for me to choose one single American interpret to write about‚ since I admire loads of them. Eventually I have decided to briefly describe an amazing work of my beloved vocalist‚ innovator‚ improvisator and (as the critics say) ‘one of the natural wonders of the music world’- Bobby McFerrin. This extraordinary musician impressed me with his art of singing like no one else before. When I heard his four-octave range vocal for the first time‚ I could do nothing but stare open-mouthed. McFerrin is such
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quote from Robert Coles‚ in his essay “I Listen to My Parents and Wonder What They Believe”‚ explains how children need to acquire morals that they live by so society can operate without the selfish ruining the lives of everyone else. It comes down to living together in cooperation as a people from values we have been taught or acquired. For me‚ my moral values come from two sources. My identity as a Christian and the set of values I am supposed to live by‚ and the values I have adapted from my family
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Aneta Bublová 370627 China – is a world’s future economic power or just one-time wonder? The world has seen the stunning transformation from the closed‚ self-reliant economy to the free market system open to international trade and investments. China´s economy is one of the most significant current discussions in economy-related issues. The OECD released a new report forecasting the global economy in the future. According to it „The United States (US) is expected to cede its place as the world’s
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A character from the novel ‚The War of the Rats‚ with whom I can identify is Corporal Nikki Mond of the German army. Nikki and I are alike because both of us act in similar ways under pressure. At one point during the narrative‚ Nikki is captured by Russians while on a trip to fix communication wires. Nikki’s nerves get the best of him when he is strapped to a chair and being questioned by the Russians‚ thus‚ he discloses information about the German plan to have their top sniper‚ Thorvlad
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host’s remarks to the drunken Miller in the prologue of the Miller’s tale is biased as the host accolades the noble Knight’s tale and asks the Monk to tell a tale and when the Miller offered to tell a tale‚ he tries to stop him. According to the host‚ everything should proceed in descending social class and this suggests that the host is a stereotypical medieval person. The Miller‚ on the other hand‚ insists on telling the tale. This conveys his uncaring attitude towards others and his rough and
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A Fear of Looking Foolish Most of us have a fear of looking foolish. We are afraid of the thoughts of doing something that will make us look less than perfect. But always remember to be human is to be foolish. When we release our fear of looking foolish‚ we free ourselves to be real and be who we really are. We have all had times when we felt foolish. Even in times‚ when things don’t go so well‚ we still know how to handle those less than perfect times. The best way‚ in my opinion‚ is just to acknowledge
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The Miller’s Tale from The Canterbury Tales shows many elements of a fabliau. A fabliau is a short story that had comical and colorful observations on life. The stories would make comical shots at marriage‚ treatment of women‚ and religion. Since the story that the Miller tells is about a carpenter’s wife that cheats on him‚ the Reeve doesn’t want the Miller to tell his story. A common occurrence in a fabliau is a love triangle with four people. In the Miller’s Tale there is a character named Nicholas
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The latest copy of the movie Wonder Woman was directed by Patty Jenkins. The film stars Gal Gadot‚ and is a typical movie with some twists integrated into the plot. The cast is mostly female‚ which is different from any movie created in the film industry. Wonder Woman starts off with a little princess named Diana‚ portrayed by Lilly Aspell‚ who is the only female on the island untrained because her mother Hippolyta‚ is afraid for her to. She trains most of her life to become a stronger princess.
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Character Sketcher of the Tale of Despereaux Despereaux Tilling * Brave * Polite * Sickly * Different * Dreamy * Conforms * Infatuated * Love-sick Despereaux is a sickly mouse who always ran temperatures and fainted at loud noises. The moment he was born‚ he was classified as “different”‚ because he was born with his eyes open and had large ears. Then‚ as he grew up‚ he became more and more different by letting a human touch him and even speak to a human. Despereaux
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Japanese E. KUROSAWA a rice disease that is known as the ‘foolish seedling’-disease in Japan. The plants grow extremely fast‚ look spindly and pale and break off easily. KUROSAWA detected that the reason for this abnormal growth is a substance that is secreted by a parasitic fungi (Fusarium moniliforme = Gibberella fujikuroi). It was termed gibberellin. During the thirties was gibberellin isolated and crystallized by Japanese scientists from Tokyo (YABUTA and SUMIKI )‚ though it was almost forgotten
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