PAPER #3 In Beyond Beats and Rhymes‚ filmmaker Byron Hurt challenges hip-hop musicians and fans to start thinking "outside the box." The box that Byron is speaking of is that they write songs about bitches‚ hoes‚ drugs and killing others‚ in other words objectifying women and masculinity. In order to support his thesis that hip-hop has changed dramatically from its original roots‚ he went to Florida for an event being held by a popular hip hop network. While at this event he greatly proves his
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their novels. Ernest Hemingway corresponds to the “Lost Generation” of 1920’s and Jack Kerouac corresponds to the “Beat Generation” of 1950’s. Both of these generations were after wars. It is not coincidence‚ wars make people devastated and lost. People tried to overcome problems and pain through literature and music. Writers put all their emotions on the paper‚ musicians wrote songs‚ which described the hard time they had. These two generations produced the most talented writers of our days. For us
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The graphic novel The Beats: A Graphic History by author Harvey Pekar‚ editor Paul Buhle‚ and illustrator Ed Piskor is an astonishing look into the lives of those who helped to form the Beat generation‚ including Jack Kerouac‚ Allen Ginsberg‚ William S. Burroughs‚ and even the women of the Beats‚ known as the Beatnik Chicks (160). The graphic novel follows the life of Jack Kerouac after he moved from Lowell‚ Massachusetts to New York in 1939‚ where Kerouac would enjoy jazz music and later meet many
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Newark New Jersey faced these very issues. Drugs‚ gangs‚ and prison were a reality for their friends. They flirted with this type of lifestyle too‚ but something in them‚ wanted more. Rameck Hunt was known for cutting class and hanging with his friends. He was almost expelled when he sprayed one of his teachers in the face with silly string. Samson Davis went to Juvenile Detention for receiving stolen property and thought about becoming a drug dealer. George Jenkins‚ also a street
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The Stolen Generation was a time when children‚ usually half-cast children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds were taken away from their family’s in-order to assimilate the Indigenous people. The removal and policies were organised by the Aborigines Protection Board‚ which was formed in 1909. They had the power to remove children without a court order or parental consent and this officially lasted from 1909 to 1969‚ meaning that some Aboriginal people around the age of 60 have been
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------------------------------------------------- My generation‚ also known as Generation Y‚ is defined as a technology based generation. We have grown up surrounded with all sorts of technologies that make our lives easier. In some ways this has been beneficial to us. It has enabled us to get information about something at the touch of a button or keep us from getting sick. In other ways it has caused us to grow up lazy and wanting to do the least amount of work as possible. Many adults believe that Generation Y feels entitled to
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Entraining Tones and Binaural Beats - by Dave Siever of Mind Alive Inc. Sound can have profound effects on people. Although sounds appear to be a personal experience‚ humans around the world are hard-wired to have similar experiences to certain sounds. The sound of chirping birds in a forest produces even harmonics and will be more relaxing than the sounds from a factory (odd harmonics)‚ not just because of the associations people make with sounds of nature versus factories‚ but also because
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Drugs Addiction Miami Beach Senior High Ashley Gonzalez Ms. Cooper/Mr.Sussman English II-Period Three 06 March 2013 Drugs Addiction Topic and Thesis Statement Miami Beach Senior High Topic: Drugs Thesis Statement: In an examination of drugs I will discuss causes of this disease/or social dilemma. I will also discuss the effect of drugs on individuals‚ families and society.
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life. Driving stolen cars‚ hitchhiking‚ on their way to the West coast‚ both men look for adventures‚ alcohol‚ drugs and unbounded love. Their wild journey creates the unbreakable bond between them‚ which gives rise to the whole new generation. “On The Road” is an autobiographic book written by American writer Jack Kerouac. The novel is a legendary manifesto of the poet group called “Beats”‚ along with Boroughs’ “Naked Lunch” and Ginsberg’s “Howl”. “On the Road” was published in 1957 and tells the
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Generation Gap 1. Read the text. Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and is always true; it has never been truer than it is today. These days‚ grown-ups describe children as «difficult»‚ «rude»‚ «wild» and «irresponsible». Only some people say that they will grow up to make our country a better place. For kids from 8 to 14 a new term «tweens» has recently been coined. They are no longer children nor yet teenagers
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