Good job with the opening. It captures the audience’s attention‚ I like how you started with a question and listed the variety of feelings that you had felt. I think you did a good job at clearly and correctly introducing the short story “Sonny’s Blues” and giving a short summary. Your point in telling the story is clear; you want to let the readers know how important family is and how you should always be there for them. You used a lot of good details by giving the reader background knowledge on
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Blues is a popular musical form that has influenced many American popular music. It can be dated back as far as the end of the 19th century. Towards the end of the 19th century‚ Blues consisted of work songs‚ spirituals‚ and African American traditional songs. It was a form of realism because singers were able to discuss about their problems and express their true emotions through Blues. Classic Blues Although Blues have previously been used to musically express the struggles of people in the United
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exciting. But believe it or not‚ without the simple twelve-bar forms and walking bass lines of blues music there would be no Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin. Rock was born from blues‚ and the key components of the blues can still be found in rock‚ like the instrumentation‚ musical form‚ and purpose. Blues music really gained popularity in the 1930s and 40s‚ but it’s a combination of things much older than this. Blues emerged in the late 1800s as a distinct African American art form. The genre was impacted
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Blue Like Jazz Blue Like Jazz is a semi autobiography that heavily includes the spiritual realm. The main religion mentioned within the movie is that of Christianity‚ and the idea of following God. Donald Miller’s journey from being a stereo-typical Southern Baptist to a crazy partier and on to what he feels is appropriate is seen and includes all ends of extremes of Christianity‚ atheism‚ and paganism. The supernatural is a major component of life throughout the entire movie. In the beginning
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Most people find it difficult to differentiate Jazz from The Blues. They normally mix them up. Although they seem so similar in style‚ instruments and techniques they certainly have a numerous amount of dissimilarities as well. Jazz was originated in the deep south in the late 19th century . Jazz is sorted out into many different sounds ‚ instruments‚ and techniques. Jazz music was first known as "jass" but soon later dropped the two "ss" that soon became two "zz" which meant "cool" (http://www.differencebetween
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Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children’s stories and plays‚ poetry‚ biography‚ history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children’s literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children’s Book Circle‚ a society of publishers. The daughter of a British novelist and granddaughter
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The story Sonny’s Blues is about suffering and pain. The theme of the the story is redemption. At the beginning of the story‚ the narrator seems to be out of touch with himself and disconnected from his community. When his daughter dies he gradually begins to comprehend the depth of his brother’s struggle. He later reconnects with his brother to rekindle their relationship. At first‚ he is hesitant to accept his brothers desire to be a musician. After hearing Sonny play‚ the narrator accepts the
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John F. Vital Prof. Hans College Comp 1 10 February 2013 Am I Blue Argument Many people in this world suffer for many different reasons. Though we aren’t the only ones who suffer in this world‚ animals do as well. Every animal in this planet are like humans in a way because they are like us in the inside. They can’t talk to you but in various ways they express themselves. Blue is similar to what happened to women who were slaves when the owner would rape the slave so she can conceive and
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Chelsea Hollis 19 Feb 2013 English 0307 Mrs. Solomon Beating the freshman blues Beating the freshman blues‚ what does that mean? Going into college freshmen face many problems‚ and have many questions. How will I pay for school? Where do I find the motivation to stay in school? What classes or career choices do I have? All around campus you will find the answers‚ from counselors to college career guidance classes. You are never alone. Motivation to finish was a challenge for me‚ I realized
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Why is the sky blue? A clear cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset‚ we see red and orange colours because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight. The white light from the sun is a mixture of all colours of the rainbow. This was demonstrated by Isaac Newton‚ who used a prism to separate the different colours and so form a spectrum
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