Month: January 2016
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Homophobia is wrong – IGCSE Coursework – I Can Tell You Now (Complete)
Homosexuality, the sexual attraction to, or sexual relations with, members of the same-sex. Homophobia, the fear of or apprehension about homosexuality. In modern-day society, these two words, unfortunately, come hand in hand with each other for a really hateful and nasty reason. Today’s society has become a much safer place for the LGBT community to…
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Touching the void – Chapter 3 (Storm at the summit)
The chapter starts off with Joe and Simon leaving the cave that they luckily found in the previous chapter, they both keep on heading up towards the summit making steady progress. Simon ends up falling down the mountain first but because Simon and joe are attached to each other Joe can pull him back up…
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Touching the void – Chapter 2 (Tempting Fate) Summary
The chapter starts off with Simon and Joe waking up from their tent, Simon is becoming much more optimistic about the journey up the mountain but joe still has his doubts however once they both start climbing they both start enjoying themselves. Later on though their luck turns the other way as the mountain starts…
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Touching the void – Chapter 1 (Beneath the mountain lakes) Summary
The chapter starts off with two climbers (Simon and Joe) on the foot of the Peruvian Andes, ready to start climbing the mountain, we are introduced to their friend Richard who they met in Lima whilst on their travels, Richard was invited by Simon and Joe so he could look after their belongings whilst they…
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Controlled Assessment – How do the studied poets and Shakespeare use literary techniques to show how people respond to forces in the world over which they have no control? (Complete)
The key question of how do the studied poets and Shakespeare use literary techniques to show how people respond to forces in the world over which they have no control is quite an interesting question to ask seeing how it allows the reader (Myself) and others to think deeply about not just what the characters…