Escaping the Blues Reservation Blues begins with the tortured soul of a musician‚ and his guitar. The blues musician‚ a reanimated form of the late Robert Johnson‚ hands his enchanted instrument to Thomas Builds the Fire. This guitar possesses skill‚ precision and soul‚ no matter who its owner is. Johnson had given his soul to the Devil in order to acquire these powers. When Thomas was given this guitar‚ he too felt the music radiating with its strings. This power‚ compelled Thomas to create
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English 102 Research Paper I February 14‚ 2012 In reading James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues‚” we hear a story about class and racial struggles‚ personal conflict‚ and redemption. We hear about loss and human emotion. We see this entire story set in nineteen fifty’s Harlem‚ which‚ for many American’s is the very picture of poor black culture and environment. The differences in poor black culture and poor white culture show many of the same themes and quirks. Both cultures often find solace
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My Summer How wonderful is it to stand on pearly sands watching the pure blue sky‚ so lonely without a cloud or a plane or even a bird fluttering across it and as you admire it‚ the sun’s ray’s beams down at you. But at the same time you hear the wave’s chants on the ocean. A visit to the beach is one of life’s greatest pleasures. I always‚ always look forward to summer‚ it is my favorite season and it’s the perfect time to have serious fun. What I love most about summer is its weather. It‘s
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In the novel Reservation Blues‚ most of the characters struggle with their identity at some point. Victor has an especially strong urge to rebel against his Native American heritage‚ which is apparent in his violent‚ arrogant demeanor and his obvious problem with alcohol. Victor is tied to his past and has trouble coping with his life as it is‚ and is in a constant battle with himself‚ his surroundings‚ and other people. Early in the book‚ Victor is portrayed as somewhat of a bully‚ and
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The Blue Film An old proverb goes “The past will always come back to haunt you”. Which means‚ that no matter how much you try to hide something from your past it will somehow surface again. It is only a matter of time. This is a very fitting proverb when talking about the short story “The Blue Film”. “The blue film” is a short story about a single evening in the life of a middle aged Europe-an couple. It is a simple chronological story. The novel has a strong marriage and divorcement theme
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welcoming my dispirited morning as any glimpse of faith is hushed by my heavy thoughts‚ which deeply desire to remain firmly rooted in my mascara stained pillow. A reminder of the all the endless nights I overfilled with enough tears to form an unsettling ocean. Nevertheless I remain dehydrated from pure happiness for eons. With my soul in a tangle‚ my hearts in a mess and most unfortunately my mind is scattered all over the place. ‘What if’s encircle me like a moat of regret‚ not for the choices I’ve acted
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Auden’s ‘Refugee Blues’ laments the plight of the Jews who were forced to flee Europe when the Holocaust started and they were rounded up and killed or imprisoned under the cruel regime of Hitler. The poem starts with a narrator‚ who is later revealed to be a German Jew‚ describing a large city which is home to ten million people some of whom are well off and live in luxurious large houses while others make do in slums and shabby houses. Yet‚ the narrator tells the person with him‚ presumably a
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many other people‚ they have found football to be a hobby‚ something to do in there past time. They have formed habits around watching the game. In the movie "Varsity Blues‚" football isn’t just a past time for the town‚ but it is a way of life‚ the whole town is involved in the high school football team. "Varsity Blues" takes place in a small town in Texas called West Canyon‚ in this town if you are a healthy boy‚ then you are a football player. Young males have tons of pressure from their
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Title: Perfect blue Page 1-48 Author: Laura Langston Setting: Grandma’s house‚ School and home. Main Characters: Description: Erin Dog lover‚ really tall‚ Dark hair and responsible. Cassie Prankster‚ loves horses and has light hair. Steve (dad) Joker‚ young and careless
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PUNCTUALITY Can I ask you a riddle? What is it that ………once it is lost…… you can never recover it? What is it that…………keeps on marching ahead……….. and you can never stop it even if you want to? What is it that ………which comes free……… but you can never buy more ………even if you have all the money in the world? What is it that ………..you always think you have enough and more of……..but always run short of. Do you have the answer……….????? It is TIME. Time is very precious. We always think
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