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    Antoinette Spears March 4th‚ 2013 ENC 1102 MWF – 11:15 Attachments to a False Reality In the story Everyday Use by Amy Walker‚ Dee is a frequent trendsetter who believes she knows it all‚ but fails to know her own self. When Dee visits from college to visit her family‚ she surprises them in a bright African-themed dress‚ golden bangles and earrings‚ and a large new hair. However‚ this new look is only for physical display‚ intended to show others that she is in touch with her heritage – something

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    In the Dust During the dust bowl era tenant farmers would sit and watch their crops fail again and again. The dust bowl is known as the most economically devastating natural disaster in the United States. Severe drought and wicked dust storms would ruin crops causing farmers to become poor‚ and no matter what they did their land would continuously be destroyed. The constant failure and mass destruction of farms caused more and more farmers to become unemployed. The calamitous Dust Bowl was a main

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    anything. I past my High School with a lot of A’s. I never got into trouble in my High School years‚ but it all went wrong when I moved away from my home. I moved to a little apartment in the market‚ not that long away from where I grew up. But it was different.Graffiti and gunshots were a part of everyday and every night too. I didn’t really have any friends from High School because they all moved to other countries or cities‚ so I started on the streets. I met a guy named Johnny‚ who took me under

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    the dust bowl is that it wasn’t enough water there so it got dry because they used all the water up then a drought came;we need to learn to protect our water resources. Support my thesis:”The drought and its associated dust storms created one of the most severe environmental catastrophes in U.S. history and led to the popular characterization of much of the southern Great Plains as the “Dust Bowl” (Schubert). My thoughts:1: If they had more water it would have never been a drought 2: The dust bowl

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    Everyday Use- Character Analysis "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker‚ is a story of a black family composed of a mother and her two daughters: Maggie and Dee. Walker does an excellent job illustrating her characters. There are all types of characters in this short story from round to static. Dee is a flat character‚ yet Walker uses Dee’s character to warn people of what might happen if they do not live properly. Walker describes Dee’s character as arrogant and selfish‚ and through Dee’s character

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    dominance of cultural perceptions regarding female agency‚ pleasure‚ and spectatorship. In order to make their voice heard in a white male dominant art industry‚ they created works of art from paintings to films that challenged the social stereotypes and ideologies about female identity. This essay will define these three perceptions and examine the artworks from artist such as Julie Dash‚ Kobena Mercer ‚ and Jenny Saville. These artists paved a way for the feminist movement through the use of disturbing

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    In Alice Walker’s story‚ “Everyday Use” the story is portrayed with much of a power struggle over Dee thinking that she has more of a grasp on the family’s heritage then the rest of her family. While Mamma and Maggie have a very different take on things. This story is based in 1960’s-1970’s‚ when African American’s had overcome so many obstacles. The real obstacle seems to be the power struggle over heritage between mamma‚ and Dee. The story begins with mamma and Maggie waiting on the front porch

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    poverty and how there tight with their money because they have a lot of people with them in one truck. They are heading west to go find jobs because they are in the time of the Great Depression. They have to hurry in a place because it is the time of the Dust Bowl. It reflects on the time really good and it outlines it will also. There is an old man that doesn’t want leave his land because it is the only thing he had and that’s how most families were back then. To begin‚ my favorite scene in this movie

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    Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash came out in 1991. However‚ its impact on Hollywood is still felt today‚ noted by its recent restoration to the Film Forum in 2016‚ as well as a feature in Beyoncé’s music video Lemonade. However‚ Daughters of the Dust impacted not only Hollywood‚ but also African American woman’s representation in Hollywood. This is because it told the journey of an African American family through the female perspective. The films female centric platform was revolutionary. Having

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    9-23-13 Japanese Art of the 1990s Morimura Recreated Rembrandt‚ The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp‚ 1632  Morimura‚ Portrait (9 Faces) Peter Gertner‚ Crucificion  Yen Mountain‚ 1991‚ assemblage Stacks money with his face on them Moneki Neko cat on top Poses as many different famous film actresses Marilyn Monroe Audrey Hepburn Black Marilyn To My Little Sister/For Cindy Sherman Mona Lisa in Its Origins He procreates his work to be like others Photoshop The prep work he does for the

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