Calvin Coolidge once stated‚ “If you don’t say anything‚ you won’t be called on to repeat it.” Coolidge seemed to live by the principle‚ of avoiding incrimination by remaining silent‚ earning him the legendary nickname: “Silent Cal.” Ironically‚ in his first speech to the Massachusetts State Senate‚ Coolidge preached the importance to “do the day’s work” without becoming “a demagogue”. The overarching value of this speech‚ to standing up for what’s right‚ is one that has become increasingly evident
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Group 3 Notes Dancing Skeletons Elisa Castillo - Chapters 1 and 2 i. Return to the Field Author has been conducting research in the town of Magnambougou‚ capital city of Mali‚ during her dissertation fieldwork ‘…research involved documenting traditional infant feeding practices and their effect on children’s growth’ (pg 2) The author continued further research in her dissertation post receiving her Doctorates Three projects that she wanted to conduct; 1. Relocate children previously
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Kim Battaglin Drama 150 Tu 6:35 – 9:40 PM Silent movies vs. the invention of sound Throughout time human have had the necessity to express their emotions as a form of art. The world stopped when they first watched on screen people and objects in movement‚ but since time changes‚ so do our minds‚ interests and traditions. When people thought nothing better than silent films could arrive‚ the unexpected happened‚ the first talkie came out. Their movie stars for the first
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consequence of human hubris is a detrimental superiority complex that prevents humans from getting to the things that they want or need because of the belief that they are too good. That dangerous superiority complex can be seen in the short story “Silent Towns” in which Walter Gripp‚ the main character of the short story‚ finds himself alone in his town on Mars. At first‚ he relishes in his newfound independence and the lack of rules but eventually‚ he begins to yearn for human company. One day‚ Gripp
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Ecocritcism. The word that makes you say‚ “what does that mean?” It’s actually a way that authors inform us of the environment and what is happening to it and can be found in many books around the world. A classic book that a person can find this is The Lorax by Doctor Seuss. In the book we have The Lorax‚ a strange creature who speaks for the trees‚ trying to stop a man‚ that goes by the name of The Once-ler‚ from destroying a forest of truffle trees to make a profit by selling Thneeds. The Once-ler
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Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” Silent Spring is widely accepted as helping start the American environmental movement in 1972. Rachel Carson was a well-known author on natural history when Silent Spring was published. The book spearheaded environmental concern and no book since has had the same impact. It begins with a story about a quaint and charming little farm town in pristine Anywhere‚ mid-America and describes wildlife and all the beautiful colors on the countryside. Many people come to
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Buster Keaton’s role in The General perfectly epitomizes the utilization of comedy during the Silent Film Era as the medium through which a deeper story is conveyed. The Silent Era was generally characterized by two things: the extreme dedication of its actors and a tendency towards slapstick comedy. While the first can be attributed to the passion of these early filmmakers‚ the latter is perhaps more of a function of necessity. With limited use of title slides and no use of sound‚ actors like Buster
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In the poems‚ “Today We Will Not Be Invisible Nor Silent” and “Naayawva Taawi”‚ both poets concentrate on cultural survival. The poets highlight cultural survival to raise awareness for Native Americans. Coming from the perspective of modern Native Americans‚ their ethnicity influences their identity. Both “Today We Will Not Be Invisible Nor Silent’ and “Naayawva Taawi” suggest that cultural survival is an evolution of gaining what Native Americans have lost. Both of the poems initiate with a
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The excerpt from Silent Spring began by describing a scene we all could recognize: a prosperous farmland‚ with a successful and healthy people inhabiting it. Every detail and description was clear and tangible‚ almost as if the readers could see the scene. This did draw them in‚ but the lack of information found at the end of the piece was able to captivate the readers even more so. At the very end of Carson’s tale‚ we see that the dreary and forlorn town was sprinkled with “a white granular powder
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In the second half of “Cry Silent Tears” Joe is still getting beaten and sexually abused but goes to school‚ he learns to speak again and makes a friend Pete. But he soon leaves to another school and Joe decided he can trust people anymore because they always leave him. When he finds out Pete is moving schools he can’t take it and run away‚ on the way he runs into a group of boys and plays football with them. They become close and he feels like he can tell them about what happened to him but they
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