One of the ideas that was listed in the book The World in Six Songs was friendship. Representing Songs of friendship‚ the book describes it as people banding together as one and creating a sense of togetherness that only a song can produce. The book also states that songs have been able to grow strong bonds as well as creating a form of synchronized effect between people ever since the early days‚ causing people to act together. For example‚ during freshman season of my football career in The Woodlands
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life for all of us. Being away from your child even for a minute is the hardest thing to do as a mother. Not a day went by during our separation that she didn’t think of us‚ did not long to hold us in her arms and to sing us to sleep with sweet lullabies. She fought back tears and endured heartache every day‚ but she knew that in the long run‚ this would all be worth it. My dad tells me that during this time while I was in Korea under his sole care‚ I would look up at all the airplanes
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It wasn’t unusual for Matt Diamond to get clients this late. It was evening‚ but not a star in the sky was visible through the thick fog that had enveloped the big apple. The client opened the office door without knocking‚ forcing Diamond to put out his cigarette quite hurriedly. She had long dark hair‚ matching her dress. She wore a fur that looked like a raincloud‚ grey and foreboding. Her name was Veronica Angel. She had come in place of her father‚ Lewis. His racehorse‚ Sea Biscuit‚ had gone
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The Black Death or the bubonic plague was one of the most deadly disease of our time. The Black Death took place between 1348 and 1351. It killed about one third to one half of the population in Europe. It only liked warm weather; therefore it would die out in the winter‚ but come back strong in the summer. When it would infect a victim it would only take a matter of days to kill him or her. The Black Death would kill so many people so fast that they would dig big pits and put all the dead in a hole
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A wedding anniversary is a very important celebration in the life of every couple; it is a day to commemorate one of the most important days in their lives-the wedding day. The purpose of a wedding anniversary is to honour the memory of the wedding‚ this event is especially important for those couples who are celebrating for the first time. Last year I was invited to a very special wedding anniversary. It was supposed to be Jack and Karen’s first anniversary. The event itself was to take place on
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about literature without mentioning oral literature. In every civilization literature is first said before being written. In fact even in western civilization traditions have been kept in societies through oral transmission in ballads‚ songs‚ lullabies‚ tales and epics so and this has always been the case long before the invention of printing. Literature whether it is written or oral‚ has a universal character because it existed even in the oldest civilizations like that of Greece. The fact
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August 20‚ 2008. Miramar Hospital. My little brother‚ Andres‚ came into the world. I was only about 7 years old when he was born‚ so little did I know what I was getting myself into. For as long as I can remember‚ I’ve always wanted to be a big sister - especially to a little brother. My dream was to help him out with homework‚ play with him outside‚ and watch cartoons together while drawing. Everything went as planned as I watched cartoons with my new brother in the hospital. I wanted to play games
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The movement then continued into the 1940s‚ 50s‚ and 60s with works of Bertrand Harris Bronson and collector-performers such as Burl Ives‚ John Jacob Niles‚ Pete Seeger‚ and Peggy Seeger. The songs that these musicians sang are ballads‚ southern mountain songs‚ Negro spirituals‚ blues‚ cowboy songs‚ hobo songs‚ prospector songs‚ songs of railroad men‚ and sailors. The songs were based on the things that were happenings in those times. “There are almost as many ways of categorizing American folk
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What they did bring with them was their musical traditions. Many people would refer to their type of music as slave songs‚ gospel music or spiritual music. Spiritual music had a variety of moods. “The slaves sang for many reasons. A song might be a lullaby‚ a work song‚ a mournful complaint‚ or a tune sung simply for pleasure” (Woog 13). After all the deaths that were taken place in the south‚ it was a doleful measure for the slaves on the plantation and this gave them a way to let out all their sorrows
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Define art. Most individuals would have some trouble doing so. Art is not something that can be tied down into one genre‚ person‚ or medium. From ancient times to modern day‚ means of art have constantly evolved and its definition has become more loose and inclusive to other senses. Meena Alexander writes “There is an important stream of underground history I have learnt to recognize: secret letters‚ journals‚ inscriptions‚ scribblings on bits of paper” (Alexander). All kinds of different embodiments
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