adults are associated with rationality and realistic view. In Supertramp’s “The Logical Song”‚ it says: When I was young‚ it seemed that life was so wonderful‚ A miracle‚ oh it was beautiful‚ magical. ... But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible‚ Logical‚ responsible‚ practical. And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable‚ Clinical‚ intellectual‚ cynical. The person in the song is describing how they used to have an open and happy view on the world‚ but they went to
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The Canadian Boat song was a poem published in Scotland by an anonymous author who wasn’t the happiest of all people. The poet claimed that the common people from the Highlands were forced to be exiled. Due to the fact that the poet refers to the Highlands as ‘our father’s land’ is a subtle hint that the poet was a Scottish Highlander that was one of those who were exiled. “Yet still the blood is strong‚ the heart is Highland‚ and we in dreams behold the Hebrides”. By stating that the blood is
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The Apple of My Eye: An Analysis of “To Siri‚ with Love: How One Boy with Austism Became BFF with Apple’s Siri” Judith Newman’s “To Siri‚ with Love: How One Boy with Austism Became BFF with Apple’s Siri” is an article showing the relationship between Gus‚ her autistic son‚ and Siri. Austism limits Gus’ ability to socialize and carry-on thought provoking conversations about random topics‚ but Gus loves to discuss topics he is passionate about such as “trains‚ planes‚ buses‚ escalators and‚ of course
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Two Snails Try to Find Love in Valse Can two mollusks‚ overcome the obstacles mankind as created‚ to find love in the short film‚ Valse? Directed‚ written and shot by Chris Keller‚ this four-minute film tells the story of two snails and their unfortunate love story. As the main characters‚ the two snails are featured throughout the film with only a small cameo by three human actors taking place toward the end of it. With no spoken or written dialogue‚ this film relies heavily on the cinematography
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Frida Kahlo is well known for expressing her past tragedies in her art in a symbolic ways. Take the work The Two Fridas also known as Las Dos Fridas created in 1939 in a time in Frida’s life that was extremely difficult for her and it shows in the painting. Many of the items shown in the painting are symbolic of an issue or conflict in her life. From the obvious difference in attire of the two version of Frida Kahlo‚ to the less obvious meaning by the items in her hands just about everything in the
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Women in Love Summary The novel opens with the sisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen chatting about marriage one morning at their father’s house in Beldover. Gudrun has recently returned home from art school in London. The two later decide to drop by a local wedding‚ where they first see Gerald Crich and Rupert Birkin‚ the two men with whom they will develop affairs that drive the action of the novel. Birkin is a school inspector with extremely unconventional attitudes about life‚ and Gerald is the
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in her painting Two Fridas by showing herself identically except for her what she is wearing. On the left side‚ she is wearing a typical European style dress‚ while on the right side she is wearing a dress that was more typically seen in Mexico. By doing this she is representing both sides of her family‚ and showing what each one would like to see. Additionally‚ what leads to the two different Fridas’s heart is different. One shows that she is still stuck holding on to her lost love‚ while the other
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‘A Song of Hope’ was written by Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal‚ at a time when Aboriginals were being distinguished against because of their skin colour and traditions. This poem speaks optimistically of a brighter future for the coming generations of people with different skin colour or traditions including the Aboriginals. The subject matter the poem is racism and freedom for the Aboriginals and others who have different colored skins from others or Native Australians. The theme the poem is the
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Social anxiety and ruminating in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock I was very interested in investigating and understanding The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock since there are certain coincidences between Prufrock and me. These coincidences are based on behavior‚ ways of thinking and social performance. In some way I can relate with the anxiety that Prufrock experiences‚ since I also suffer from (mild) social anxiety. I believe that by analyzing Prufrock’s anxiety I can better understand
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The narrator from Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska holds a nihilistic view of the world‚ and he only expresses concern for his baby‚ the young female cohort to his crimes. In this song‚ the killer speaks directly to a “sir” who is later revealed to be the sheriff. Moreover‚ the killer feels zero remorse for his transgressions and explains to the sheriff that he only wanted to have a “good time” with his baby. Even so‚ he says that he killed for no other reason than that there is a “meanness in this world”
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