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    Freedom Riders

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    Freedom Riders Freedom Riders were a group of northern and southern civil rights activists ( of all ethnicities) who wanted to end racial segregation on interstate transportation‚ such as buses. They traveled in buses‚ together‚ throughout the South where they met bumpy roads‚ discrimination and violence - at times‚ their buses were torched‚ they were attacked with clubs and generally harassed‚ but that did not‚ could not and would not stop the freedom riders from fighting for equality

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    Whale Rider

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    The fate of the future of the people‚ you can not change it‚ you should accept it‚ you should be brave enough to face all the problems. Fate WITI Ihimaera novel "Whale Rider is a very important topic. Kahu’s destiny is to become the first female chief of the Maori‚ the next Whale Rider. However‚ this fate is very difficult Kahu done alone. Firstly‚ Kahu get direct help to fulfill her destiny from the the Rehua‚ nannies flowers and Ravi Lane. Secondly‚ ironically‚ Kahu also indirectly help to fulfill

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    the southern authorities.” Freedom riders were civil rights activists who would travel on Greyhound and Trailway buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961. They did this to challenge the non-enforcement of the Supreme Court’s decision in 1946 of the Morgan v. Virginia which made segregation in interstate transportation

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    Flynn Rider

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    Throughout the movie Tangled‚ Eugene “Flynn” Rider represents the stereotyped‚ male savior to illustrate that Rapunzel makes her own decisions. In the beginning of the movie‚ Flynn is a criminal who swindles his partners to achieve wealth and success for himself. He consistently dupes the kingdom of Corona‚ forming a reputation of him being infamous. The plot begins when Flynn finds Rapunzel in her tower when he is escaping the Stabbington brothers‚ for he steals the crown that they work together

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    Whale Rider

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    obstacles and movement to new places. They provide opportunities for travellers to extend themselves physically‚ intellectually and emotionally as they respond to challenges and learn more about themselves and the world around them. The film Whale Rider I about a young girl named Paikea. The film does not only show us one girl’s experience of growing up‚ but also tells us about the Maori culture‚ tradition how gender is treated‚ and their leadership.  The Happiest Refugee is an extract from a memoir

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    Whale rider

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    The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera has many important themes that are represented by several characters in the text such as Koro Aprina‚ who struggles to put aside traditional values and struggles to input morden values.We have Nanny Flowers who has that everyday struggle with her husband over who gets that last say in what but Nanny Flowers takes peoples feeling into consideration as Koro Aprina lacks that quality in him. Koro Aprina is old and a very precise man. He is the type of person that

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    Camel Rider

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    Notes Written by Bronwyn Owen CAMEL RIDER By Prue Mason Overview For Adam‚ living with his pilot father and family in an expatriate compound in Abudai in the Arabian Gulf‚ life could not be easier. But when war breaks out‚ Adam finds himself alone and attempting to find his way back to the abandoned compound to save his dog‚ Tara‚ who has been left in the mad rush to escape across the boarder. We also meet Walid‚ living a miserable life as a camel rider in a camp on the outskirts of Abudai.

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    Homelessness Rising

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    Homelessness Is Rising In The United States Prepared for Dr. Guzman-Trevino Prepared by Summer Loerakker May 6‚ 2014 Summer R. Loerakker 11861 State Hwy 53 Summer_ward80@yahoo.com Temple‚ TX 76501 (254) 778-6165 May 6‚ 2014 Dr. Guzman-Trevino Temple College 2600 South First Street Temple‚ TX 76504-7435 Dear Dr. Guzman-Trevino: : in the main three areas contributing to the rising numbers of the homeless in the United States. This research was conducted to examine the main three

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    whale rider

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    Whale Rider 1) The Maori people have migrated from the island Hawaiki‚ around 800 to 1200 AD. The story was about a family and they were Maoris. A man named Koko is grandfather to a little girl named Paikea. Koko was the leader of the Maori people in the place they lived in and he wanted to find a new leader‚ which had to be a boy if he wanted to follow the tradition. The person who actually head to be the next leader was Koko’s grandson‚ but he didn’t have a grandson‚ and he could not do like

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    Zealand consul. The Whale Rider was written in New York and Cape Cod in the space of three weeks. Ihimaera was inspired to write the book in 1985 while living in an apartment in New York overlooking the Hudson River. Ihimaera had taken his daughters to a number of action movies. They asked him why in all of those movies the boy was the hero and the girl was always the one who was helpless. So he decided to Write a novel in which the girl is the hero and he finished The Whale Rider in three weeks. The

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