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    Working Thesis: In the novel My Ántonia by Willa Cather, Cather portrays to the audience the American Dream for the Shimerda family, Jim Burden, Lena Lingard, Tiny Soderball, Peter and Pavel, as well as the sacrifices that they may have had to make to come to America and start a new life. Cather also uses a feminist approach in the novel because the novel is really Jim Burden’s story of Ántonia, Jim is the narrator of the novel, not Antonia. Although someone who is writing about the novel in…

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    something they’re not and an actor is someone who withholds this awe-inspiring power. It’s as if they have the capability to step into another person’s shoes, live their life, and face little to no consequences when doing so. Twenty-eight years ago, Eddie Murphy released his ambitious and now beloved comedy, Coming to America. Coming to America follows Prince Akeem and Semmi’s journey to the unfamiliar place of Queens, New York from Zamunda, Africa in hopes to fulfill Prince Akeem’s desire to…

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    It was Oprah herself, whom had an entire TV segment called, Daring Greatly: Why Vulnerability Is Your Greatest Strength. It was on the episode where Dr. Brené Brown says,” You can't have true courage unless you open yourself up to vulnerability” (: http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/daring-greatly-why-vulnerability-is-your-greatest-strength-video#ixzz4fT8jbNzC). Where the topic of discussion was, why being open, sharing your feelings, and having hard conversations, is indeed the only…

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    M. Butterfly

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    The play M. Butterfly, was written by David Henry Hwang. To help the actors gain a complete understanding of the play, a resource packet with references to the people and events that the play is based on, information on the role of women in 1960s China, and information on the opera Madama Butterfly would be provided to them. The characters Rene Gallimard (Hwang, pg. 1672 line 1) and Song Liling (Hwang, pg. 1679 line 4) are based loosely off Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, respectively, and…

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    “This is my family. I found it all on my own. It’s little and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good.” “Lilo and Stitch” is a childhood classic. From the cute little alien creatures that have come down to Earth, and the realistic big sister-little sister relationship, “Lilo and Stitch” is a viewing for all people of all ages. The movie teaches young children about the fundamentals of how family really works. The movie depicts a family that is made up of all different types of people, coming…

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    It was former Prime Minister John Howard who once said during the launch his 2001 election campaign: “We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come”. It was in response to the Tampa crisis where Norwegian freighter MV Tampa rescued 438 refugees off a sinking fishing boat named the Palapa (Doherty, 2011). It was an event that ushered Australia into what is now more than a decade of constant failures to meet humanitarian conventions and international laws…

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    Political Truth Analysis

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    Politics hold one truth and that is, there is no simple truth. Political truth is adaptable, mutable and most of all relative. Sometimes it is even absent and even worst sometimes irrelevant. This is difficult for people as it is not the way we live our lives and this is perhaps the reason there is such a big wedge and difference between politics, politicians and people, for most people a sense of honesty underpins the way we deal with each other. Prime ministers ask the public to place their…

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    On 13 February 2008, the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, delivered his apology to the Stolen Generations on behalf of the parliament. This is considered as an important point in current Australian history as it revise the past which would influence the relations between Australian groups in present and future. (Nobles, 2008).In order to understand how he tried to create an imagined community in his speech, I will analyse the apology on two faces: rhetoric and content. Firstly, I will point…

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    Under Armour’s new commercial is inspirational. The commercial begins with Phelps swimming, and then continues to combine his workouts inside and outside of the pool. These images personally bring me back to my last track meet, where I pushed myself as hard as I could because I would never have another moment similar. The video creates a sense of give it your all because you never know when your ability to pursue your passion will come to an end. To add to it, it tells you to push yourself even…

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    Executive Summary Under Amour is a company started by the former University of Maryland football player Kevin Plank who came up with a design which enable the sweat to "wicked away" during high level physical activity. This company has a original name called KP sports and changed in 2005 when under amour went public. Under amour 's product designed to keep athletes cool dry and light throughout the high intensity game, practice or workout. The founder has really successful developing new and…

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