------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Indian Rain Dance A rain dance is a dancing ceremony performed by some Native American Indian tribes‚ asking their spirits or gods to send rain. It is more common among Southwest Native Americans‚ who live in drier regions. Time Frame * The rain dance normally takes place during the spring planting season and the summer months before crops are harvested. The dance asks the gods or spirits to send the appropriate amount of rain at the
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In the short story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem‚” written by Sherman Alexie‚ Jackson Squared is a homeless alcoholic Indian man who is on a quest to prove to others that there is still good people in the world that are willing to help others. Jackson states‚ “The pawnbroker didn’t know it was stolen. And‚ besides‚ I’m on a mission here. I want to be a hero‚ you know? I want to win it back‚ like a knight” (Alexie 24). Jackson’s point is that he doesn’t want people to feel sorry for him because of
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The song “When I Grow Up”‚ by Pussycat Dolls was released in 2009. The Pussycat Dolls were a group of five female artist who sang and performed pop music in the mid years of 2000s. In “When I Grow Up”‚ features a lot of narcissism in the lyrics that tells their audience they should grow up to be famous‚ that they are better than any other person‚ and everything they do matters. From the title of the song “When I Grow up”‚ people may not think nothing much of the song at first. Once the song plays
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n “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie‚ the main character is a homeless Native American Indian who came to Seattle to go to college and quit after two semesters. Alexie creates a world where the protagonist seems to find help from every turn that he makes. Setting The setting is the 1990’s in Seattle. Jackson Jackson is a Spokane Indian. According to Jackson Squared‚ his "people have lived within a one-hundred-mile radius of Spokane‚ Washington‚ for ten thousand years." Several
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Fountain of Life Imagine living in a civilization that practiced human sacrifice and ritual dances‚ and then one day that civilization no longer exists because another culture decided to conquer them. These people are known to modern society as the Aztecs. In Graciela Limon’s novel‚ Song of the Hummingbird‚ she illustrated how a culture like the Aztecs or Mexica‚ can quickly diminish when there are people such as the Spanish that have very limited understanding about certain subjects. Some people
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overall analysis of the three pieces in terms of piano‚ guitar and orchestra versions‚ I have found that the three songs in various versions are different in some extent. That is to say‚ each piece has its distinguished feature with reference to sound‚ time‚ structure‚ melody‚ tempo‚ and harmony. To be more specific‚ the report will examine each song within its different versions only. Before I start analyzing the pieces‚ I would like to give a brief introduction about Albeniz’s work. Composed between
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thinks about the Araby constantly he ends up getting to the Araby late because of his Uncle and buying nothing for Maingan. Similarly‚ the modernist short story‚ “What you Pawn I will Redeem‚” is narrated by Jackson‚ a middle aged‚ homeless Indian man who lives in Seattle. He is a college dropout who finds his grandmother’s powwow-dance regalia in a pawn shop one day. Jackson believes his grandmother
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As a surprise for my birthday during the hustle and bustle of the State Fair at Fair Park‚ I had the pleasure of seeing West Side Story presented by the Dallas Summer Musicals on October 11‚ 2011. West Side Story is a musical that takes place in New York City during the mid 1950s. An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the musical shows the rivalry between two teenage street gangs‚ the Jets and the Sharks. The Jets are a white working class group while the Sharks are from Puerto
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freedom‚ there are costs. Leaving ones family behind‚ or consequences of the escape. Nonetheless‚ it must have been done. In Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon‚ she liberates us with this sense of flying and escape. The novel‚ Song of Solomon’s characters accept human flight as a natural occurrence‚ kind of like the folktale shows it‚ to liberation. Song of Solomon begins with a suicide attempt from an African American man. Instead of trying to get him down‚ people simply watch and observe rather
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* One song ( of a duration of 3 – 5 minutes ) and one poem ; * For the song‚ you may either retain an established tune and create your own original lyrics or create your own tune as well as original lyrics ; * Your song and poem must meet the requirements of the syllabus and the curriculum standards of the primary ESL Classroom; * Provide a brief rationale/justification for your selection. * One lesson plan for a duration of 60 minutes for each of the selected song and poem.
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