FieldsIn Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses‚ row on row‚That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks‚ still bravely singing‚ flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived‚ felt dawn‚ saw sunset glow‚Loved‚ and were loved‚ and now we lieIn Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep‚ though poppies growIn Flanders fields.
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The short story titled The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams‚ a doctor tries to treat a young girl who refuses the treatment he offers. Despite the fact that her parents and the doctor make and attempt to reason with the girl‚ she continues to defy them in their efforts to help her. The reason this short story has become a classic‚ is because it illustrates what makes a hero. The fact that the doctor is determined to help the young girl who makes every attempt to refuse help‚ may seem like
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be exploring popular culture and‚ sub-culture. Popular culture is associated with shallow activities enjoyed and accesses by the masses‚ it serves a large role in society as it unites the masses‚ and creates a sense of identity for individuals as they become a part of a greater society‚ it provides both happiness for a person and communal bonding. There are many elements that add to Popular culture‚ Strinati (1995) argues that the media are largely responsible for creating popular culture as we
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increase in expression of popular piety became prevalent at the end of the 11th century during the call for the first crusade by Pope Urban II. Popular piety refers to seeking a closer more personal relationship with God that was based off of emotion and love. This emotive Christianity reflected a shift in the attitudes of medieval society that were continuing to change due to other historical factors happening from the 12th through 15th centuries. The growth of popular piety‚ the ongoing threat
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Topic: To what extent is popular music an effective medium of political discourse? It is almost impossible to imagine a life without music. We listen to music for various reasons but most of us listen to it for one simple reason: entertainment. Rhythm and the melody give us great pleasure. Even sometimes we think that certain songs describes our lives and us. When we think deeper about music and its impacts in social life‚ we realize that music has more functions than entertaining people
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What is popular (low) culture? "Popular culture is a symbolic expression allegedly aligned with the questionable tastes of the "masses‚" who enjoy commercial "junk" circulated by the mass media‚ such as soap operas‚ rock music‚ talk radio‚ comic books‚ and monster truck pulls" (Campbell‚ 18). When looking at the high-low hierarchy it often determines the way people view culture as a whole today‚ saying high culture is good taste and low culture is questionable taste. Many audiences take for granted
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Young people want to be popular and fit in‚ and if fitting in means drinking or using drugs‚ they are going to do it. After a few parties‚ and a few nights out at a friend’s house‚young people start to get addicted to drugs and alcohol and their life begins to fall apart. Being popular is a goal that all teenagers want to achieve. There’s nothing like sitting at the popular lunch table or knowing all of the football and basketball players. Being popular also means that you have
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is like writing 5 stories in one‚ because the writer leaves gaps in the story that the reader will subconsciously fill in. Because of that the story will be very different from one reader’s perspective to the next. In Raymond Carver’s short story "Popular Mechanics‚" there is no clear ending. He also makes the story pretty vague by leaving out quotation marks‚ not telling the reader who is saying what‚ giving no background‚ and only allowing each character to say a few words at a time. The story as
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Popular Culture Under the concept of popular culture that is discussed in the texts of Martin & Nakayama‚ the populist is seen in forms of borrowing or mixing of other cultures. Popular is created and maintained not only through mass consumption‚ but by the active process of generating and circulating meanings and pleasures within a social group (2011‚ pg.202). It’s everywhere and it fills my life. Even though I was raised a certain way according to my parents culture and beliefs‚ but I was
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Nevertheless‚ I think that it would be intresting to write about music that porbably not many people are going to write about in class and see the individual compositions I can find in the genre I chose. G-Eazy’s music which goes under the genre of Popular Music is very different compared to music of earlier
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