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Kings In The Back Doesnt Understand
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... e is a contradiction with this aspect of
Holden's personality. He doesnt accept the rules
set before him by phony adults. He believes that
rules are only for the strong, yet he makes rules
for himself although he never keeps them. Im
always setting myself rules about sex and I
immediately break them. The final aspect of Holden
Caulfields personality is his respect for others.
He cant stand people who dont respect or listen to
what others have to say. He also thinks it is
important to listen ...
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Squeezed Me Tighter Squeezed Me Tighter 12 Odysseus
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One of the most famous works from the early Greek
era is Homers The Odyssey. It details the journey
home of a war hero, Odysseus. His homecoming
entails many adventures, many of them carrying
reflective themes. The Sirens are one episode that
he must overcome. This episode contains many
prevalent themes that are repeated throughout the
work. Though the varied episodes differ in terms
of characters and settings, most are based on
similar patterns of plot and theme. The themes
that are most emphas...
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Social Standing Love Triangle
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It is the aim of this paper to bring forth an
interpretation of the "poor people" as portrayed
by three different examples of Russian literature.
The Diary of a Madman, The Overcoat, and Taman
serve as the sources for any assumptions and
conclusions drawn out in this paper. All three of
these works lead the reader to draw assumptions
about the "poor person's" social status, desires,
and weaknesses. In Gogol's short story, The Diary
of a Madman we are entranced by the diary entries
of one man. Th...
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Women Of Country Music
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Music plays a very important role in my life. Its
on all the time, in my car, at work, at home when
Im eating, when Im working on my computer, when Im
relaxing, when Im typing this paper, I even have a
radio in my bathroom. I cant remember a time when
I was younger when music didnt play a role in my
life. And Ive listened to all kinds. From folk to
classical to classic rock to jazz to oldies to
heavy metal to rap. But since my sophomore year of
High School Ive been stuck on country music. I was
...
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Women Of Country Music
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... t in country music. She was born into an
impoverished family in the Great Smoky Mountain
Region of Tennessee. At 18, just out of high
school, Dolly left her 11 siblings and moved to
Nashville. Less than two years later Dumb Blond,
hits the charts and climbs to No. 24 and her
second Something Fishy reached No. 17. Later this
year, 1967, Porter Wagoner hires her to replace
his female singer on his television show. This was
Dolly's big break. The duets they sang routinely
made the Top 10. In 19...
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Good Example First Verse
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It is almost impossible to identify the author of
a spiritual or to pinpoint its original form.
Typically, spirituals are created by
nonprofessional musicians, changed by other
singers and passed along from one generation to
the next. As the song is passed along it starts to
change. The changes that take place become a part
of the original song and eventually the music
takes on a different form. Over the span of years
the authors' names are forgotten. The composer who
wishes to create a new spir...
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Piece Of Paper Fourth Grade
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It was the fourth grade. I always heard rumors and
gossip about a certain teacher. This year, kids
said to take any teacher except Mrs. Williams, the
oral project teacher. Of course in elementary, we
did not have a choice of which teacher to choose.
Boy, I was shocked when I glanced at the window
that had my schedule. Just by looking at that
plain white piece of paper sticking on a
safety-glass window, I knew it was going to be a
bad year. The old, grouchy, strict, and mean Mrs.
Williams would b...
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Beliefs And Practices Judaism Buddhism Hinduism
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The religions of Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism
all have there own beliefs. These beliefs play a
big role in a persons everyday life, and influence
aspects of their culture such as holidays, diet,
social structure, art, and music. In Judaism, they
believe that the Sabbath day should be kept holy,
and that you should follow the Ten Commandments,
the laws of G-d. Their diets consist of kosher
food, and have there own New Year, Rosh Hashanah.
Hindus believe in Brahman and Karma, which are
both a p...
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Berry Gordy Father Of The Motown Sound
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Berry Gordy Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan on
November 28, 1929. He was the seventh born out of
eight siblings. His parents migrated to Detroit
from Georgia during 1922. They were part of a mass
exodus of African Americans who left the South in
the 20 's and traveled to northern cities in
search of better economic futures. During that
time jobs were plentiful in the factories, mainly
the big four automotive plants that like,
Chrysler, Ford, Chevrolet, and General Motors.
Berry and Bertha Gord...
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Jazz Musicians Louis Armstrong
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... f music including popular music and the blues.
It was has changed over the years and has many
different sub-styles, such as Dixieland, swing,
bebop, Afro- Cuban, cool, free, jazz, and fusion.
In jazz the performers often improvises to create
new or different sounds that add to the emotional
expression of the song. Jazz musicians create
their own version of the melody while they all
know, and then they turn improvising around that
tune. Sometimes jazz performers make up a complete
new melody ...
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20 Th Century Carnegie Hall
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Billie Holiday was one of the most famous jazz
singers of the 20 th century. Billie Holidays
innovative phrasing about her life experiences in
her music makes her one of the most influential
jazz lyricists of the 20 th century. The emotional
intensity that she brought into the words she sang
was always very memorable and sometimes almost
scary; she often lived the words she sang. Billie
Holiday was born Eleanor Harris in Baltimore,
Maryland on April 7, 1915. She did not have a
stable life. Her f...
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Air Pressure M N
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Vocal Nodules The whole process of voice
production involves voice mechanism composed of
three sub-systems with independent task and role
yet the combination of these functions support and
aids each sub-system to make the voice mechanism
operational. The three (3) sub-systems are: air
pressure system causes the vocal fold to vibrate;
vibratory system changes the sound waves to
produce voiced sound as well as varies the pitch
of sound, and; resonating system changes the sound
into a more personal...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar James Weldon Johnson
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Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar, the son
of two former slaves, absorbed his mothers wisdom
and stories told by his father. As one of the last
of a generation to interact with actual slaves, he
was able to use his fathers story telling spirit
and mothers wisdom to depict the life experiences
of African Americans. Paul Laurence Dunbar was
born on June 27, 1872 to Joshua Dunbar and Matilda
Murphy Dunbar in Dayton, Ohio. He was taught to
read wisdom. He also took in the stories told by
his...
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Middle Ages Classical Music
614 words
Classical Music, popular term for the Western
tradition of art music that began in Europe in the
Middle Ages and continues today. It includes
symphonies, chamber music, opera, and other
serious, artistic music. More narrowly, the "
classical" style refers to the work of the
Viennese classical school, a group of 18
th-century composers that includes Franz Joseph
Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van
Beethoven, which is the epitome of what is called
classical music. Choral Music...
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Bill Gates Dining Hall
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[The time is the late 1990 s and the setting is an
unidentified city in the northwest United States,
in Washington. Three employees of Microsoft, the
narrator, Encolpius, and his co-workers Giton and
Ascyltus, have been invited to the illustrious
mansion of billionaire Bill Gates, for a banquet.
] It was slightly drizzling as we approached the
house. We were simply amazed at it s size, it was
a good quarter mile in length and equally long in
width. As we approached the enormous wooden door,
ligh...
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Maria Anna Great Deal
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Joseph Haydn was without a doubt one of the
greatest composers of his day. He was loved very
much as both a man and a musician, and unlike many
other composers when he died in 1809. he was one
of the most celebrated composers in the world.
Haydn once said, Young people can see from my
example that something can still come from
nothing, but what I am is the result of dire
necessity. And it was very true. The story of
Haydn was a classic story of rags to riches. His
father, Mathias Haydn (1699 - 1...
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First African American African American Women
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Heather Lena Horne Lena Horne Heather Donahue
March 23, 2000 Humanities 15 Tues. 038; Thurs.
9: 30 11 a. m Page 1 Lena Horne Lena Horne was
born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her
parents were Teddy and Edna Cotton Horne. After
her father left her at the age of two in order to
pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving
soon after that to pursue her acting career; she
went to live with her grandparents. Through her
grandparents influence she became involved with
organizations like...
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First African American African American Women
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Horne Lena Lena Horne Lena Horne Lena Horne was
born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her
parents were Teddy and Edna Cotton Horne. After
her father left her at the age of two in order to
pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving
soon after that to pursue her acting career; she
went to live with her grandparents. Through her
grandparents influence she became involved with
organizations like the NAACP, at an early age. In
1924 she went back to live with her mother,
traveling and being...
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Sings An Aria Starts Out In Duple Meter Rigoletto
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I attended the opera Rigoletto at the New York
State Theater. Rigoletto was composed by Giuseppe
Verdi and it was first performed in 1851, during
the Romantic period. Act I of Rigoletto starts out
in duple meter and sounds very dramatic, as if
something dark and mysterious is going to happen.
I think the dynamics play a role in this mood
because of the constant changing from loud to
soft. This act starts with an overture since the
beginning is instrumental. All of a sudden, still
in duple meter,...
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Furious To Behead Caught The Knees Of Odysseus Phemios
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During the Odyssey, many singers are mentioned.
They told stories of the past and the stories
about the gods to entertain the household they
were singing for. Singers were well respected
because they had a divine gift from the Muses.
Phemios and Demodokos are two examples of singers
in the poem. Phemios was a singer in the house of
Odysseus. While Odysseus was away in battle and
his journey home, Phemios was made to sing at
Odysseus s house by Penelope s suitors. A herald
put the beautifully wro...
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