Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Extract From Out Of The Blue
This Extract from ‘Out of the Blue’ Is about a victims perspective of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it shows the emotions that were racing through a victims mind amidst the Chaos. A language Feature I identified in the text was Rhyme, it is the most prominent feature as it appears in every Paragraph, however every word that…
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Creative Writing – Film Stimulus
Time has frozen, every detail of the earth is held in place by time, no movement, no sound. Yet I am free, I can move, I can shout and scream and thrash about but nobody can see or hear me, if I look to my left, I am blinded by a still Sun that is…
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Of Mice And Men: Predjudice Paragraphs.
There are many predjudices in Of mice and men which show what life was like in 1930s America. One of the most prominant predjudices is Racism, specifically against African-Americans This Predjudice is mentioned throughout the book where many white characters use the word ‘Nigger’ to Describe Black people, or Crooks, the Negro stable buck. The extent…
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What was life like in the Great Depression?
The Great Depression: 1930s America When the Great Depression Hit, money became very hard to come by, manual labour was required to earn even a slight amount of money and almost every able man in the country had to toil to get a salary. Many american men and boys lost most of their possessions and money due to the great depression, All…
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Theme Study Journal Entry 2: Rise of Hitler (Film)
The film I have chosen that comes under my theme of One man can change the world is called Rise of Hitler. I have chosen this film because of the actions Hitler took in the Film that led to his dominance over most of Europe…although the film doesn’t feature the war it shows the actions that…
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Theme Study Journal Entry 1: MK Gandhi (autobiography)
This Autobiography of MK Gandhi falls under my theme of: ONE MAN CAN CHANGE THE WORLD because of the actions Gandhi took over the course of his life that eventually led to his political and religious standing in society before he was assassinated by Nathuram Godse. Gandhi explored the culture of South Africa and England in his book…
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Flag: Historical and Social Context
Click on this link to download a file providing detail about the Social and Historical context of your poem: Flag
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Young Samurai: The way of the sword
This book is about a teenager from England called Jack, based in the late 1800s, He sets sail with his father to explore new lands but unfortunately, his ship is taken over by pirates on the coast of Japan, He is saved by a samurai and barely escapes with his life, but his father is…
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