The Butler County Performing and Visual Arts programs our community offers has truly changed the person I am today. Through the Butler County High School Band‚ I have learned how to play the flute and been doing so for eight years and been able to perform in the marching band as a color guard member for four years. It truly has been such a blessing to be in such an amazing program‚ and I am extremely thankful for the opportunities and friendships it has given me. I began playing the flute in 5th
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Literary Monsters: The Rape of Humanity In his essay Monster Culture (Seven Theses)‚ Jeffrey Jerome Cohen outlines seven defining characteristics of the literary monster. He makes the claim that literary monsters are each possessed of these seven theses‚ which act as a common denominator across monster culture. While each of these theses is present‚ there is one aspect of monster culture that Cohen fails to discuss‚ and that is prevalent in enough different monster works that it warrants attention
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters- The Infinite Conflict of Reason In his painting titled “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters‚” Francisco de Goya illustrates a horrific image of a man sleeping while being attacked by “monsters” as a product of his failure to create. Yet Goya ‘s depiction does more than merely tell a story. When analyzed in the historical context‚ the painting beckons and outlines much of the rhetoric of the enlightenment period - that human reason will produce progress
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Cheesy special effects? Check! Gore? Check! Kane Hodder? Check! Mutated men wearing Bigfoot costumes? Check! Bodacious Babes? Double D Check! Love in the Time of Monsters is a low budget ($500‚000 is considered low budget nowadays) flick about toxic waste pollution gone awry. It’s riddled with groan-inducing moments‚ but I gotta admit‚ I had a fun time with it. It very well could be that Heather Rae Young is smoking hot (the other woman in the movie aren’t bad on the eyes either) and seeing her dance
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Alexandra Karolidis Holly McIndoe English 100 Thursday March 21‚ 2013. “Shelley’s Monster: A Misrepresentation of the Masses?” In Karen Piper’s “Inuit Diasporas: Frankenstein and the Inuit in England‚” Piper argues that the creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a manifestation of the Northern Arctic inhabitants‚ specifically Greenlandic Inuits and Eskimos and the risks associated with their arrival in England. The early 19th century marked a time in which England became more
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A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Published in Sept.27.2011) is a fantastic book which is set in England. This can be deduced from the main setting which involves a yew tree in a graveyard‚ outside a church which is extremely common in the UK. Most of the story is set around Coner O’ Malley’s (main character) house and school‚ the hospital‚ his grandma’s house and of course‚ the yew tree. The story is basically about Conor O’Malley’s mum slowly dying of cancer. As a result‚ Conor is having nightmares
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Sometimes in our life‚ we may run into a good teacher and if lucky‚ it’ll be two or three. These people end up shaping our lives for the better because of their greatness‚ and we deeply admire them for that. They may have many faces‚ a professor in your university or simply they may just be your family‚ friends and neighbors. But no matter who they are‚ they must have some certain characteristics that granted their title: “A Good Teacher”. The first quality that is essential in a good teacher
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affected New York but also affected the entire country in a way that no other event has. The attacks shook the way of life of many people including those in the classrooms around Nebraska. After the attacks George W. Bush said‚ “Today‚ our fellow citizens‚ our way of life‚ our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.” It was just that the way of life of citizens was threatened across the nation. The 9/11 attacks affected the country in a number of ways professional
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The Real Monster‚ victor frankenstein Mary Shelley’s narrative‚ Frankenstein is the story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils…by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard‚ and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.(52)” This was the time and the place in which the creature came to life. Victor Frankenstein thought
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The Loch Ness monster was‚ and is to this day‚ a myth to many‚ an idea to some and a reality to few. According to Daniel Cohen for World Book Student‚ the story of Nessie spans as far back as 565 A.D.‚ and is well known to this day. There have been many theories‚ regarding the monster and many sightings‚ but they all seem to falter. There have been countless explorations and still no evidence has been found. Regardless of the lack of logic‚ scientific proof against‚ and an admitted hoax‚ people
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