etc.‚ and literal art (paintings‚ drawings‚ etc.). For example‚ the artist Childish Gambino‚ otherwise known as Donald Glover‚ recently released a song and music video called “This is America‚” that expressed his feelings toward what he thinks America has become. The video depicts shootings and uses lyrics such as “Yeah‚ this is America‚ guns in my area. I gotta strap‚ I gotta carry ‘em‚” and an explicit scene in which a black choir group was shot and killed. The music video was supposed to exemplify
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Prompt: Compare and contrast This Boy’s Life and The Odyssey as a journey story. This Boy’s Odyssey As the story of Jack progresses in This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolf‚ general situations of which Jack is dealing with coincides with situations and events also depicted in the epic The Odyssey written by Homer. Both stories are written in a sense of progress. They are strongly alike and in alike in various forms of features and aspects in which the story lines fall into. In This Boy’s Life‚ Jack and his
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This Fleeting World This Fleeting World takes about two hundred and fifty thousand years worth of history and compacts it into a one hundred and twenty page book. I believe Christian did a stellar job of doing so. Although short‚ it is very rich in knowledge about how our world came to be. His points are powerful and well put. This book definitely stands out in all the black and whiteness of history books. This fleeting world ties the start of humanity‚ to current life very efficiently.
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Awareness comes across the population of humanity in many insightful fashions. This of other desirable traits has one of the greatest impacts on your life‚ whether you are aware of it or not. Throughout the readings of This is Water and The Three Questions‚ it was appointed that awareness is a quality of life that is acquired with time. I believe that having this trait has a world of difference if you find a way to merge it into your life; the result could end up being the difference between life
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Philip Larkin’s poetry was considered to be sexist‚ racist and reactionary. Despite the criticism‚ he was considered to be a widely celebrated and arguably one of the finest poets. However‚ Larkin was a solitary Englishman that disliked fame. This Be the Verse‚ was no exception to criticism. The very first line is what caught my attention and made me want to read the entire poem. Right away‚ the author clearly lets the reader know the theme of the poem: history repeats itself by stating “Man hands
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Out of all the poems that we have viewed in the first two weeks of class the one that caught my attention was the poem by William Carlos Williams‚ “This is Just to Say”. This poem was so short and so simple but seemed to be so much more than what it really is. The poem by William Carlos Williams; “This is Just to Say” is difficult to dissect. In shorter poems the perception of what it actually means I feel is harder to find. Being the poem is only 28 words and no word is over 3 syllables it seems
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THIS WEEK IN PR #2 Clipping Date: January 24‚ 2014 Outlet: Sun Sentinel Topic: Justin Bieber Arrested for DUI and expired license Summary of Story and PR Concept/Tactic: Pop star Justin Bieber was arrested in Miami‚ Florida for various illegal actions including drag-racing‚ driving under the influence‚ and driving with an expired license. Justin Bieber was then taken into custody the morning after and was charged with DUI‚ and a bail set at $2100. Justin Bieber was then released hours after
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The prevalence of high school drop outs is increasing alarmingly. This is the government concern because today statistics show that there is high rate of high school drop out all over the United States. Because of this the US government is finding ways to avoid this threatening situation to get worse. High school drop outs are not a very good sign for their country’s future. Increase of drop out would mean an increase in rate of people who are not fit to jobs which require graduation gown cap.
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Moving Out Winnifred Bates sat‚ hunched over on the old‚ worn out armchair that sat in the corner of her parents living room in their small home in Bedford‚ England. It was a cloudy day out and as she glanced ashamedly out the window‚ her mood was further dampened by the gloomy English weather. Her mother‚ Elizabeth‚ stood across the room from her and glared over her crossed arms. Her grey blue eyes piercing Winnifred’s resolve. The room felt tense around them proceeding the argument that had just
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Successful Garbage Man I believe in the successful garbage man. This would be seen as a paradox to many people‚ however‚ the success does not come from financial gains but rather the level of happiness and self-fulfillment within the individual. I believe in the thirty year old married man who is content with working at an ice cream shop all day and finally coming home to a wife who loves him regardless of his line of work. I used to think this scenario could never happen because my mother would always
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