Greg “Slam” Harris is a seventeen-year old who lives in Harlem and attends the famous school Latimer in South Bronx. The school is mostly white. He is a 6 foot 4‚ talented basketball player with the dream to make it to the NBA. Unfortunately‚ throughout the whole story Slam deals with a lot of problems in his life. He is struggling with his grades while his family is dealing with an ill grandmother. He pretty much takes care of his brother and mother while dealing with his drunken father. Despite
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Slam-Dunking Nonconformity Conformity in the means of “complying with standards‚ rules‚ or laws‚” can in some cases have people in shock when they’re told they adhere to those circumstances. In other words‚ conformity can be good or bad; yet a lot of people don’t know that they are conforming. They simply do it subconsciously. The sheep in “Animal Farm” by George Orwell‚ conform without complete clarity of what they’re doing. Whereas Allen Iverson‚ a retired NBA basketball player from Hampton
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1. Slam tries out for basketball at Latimer. Though Coach takes him to task for his attitude‚ he makes the team. 2. Slam hangs out with Mtisha and Ice. Mtisha thinks Ice is hanging out with the "wrong dudes" and asks Slam to talk to him . 3. Coach gets on Slam’s case because of his attitude. Slam meets Goldy‚ who offers wise perspectives on the situation. 4. Slam is called to the office because of his grades. The school wants to send a tutor to work with him. 5. At the first home game
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“Muslim Belal” and “The Jewish and Muslim Girl Poetry Slam” are two well-known examples of religious poetry. The poet “Muslim Belal” talks about how he got from the streets to Islam. “The Jewish and Muslim Girl Poetry Slam” talks about how society discriminates the religions: Islam and Judaism. These two poems do have some similar qualities. Muslim Belal is a poet that talks about how he got from his “ghetto” lifestyle into the folds of Islam. His poem is a rap and also includes a few Arabic words
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dominated by the Klu Klux Clan‚ many of Komunyakaa’s poems express a need for escape. However‚ his poems also share a theme of perseverance. The poems “Slam Dunk & Hook”‚ “Ode to a Drum” and “Venus Flytrap”‚ show not only Komunyakaa’s unique style of writing‚ but his encompassing theme of the ability the need to overcome. In Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem‚ "Slam‚ Dunk & Hook‚" he reflects on playing basketball in the south during the 50s or 60s. On the surface the poem simply describes a lively game‚ but through
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except true love.” The Grand Inquisitor‚ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky‚ is a chapter from The Brothers Karamazov. It is about the time when Jesus Christ comes down to earth and gets caught by the Grand Inquisitor‚ where He gets blamed for providing people freedom to choose. The two characters‚ Jesus Christ and the Grand Inquisitor‚ have two antithetical viewpoints about freedom. Based on their reasonings‚ we can discern both of them as good or evil characters. In my opinion‚ the Grand Inquisitor can be considered
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to become attached to certain activities‚ clubs‚ friends‚ etc. Moving around also‚ does not mean they have to leave the city. They could be moving to a different neighborhood within the town. For example‚ when I was younger I used to live in town Grand Mound‚ Iowa. When I was around six years old‚ my family moved right outside
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The Slam Heard ’Round the World In 1879‚ Henrik Ibsen wrote a play that dealt with the power in a marriage entitled "A Doll House". The play was praised primarily on its ending‚ in which Nora‚ the female protagonist‚ chooses to walk out on her husband who has been controlling her ever since they were wed. Women the world over were suddenly inspired to take hold of their relationships and stop allowing their husbands to toy with them. China‚ in specific‚ was impacted heavily as Chinese custom heavily
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Tentative Syllabus HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK CHEM 106 Sec: GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB Instructor: Emral Devany Tel: Email: edevany@hunter.cuny.edu Required texts: 1) 106 Lab Manual from Hunter Bookstore (10th Edition only) 2) Carbon Copy Lab Notebook Class Time: Mo- Wed 2:10-5:00 pm Room: Office: 1406C
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“Black Talk and Pop Culture‚ by Leslie Savan is an essay taken from her 2005 book‚ “Slam Dunks and No Brainers: Language in Your Life‚ the Media‚ Business‚ Politics and Like‚ Whatever”. It describes how the Black language has integrated itself into mainstream culture. One might be surprised on the African-American origins of certain commonly used words and phrases. The essay has many examples and details about how the Black language infiltrated pop culture over the years and how it has finally
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