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    “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” The song I chose to analyze was “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” by Brooks and Dunn. This song’s lyrics really speaks to me because I was always told this when I was younger and I rode my horse. My Aunt would always tell me‚ “If you fall or get thrown‚ brush it off and Cowgirl up don’t you cry and get back in that saddle.” At first the tone is strong like the father was being towards the daughter telling her that “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”. Then as the lyrics go further on the tone changes

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    Cry Freedom

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    hapter 1: Donald Woods is an editor of the Daily Dispatch‚ a journal in East London‚ South Africa. One morning he gets news of a police raid in the black township Crossroads which lies in Cape Town. He also gets photos of the raid and he decides to print them although the government doesn´t allow to print such photos. Woods doesn´t believe the demand of the black people but he is trained as a lawyer and doesn´t like police brutality against black people. So he also writes an editorial about a Biko

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    Cry the Beloved

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    "The most famous and important novel in South Africa’s History‚" reads the back of Paton’s book. Cry‚ the Beloved Country is a powerful novel in the literary canon and the political sector. The book is not only one of artistic merit and beauty‚ but also one that carries deep messages about the past and for the future. It follows the heartache of two men who live in the same nation but different worlds. Their stories reflect the pain‚ turmoil and disconnection of the nation in the time just before

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    In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry there are a few reasons why the schools attended by blacks are inferior to the schools attended by whites. On Little Man’s first day of school‚ the students are given textbooks. Little Man opens the book and notices the racist remarks on the first page. The books first issuance was September 1922 and had been used by white children until the condition was “very poor”. Little Man noticed and politely asked for a new book. He did not get a different book and

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    in the strength of family life‚ Kumalo searches desperately for his son in order to reunite his family‚ but becomes an activist for social justice and a return to rural life once he learns that his son is responsible for the murder of Arthur Jarvis. Cry‚ the Beloved Country is essentially the story of Kumalo’s newfound concern for the fate of South Africa and its inhabitants. James Jarvis He is a wealthy white man in South Africa whose son‚ Arthur Jarvis‚ is a renowned social reformer murdered

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    On December 18th‚ 1887‚ Alvin Cullum York was born in Pall Mall‚ Tennessee. 30 years later he was drafted for the first world war on June 5th‚ 1917. During his time spent in the war he received many medals including a Medal of Honor and was promoted to sergeant for capturing over 132 German soldiers. He is considered a hero for the numerous things he did and was one of the most decorated United States soldiers in World War 1. When Alvin’s father died he assisted in caring for the younger siblings

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    Alvin Toffler The Third Wave

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    1 04. The Industrial Revolution: Great Britain‚ U.S.‚ France‚ Germany‚ Imperial Russia‚ Japan The Third Wave is a book published in 1980 by Alvin Toffler; it is the sequel to Future Shock‚ published in 1970‚ and the second in a trilogy that was completed with Powershift in 1990. In the book Toffler describes three types of societies‚ based on the concept of “waves” – each wave pushes the older societies and cultures aside. First Wave is the society after Agrarian Revolution and replaced the first

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    American hero of World War I and maybe of the world was Alvin York. Through courage‚ determination‚ and God’s power he was able to save almost his whole battalion against heavy machine-gun fire singlehanded. A man from a small town who was against shooting humans and killing them became the greatest American hero of all time. His legacy and his impact still lives on today by people who have and will treat him with reverence until the end of time. Alvin Cullum York was born in Pall Mall‚ Tennessee on December

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    Cry Freedom

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    Cry Freedom”: Chapter 1: Summary: Donald Woods is an editor of the Daily Dispatch‚ a journal in East London‚ South Africa. One morning he gets news of a police raid in the black township Crossroads which lies in Cape Town. He also gets photos of the raid and he decides to print them although the government doesn´t allow to print such photos. Woods doesn´t believe the demand of the black people but he is trained as a lawyer and doesn´t like police brutality against black people. So he also writes

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    Restoration Through Symbolism Restoration is a beautiful thing. Watching something go from nothing to everything is amazing. In the book Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ by Alan Paton‚ restoration is one of the main themes of the book. I am going to talk about two main examples; a quotation from a character and the significance of a certain character. The first thing developing the concept of restoration is the character Napoleon. Napoleon was an allusion used in the story. He was a demonstrator

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