ability to pervert the meaning of the lyrics and change the original song’s meaning. In their Grammy winner and Billboard top 100 song Gold Digger (2005)‚ rapper Kanye West and Jamie Foxx‚ sample the lyrics of RnB and soul singer Ray Charles’ I’ve Got a Woman (1958). In their song‚ West and Foxx take not only the hook from Charles changing the word ‘give’ to ‘take’‚ but Foxx‚ who played Charles in his movie biopic in 2004 entitled ‘Ray‚’ steals the style and the musicality
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By: Martin Beauchemin BOOK STUDY JOURNAL - “FROZEN IN TIME” Before you read questions: 1. What did you know about this book before you read it? I’ve never even heard of this book before. 2. What do you want to learn? What the book is about. 3. Why did you choose this book? Because it had the coolest name and it has an airplane on the cover. And I like airplanes. So it was the logical choice. 4. What did you know about the author before reading the book? I’ve never heard
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1. Describe a time when you tried to bring about a change in your self-concept and were not successful in doing so: I have always viewed myself as an outgoing person‚ getting along with everyone but I often speak before I think. Too many times to count…I fear I wasn’t born with a mouth “filter”. I find myself genuinely trying to express myself and taking it to the point of a coming off rude. It seems so clear to me and frustrates me when others don’t see it that way. An example of
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Time is precious. It is invaluable. It is one of the powerful factors. Our life is measured in terms of time. We grow in time‚ live in time and perish in time. Time is fleeting. It is changing. It never stops. Neither does it wait for anyone. Time once lost is lost for ever. Time moves at its own pace. It cannot be commanded. So‚ we should be careful about the importance of time. We should never waste it. We are successful in life only when we make the best use of time. Time is the most influential
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Deanna Sheehy Take-Home Test In the Time of the Butterflies 1. All the sisters lose their innocence pretty early into the novel. Minerva was the first to learn about the real world around her. While at boarding school with Patria and Maria Teresa‚ she meets a girl named Sinita who tells her the truth about Trujillo. Minerva realizes that her country isn’t as she thought it was. Patria realizes the same thing while out on a retreat in the mountains. She witnesses a young man about the age
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Once‚ in third grade‚ I did something that I did not want to do so that I could stay out of trouble. It still makes me feel depressed even to this day when I think about it. That day‚ my friends had gone to the bathroom and were staying there for a long time. They had asked me to go too‚ but I knew that they were up to mischief again‚ so I refused. However‚ after a long time‚ they still hadn’t returned. The teacher asked me to go with a classmate to check on them. One of the sinks was running like
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(Herbert George) Wells is one of the most intelligent writers of his time: a true futurist. Obviously‚ I read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and I would like to say that it was extremely well written and sounds as though it was written fairly recently. It may just sound this way because the human race has not really tried Time Traveling. The theme of The Time Traveler is‚ as I see it: Think about what you are doing before doing it. The Time Traveler should have thought his journey through and taken precautions
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Looking for freedom is human nature. Everyone wants to have his or her own space and time to manage. As teenagers‚ we sought for independence and try hard to decide for ourselves‚ but our parents set a lot of rules at home for us and sometimes even strict family curfews. Thus it has often been argued by teenagers that their parents are too controlling and do not give them enough freedom. In the modern society‚ students think that controlling parents are “old-fashioned” and “should loosen up”. Other
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characters Bill and Mary; this makes the reader feel as if they are being rushed. The author also uses all the people to symbolize the fact that the conversation between the two characters isn’t significant in the big picture. The dusky time of day shows that the time that Bill and Mary have left is very short‚ as the sun sets the setting gets darker. Langston Hughes uses the setting to display hidden details that adjust the mood in the short story. In the novel Ethan Frome written by Edith Warten
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The last time I left you‚ Nick was just learning about his powers‚ his father‚ and all the supernatural beings. Leaping forward one year‚ Nick Gautier thinks that nothing can touch him. Waking up in a strange universe where his mom is a rich business woman instead of a waitress‚ he has a real father‚ and no powers whatsoever‚ he runs and hides in distress. Calling for help‚ his assassin/girlfriend comes to his aid. Fighting a long‚ tough battle with the Sakkan‚ head general of Nick’s darkest
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