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Jazz Music Early 1900
772 wordsAfter reading the article on jazz dance, I had found out a number of interesting things that I hadnt known before. I thought it was a dance form that was fairly new, starting in the early 1900 s. I then found out that it actually pre-dates all the way back to the seventeenth century. I also thought income from the United States, when it really originated in Africa and was brought here by the slaves. The dancing and drumming was such a part of their lives; it was eventually continued by the slave...
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Piece Of Literature One Of The Things
1,261 wordsLust created the conflict in this story. The conflict is the most important literary element because it directly affects everyone in the story. There are many conflicts, but the main one is between the dwarves and their lust for their lost treasure that Smaug has stolen. This conflict creates the basis for the story. Plus, there were conflicts added on because of this main conflict. Their journey to the Lonley Mountain consisted of one conflict after another. Even though the conflicts on their j...
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Whitman Poem Emily Dickinson
968 wordsLoneliness: A Connection between the Poems and the Lives of the Writers The lives of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson have many similarities and differences. Here, we will focus on the similarities in their lives in order to bring to attention a correlation between Whitman's poem I Saw in Louisiana a Live-oak Growing and Dickinson's poem # 1510. Both poets wrote during the time of Romanticism, even though Whitman was Dickinson's senior by some eleven years. This however did not influence the way...
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Amount Of Time Assisted Suicide
703 wordsEuthenasia In Australia Euthanasia Sometimes, life can deteriorate to the point where a person loses their dignity and self-respect, and are unable to communicate; life like this is longer worth living, as the most enjoyable of things are no-longer enjoyable. Euthanasia could, in my opinion, be practiced when a person reaches this point, and then only passively. If the person in question is able to communicate rationally, then their opinion must be asked first. Assisted death, other than passive...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Les Mis
1,419 wordsClassical Concert Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria. He was born to an overbearing and ambitious father, Leopold, who was more than anxious to exploit his sons extraordinary musical gifts. Mozart began composing at an early age, and he began touring around the same time. Throughout his life, Mozart made many enemies, many his own fault, through his naive arrogance and harsh critique of his musical contemporaries. He worked feverishly, composing symphonies...
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Subject Matter First Day
716 wordsThe first day of class for a college student is like drawing cards in a poker game. Just as the cards that one receives determines their outcome in poker, the types of professors a student gets on the first day will determine the success of their year. The difference between a helpful and a harmful professor can easily result in a much lower grade. College professors have a wide range of personalities and backgrounds. However, professors fall into one of 3 categories: helpful, malicious, or unca...
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Black And White Mel Gibson
493 wordsShakespeare has been translated into many languages. There are many versions of Hamlet movies and theater plays all around the world. I personally read and watched Hamlet in two languages: Russian and English. I will contrast two American Hamlet movies, one of which is by Mel Gibson, with Mel Gibson as Hamlet and another one is staring Lawrence Olivier. Both of the performances I found worthy and enjoyable, even though they are completely different. Gibson s film is a new film; therefore the bac...
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Controlled Environment Merchant Marine
762 wordsWhat controlled environment did you spend time in? How long? When I graduated from High School I entered into the Merchant Marine Academy at Fort Schuyler in New York. From then until I was in my mid thirties I was involved with ocean liners, tankers and ships. For periods of one year at a time I would be on a ship traveling the world, making shipments and patrolling the seas. The controlled environment was both on the ship and in the academy. Once on the ship I had to obey the rules and morals ...
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Country Club First Job
500 words&# 65279; Country Club Blues My first job is definitely the one I remember most, although I did not always enjoy what I did. Many times during the eight months I worked at Fauquier County Country Club I hated my job one day and loved it the next, thus resulting in a very memorable and exciting time of work. Working at a golf course may not have been the most enjoyable job I have had, but it gave me new experiences to interact with people and gain a sense of responsibility. I applied for a job at...
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Makes The Story Mallard
335 wordsThe use of irony makes stories enjoyable to read. Stories with irony keeps readers interested and in suspense. The use of irony Kate Chopin uses in the short story? The Story of an Hour? keeps readers attached to the story and lets readers understand Mrs. Mallard? s true feelings about her husband. The way Mrs. Mallard expresses her emotions towards her husband makes the story likable. Her character traits and the way Chopin puts the ironic twist into the story keeps you interested. What I liked...
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Death Of A Salesman Willy Loman
2,042 wordsDeath of a Salesman By Jon M. Shane Living Theater Professor Mark Lancaster March 9, 1999 I found Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman, while a definite classic, not as interesting as other Miller plays. For example, ? All my Sons is a story about an unscrupulous businessman who lies in court to save himself from certain imprisonment, sends his business partner to prison, and eventually commits suicide once one of his sons uncovers his devious plot. The intrigue, excitement, and setting were easy ...
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Makes Me Feel Bad Mood
1,252 wordsOne activity that I enjoy doing in my spare time is playing music. I play the guitar and have been playing for nine years. I started off wanting to play when I went to a store and found a very inexpensive little thirty dollar guitar. I picked it up and started playing around with it in the store. At this time I was eight years old. During this time of my life I wasnt really involved in any activities and really wasnt that social among friends and other people. So I decided that it was time to ch...
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Young Adults Attend College
625 wordsGo to School or Go to Work? During the 1930 s many people started families and worked in factories. Many of those people now wish they had gone to college. Now, in todays society many young adults graduate high school and go off to college. However, many think college is one big party. Many young adults go to college there freshmen year and lose the concept of reality and why college is important. They throw the books down and replace that knowledge with mixing drinks. Unfortunately, college is ...
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Heart Of Darkness Joseph Conrad
1,008 wordsHeart of Darkness Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad is a fictional novel with an overflow of symbolism. Throughout the entire novel Conrad uses a plethora of simple colors, objects, and places in order to clarify very complex meanings. By doing this, Conrad is able to lure the reader into a world unlike his or her own: the Congo River, located in central Africa. Although the interpretation of these symbols is so elaborate, the simplicity of each makes it somewhat easy to overlook. A few exampl...
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Political And Social Tyler Durden
980 wordsIndependent Reading Response: Fight Club-Chuck PalahniukIndependentIndependent Reading Response: Fight Club-Chuck Palahniuk Independent Reading Response: Fight Club-Chuck Palahniuk First Reaction: The novel was intentionally confusing and hard to follow due to its nonlinear structure. It was thoroughly enjoyable and upon completion it generated many questions in my mind, as well as thoughts of my own life and the decisions I make. Feelings: Fight Club excited me, scared me and even angered me. T...
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Influence On American Material Wealth
753 wordsEffects of the Medias Materialistic Influence on Society If one were to take a survey of the American people concerning what they think they need most in life, the results would be very centered in materialistic values. The medias materialistic influence on American society, fueled by corporations need to profit from consumerism, has created a society full of problems. Depression and insecurity are often a direct result of failing to meet the status quo that a materialistic media presents. Worki...
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Severe Pain Forty Five
1,081 wordsLife has more imaginations than we carry in our dreams. Its full of incredible events and unexpected surprises that change our moods. And sometimes they can even shock us. After that we feel frustrated, tired of living in the world which only yesterday didnt seem to be savage, in the world full of fuss and problems. Once I changed my attitude to everything, I saw the world differently and liked my life. It happened when I became seriously ill and was afraid of bad consequences. The fear of death...
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Fly Buzz When I Died Emily Dickinson
614 wordsMandy Kruvand I heard a Fly buzz- when I died v. s. Because I could not stop for Death I heard a Fly buzz- when I died and Because I could not stop for Death, two poems by Emily Dickinson, are both about dying and what happens in death, but present two different views on those topics. In one poem, death is civil, but disappointing in the other. In Because I could not stop for Death, the mood of the poem is very civilized and polite. Death picks her up in a carriage and as they travel towards ete...
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Woman Knows Sooner Trouble With Women Is Men Nash
474 wordsHave you ever heard adults talking about their spouses and all the troubles they have to put up with because they love them? In the poems The Trouble With Women Is Men and What Almost Every Woman Knows Sooner or Later, Ogden Nash talks about the troubles women go through daily with men and how frustrating it can be. In Nash's poem The Trouble With Women Is Men, he goes through the daily routine of a woman and all she has to put up with from the man she loves. At the very end he writes. just kick...
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Versus Living Without One People Without Tv Television
404 wordsOwning a Television Set Versus Living Without One Is life without a television better? We are going to examine the benefits of owning a television versus living without one. First we will discuss life with a television and the benefits of owning a television then we will discuss the benefits of living without a television and life without a television. Life with a television in our society is considered normal. Television is no longer a luxury some people think that it is a necessity. People who...
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