“It is not inevitable‚ nor is it any kind of progress for these traditions to vanish. We have much to learn from them if we are willing to listen.” The Last Speakers page 242 K. David Harrison is a linguist‚ activist for language preservation and documentation‚ and author of The Last Speakers. Written in a journalistic style his most recent book‚ The Last Speakers‚ sheds light upon the global language extinction crisis. It is a mix between a scientific notebook and a travelog‚ featuring photos
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Annie‚ I must say‚ it was such a pleasure reading your essay‚ “Living Like Weasels”. Your curiosity about the way we live is so brilliant that my interest about your thoughts on our outlined lifestyle has piqued me since reading. I have read several essays in the past month about animals and violence that were all delicately written and filled with meaningful messages‚ but yours has stood out to me the most because I feel as it was written clearly and precisely. Your message about living as we
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Henry David Thoreau once stated‚ “You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.” I believe that the trials and tribulations in one’s life and the manner in which he or she responds to them defines them as a person just as much as his/her successes do. Of course‚ using one’s failures in life as tools for learning and building character is easier said than done. However‚ there are unique qualities that can make this process quite simple. I possess some of these
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In the last chapter of The Problem of Punishment‚ David Boonin attempts to defend his belief in restitution as a replacement of punishment by the state. Unfortunately‚ Boonin falls short in his attempt to defend absolute restitution when addressing restitution during both murder and rape. Using convoluted language‚ the reader is lost in his arguments defense‚ instead of admitting that it falls short in cases such as rape and murder. To further understand this‚ it is necessary to consider the following
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“Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression . . .” (Natalie Massenet). Even though this passage may be completely true for most people in life‚ in the play by David Ives “Sure Thing‚” this phrase proves to be the complete opposite. The setting of this drama takes place in a café and its two and only main characters are complete strangers to one another‚ Betty and Bill. A bell is heard throughout the entire play as to symbolize the beginning of a fresh opportunity
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David Hockney was born in Bradford in 1937. At an early age‚ he already knew what he wanted to do. He had won a scholarship to the Bradford Grammar School at the age of 11 and had already decided what he was going to do when he was older – become an artist. While in school‚ he drew for the school magazine and made posters for the schools debating society. At the age of 16 Hockney was able to persuade his parents to let him go to a local art school. After his enrollment‚ however‚ Hockney was forced
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David | | | Traits | Evidence | How trait is revealed | Curious | Questions the validity of The Definition of Man “Clearly there must be a mistake somewhere. Surely having one very small toe extra...couldn’t be enough to make her ‘hateful in the sigh of God...’?” (14)Asks where Sophie lives “Where’s your home?” (7)Recalls Aunt Harriet’s incident “It was as though she had been wiped out of every memory but mine” (75)Runs to see the Fringes people “I dropped what I was doing‚
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Caspar David Friedrich (September 5‚ 1774 – May 7‚ 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter‚ generally considered the most important German artist of his generation.[2] He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies‚ morning mists‚ barren trees or Gothic ruins. His primary interest as an artist was the contemplation of nature‚ and his often symbolic and anti-classical work seeks to convey a
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What exactly is the societal definition of "normality"? In this personal essay "Us and Them" by David Sedaris‚ the author not only brings this thought into the mind of the reader but also manages to make an eye-opening point about how in today’s modern society‚ we often single out and sometimes even shun people whose habits are different from those that we may consider "normal" (while not really understanding just how subjective the concept of normality is itself.) Sedaris explores this exact idea
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Film Music Analysis and Pedagogy David Neumeyer The ubiquitous videocassette gives us‚ for the first time‚ a convenient way to examine films and their music closely. Many classic films are available‚ especially in VHS format‚ and‚ thanks to cable stations‚ more films of all eras and genres are being shown on television than ever.1 Since music has been an important element in the medium from its earliest days‚ it follows that now we have the opportunity to invoke film scores routinely as audio-visual
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