... to them, as they are places they know. " through Nedlands, Shenton Park, and Subiaco." The Australian bush is portrayed strongly throughout the text, establishing to the audience the fact the family also shares the Australian culture and surroundings thus producing a very real environment. Readers are able to ... river, the beautiful, the beautiful the river, the Lambs and the Pickleses are lighting up the morning like a dream- Historical events mentioned in the text such as Lester Lamb's involvement in World War Two, expressed the ideal that he was a true Australian fighting for his coun...

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... the women's responsibility, whereas today the responsibility of having a successful marriage is placed upon both men and women. The main focus of this expository text taken from the magazine Women's World is on how women should work on making their marriages a success, whilst abdicating men of all responsibility, in ... the working women, and less on marriage as the only really successful career option for women. The contemporary males of today, on reading this text, would see it as suggesting a belittling of them and a put down, that they are unable to look after themselves and live a s...

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... It is said that "the love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege". Within the text Ellen Foster, Gibbons' envelops the attitudes and values of family life of the time and setting of which the novel was set. Despite Ellen lacking ... a 'normal' family life that at times seems non-existent, the text provides the reader an experience of the value of family in life. As Ellen had lost both parents at a young age she was deprived ... role of her hardships in life. "When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy". The first line...

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... its plot, the parable also demonstrates various other themes including forgiveness, parental love, anger, and jealousy. The text is a short story being told by the character of another text, Jesus. By the nature and commonly known background of this character, this story may be interpreted as having the ... 't provide a detailed description of main events but rather emphasizes on character reactions and interactions, therefore effectively illustrating various human tendencies in a short text. The conclusion to the parable also seems be left open ended since we don't know what happened af...

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... and disharmony in the family, and this has a negative rippling effect. This severe family disharmony is something that is implicitly challenged within the text by Aboriginal values. Aboriginal culture emphasizes the importance of family unity. This is evident in traditional Aboriginal cultures where the unity of the family ... feelings within her. Therefore it is evident that traditional Aboriginal values concerning the importance of family love and unity are embraced within this text.In depicting the importance of white families embracing Aboriginal values regarding family, Winton is s...

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... exhibits was enough to arouse my interest. As Ms. Pitre took me around the museum a black club hanging on the wall caught my attention, since the text below only said memories I asked her the story behind the clubs. Ms. Pitre then told me that during "Jam secessions" if someone would get out of ... of the great antiques that would have usually grabbed my attention were so cramped together that I just passed them by. Few of the exhibits had a text explanation, and the ones that did were very vague and difficult to read. On my first visit there the tour guide was not very helpful, she ......

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... Barbra Kingsolver. The changing of perspectives becomes evident throughout these texts by means of structure and language devices. Sometimes throughout our lives the need for change is necessary and the text, which shows that change is needed, is Miroslav Holub's "The Door". The poem uses a metaphorical idea of a person inside a room with a closed door, with the speaker trying to convince them ... transition and detachment from the narrator's father has happened as the narrator has matured with age. The concept that changing of perspective happens with maturity is also shown in the text...

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... . Normally, it would be my husband telling me that he just dropped off our daughter at preschool and he was on his way to work, but not this morning. The text message was from my mom, and it was hard to understand. The words that could make out were, "Your dad had a stroke and you need to come home ASAP."" At ... to compose myself before heading home to call my mom. When I got home and walked in the door, my son said, "What are you doing home. " I told him that I got a text about grandpa and it was serious. He wanted to stay home from school but I told him he needed to go and that everyt...

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... and, explain why I did not answer the phone when he called. As I'm calling back, he hangs up after he tells me, "I'll text you." I wait for him to text me, but I began to grow impatient, so I text him first. He finally texted me back telling me he got fired. My heart dropped to my stomach, and I began to cry. I knew nothing ... ...

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... importantly, a bad mother. The complete opposite of this is her cousin, Anna, who is loving, generous and nurturing. Several places in the text demonstrate the qualities of each of these two women. Because of this evidence in the text, it is obvious that this author wants me not to like Joyce, and feel compassion towards Anna. Power makes Joyce look like a bad ... the beginning of the story. Joyce is portrayed not to be "mother material" because Anna, her cousin, is the one working on Bernardine's first Sioux costume. Power says in the text that "Ordinarily a mother would do this, but D...

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... concomitant rejection of his father (Mr Snopes). From the beginning of the story, we witness the growing conflict between the two characters which is identified from the beginning of the text with the boy's anxiety in the courthouse. Nevertheless, through this latent emotional (and physical) rebellion, what the boy comes through is the discovery of evil, embodied by the patriarchal figure ... would cast no shadow" (p.168). Fire, the element of the devil, is the weapon for the preservation of his superiority. He cannot accept no order beyond his own. In the text, there are several refere...

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... the pitch of his voice is higher, louder and more dramatic. The music contains melodies plus the basic chords. The contrasting of the characters highlights the opposing views. However the Text "The Door" by Miroslav Holub suggest that the change comes from within in only.. Which is unlike Marchetta's view on change that it occurs because of external and internal causes ... . The door is a symbol in the text. It represents the barriers that stand in the way of change. It can also be seen as a gate way to opportunities.The poem uses the imperative command "Go and Open ... the Door" to con...

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... showed how her mothers care for the tidiness of the house taught her how to be tidy with her own feelings and emotions. What Changes of the self does the text deal with? The line wild young daughters becoming women' implies the how people change when they bear the responsibilities of motherhood. An adult realising her irresponsibility as a child and the ... dying mother smiling to hide tears she instinctively remembers childhood and a common domestic scene of her mother calling the daughter in as darkness falls. What is you response to the text and it's ideas? This poem is written in ap...

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... and got divorced from his former wife. He is living a new life now with a new son and a new wife. We do not know how they lost their son, but the text tells in p. 3 l. 122-123: ''We attended a group for parents of children who died in preventable accidents'' that it was not a natural death (it never is when children die), but ... . After the accident he and his wife got divorced because everything, they did just felt like they did it half. He keeps comparing his present life to the other. The text gives a lot of symbols of that; when he drives his new son to the arena, where the son...

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... family engage as participants. The Vietnamese's respectful opinion of the magnanimity of prostitution is grounded in the country's literary cultural epic, Tale of Kieu. As Andrew learns of this ancient text, his professor states that Kieu, '"says everything about the Vietnamese She is a prostitute, The things she has done are not commendable[but] they are selfless acts. Sacrifices," ... , but the monetary advantage his family acquired due to the business is one of the sources for his guilt (alongside his limited emotional devotion to Chi). Two instances in the text connect Pham'...

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The Glass Castle portrays poor parenting throughout the text. Although Jeanette and her siblings had to deal with their parents' selfishness, inability to provide stability for their children, and the lack of supervision to their children, the walls children ... and maintain a job. With the exception of her sister Maureen, who moves back in with Rose Mary and Rex. This is not seen as to far out because throughout the text she depends on other people to take care of her. In the end parenting does not have to determine a child's future. Good or bad parenting does not determine which child ... ...

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... the hardships he encountered due to his bi-racial family. Overall, McBride experienced immense confusion about his own identity and he found himself unable to know who he truly was. A text to text connection to The Color of Water is Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements. "That's how it was. You had a problem, I had a problem. I could even help youI can't see ... ...

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... because he doesn't use any formal words. For example, he used the word "bums " instead of "homeless. " These styles do not shift during the story. 2. I sometimes have to reread the text because the author uses many metaphors and similes. 3. The author's tone is slang because he is always saying jokes. In addition, he does not use formal words; instead he uses ... a farm the family still talks in a formal manner. This is probably due to the fact that they are in Latvia and maybe Latvians are more civilized. 2. I have to read the text somewhat carefully because the language is not modern....

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... audiences especially when presenting relationships and love because love and relationships do not often take place over one day.; but time does play a large factor to the structure of each text. In "A Streetcar Named Desire," the first seven scenes take place within a few days but the seventh scene jumps suddenly to mid September and scenes seven to ten all take place ... to Lawrence's novel, the reason there is not as many shifts or the only shifts are at the end of an act is purely down to the nature of the text. Hamlet is a play which was first released in 1604 and at the time it was...

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... . There are no breaths for air and there are no significant interruptions. When the daughter does manage to interrupt her mother, she is silenced and almost seamlessly incorporated into the text. When the daughter argues that she doesn't, "sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school," the mother immediately and without thought continues her instructions with, "this is ... and expectations. The fact that the story has a simple title with simple characters and lacks a clearly definable plot does much to enhance its significance. We are forced to take the text at face value with...

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... because of Nick, but then how was he able to write this story down. David's style of writing is very realistic. When you read "Beyond the Cult of Fatherhood", the text is very easy to relate to, and I find this kind of reading very enjoyable because I related it to a friend of mine. I like the way he portrays his story for it ... through on a daily basis. I believe that Osborne's recreation of his day accurately depicts how he feels because of his realistic style of writing. Any person can also relate to his text for many people live the same way or knows someone who has been through or...

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Looking for Alibrandi Topic Area: Discovery Contents 1. Plot summary 2. As a set text for "discovery" 1. Plot summary- Looking for Alibrandi Josephine is in her final year at school ( St Martha's girls" school). Her life is complicated by the arrival of her father, Michael ... Australian society and defining their identity. Josephine, Christina, Nonna Katia and in fact all of the characters have a story to tell about culture in Australian society." - Melinda Marchetta 2. As a set text for "discovery" Josephine is on a journey of discovery. The year for her is eventful. Her somewhat accidenta...

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... causes severe emotional distress on the children that are involved. However, the author does admit that the data lies on both sides of the fence. As stated in the Coltrane text, although the experience of divorce is difficult on the children, the majority do not suffer long term psychological difficulties. In fact, the two factors that are generally associated with problems ... from suffering from poverty is by keeping a stable intact family. It has been stated that most single mothers are better off on welfare than on their low pay jobs. Coltrane's text supports thidea that this is one...

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... of her sister - retracing each dramatic episode in her life to put the puzzle of her disappearance together and to understand her death. What insight about The Journey has this text given you? This film leads the reader onto the various tracks of a young girl who is in search of her ego and of the sense of life - the omnipotent general ... conclusion that her sister had been egoistic leaving herself and her mother behind. This realization give Phoebe finally peace and allows her to move back to her mother. Analyse the text for purpose, audience, resources of language, tone and overall e...

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... , when writing the transcript never correct the grammar or tidy up what you hear so that it sound like written text. It could be said that one of the most important aspects when transcribing the interview is the effect of transcribing into text the original oral history interview and the genuineness of the piece of materiel. Portella (1981, p97) conveys his disapproval ... ...

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