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    In the very start of the book, the description of the setting seems harsh and habitable, but the drovers wife seemingly lives in the middle of it all. Her husband is a drover, which means he drives cattle from the fields to the market to be sold, so he is moreover occupied with droving than spending time at home. The drover's wife knows that he always comes back to her, but sometimes…

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    In recent years, law enforcement agencies across the country have been pressured to be more transparent and increase officer accountability. The most prominent manner in which law enforcement agencies have attempted to meet these demands is through the implementation of body-worn cameras. Few studies have been conducted in the recent history of body-worn cameras on law enforcement officers. There are still many questions regarding body-worn camera utilization that must be addressed to obtain…

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    Indigenous rights of children, men and women. The movie involves Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley coming to Australia to settle with her husband on a cattle station, but finds he was murdered so she droves the cattle to Darwin with the help of the Drover acted by Hugh Jackman. After overcoming the…

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    Australian Values Analysis

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    authors construct this state of innocence through characterisation. Notably, this occurs alongside depictions of the Australian landscape. The vulnerability of these characters links to representations of colonial stereotypes, such as the farmer or drover. This contextualises the Australian landscape as a colonial frontier. The texts juxtapose the loss of innocence alongside these romantic depictions of Australian life. This narrative action portrays the reality of the landscape through…

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    Will Gunderson Analysis

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    Pikes Peak miners needed beef, and the drovers made the drive from Texas to the Rockies every summer right through the town...or at least close to going right through it on their way to Pikes Peak. William could see their dust miles before they got there, anticipating their arrival as any child…

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    Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, was one of the most influential African American leaders in the 1800’s. On July 5, 1852, he gave a speech commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence at Rochester’s Corinthian Hall. In this speech, Douglass uses many strategies to build up his argument that not only was slavery a discrimination to different races, but a complete contradiction of the United States Constitution. Using the three techniques of persuasion and variations of…

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    A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Chosen Quote Respond and Analyze “After all, a woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion” This quote goes back to the idea of Blanche Dubois being stuck in a fantasy world and how she has the need to be desired. She says this Eugene. The journey that Blanche described when she is in the streetcar. It is clear that Williams used goes into a deeper meaning that with research I was able to interpret. Going back to research the name of Stanley…

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    individual goes through to create interest by using distinctively visual language. This use of language enables an audience to build a connection with the characters in the text and creates a sense of empathy. In two of Henry Lawson’s short stories “The Drovers Wife” and “In a Dry Season” and Flexmore Hudson’s poem “Drought”, we as an audience are presented with this visual language which gives us a better insight into the characters’ lives. They carry through themes of isolation and hardship…

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    for example America has christmas songs like jingle bells and deck the halls, but Australia has six white boomers and the 3 drovers. Another is symbols evergreen trees are a popular symbol in America but in Australia gum tree branches are instead.Australians use decorations like tropical flowers, gum tree branches, christmas lights and christmas ornaments, while America has some…

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    persecuted her with sarcasms… she lived alone and she thought alone.” The Marquesa has a bad example on how to be a mother, thus when her daughter was born, she obsessively loved her. She “fastened upon her an idolatrous love.” However, this “love” drover her daughter away, as she chose a husband who would take her away from Lima, and her frightened mother. Consequently, this only sparks a more obsessive love from the Marquesa.…

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