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    the professional tools she bought from beauty school. As soon as I sat down on the chair she quickly pinned a shiny black cape at my neck and picked up a comb and a spray bottle. “I learned how to do the famous Audrey Hepburn’s pixie crop in Roman holiday‚” She said while combing through my hair and spraying cold water on it. The next thing I noticed was she took a huge chunk of hair on my left side and sniped off right above my ear. “No! I don’t want my hair too short!” I jerked my head to the right

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    anti-war movement‚ the environmental movement‚ etc. also had a great collection of protest songs. The song entitled “Strange Fruit” written by Abel Meeropol but sung and popularized by Billie Holiday‚ whose real name was Eleanor Fagan‚ was one of the most popular protest songs in the 1960’s. Although Billie Holiday did perform this song at a New York club in 1939‚ it was not until the 1960’s where it was utilized as a symbolic piece to activists and leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. “Strange Fruit”

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    Christmas a Pagan Holiday

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    Although many traditions seen today makes modern Christmas intriguing to Christians and Non-Christians alike‚ it is far from the European Pagan festivals it was derived from. In an effort to show possible elements that came to encompass this Christian holiday‚ one can look at the representation of the modifications each region has included to their Christmas celebration. This allows one to grasp how and why it still has a modern-day significance. Christian customs‚ specifically Christmas traditions have

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    Strange Fruit

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    Strange Fruit Music has been very important part of people’s life since long time ago. Throughout the history‚ we could observe how people at those days used music as part of their lives. People became happy when they sing and listen to music. People were comforted by music when they were in deep sorrow. Furthermore‚ people sang music when they work‚ harvest‚ and worship god. We could see how our culture is closely interrelated with music. “Strange Fruit” is the music that was composed to reflect

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    movement‚ the stress on seeing no evil and hearing no evil at this time was strongly enforced. Yet‚ Meeropol opened the eyes of his audience to the ugly truth about the horrors that African- Americans experienced through the Abolition. For Billy Holiday‚ one of dozens of artists to perform “Strange Fruit”‚ this song has a deeper meaning than what the surface offers. As an African-American‚ she suffered hardships through the Abolition that many could not imagine. Due to the treatment of blacks and

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    A Strange Fruit

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    Strange fruit Strange fruit is a song/poem by Billie Holiday which talks about the lynching mob. We have read it and heard it and this is my response to it‚ which includes how the imagery is explained‚ the message of the poem‚ how successfuly the point has been made and the differences between the poem and the song. Imagery The poem describes a gory image‚ Negroes hung from trees by the lynching mob. This scene is a horrible one to make into a poem‚ and writing techniques are used to make

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    My Holiday Essay

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    INTRODUCTION (what is the story about) Last year I went to visit my grandpa in Ireland. My dad and mum are both from Ireland‚ so I have lots of cousins there. I had been in Ireland before‚ but this trip was going be the most interesting ever. I would discover the Stuarts had a dark family secret. BODY (what happened) Grandpa met us at Belfast Airport. We had been travelling for a long time and were tired and hungry. “Let’s get you home young lad and get some good old Irish sausages into

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    During the summer holidays I have no hurry to wake up‚ hence I wake up slowly and prepare myself a nice full breakfast. On the table I always find a paper with the grocery needs and some money my mother would have left before going to work. I put on some clothes and leave quietly to do the errand‚ but I never expected that a simple run to the grocer would change my perspective towards life. One particular day I carried out the same procedure and as I got in the supermarket‚ I took a trolley and started

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    My Dream Holiday

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    My dream holiday location would be Hawaii. The reason for my choice is that there isn’t another place in the world which is as exotic and as beautiful as the Hawaiian Islands.  The air in the Hawaiian islands is fresh and filled with aura of florals. It energizes the tourist beyond measure. The ocean surrounding the island adds to the beauty. The waters are warm and tranquil and they don’t fail torefresh any visitor. The islands are so rich blessed with natural beauty. It is simply breathtaking

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    no evil at this time was strongly enforced. Yet‚ Abel Meeropol expressed the horrors that African Americans experienced throughout this Abolition. When Billie Holiday performed this poem as a song‚ it had a more meaningful level to it‚ as she suffered the hardships through the Abolition‚ herself. In the poem “Strange Fruit‚” by Billie Holiday and Abel Meeropol‚ the visual image represents the tension and segregation in the South in the 1930s. The song is short and simple‚ having only three stanzas

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