Zachary Robert Luedders Summer Reading Summery (Gathering Blue) July 24‚ 2013 Plot: Kira is a girl with a twisted leg who lives in a more primitive society where people who cannot work‚ die. She has been kept alive by her mother‚ and when her mother dies‚ Kira is brought before the Council of Guardians. Kira’s life is spared when she proves she can weave very well‚ and she is assigned to the task of fixing up the robe worn by the singer whose only job is to sing the story of human civilization
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Blues is a popular musical form that has influenced many American popular music. It can be dated back as far as the end of the 19th century. Towards the end of the 19th century‚ Blues consisted of work songs‚ spirituals‚ and African American traditional songs. It was a form of realism because singers were able to discuss about their problems and express their true emotions through Blues. Classic Blues Although Blues have previously been used to musically express the struggles of people in the United
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exciting. But believe it or not‚ without the simple twelve-bar forms and walking bass lines of blues music there would be no Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin. Rock was born from blues‚ and the key components of the blues can still be found in rock‚ like the instrumentation‚ musical form‚ and purpose. Blues music really gained popularity in the 1930s and 40s‚ but it’s a combination of things much older than this. Blues emerged in the late 1800s as a distinct African American art form. The genre was impacted
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Reservation Blues Sherman Alexie‚ author of the novel Reservation Blues‚ explains that at the start of an Indian’s life on a reservation‚ he or she is destined to be hopeless. First‚ parental guidance is infrequent leaving many infant Indians with an insufficient childhood. After that‚ Indian children experience poor education revolved around heaps of stereotyping and bullying from their white classmates and teachers. Next‚ any sort of entertainment such as television‚ music‚ and books are extremely
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Anna Julia Cooper Zandra Owens November 23‚ 2009 SOC 480-D1/ Sociological Seminar Fayetteville State University Abstract Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (1859-1964) was one of the most influential African-American educators of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As an activist‚ author‚ and scholar‚ she dedicated her entire life to the education and empowerment of African-American youth and adults. Her commitment and passionate belief in the power of education
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The Sound of Blue Velvet In Dreams You’re Mine Forever….is this Frank’s line‚ or is David Lynch speaking to the audience? Blue Velvet opens surrealistically with a dream-like/nightmarish introduction to suburbia. Amid the red roses posed against the white picket fence framed by the blue sky dwells a world of voyeurism‚ sadomasochism‚ the American dream‚ and naiveté. Lynch takes no time in getting to the dichotomizing nature of the film. Within the first few minutes‚ the viewer is shown
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Anna Letitia Barbauld’s A Summer Evening’s Meditation is a poem that shows the extraordinary power of the imaginative mind. Barbauld’s masterpiece was once neglected from the rest of the Romantic writers that were after her time‚ but her vivid and descriptive voice shone through the poem and into the minds of readers around the world. Imagination‚ one of the characteristics of Romanticism‚ is the key component that made this poem one of the most amazing pieces of literature in the Romantic era. It
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immediate family were all going to have dinner at Anna Larsdatter’s plenty large home. For a nearly-80-year-old woman‚ Anna sure knew how to make it look like she owned a fortune. When Gunnhild‚ Kristen‚ and Laura arrived‚ they discovered the rest of the family had been waiting on only them for the party to begin. Laura studied each person in turn‚ trying to get a feel for how friendly they might be to her. There had to be about 25 to 30 people present. Anna Larsdatter had married a man named James Brown
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The Blues is a musical form and genre‚ which originated in South America within the African-American communities. It originated near the end of the 19th century‚ and was rooted from spirituals‚ work songs‚ field hollers (which are very similar to work songs‚ but some do not have lyrics)‚ shouts and rhymes. The blues form in jazz‚ rhythm and blues and rock and roll; and each is characterised by a specific chord progression‚ the most common being the twelve bar blues. The blues notes‚ are played or
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through the pain that dictates an individual’s thoughts and actions. In both text‚ loss has plagued the characters which significantly changes them both mentally and physically but it is how they deal with it that separates them. In the novel‚ “Wake” by Anna Hope‚ the characters are enervated by war and its aftermath whereas in Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art”‚ the characters accept loss and conquer it. Both authors shared a similar conclusion showcasing the positivity of getting over loss. The characters
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