Stories are a quintessential part of life that gives color to the world. The Wicked and Divine is a story that focuses on a pantheon of twelve teenagers who have been turned into gods‚ but will die in two years. Each of the gods is the reincarnation of a different deity from all of mythology. These gods are shaped by the stories they leave behind. The stories that are widely shared are created from the adventures and performances of people‚ heroes‚ and gods. This tale illustrates that stories are
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-MOHAMMAD IZZUDDIN BIN ABDUL AZIZ -7582 -BLOCK 2 STEP BY WICKED STEP I choose a short story entitled‚ “Step by Wicked Step” written by Anne Fine. She had been named twice in the British Book Awards as Children’s Author of the Year which was in 1990 and 1993. This novel was published in 2000‚ but the original copy was published in 1995. The title and the book cover seemed a bit frightening and mysterious. Actually I like to read romance novels‚ not this type of novel because I expected this
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Colin’s Story: The Bluebird of Happiness- Colin describes his stepfather whom he calls dad. He has thought of him as his biological father all the while. His dad looks like him. His dad has dark hair with some grey patches around his ears. His dad used to roll his own cigarettes out of tobacco in a tin. His dad calls him by many nick names- Col‚ Collie‚ Sonny-boy‚ Buster‚ Mr Bluebird. Colin’s mum works in a shop. His dad walks him to school and back. His dad got him his tea and took him to the park
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time to ask them what it was called‚ but they told me it was from a musical called Wicked; the song in question was called “What is This Feeling?”‚ though at the time‚ all I knew was that it was about some people hating each other; back then‚ I’d believed it to be a love song between the Wicked Witch of the West and some unnamed male lead. I did not know anything about the musical other than it was about the Wicked Witch of the West and how she was supposedly good. This‚ being a novel concept to me
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“No One Mourns the Wicked” What is Evil? Though it is defined in the dictionary as “profoundly immoral and malevolent‚” or “profound immorality‚ wickedness‚ and depravity‚ especially when regarded as a supernatural force‚” what is it really? Who decides whether or not someone or something is evil? Evil is defined differently for everyone. When wrestling with the idea of good and evil‚ some focus on the motivation behind an evil thought or behavior‚ while others consider the kinds of environments
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Compare ‘There Is No God‚ The Wicked Saith’ with ‘There’s probably no God… now stop worrying and enjoy your life.’ The Victorian era was a period of rapid industrial growth‚ social unrest and scientific discovery. Victorian poetry was marked by religious doubt‚ personal despair and general uncertainty about life. ‘There Is No God‚ the Wicked Saith’ is an example of a poem that deals with religious doubt and it challenges the idea of religion and the existence of God. Arthur Hugh Clough was
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CLAUDIA’S STORY : Green Pyjamas Summary Claudia’s parents have been quarrelling a lot. Finaly‚ her father goes off to to live with Granny. Granny is Claudia’s grandmother. Claudia goes over to spend time with her father but is afraid to upset her mother. She learns his father has a girlfriend called Stella. Claudia meets her at Christmas and is furious with her father for staging that meeting. Claudia’s father moves in with Stella. Claudia ignores her all the time. She feels disloyal to her mumas
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understanding‚ a wicked problem is one for which every attempt to create a solution changes our perspective of the problem. Thus‚ these problems cannot be solved with ‘the thinking‚ tools and methods’ we use to solve simpler problems. To solve such wicked problems we need a systematic approach that includes creative brainstorming. Using the ‘Design Thinking’ approach can help craft the path that would lead to a sensible solution. Horst Rittel‚ the man who coined the term ‘wicked problem’ said wicked problems
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broken food systems might be understood as a wicked problem. The notions of social wicked problems were first introduced in 1973 by Rittel and Webber; two Berkeley professors who published an article in Policy Sciences‚ that identified the characteristics that differentiated wicked problems from ordinary problems (Camillus 2008). Rittel and Webber’s article provided 10 properties that can be used as a guide to recognising whether an issue is considered ‘wicked’. With the constant increasing global population
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The novel that I read is “ step by wicked step” by Anne Fine. I will like to compare and contrast three characters who are Richard Clayton Harwick‚ Colin and Robbo. Three of them live in a stepfamily. Firstly‚ I will compare about their characteristics. Among three of them‚ Richard shows the most different as he seems to have negatively thinking. Richard is a rebellious person as he is unable to accept Mr. Coldstone as his stepfather. He rebels against whatever the man does in his live
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