterns and disciplines that are evident in these writings. In her essay titled “Teaching the Conventions of Academic Discourse” English professor Teresa Thonney argues that “there are shared features that unite academic writing and that by introducing these features to first year students we provide them with knowledge they can apply and
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No Sugar shows us a range of responses adopted by Aboriginal people toward white authority. Discuss. The play No Sugar by Jack Davis which is set in the 1930’s‚ explores and evaluates the way Aborigines were treated unjustly and how they responded to this treatment. Jack Davis presents to us the Milimurra family who are essentially the main characters in the play. They are the minority group fighting against the discriminations laid upon on them by white authorities. Without a doubt‚ Davis positions
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the Aboriginals have been fighting for the survival of their culture. The Aboriginals haven been take in and dominated to bring them in line with an idealistic European society. These themes have been put forward by Jack Davis in his stage play‚ No Sugar‚ the story of an Aboriginal family’s fight for survival during the Great Depression years. Admittedly Davis utilises his characters to confront the audience and take them out of their comfort zone‚ showing them the reality of Aboriginal treatment.
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1/23/12 Silver Trade DBQ The global trade of silver had a devastating affect on the Chinese economy because China did not have the supply of silver that was needed to support their economy so they became dependent on the trade that the Europeans brought (1‚3‚7‚8). In Europeans states like Spain and Portugal we see their economies benefiting from the increase of the global silver trade because they controlled silver mines in the Americas and India (2‚4‚6). In china the increase of silver trade brought
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People in power often dictate recordings of history‚ but the Atlantic slave trade found an exception to this pattern. Documents from both enslavers and enslaved of this time regarding management of captives provide an insight on the treatment of slaves in the middle passage. Data from both parties clearly illustrates slave trading as a massive industry‚ and one where enslavers valued efficiency over the well-being of captives to garner the maximum possible profit. Conditions illustrated in these
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Sugar and Slavery: Molasses to Rum to Slaves Jean M. West What’s not to like about sugar? On the average‚ modern Americans consume 100 pounds of sugar per year. It’s sweet‚ and it gives a big energy boost. Well‚ yes‚ there are calories‚ cavities‚ and diabetes‚ but‚ in moderation‚ sugar is harmless ... right? In 1700‚ English consumption empire-wide was about four pounds of sugar per person per year. That certainly seems moderate. Yet in 1700 alone‚ approximately 25‚000 Africans were enslaved
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Complete the following table to build your understanding of texts and how to relate them to your Area of Study – Journeys Poem 1 /Text: ________We drove to auburn________________________________________________ Author/composer: Fiona Wright ____________________________ Ideas About Journeys Expectations/ Obstacles/ Challenges of the journey Textual features Textual Evidence Evaluate the effect on the responder Impact of the journey: note shifts in attitudes and values of the traveller Assumptions
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has the same value as 100 today or: the 1-year interest rate is 10% Copyright © 1996-2006 Investment Analytics Portfolio Management – Risk & Return Slide: 5 Compound Interest Example Suppose interest rate = 10% and I have $100 to invest What will I get in 1 year time? Simple answer: $110 $100 x (1 + 0.1) = $110 Complex answer: depends on how compute interest By computing interest more frequently I can earn more than $110 Copyright © 1996-2006 Investment Analytics
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the center and southwest part of the country‚ according to Document One of DBQ 12: The Industrial Revolution: Beginnings. As George Warner says in Landmarks in English Industrial History “England…has been fortunate in possessing the natural conditions necessary to success…that her harbors are plentiful‚ that she is not ill-off for rivers‚ and that no part of the country is farther than
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