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Often imagination is used to lessen tension in Daily Lives

Often imagination is used to lessen tension in daily lives like imagining a vacation to the beach when a stressful deadline approaches Imagination works much the same in fiction often lowering the tension in dramatic sequences The fictional world of The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 is similar to the real world in its inclusion of imaginative elements particularly those of its younger cast and these moments often occur in tense moments leaning close to tragedy However I argue that these imaginative elements in moments of tragedy instead of lessening tension as imagination usually does serve to strengthen the tension by creating almost tangible elements in what would have been purely psychological moments One major moment of tragedy which utilizes imaginative elements to heighten the tension is when Kenny almost drowns in the water at Collier's Landing As the whirlpool threatens to pull him lower and lower under the water Kenny imagines the Wool Pooh creature Byron had told him about He sees something big and gray with hard square looking fingers that has no face and no eyes 176 The reader understands what Kenny sees is not real the figure s facelessness and square looking fingers suggest something humanoid but not quite human Although the Wool Pooh is not real to the reader it is real to Kenny and it serves as a tangible figure for him to fight against as he struggles to break free from the whirlpool This image serves to increase the tension in the potentially tragic moment when the figure reaches and grabs Kenny and he physically struggles against it The tension increases because the physical aspect of the fight gives the reader hope Kenny can fight his way out of the Wool Pooh s grasp and by default also escape the whirlpool There is another imaginative moment during the drowning scene which also raises the tension while giving the reader hope for Kenny s safety As the Wool Pooh Kenny envisions drags him deeper Kenny imagines an angel specifically his sister Joetta looking just like the angel Mrs Davidson had given her 177 The imaginative element has its roots in the truth Kenny sees an angel based from the most recent angel image he has seen


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The SEN education rate is growing at a Fast Pace

These differences in opinion were shaped more strongly by law makers then the people with empirical knowledge academic managers quality assurance managers in the policymaking directions The contribution of the stockholders and external bodies have a crucial role in education because they regulate and they assure that the standards of quality are maintained and are followed there for we can improve the education standards and boost quality I use the example in S E N but the same principle applies to all types of schools and organisations where external bodies and stakeholders trough quality reports and their assessment inevitably improve quality standards 3 2 Explain how being accountable to stakeholders and external bodies impacts on organisations in education and training By being accountable to stakeholders or external bodies will insure that standards of quality are maintained otherwise the organisations in education wouldn t have aspirations or boundaries to look out too Therefore the impact that they have in schools and organisations is very important and as a positive outcome A second way of thinking about that impact that external bodies and stakeholders have is looking at their specific purpose Through out QAA reports the quality is considered having regards to a variety of parameters highlighting the importance and value of considering quality from a variety of stakeholder or external bodies own experience by being parents or members of the community involved in the process So we could say that being accountable to stakeholders and external bodies insures that the responsibilities of the non stakeholders are followed

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