I recently wrote an essay about the development of the star persona of Ice Cube‚ the rapper/actor who has made the unusual transition from hardcore gangsta rapper to leading man in such “family-friendly” films as Are We There Yet? The essay‚ entitled “With an Attitude: The Development of Ice Cube’s Star Persona‚” will soon be published in the online film journal 16:9; I’ll link to it as soon as it’s up. The thesis of the essay is that‚ for all the apparent and unexpected alterations to his “street”
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rocks the house has been standing for more than one hundred years. There is a full wrap around porch all along two complete sides of the house‚ the supporting posts scattered with mud dobber holes and the wood darkened from perilous exposure to the elements. From the porch there is little to be seen but Mother Nature. In this back corner of the field a forest of ever looming trees surrounds the two porch sides of the house. The close ones reach far into the sky as if tickling the silver lining of
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Chapter 5 – Space VOCABULARY | DEFINITION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER FIVE | EXAMPLE : WORK OF ART THAT EXEMPLIFIES VOCABULARY WORD AND EXPLANATION OF HOW IT IS USED | OVERLAP | Overlapping images also create the illusion that one object is in front of the other in space. | Donald Sultan’s “Lemons” An image of three lemons overlapping in space‚ but it consists of a flat yellow shape on a black ground 8 feet square | NEGATIVE SPACE | Empty space‚ surrounded and shaped so that it acquires a sense
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later realized in the movie that Susie wasn’t George’s first victim‚ but there were numerous girls prior to her. In the context of the movie‚ it’s fairly easy to observe the different motifs that are formed as the movie progresses. One motif is the porch light or lantern the Salmon family used. When Susie had not come home‚ her family left a light on their
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every summer. Jem‚ Scout and Dill spent most of the summer trying to learn more about the Radley’s. Boo Radley never comes out of his home and the children are determined to try and get him out. Dill dares Jem to touch the porch. Jem finally gives in and when he touches the porch Scout sees movement in the house. When September comes Dill goes back to Meridian‚ and Scout begins to look forward to starting first grade. Jem tries to warn his sister that school and home are two completely different
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Lyrical Voice By: Lakella L. Taylor And Frankie Fipps Joy in the Midst of my Pain By: Lakella L. Taylor God give me the strength I need to go on My heart is wailing‚ sorrowful My soul lies driven in by the tide of despair. Lord lift up my heart; lift up my soul‚ save me From my affliction and pain. For great is my love for thee. For thy art my joy in the midst of my pain.
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It was a chilly and cloudy night. Me and family were having some supper‚ and we just came back from a soccer try out. Until Suddenly‚ I see my dad from distance on the porch jumping up and down in excitement and joy. My father called me to the porch‚ so I whipped on my jacket‚ jumped into my slip ons and dashed to the porch. I thought my dad got hurt‚ but really‚ he just gave me his phone to read the email he received from DASC saying “ You have been invited by GIS (Global Image Sports) to play with
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The pantheon is made up of two principal parts; the porch; which is a highly idealised and more greek interpretation and the circular building which is much more Roman in it’s display. The pantheon follows traditional Roman architecture designed with a portico held up by eight Corinthian columns almost 12m high. The monolithic columns shafts are made of Aswan grey granite contrasted with the white pentelic marble of the capitals.The porch is supported by these Corinthian columns and is made out
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straight towards the source of the word. Dropping what was in their hands they burst out the door into the night. Seeing my pocket knife and cellular phone missing from where I had sat them‚ I sprang out up and gave chase. By the time I leapt off the porch the men were climbing into a black car parked down the street. I shouted‚ “I’m calling the cops!” As if on cue the doors to the car swung open and now there were five men running towards me. I turned and planted myself between the men and my door.
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Greek & Etruscan Architecture Greek and Etruscan architecture began to take shape during the Archaic and Early Classical periods. There were similarities between the early Greek and Etruscan architectural styles‚ but there were far more differences. One of the most obvious similarities between the Greek and Etruscan styles was the use of a gabled roof. A gabled roof resembles a triangle in that it has a peak in the middle‚ and then has two straight slopes from the peak to each side wall.
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