The text "Sky high" contains six stanzas two of an adult and four of a child. In the first stanza H. Robert is reminiscing about her old back yard. "Silver skeletal arms throwing long‚ summer afternoon shadows on the lawn." The reader is drawn into the text by the technique of personification‚ bringing the text to life. The idea of feeling of sense of mystery is shown through the alliteration of the letter "s".. "..Struggling sapling‚ surround...spectators..." "Like colored flags in secret code."
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maturity of time‚ the people we meet or the experiences in our life- good or bad. This is evident in Hannah Roberts’ story ‘Sky High’ which explores the transition from the innocence and imagination of childhood to an adult with less freedom and more responsibility and Eleanor Farjeon’s poem ‘It was long ago’‚ which captures an incident that occurred when the protagonist was around three years old. Roberts employs a range of language devices including 1st person narrative‚ colloquial language‚ metaphors
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that have been employed to convey particular aspects. The concepts of identity. ! ! The composers engaged me by incorporating self identity as an aspect in their texts by reinforcing the character’s surroundings and childhood. Hannah Robert’s short story ‘Sky High’ effectively expresses this theme through her colourful use of figurative devices. Similarly‚ Jayce White’s short film ‘Between the Flags’ conveys aspects of youth culture through character commonalities. ! ! One’s idea of self
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Sky High Consumer Influences David Bell University of Phoenix 27Oct‚ 2011 PSY 322 In the United States‚ consumerism is the driving force behind capitalism. Generally when thinking about consumerism‚ products come to mind first rather than services‚ however sometimes it is the services that are the most scrutinized‚ thought over‚ and consciously decided on by consumers. Services can often have a more prominent impact on people’s lives than a simple product‚ because services generally
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The Effect of Bad Parents‚ Emotional Deprivation and Shame on Adolescent Characters in the Works of Alan Duff Hannah J. Manning A thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Arts in English At the University of Otago‚ Dunedin‚ New Zealand Date: 10th December 2010 Hannah Manning Abstract I The detrimental consequence that an inadequate‚ unloving and abusive childhood can have on the psychological development and psychic stability of a child or teenager is a prevalent theme in Duff’s
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Essay Butterflies by Roger Dean Kiser This autobiography is called butterflies and was written by an author called Roger Dean Kiser. Roger Dean was raised up in an orphanage with kids just like him‚ at that age he was between 6 and 7 years old not old but very young‚ every morning they would get up early and march to breakfast. This orphanage was full of beautiful creatures‚ butterflies‚ everywhere watching the anonymous house parents pinning them onto the heavy cardboard sheet‚ how cruel it
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The main reason is most probably due to new experiences encountered in our life‚ knowledge or our level of maturity. This is shown in prose fiction text "Sky High" by Hannah Roberts‚ the film "Looking for Alibrandi" directed by Kate Woods and the poem "My Father Began As A God" by Ian Mudie. In the prose fiction text "Sky High" by Hannah Roberts. This text reflects on a youth persona who turns a simple washing line that is located in a normal back yard into an irrepressible adventure‚ which is compared
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Sophie Giles‚ Eshwar Madishetti‚ and Jacob Sutherland Mrs. Longwell and Mrs. Muirhead AP American Studies 14 September 2014 The Heroic Courage of Hannah Arnett In the winter of 1776 the Patriots were losing the American Revolutionary War. The British and the Hessians who fought with them‚ had certain advantages such as boats‚ a greater number of soldiers and superior artillery such as muskets and bayonets. General Washington had fled to New Jersey from New York City. Great Britain was not on the
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when they experience this change and also on the passing of time. Time can bring forth wanted and unwanted change. In ’Sky High’ by Hannah Robert‚ Les Murray’s ’Spring Hail’ and ’The Widower in the Country’ and ’Here Without You’ by 3 Doors Down all demonstrate various aspects of how change is due to the passing of time‚ which is inevitable. In the text‚ ’Sky High’ by Hannah Robert‚ change is seen as something which is as a result of the change in time and how change can bring maturity. The persona
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My internal organs thumped against my chest as I dragged my bag along the carpet floor and into the aisle. As I walked into the long hall I glanced up and noticed the sign telling me I could get on. My entire body could barely hold itself together with the hope of great dreams-come-true event about to take place I said to myself “I’ll soon be in the air.” I slowed my pace to further enjoy what was happening. Swarms of people walked around me as I treasured knowing that one of my lifetime goals was
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