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  2. Why the Whales Came - Wikipedia

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    Why the Whales Came is a children's story written by Michael Morpurgo [1] and first published in 1985 by William Heinemann (UK) and Scholastic (US). [2] It is set on the island of Bryher, one of the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall, in the year 1914. It was adapted into the 1989 film When the Whales Came.

  3. When the Whales Came - Wikipedia

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    When the Whales Came is a 1989 British drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Helen Mirren, Paul Scofield, David Suchet, Barbara Jefford, David Threlfall, John Hallam, Barbara Ewing, and Jeremy Kemp. [1] It is based on the 1985 children's book Why the Whales Came written by Michael Morpurgo.

  4. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    This worsens in the nightmare stage, which is the climax of the plot, where hope is apparently lost. Finally, in the resolution , the hero overcomes his burden against the odds. The key thesis of the book: "However many characters may appear in a story, its real concern is with just one: its hero.

  5. Phil Cameron - Wikipedia

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    Cameron’s first major play was Top Girls, in 2000.He went on to produce Another Country, Mother Clap's Molly House, This Is Our Youth, King Lear, Why the Whales Came, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, As You Like It, Twelfth Night and Journey’s End, which won a Tony Award on Broadway in 2007.

  6. Talk:Why the Whales Came - Wikipedia

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    Why the whales came. what clue do we get that the person arriving on the boat might be Grace's father 102.215.31.66 14:38, 19 May 2024 (UTC) This page was ...

  7. Samson, Isles of Scilly - Wikipedia

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    The island is featured in the children's story Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo. In the book, Samson is under a curse that needs to be lifted. [16] The island also featured in Armorel of Lyonesse by Walter Besant. [17] Webber's Cottage supposedly features in that novel as Armorel's house. [18]

  8. Cetology - Wikipedia

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    A researcher fires a biopsy dart at an orca.The dart will remove a small piece of the whale's skin and bounce harmlessly off the animal. Cetology (from Greek κῆτος, kētos, "whale"; and -λογία, -logia) or whalelore (also known as whaleology) is the branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises in the scientific ...

  9. Pourquoi story - Wikipedia

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh includes many pourquoi stories from Mesopotamian folklore, such as how the Beqa'a Valley was formed, why meat becomes rancid when left in the rain, and why snakes shed their skins while people (who are mortal) do not. Origin stories, explaining how a comic book hero or heroine came to have their special characteristics.