THE DIRTY THIRTIES AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION KEY TERMS: Stock markets: when you buy for little but sell for more Stick markets collapsed: on Black Tuesday (October 29‚ 1929)‚ the stock market crashed in the USA • as the values of stocks plummeted‚ investors scrambled to sell their stocks (as more people sold stocks‚ the prices of the stocks decreased further) Buying credits: • many people used their money borrowed on credit to buy items • when items were repossessed‚ they were sold for
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and blowing out of proportion to make a story. Two great examples of absurd flash fiction pieces are‚ “Dinner Time” by Russell Edson‚ and “The Piano Player” by Donald Barthelme. To start off‚ “Dinner Time” is an absurd flash fiction piece about an old couple filled with rage. It gets to the point where they go crazy and it does not end well. But‚ “The Piano Player” is about a husband and wife and the wife is just going off saying random things like‚ “I’m ugly‚ the kids are ugly‚” and‚ “The ham died
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Thirty-Six Days Generally‚ people cannot determine the exact date and time failure trapped them. In my circumstance‚ I can recall the day failure caught up to me‚ and why I succeed from it. Failure as an adolescent usually means having bad grades‚ or being grounded‚ however I was more ambitious. Rumor has it‚ rebellion and ambition are a dangerous concoction. Being the sixteen-year-old I was‚ my parent’s ongoing disappointment of my behavior was disguised as my illusion of fun. I was the most spiteful
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Variations for Clarinet and Piano‚ By Carl Maria Von Weber (In the point of view of Max) Maria Carl Von Weber was a famous composer during the early 1800s. He composed many well known pieces like the variations for clarinet and piano. Even though this is not his most famous accomplishment‚ this is still a very challenging piece to play with simplifications in most of the variations. Although it took around 3 months to learn the piece‚ I now have confidence while playing. I also have won an honorable
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Many readers of literature are very familiar with Kurt Vonnegut and his abilities‚ as an author‚ to portray fantastic literature. He is particularly known for his uses of science fiction. Even his shorter stories and different books‚ that are not supposed to be science fiction genre‚ have sort of a sense of his wacky science fiction style. Kurt Vonnegut very often makes a connection to nature or the real world style with science fiction‚ mostly by the use of humor and irony. Kurt Vonnegut was
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Banging the piano as fast as I could was how I began my music journey as an eight-year-old‚ and just eight years later‚ I found myself preparing for a recital to receive my Diploma in Music Performance from the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music. The pressure of playing the most technical pieces at blistering tempos‚ with the inherent risk of a single wrong note ruining the performance‚ gave me joy like no other. Not knowing whether or not a mistake is imminent‚ my hours of practice would
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Interpretation of poems Dulce et decorum est are the first words of a Latin saying taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words‚ it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country. The opening of the poem suggests Owen pities the state to
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the tide rises‚ the tide falls. The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh‚ as the hostler calls; The day returns‚ but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore. And the tide rises‚ the tide falls. Pee Paragraph : I think this poem is trying to tell us that when you have got ups or downs in life‚ you can’t do anything to change what has happened and you just to just carry on. I thought this because when he uses ‘The tide rises‚ the tide falls’‚ it makes me think of something
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The poem that was chosen was “Stone” by Charles Simic. Charles Simic argues that it is better to be as simple as a stone‚ than being energetic and some other kind of creature or object that has action in its life. The narrator is telling us that his idea of perfection or tranquility is being a stone‚ lying there‚ doing nothing for eternity. He prefers this over being something like a tiger or something with action. In the beginning of the poem‚ Charles Simic says the he would go straight to doing
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Michael 10-14-08 Piano Concert-10/7/08 The only performer‚ performing this evening was an aspiring pianist named Judy Huang. The performer had a charismatic personality‚ with a little bit of an accent. She gladly welcomed us and opened her recital by introducing herself. The event occurred in the Art Building‚ C-104 at approximately 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday of October 07‚ 2008. She humbly dedicated and donated her time to share her piano skills. She proudly opened her recital by presenting how honored
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