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    Life of Pi identity

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    “Showing convincingly how characters develop and so achieve a sense of identity is an essential way in which novelists and poets engage fully with their readers” Identity‚ in Life of Pi‚ is crucial to the storyline and plot. We‚ as the reader‚ see the transition of Pi Patel‚ finding and developing qualities within himself that help him to finally overcome his great ordeal at sea. The one thing‚ arguably‚ that keeps Pi alive is identity; the exploration for identity is unique to humanity and is

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    How does Hosseini present the ending of ‘The Kite Runner’? The final chapter of ‘The Kite Runner is a deeply emotional and reflective one. It interchanges between a retrospective and current set of events. The mood also varies from positive to negative throughout the chapter‚ signifying the emotional roller coaster that Amir has been forced to endure since his childhood. Although now‚ at 38 years of age‚ he is much wiser and calculated and this is shown here‚ he appreciates the so called littler

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    Young people interpret their surroundings in a unique way. Their perspective is usually greatly influenced by their imagination due to their innocence and naiveté. Four texts of which I believe greatly show this theme of ‘Through Young Eyes’ are‚ the music video‚ ‘Titanium’ by David Guetta and Sia‚ the novel‚ ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ by Mark Haddon‚ the film‚ ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Directed by Mark Hermon‚ and my personal choice‚ the music video‚ ‘Same Love’ by

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    How does Haddon create sympathy for Ed Boone? In the novel‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time‚ I shall be exploring how Haddon creates sympathy for protagonist‚ Ed Boone. I have many aspects to protect my point of view. Firstly‚ our first impressions for the character of Ed Boone were that he was a caring and loving father that knew how to handle his even through his difficulties. We know he understands his son and can always sympathize with Christopher‚ because instead of shouting

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    Year 11 Text Response SAC How does Haddon allow us to make sense of Christopher’s distorted view of the world around him in “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” The world around us can be viewed in many different ways depending on various factors. The way that Haddon constructs the novel allows us to understand the unique and logical way Christopher views the world due to his condition. In the novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”‚ author Mark Haddon uses many

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    Examples of foreshadowing in the Kite Runner Foreshadowing is a literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story. An example of foreshadowing might be when a character displays a gun or knife early in the story. Merely the appearance of a deadly weapon‚ even though it is used for an innocuous purpose — such as being cleaned or whittling wood — suggests terrible consequences later on. 1. Foreshadowing is used as a literary device at the

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    Christopher Overcoming his Challenges The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is a novel written by Mark Haddon. It is a murder mystery novel narrated by the main character 15 year old Christopher Boone. The plot follows Christopher’s journey of finding out who killed his neighbor’s poodle‚ Wellington. Although Christopher is never directly labelled‚ he has “Asperger Syndrome which is a developmental disorder on the autism spectrum. Due to having Asperger Syndrome‚ Christopher has challenges

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    Close Study of Texts: people with asperses see the world differently. Examples/Techniques: “I am going to prove that im not stupid. Next month I am going to take my A level in maths and im going to get an A grade” / Hadden creates a character with huge contrasts to show the complexity of Asperses. “and now if I don’t know what someone is saying I ask them what they mean or walk away” / Direct speech “I think it should be called a lie because a pig is not like a day” / direct speech to show the complications

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    Exclusive practise. It is important to never exclude anyone whether intentional or by lack of thought or consideration. Just because a service user has dementia‚ it does not exclude him or her from taking part in activities and there should be activities to suit their capabilities so they are not left feeling isolated or inadequate remembering that dementia has a wide range of stages each person needs to be suitably stimulated‚ also having dementia should never result in them being excluded from

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    The Prize: The Power Play for Oil The world has been forcibly changed by the discovery‚ invention or innovation of various things throughout history‚ as food items‚ weapons and even techniques have shaped world history. However‚ oil stands as perhaps the premier thing to ever shape history‚ as oil has remained a mainstay within the global power struggle for centuries. Daniel Yergin acknowledges the power and possibility made available by oil in his renowned book The Prize‚ where he explains

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