The Girl in the Green Sweater Analysis: By Natasha Garczynski TONE/MOOD: Song: Beethoven’s symphony no. 5 – It gives a sense of drama and secrecy. Background: Fire – It represents panic and chaos‚ while they are sitting in the sewers of Lvov even the sound of a pin dropping made them drop everything and hide. Secrecy/ Mystery: Krystyna was eight years old and trapped in the sewers of Poland with eleven other people after being pursued by the Nazi’s during the holocaust. She recalls
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This song could have been written as a way to talk to the working class and give them something to relate to‚ a song they understand because to them its life. The songs meaning is that the working class have to deal with everything‚ if the rich bosses or “fat cats” have a problem then it will somehow affect the working class‚ and so much is expected from them. This song is a song of hopelessness and despair‚ throughout the whole song it talks about problems they suffer from but no way to fix it.
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“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is written about a girl who is being told how to behave by her mother. The mother is constantly telling her how to act. Though at times it definitely feels like the mother is scolding her‚ especially when it comes to acting like a slut. The mother keeps giving her advice that she thinks will help her daughter succeed in life. I think the mother obviously cares very much about her daughter or she would not bother giving her all this advice‚ but it comes across as over bearing
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Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon is a novel that includes many issues revolving around race‚ gender‚ class‚ and history. However‚ an issue that really stands out is women’s expectations. Toni Morrison uses the characters Milkman and Hagar to communicate the message that society’s expectations for women cause women to feel internal misogyny. Hagar was Milkman’s lover but she often felt like she wasn’t good enough for him. She felt that Milkman was into women with nice hair‚ light skin‚ colored eyes
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through a biographical lens how in these songs “cleaning out my closet” he talks about his mother‚ and in the songs “97 Bonnie and Clyde” and “Kim” where he talks about his wife‚ and in the song “Mockingbird‚” where Eminem talks about his daughter Hailie and niece Alaina how he loves her. In the song “Cleaning out my closet” it has a biographical lens that helps give the listener information‚ and lets them know about his background with his mother. In the song there are lyrics that say how he has “skeletons
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conveyed through rap‚ a form of expression used by African-Americans to express themselves over issues that matter to their daily lives. His song “Changes” is one of his most influential rap songs and explores many important issues concerning the marginalized groups‚ such as poverty‚ racism and racial-profiling affecting African American lives daily. In this rap song‚ Tupac gives an inside view of their everyday life and tries to point out the changes that need
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Issa Rae has always been an awkward girl; she’s always worn the wrong pants‚ kissed the wrong boy‚ and felt the wrong way‚ or simply been the wrong girl. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a dazzling collection of essay about growing up learning to love the things in your life that makes it unique‚ even when those things also make it mighty awkward. She writes about being a black girl who just cannot dance‚ about being unhappy working in cubicle as her web series was taking off‚ about not
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The song “Blackbird” by Nina Simone‚ had an interesting beat in the background that helped to effectively get across the point that many women of color struggled in everyday life in a society where women and colored citizens were not always treated as equals. Comparing colored women to black birds because they stood out from everyone else due to the fact that many faced the effects of class‚ race and gender oppressions making daily life a struggle‚ compared to the average caucasian women. Her song
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is called Song of the Phoenix. And the social context in this poster is in modern China where tremendous changes have taken place in all aspects‚ including folk arts. Significantly‚ plenty of Chinese folk arts have been qualified to appear on the Intangible Cultural Heritages list because of their high artistic standards‚ long histories‚ and irresistible cultural influences. However‚ the survival conditions of these ancient folk arts in modern Chinese society are not optimistic. In my opinion‚ the
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Capercaillie The melody of “Skye Waulking Song” is based on a pentatonic scale (a scale with five notes per octave). All instruments play within the middle of their range‚ excusing the singer who sings a few head register notes to add some needed emotion to the notes. The Bouzouki (Greek musical instrument) and the piano play a counterpoint melody (a technique involving two simultaneous melodies) to help Section A to move along. Vocables are frequently used throughout the piece‚ this allows the
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