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    Karie Bundy Ms. Stacy Abbott WP#1 February 08‚ 2013 “Like A Prayer” Music Review By Karie Bundy In 1989 Madonna wrote and produced the song “Like A Prayer” along with Sire Warner Brothers Records‚ and the track was a hit single on Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” album. I love Madonna’s music‚ and in my opinion this composition is one of Madonna’s greatest songs ever. What makes this tune such a great melody are its lyrics‚ its strong instrumental beat‚ and its great vibe. To begin I believe the

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    The track ’Like a Prayer’ is off Madonna’s forth studio album released in 1989. "The autobiographical album‚ Like a Prayer‚ makes explicit the traces of a Roman Catholic Italian American family ethos in Madonna’s work. The album itself is dedicated to her mother‚ who‚ she writes‚ "taught me how to pray." The cover playfully exploits Roman Catholic religious themes and reinscribes Madonna signifiers‚ most notably her navel‚ from her earlier work" (Harold Jaffe‚ Madonna and Other Spectacles (New

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    1. it has come from passages for prayers but it has mostly come from from the Psalms. There are two prayers that we open and close with and they are Baruch Sheamer and Yishtabach. We usually do Pesukei Dezimra in the morning services. 2a. Three prayers are Barechu yotzer‚ Ohr ahaha rabbah and Kedushah. b. We usually find this around chapter 145 of tehillim although before the original taken was from 145 to the end of tehillim. 3. It is to show how important it is to serve hashed and saying pesukei

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    the famous Jesse Owens? Jesse Owens is a world renowned athlete that has won many gold medals. Finish The Beginning of Jesse Owens Life Jesse Owens was born in Alabama on September 12‚1913. His real name was “James Clevland” but then changed it to “Jesse”. Jesse Owens was the seventh child of Henry and Emma Owens. Owen’s’ father worked as a sharecropper and his grandfather was a slave. A sharecropper is a tenant farmer who gives a part of each of his crops as rent. When Owens first went to elementary

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    elements throughout the film to help the viewer see the way Jessie Owens continued to overcome while constantly being faced with adversity? Throughout the film Jessie Owens is faced with many obstacles. Even from the very beginning of the film Jessie was faced with the decision whether‚ or whether not to leave home. The writer created a sense of tension in the first scene to show the immediate pressure that Owen’s was being faced with. Owens had a two year old daughter at the time‚ and asking a man to

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    Socheata Sin Oct. 30 2012 English Lang & Lit 11JMc The commentary on the poem “Futility” by Wilfred Owen The poem titled “Futility” meaning uselessness or pointlessness. Owen is trying to say this war is the pointless war. The soldiers are useless that they’re dead. No matter how much the soldier work‚ it doesn’t worth it. The poem is written in fourteen lines and divided into two verses. The two verses are contrast each other. The first verse’s atmosphere is quite‚ soft‚ tender and

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    Jesse Owens was one of America’s greatest track stars. He was born on September 12th‚ 1913 in Oakville‚ Alabama. He grew up in a large‚ poor family and because the Owens’ were African American‚ Jesse’s parents found it difficult to hold a steady job. Jesse managed to pay for college and become a successful Olympian who permanently changed our society. Jesse Owens continues to impact society through his athletic achievement‚ rebellion against racial discrimination and because he changed African American’s

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    Wilfred Owens poems present a convincing and vivid portrait of the cruelty and horrors of war. How does Owen convey this portrait in his poetry? Wilfred Owen was a World War 1 poet that expressed his contentious depiction of War leading him to become one of the most influential anti-war voices of the War. He uses personal first hand-experiences along with a unique writing style to highlight the truth of the pity‚ horror and cruelty of War that was otherwise masked by the other war poets. Owen uses

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    takes an awful lot of determination‚ dedication‚ self-discipline‚ and effort‚” by Jesse Owens. Jesse was one of the most famous black athletes. Owens was a track and field athlete that didn’t get to the top easy he worked hard everyday of his life to get where he is. Jesse’s maiden name is James Cleveland Owens‚ he was born in Alabama on September 12‚ 1913. Jesse is the seventh child of all 12 siblings. When Owens was nine they moved to Ohio where he attended high school as well as college. While his

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    Wilfred Owen 1 ) To this day Owen is thought of as the lead­ing poet of World War I. 2 ) Owen’s poetry was on the hor­rors of WWI‚ espe­cially trench war­fare and gas warfare. 3 ) Owen’s poetry dates back to 1903 when he was 10 years old. 4 ) The poetry Owen wrote was influ­enced by Keats and Shel­ley. Later on‚ his friend and fel­low poet Siegfried Sas­soon also had a pro­found effect on Owen’s poetic voice. 5 ) Owen never saw his own worked pub­lished other then two magazines. 6

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