and is the main reason for the anti-war movement‚ saying that the soldiers were over there to cause mayhem and not to solve the problem. However‚ these problems still afflicted many veterans even years after the war was over; as Yusef Komunyakaa writes in his poem “Facing It‚” about a man staring at
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interesting‚ dynamic voices in rap. But I find most of it irresponsible in its overt violence and commercialization of anger. As artists‚ we believe we can will action through language. If that’s the case‚ we have to take responsibility for what we say.” - Yusef Komunyakaat. Before rap’s popularity exploded in American culture‚ West African and Caribbean musicians began to tell stories with the help of a beat and a drum. America first introduced rap music as a kind of street art in the 70s and became country-known
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Yusef Lyons U.S. History 6/6/2012 Should America Have Been Involved in World War I Several factors played a key role as to why America entered the war. Some of the most common reasons were the sinking of the Lusitania‚ the Zimmerman Telegram‚ America’s economic ties with the European powers‚ and the Russian Revolution. I personally feel that the U.S. should have gotten involved in WWI. America was trying to remain neutral and promote peace‚ but they couldn’t stand by and continue to let
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City historically had a period of racial violence which accounts for the events in the documentary story. Acknowledging New York City in 1989 illustrates the story’s development in the documentary. Five teenagers‚ Antron McCray‚ Kevin Richardson‚ Yusef Salaam‚ Raymond Santana‚ and Korey Wise were convicted of brutally raping a white women that was jogging in Central Park. Four of these men came from African American heritage while Raymond Santana came from a Hispanic heritage. During this time period
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love you’s ‘are empty hearted. His sens of love towards her is more of an inherited responsibility of marriage and so he would do anything to make her happy‚ even at the cost of his peace of mind. This can be seen when Scobie accepts money from Yusef to be able to send Louise away to South Africa in order to make her happy. While Louise is away‚ Scobie starts an affair with Helen Rolt‚ a young widow who he met as a victim of a shipwreck due to the war. Again‚ he does not ‘love’ Helen‚ but he
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The Blue Machinery of Summer – Yusef Komunyakaa The central conflict is that he does not feel the same since he has come back from Vietnam. I would say there are two instances that he best describes this problem. "I still hadn’t told her I felt I’d left part of myself in her country." (88) Another moment was at the very end when he imagines the faces of the dead from Vietnam on his way to L.A. I think that the whole story builds up suspense by the way he dances around the problem and never talks
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Ed. Philip Mahoney. NY: Scribner‚ 1998. 61. Print. ---. “The Next Step.” From Both Sides Now: The Poetry of the Vietnam War and its Aftermath. Ed. Philip Mahoney. NY: Scribner‚ 1998. 57. Print. Komunyakaa‚ Yusef. “You and I Are Disappearing.” Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems. Ed. Yusef Komunyakaa. Hanover‚ NH: UP New England‚ 1993. 142. Print. Mintz‚ S. “Learn About the Vietnam War.” Digital History. 18 June 2011. Web. 18 June 2011. Price‚ Jennifer. “Findings From the National Vietnam
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Slam Dunk and Hook by Yusef Komunyakaa Fast breaks. Lay ups. With Mercury’s Insignia on our sneakers‚ We outmaneuvered the footwork Of bad angels. Nothing but a hot Swish of strings like silk 5 Ten feet out. In the roundhouse Labyrinth our bodies Created‚ we could almost Last forever‚ poised in midair Like storybook sea monsters. 10 A high note hung there A long second. Off The rim. We’d corkscrew Up & dunk balls that exploded The skullcap of hope & good 15
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Yusef Elmonayery November 5‚ 2014 Doris Fleisher Hum 101 Presentation Stephen Marche: Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? This article discusses the disadvantages of speaking with people through technology rather than speaking with them face to face. He brings up the story of Yvette Vickers who was a Playboy playmate as well as a B- movie star. She was best known for her role in Attack of the 50-Foot Women‚ Yvette died and no one knew how old she was when she died. According
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(Carnahan‚ Epic of Gilgamesh). This means that the language in which it was written was ancient as well. In this paper it will be argued that the epic of Gilgamesh is open for both adaptation and interpretation by comparing the versions of this epic by Yusef Komunyakaa and by Stephen Mitchell. First the meanings of the words adaptation and interpretation will be given. According to Macmillan Dictionary adaptation means: “A film‚
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