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    ***** *** ENG *** Mrs. ***** June 12‚ 2013 The Importance of a Father in a Family In literature‚ authors emphasize the importance of family members. In The Piano Man’s Daughter written by Timothy Findley‚ the role of a father in a family is important. For example‚ Charlie Kilsworth does not figure out who his father is until long after his mother‚ Lily Kilsworth‚ dies. During his childhood‚ Lily does not tell Charlie who his father is. As a result of such action‚ Charlie refuses to have children

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    Jitney August Wilson wrote the play “Jitney” about a group of African-American men working in a Jitney cab station in Pittsburg during 1977. The play explores the lives of the characters‚ each dealing with a different quarrel in their lives. They are all brought together by the Jitney station in which we are able to explore their characters through Wilson’s expertly written dialogue. The play explores racism‚ economic anxiety‚ gender roles amongst other things; however‚ one of the main concepts

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    The character I chose to render a costume design for is Troy Maxson from the play Fences by August Wilson. Troy is the family’s main source of income and his character is a very strong willed and stubborn 53-year-old man. Troy relentlessly told his son‚ Cory‚ multiple times that his football recruitment was a waste of time and that he should get “…recruited in how to fix cars or something where he can make a living” (8; ch.1‚ sec.1). Therefore‚ from Troy’s actions‚ I knew that his costume should

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    People Help The People Words & Music by Simon Aldred Original key F major Tempo rubato = 72  A 0 G 5 5 5 5 5 5 G 5 - ’  0 ’ 5 5 BM ’ 0 5 !5 5 5 5 5 BM !5 ’ Con pedale  A G 0 0 5M = 5M ’ 5 5 5 5 5 5 G 5 - ’  a tempo G  MM 5 5 !5 B MM B  5 ’ ’ 5 !5 5 5 5 5 5M = 5M ’ %  ’ 5 5  5 !5 B % = 72 A 5 5M 5 5 8vb throughout

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    Global and China Piano Industry Report‚ 2014-2017 Summary Global Piano Industry‚ which originated from Europe in the 18th century‚ has begun to shift to China since the late 1990s. At present‚ China has been the world’s largest piano producer‚ with the output for 2013 hitting 376‚000 units‚ making up 79.6% of the global total. Meanwhile‚ the piano demand in China has been growing‚ with the year 2013’s ownership of pianos per 100 urban households approaching 3.0 units. It is projected that this

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    childhood is presented in the poems “Piano” and “Half-past Two” The theme of childhood is presented in the poem “Piano” and “Half-past two”. The poem Half-past two‚ written by U.A Fanthorpe‚ is all about how vulnerable children and their childish innocence. In both poems the poets present childhood in different and exceptional way. In "Piano"‚ childhood is presented in a very idealistic way. The poet is remembering the good old times when he was sitting under the piano and listening to his mother tenderly

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    of consciousness can take one word and recreate your whole past. In the poem‚ "Piano"‚ written by D.H. Lawrence‚ the narrator is affected by the word piano. A woman sings softly to him while he reminiscences about his childhood and his happy memories of his mother. The narrator feels betrayed by the song that has sparked him to rethink the recollections. In his remembrance‚ the narrator cries for his lost past. In "Piano"‚ D.H. Lawrence conveys the meaning of the poem with very distinct tones in each

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    Slobodan Bavrlic O’Banion‚ Patrick John World History Wilsonss Fourteen Points In January 1918‚ after the World War I‚ and only a year before the peace conference‚ American president Woodrow Wilson proposed the postwar suggestion that would regulate the peace after the WWI. His proposal was called Wilson’s Fourteen Points. The goal and the idea were to create the safe world that every peaceful nation will be able to live. Wilson wanted an equal and united world that will stick until the end

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    The two poems‚ "Rising five" by Norman Nicholson and "Piano and Drums" by Gabriel Okara share many of the same base themes through the use of language techniques. Both these poems are to do with life and yet both looked at different parts of it. They each used similar language techniques but for different reasons. They both use metaphors and imagery to emphasise their points In both "Rising five" and "Piano and Drums" metaphors are used to link the surrounding with life itself. In the poem‚ "Rising

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    Piano Trio in G Minor‚ Op. 15‚ is the first of several pieces of music to be inspired by a tragedy in Smetana’s life. Spurred by the death of his beloved daughter Bedřiška (1851-1855)‚ “an extraordinarily gifted child‚ [Smetana was inspired] to compose [his] chamber work in 1855.” (Large 65) The trio starts with feelings relating to Smetana’s anguish‚ followed by a dedication to the memory of his daughter torn between her life and death‚ and ending with a movement that gives eventual closure to

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