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    Paper Planning Themes

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    boy who starts his journey off in Australia and on the way to becoming a Paper Plane Champion, discover friends, enemies, love and happiness. The director explores the concept of beauty versus winning through the relationships that Dylan has with others, through the characters and their influence on Dylan and finally through the metaphor/symbol of paper planes being the beauty in nature and life. In the film Paper Planes, Robert Connolly explores the theme of beauty versus winning through the

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    It is aimed at an adult type audience as it uses complex language and themes younger audiences may not understand. This production had a high expectation as it features experienced actors such as Russel Crowe and Caroline Goodall. It also won the APRA Music Award for the Best Film Score in 1994 and the Children’s Jury Film

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    Abyss

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    contemporary fashion styles are aware of Abyss by Abby which is the preferred one-stop-shop for them to select and pick up their trendy apparel for the next mega event in their social calendar. People from the fashion world including fashion models, movie stars, social celebrities and others who like to dress themselves with unique style and make a fashion statement in any gathering are regular customers of the label. The collection of pretty dresses found here is certainly unique and catchy. The tagline

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    I am Nelson Mandela but everybody call me Madiba and I am a leader of South Africa. South Africa is not a normal country when the nation remains s racially and economically divided after the end of apartheid. One country but two societies such as Black and White. As a Black leader, I do not have a support from White community. “He can win the election but can he run the country?” – Ruin the country when apartheid still appears as well as not let South Africa appears to be “on the verge of a civil

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    of gothic literature was Walpole’s ‘’The Castle of Otranto: A gothic story’’, which arrived in 1764(Britannica Pg.1). The audience was shocked by the bold movement of Walpole when he published his novel, which introduced new themes no one has ever seen before. The novel’s themes consist in murder, betrayal, and creepy places. This new and exciting piece of work slowly, without the knowledge of the author or everyone else, started the genre Gothic, which until these day is still alive. This genre is

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    Mary and Max

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    Mary and Max It is 1976, an 8-year-old Mary Daisy Dinkle (Bethany Whitmore) is a lonely little girl living in Mount Waverley, Melbourne, Australia. Her relatively poor family cannot afford to buy her toys or nice clothing, and she is teased by children at her school due to an unfortunate birthmark on her forehead. Her father is distant and her alcoholic, kleptomaniac mother provides no support. The closest thing she has to a friend is the man for whom Mary collects mail, Len Hislop, a World War

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    Vernon Ah Ke Analysis

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    contained in a space that resembles a suburban house is strongly associated with Britain's settlement in Australia and New Zealand. His work examines the

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    represent a common theme in their works. They draw from social injustices and portray these in controversial and striking works. These topics are often overlooked or ignored, the ‘political correctness’ of our society causing us to forget the struggles of other people and the fundamental issues in our society in regard with treatment of people that are deemed as ‘less than ‘ human or as a blight on society rather than a useful addition. Abdul presents controversial ideas and themes such as the discrimination

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    Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding is a movie that centers around a modern, Indian family in Delhi that comes together to celebrate the arranged marriage of one of their own. The movie has a very superficial joyful atmosphere there were many undertones that open up meaning to many ideas that are not explicitly discussed in the film. I believe the purpose of this film was to provide a lens to view globalization (specifically Westernization) in India, however, the movie sent various mixed messages towards

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    Parents, guardians and community members globally, enforce strict rules, which prevent the youth from gaining access to explicit material in hopes that their minds will not be affected by the harsh and real themes, which litter modern day arts. To kill a mockingbird has been in the firing line of censorship, since it made itself on the shelves of bookstores globally back in the 60’s. Since, schools internationally have researched the novel to learn techniques that will aid in the development of their

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