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    Alice and Coraline

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    Austin Way English I Mr. Keiter February 28‚ 2013 Alice and Coraline Comparison The book Alice in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll. Coraline was written by Neil Gaiman. Each book was later turned into films to help better get a picture of the adventurous lands the girls traveled through. In the movies Alice in Wonderland and Coraline there are many similarities but also many differences. Though having many differences and similarities each film taught a lesson to the audience by

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    Harsh working conditions were one of the many hardships children working in the mills faced. They were often mistreated‚ as stated in the 1840 novel Michael Armstrong‚ Factory Boy. Crews of children in the mills are described as dirty and miserable. They would be whipped for not performing tasks properly or fast enough. From this and the rest of their difficult work‚ they appeared hideously older than they really

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    Hall's Theory

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    Hall‚ Theory Hall has become one of the main proponents of reception theory‚ and developed Hall’s Theory of encoding and decoding. This approach to textual analysis focuses on the scope for negotiation and opposition on part of the audience. This means that the audience does not simply passively accept a text — whether a book or a film — and that an element of activity becomes involved. The person negotiates the meaning of the text. The meaning depends on the cultural background of the person

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    Response Essay

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    Specter and “Dilma Rousseff” by Simon Romero my impressions of each article varies from one of unbelief to affirmation. As compelling as the ideology of not grading is‚ the practicality of implementation would be enormous. The assumption that Lance Armstrong is now nothing can it really be so easily dismissed? Finally‚ Dilma Rousseff rise to power as a right of previous wrongs remains to be seen; each writer conveying a very persuasive argument. I embrace Alfie Kohn’s ideology that by grading a student’s

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    Graveyard Book Themes

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    The Graveyard Book: A Novel Full of Fantasy Deciding if a work literature is fantasy proves to be a daunting task for any scholar. There are plenty of elements‚ themes‚ and motifs that furnish the fantasy genre as a whole‚ and Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book without question encompasses a number of these. Through the lens of magic‚ the battle of good versus evil‚ and the presence of hope The Graveyard Book delivers a taste of fantasy literature‚ while also supporting the elements of the new mythology

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    easy. Individuals don’t know where to start in bettering themselves and what bettering themselves means to them. Karen Armstrong’s essay “Homo Religiosus‚” discusses the highly prominent role of religion and its underlying arts and disciplines. Armstrong discusses the different religions of the ancient past and the characteristics that encompass them. She looks at the various arts and disciplines seen throughout these religions. Oliver Sacks’ essay “The Mind’s Eye” analyzes the lives

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    St. Louis Blues

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    Listening Analysis Paper Alex Kosarko MUS 185‚ Summer 2009 For my listening assignment‚ I chose the piece‚ “St. Louis Blues” by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong‚ recorded in the late 1920s. At this time‚ the country was in the transition from country blues (a single artist accompanied by a single guitar) to city blues (a single artist accompanied by either a piano and/or several instruments). In city blues‚ the form was based on a very rigid 12-bar blues structure‚ which used mainly the

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    Bessie Smith

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    MUS 205 Mid term Essay Bessie Johnson Kown as the “Empress Of Blues”‚ Bessie Smith was said to have revolutionized the vocal end of Blues Music. She showed a lot of pride as an independent African-American woman. Her style in performance and lyrics often reflected her lifestyle. Bessie Smith was one of the first female jazz artists‚ and she paved the way for many musicians who followed. Bessie was born April 15‚ 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee to a part time Baptist preacher‚ William Smith‚

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    been done over many years. There have been live action plays‚ screen plays‚ and movies made about the popular story. In this assignment‚ the original written story of Beowulf is analyzed and compared with the movie adaptation that was written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary. Also‚ it was directed by Robert Zemeckis in 2007. After analyzing both works‚ many differences and some similarities have begun to take shape. The first and foremost thing that stuck out the most was the overall difference

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    Short Story Analysis

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    Separating Boys from Men There is much more to the world than meets the eye. In the short stories “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman and “Gryphon” by Charles Baxter‚ two young boys have experiences that will change the way they view life forever. Enn‚ from the story by Gaiman‚ is an awkward teenager who afraid of girls but is talked into attending a party anyway by his friend Vic. Tommy‚ from “Gryphon‚” is a typical fourth grader in a very atypical situation. In both stories‚ eccentric

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