...Through the use of projected images, music and dialogue, distinctively visual texts represent challenging aspects of life effectively. This is portrayed through texts such as John Misto’s play The Shoe Horn Sonata, Kevin McDonalds docu-drama Touching the Void and Roberto Innocenti’s picture book Rose Blanche. The shoe horn sonata by John Misto is a play that deals with the brutality of World War 2 by locking at the stories of two financial characters, Bridie and Sheila. When he wrote the play, Misto was concerned that the pain and suffering that many women endured at the hands of their Japanese captors after the fall of Singapore had been forgotten. Both army nurses and civilians were the victims of terrible mistreatment and cruelty during the war, yet their stories were not widely known, nor had successive Australian governments acknowledged them. The play serves as a tribute to those victims of the atrocities of war, and looks at the effects such horrendous experiences can have on those who experience them. By the use of distinctively visual elements, Misto has created a compelling play. Whilst projected images of the celebrations at Martin Place are projected behind the actors, the women struggling to live at Belalau are still fighting through the war. During this scene, the women struggle to ascend up a hill thinking it will be the last moment of their lives. Dialogue used to reveal the weakness is quoted “The sick and the dying were left behind” and “the old and frail began...
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...How Does Each Writer Present His Particular Point Of View of the Same Event Language throughout Joe’s account is quite traumatic, and quite a lot of the words give imagery to do with unbearable pain and both mental and physical agony. ‘My thoughts raced madly. Then the pain flooded through my thigh.’ This shows that he is in a lot of physical and mental pain, and helps give the reader a sense of how terrible it was breaking a leg on Mount Everest. Joe describes that he’s done for, now that he broke his leg and that nothing could’ve been done to save him. There are very dark words throughout the piece as well, such as ‘terrible’, ‘dark’, ‘dread’, and ‘dead’. All these words give dark and deathly imagery. In paragraph 4, he almost seems to be talking to himself nearing the end, saying how it doesn’t hurt so much, maybe I’ve just ripped something. He is suggesting a better alternative so that the result would be so much worse, and he is sort of being calm before the storm moment, in which the reader thinks everything is fine, and then it takes a turn for the worse with the anti-climax. Some of the things he writes also exaggerate the reality of the situation, such as the pointing out of how high they were and the atmosphere around him. ‘We were above 19,000 feet, still on the ridge, and very much alone.’ He writes this to get the reader to see the peril that they were trapped in, and to show the impossible odds of surviving and the gravity of the situation to make the account...
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...Corinthians 6:19, 31, n.d.). Joe Simpson; the author of Touching the Void and Nando Parrado; the author of Miracle in the Andes, share the same communication of this idea throughout their writing. Throughout Joe Simpson’s novel, Touching the Void, two mountain climbers make a perilous venture to the summit of Peruvian Andes and strike tragedy on their decent, displaying the...
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...The Long Tail El articulo nos introduce al contexto del e-commerce y en especifico nos explica principalmente el termino de long tail que desde mi punto de vista es la personalización del cliente dándole un abanico de posibilidades no solo mas amplio si no especializado a lo que el cliente demanda, teniendo así no solo la satisfacción del cliente si no una probabilidad de vender impresionante, el ejemplo mas claro fue el de un alpinista británico llamado Joe Simpson escribió un libro llamado Touching the Void , un relato desgarrador sobre la muerte; cerca en los Andes peruanos, el cual obtuvo buenas críticas, pero sólo un éxito momentáneo, fue olvidado pronto. Entonces, una década más tarde, ocurrió algo extraño. Jon Krakauer escribió Into Thin Air , otro libro sobre la tragedia alpinismo, que se convirtió en un éxito editorial. De repente, Touching the Void comenzó a vender de nuevo. Random House saco una nueva edición, para mantenerse al día con la demanda. Y comenzó a promover junto a su Into Thin Air pantallas, las ventas aumentaron y todo gracias a que Amazon lo puso en recomendaciones uno del otro creando un efecto expansivo, también con esto nos pudimos dar cuenta que los gustos tanto de música como de entretenimiento en general se pueden agrandar no solo al manejo de quienes deciden que series o que música esta mejor si no que el mercado alcanza niveles donde antes no llegaba. Éste es el long tail se trata de encontrar todo lo que hay en el catálogo, los más viejos...
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...would usually write an essay about your literature texts. As such it is really important that you remember to write PEE paragraphs and include quotations from the text to support your points. This question is testing your ability to read and so spelling and grammar are not awarded but they are still important in creating a good impression. This question is worth 10 marks and so you should spend about 20 minutes on it. May 2010 – Shopping for Romanian Babies In the passage, the writer is shocked by some of her experiences. What do we learn about the people she meets, and the places she visits, from her account? You should refer closely to this passage to support your answer. You may include brief quotations. November 2009 – Touching the Void Joe and Simon describe the same event, but react to and write about it in very different ways. How does each writer present his particular point of view? You may include brief quotations from the passage to support your answer. May 2009 – Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah experiences both fear and joy during the course of this passage. How does the writer enable the reader to appreciate both of these aspects of her experience? You should refer closely to this passage to support your answer. You may include brief quotations. November 2008 – Impact Alert How does the writer try to make a difficult subject clear to the reader? You may include brief quotations from the passage to support your answer. May 2008 – I Never Thought...
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...After listening to the simulation and considering the points discussed I agree with the judge’s decision. Big Car Company was trying to make it seem like Clarence was a friendly guy just joking around. Ms. Darcy was obviously affected by his comments and ongoing gestures. This should have been taken care of in the work place and never even made it to the courtroom. Any unwanted touching, or attempting to kiss someone who does not want to be kissed or touched in any other company would be considered grounds for termination. Even though Ms. Darcy did take a while to come forward to management does not void the fact that these incidents were going on. If I were a juror in this case I would find that Clarence was a man of power and was trying to force Ms. Darcy into Sexual relations with him. Telling a woman or a man that they have never been F’ed right by their partner can be a very demeaning thing. All of the acts that took place would fall under sexual harassment. Also I would find that the workplace was not only hostile, but was made more hostile after the so-called actions were taken. There is no way to justify the demotion of Ms. Darcy when she was the victim in this situation. Mr. Clarence was suspended but, I believe that more should have been done. Clarence should have been the one that was demoted. There should have been apology statements from both Clarence and the Big Car Company issued to Ms....
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...Although, if you look deeply into specific picture books you many find a covert religious meaning. One-way readers and scholars do this is by finding biblical allusions. The tree is a common biblical symbol explicitly in religious children’s books, but the tree can also be a hidden religious symbol in secular books. To the reader The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is a book void of faith but if you dig deeper a theme of Christian sacrifice is found. Both The Oak Inside the Acorn by Lucado and The Giving Tree by Silverstien employs the tree as a symbol of Gods love through the illustrations and...
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...person will die, we should try to save as many people as possible. Therefore, we take the choice where there is the least amount of sacrifice: we sacrifice one innocent person, so that 1 may live. It's only common sense; better to have one dead than two. As humans, our moral duty is to save as many lives as possible in any given situation. Surely we should always you try to keep as many people alive as possible. On the off chance that the person risks their life and does save the other person, and then it was still a risk taken, but a risk also worthwhile. In terms of people’s morals and ethics, no-one would ever consider sacrificing the life off another person, as it would be against most people’s natural instinct. In the book ‘touching the void’, Simon knows that Joe is a dead man and has to cut the rope and leave Joe there too die, in this situation, Simon has only one thing too do. Though you would think he had the choice off trying to help him and risk his own life, but deep down he knew he would never survive with the injured Joe. This was not out of meanness, or cruelty, but he is being realistic. If you do sacrifice the person,...
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...Input Controls Input controls are the interactive components in your app's user interface. Android provides a wide variety of controls you can use in your UI, such as buttons, text fields, seek bars, checkboxes, zoom buttons, toggle buttons, and many more. Adding an input control to your UI is as simple as adding an XML element to your XML layout. For example, here's a layout with a text field and button: ------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="horizontal"> <EditText android:id="@+id/edit_message" android:layout_weight="1" android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="@string/edit_message" /> <Button android:id="@+id/button_send" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/button_send" android:onClick="sendMessage" /> </LinearLayout> Each input control supports a specific set of input events so you can handle events such as when the user enters text or touches a button. Common Controls Here's a list of some common controls that you can use in your app. Follow the links to learn more about using each one. Note: Android provides several more controls than are listed here. Browse...
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...Lane Wallace, the author of “Is Survival Selfish?” uses many methods in this excerpt in an attempt to convince the reader that there is a fine line between brave and foolish during times of survival. The author’s choice of diction and techniques have helped Wallace immensely in keeping the reader interested and convinced towards his argument. Wallace uses persuasive approaches, such as providing facts and examples, reasoning to endorse those examples, and stylistic elements to persuade the reader that survival can be considered selfish or smart based on the situation and how a person interprets it. Wallace uses many pieces of evidence and instances to thoroughly and strongly explain his argument. In the text, Wallace brings up the ocean liner...
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...Wells Fargo Corporation Industry Analysis Wells Fargo is a $1.3 trillion diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, trust and investments, mortgage banking, investment banking, brokerage and consumer finance through retail banking stores, the internet, worldwide. Wells Fargo has a strong foundation of corporate culture that is embedded in the vision. . It focuses on every aspect of the corporation’s stakeholders: team members, customers, communities, and shareholders. It focuses on how employees are able to adhere to the highest standard of efficient and ethical business practices. Wells Fargo strives to be number-one financial services provider in each of their markets. What Wells Fargo lacks is the future vision of the company’s operations. The revised mission statement of Wells Fargo Corporation is as followed: We are a bank that focuses on providing services that satisfy customer’s financial knowledge by providing our hard-working people. We will be the change of how financial institutions can play efficient roles in the community and individual’s businesses. Strategic Issues that Wells Fargo face is to whether it will focus on becoming a national/global bank or a local coast-to-coast bank that will deal with the local communities. These two business types can be harmful to the strategic implementation because of the questions of how it can market two banking segments and how it can compete with different types of banks: local and national/global...
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...in her 20s. She has a bright purple color of lipstick on her lips and a hand touching her face. Next to her, is a bunch of different lipstick colors to pick from as the advisement states in large white letters “make a statement in ink.” The next page has a model who is Caucasian an also in her lower 20s. She is wearing a dark purple and has a hand in her hair. Next to her picture are multiple quotes from lipstick users. She also has the words “mad for matte” large and in bold on her picture showing that you’ll love wearing this matte over others. Maybelline’s target market is younger women who like to go out and attract attention. Likewise, the L’Oréal ad found in Redbook has a Caucasian female model covering the full page with her hand by her neck. Her facial expression is intense and strives fierce. She is wearing an elegant shade, which is soft and appealing. The next page has a pair of lips with six different shades of lipstick on them all soft dull colors. Under the shades of lipstick is a list of descriptions of all the positives the lipstick provides. However, many more attributes go into creating a persuading, informative, selling...
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...From reading the story of Genesis and comparing Michelangelo’s famous artistic paintings. Reading and observing each detail, I have concluded that the story of Genesis reveals the means of how God created the havens and earth and the paintings of Michelangelo has justified each creation to the details of the story. The first creation described how God created the world by bringing chaos. In this state the world was considered to be preexistent; which is said to mean that God didn’t create the world out of just nothing. “The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface over the surface of the deep” (Genesis 1:2) In this case it is clear that God had a goal to bring goodness into the world and from my understanding it has to be in a state of bad before any goodness may come. In Michelangelo’s painting, Gods legs are cut by the frame, and its as if the whole sky is filled with Him. As one arm pushes back darkness, the light is rolling in...
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...”At Night” by Andre Dubus. Essay The only thing in life, you can be completely sure about, is that you have to die some day. It is certain knowledge, and it applies to all living creatures on Earth. Still it’s hard to understand and accept, especially when it is your close friends and family it concerns. “At Night” is a short story there describes time-consciousness connected to death. How you are trying to accept and realize the fact that we all have to die, because it is the most natural thing in the world. And when you are conscious about you and your love ones morality, you will try to pre-pare yourself by planning what you will do in the situation, where death will take over, and you stand powerless behind. The story has minimalist traits, which means, that there are a lot of empty places you have to fill in as a reader. The reader is an active part in the interpretation, and can be understood as the mean-ingful connecting link between the text and reader. It demands therefore an in-depth analysis if you want to understand the deeper significance. The story is written in past tense and it has a third person narrator, which gives a distance effect. The main characters doesn’t have names, they are just called “she” and “he”, and that also creates a sort of distance between the reader and the characters, where the distance can express the fact that the wife is trying to plan the futures unpredictability. The wife ”always knew she would be a widow” (quotation)...
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...narrative passages and simple descriptions of the items that the soldiers are carrying. This fragmentation brings focus to the things the men are carrying, both tangible and intangible, without downplaying the narration. In the descriptive segments of the story, O'Brien is very exact in his descriptions and seems to be merely cataloging what is being carried: "As a first lieutenant and platoon leader, Jimmy Cross carried a compass, maps, code books, binoculars, and a .45(c)caliber pistol that weighed 2.9 pounds full loaded." O'Brien gives only straight forward descriptions in these segments and the writing is void of any feeling or sentiment. When describing the intangible things, however, the writing is a lot more in tune with the emotions of the characters: "Jimmy Cross humped his love for Martha up the hills and through the swamps...Lieutenant Cross remembered touching [her] left knee. A dark theater, he remembered,...when he touched her knee, she turned and looked at him in a sad, sober way that made him pull his hand back, but he would always remember."...
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