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    people in the military at this time could agree with the horrible conditions This also helped them capture the attention of old veterans through its use of slang and relate to them how their morals only increased when they were away from the war. As well, Holden uses his own form of colloquialism to portray an immature youth of past in Catcher In The Rye. Holden uses many types of immature vocab such as, “Backasswards vomity strictly for the birds” (Salinger). Backasswards is his own…

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    Everyone should know the 1883 classic book “Pinocchio”. Later adapted into a movie in the 1940s, Pinocchio follows the story of Geppetto, a woodworker who upon seeing a falling star, wishes the puppet creation he had made would become a “real boy”. As the night fell and hours went by, the “blue fairy” grants Geppetto's wish and assigns an anthropomorphic cricket otherwise known as Jiminy Cricket, to be his conscience, the job of helping Pinocchio learn right from wrong weighing on his shoulders.…

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    During this week I saw an episode of The life of the Birds presented by David Attenborough in which he showed the way which some birds have for catching the attention of a possible couple. Amongst all of them, he showed the lyrebird which seems to have more than 300 different sounds for that, and amongst those sounds there was one that sounded like the alarm of a car and other that sounded like a pneumatic drill, those which are utilized to break streets, all that while deployed the feathers of…

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    The Prevalence of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird Prevalent means most frequent or commonly widespread. Prejudice is a strong unreasonable feeling of disliking or not trusting someone. The novel: To Kill A Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee, is a story in the setting of a fictional sleepy town called Maycomb in 1930's Alabama. The novel is about a young, intelligent daughter of a lawyer, called Jean Louise Finch, (known as Scout) and her adventures in a world of injustice and racism. Prejudice is a…

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    A mockingbird does not harm anybody without reason; all they do is sing their hearts out for us. Harper lee uses the symbol of a mockingbird as two very similar characters to portray the meaning and significance of the symbol of innocence. Much like a Mockingbird, boo Radley stays in the quiet comfort of his house not bothering anyone. However, Boo Radley really emphasized the innocent protection part of a mockingbird in the scene where he saves Jem and Scout from being attacked by Bob Ewell, “.…

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    The Troubles began because Northern Ireland was divided between the Protestant unionists and the Roman Catholic nationalists. The unionists wanted to remain part of United Kingdom while the nationalists wanted to join the Republic of Ireland. The Catholic in Ireland felt discriminated against by the Protestant majority who made up most of parliament. The conflict began in 1968 and ended in 1998. First, Irish people rioted against British rule, and eventually parted from them creating the…

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    Similar to shooting a mockingbird, there were a multitude of innocent people that were persecuted in the novel for being different, At the beginning of the novel, when Atticus gave Jem and Scout air rifles, he explained to them why they could not shoot at mockingbirds. Evident from the previous quote, a mockingbird does nothing but valuable qualities and so there is no justification whatsoever for harming a mockingbird. In the novel, mockingbirds, in essence, represented the best part best part…

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    Renaissance was one of the most famous and most productive time periods in all of European history. The nation of Italy paved the way for the Renaissance by providing the perfect setting for the Renaissance to occur. During the 11th century many of the Northern Italian cities, where the Renaissance took place, prospered with wealth. This occurred because a few of the cities excelled in different things such as ship making and trade. The city of Florence is a good example of this as its people…

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    During the beginning centuries in which the whole of Ireland was owned and governed by Britain, political issues were raised from the way in which Britain treated the people of Ireland and furthermore used them only to profit for the motherland of England. The British government boldly put forward governed acts against the Irish working people; these acts were established throughout the 17th century. The way in which the British government drove their proposed acts on Ireland made it harsher for…

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    Domestic violence mitigation programme for Indigenous community To build a domestic violence free Territory, Northern Territory government developed a domestic and family violence reduction strategy “to increase the safety of victims and their children, reduce rates of intergenerational trauma caused by exposure to domestic and family violence, increase accountability of perpetrators and establish integrated service delivery systems that are sustainable and adaptable” (Nothern Territory…

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