had greater freedoms. If you examine stories from before the Song era‚ you can see some of these freedoms. Some of these powerful stories include; The woman warrior (Mulan) and The Xiang queens. Susan Mann believes that these are a few reoccurring stories that define women’s roles in Chinese society. These stories were written before the time of the bound foot‚ and display a powerful image of women. Foot binding began in The Song Era. It was the process of tightly wrapping the feet of young
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The song “Scars to your beautiful” written by Alessia Cara‚ sends out a message to women growing up with societies rigid beauty standards to love them selves. This song gives me a feeling of disgust as it revealed to me how disturbing society’s expectations are‚ targeting vulnerable young women and making them feel as though they are not enough. The lyrics also gives me a sense of sadness in the realization that so many girls are effected by societies expectation and the anxiety it causes. the opening
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legend of John Henry. The legend of John Henry is about an African American male who manually works on a railroad with a hammer and was proud of his work. Others working on the railroad could not match or exceed John Henrys capabilities as it pertained to hammering railroad spikes. It usually took three workers to do the same job that he could do all by himself‚ just that alone caused a lot of jealousy and animosity for some people. This topic is important to me because it shows that John Henry was
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In the album the song “Black Sheep” shows how degrading hard workers can be a mistake. In the opening lines “Young Mozarts with more keys‚ black sheep with a gang of wolves before me” shows the relation of his talent and perseverance‚ such like Mozart’s because no one believed he would become a great pianist. Another example of such hard work is the complexity he uses is in the last line “ Black sheep‚ but I know you see the GOAT in me”. This is what makes the song so hardworking and no exemption
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Song of Solomon OER Milkman travels all the way to Virginia on his own in a search for gold left behind by Pilate and Macon Dead‚ Milkman’s father. Instead‚ Milkman leaves the town of Shalimar‚ Virginia with not only a better understanding of himself‚ but also his family and friends he’d so desperately wanted to get away from. Though he ends up empty handed after this trek‚ Milkman learns the value of his quality life and material items. This trip also teaches Milkman things he would have never
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Pink’s “Stupid Girls” is about the way the media portrays women and how that portrayal influences the behavior of women in society. Pink conveys this message through the use of her lyrics and the historical context from the song. When Pink says‚ “Maybe if I act like that‚ that guy will call me back”‚ she seems to be saying that the media sends women the message that the way women in the media communicate with men is the way they should be doing it as well. Women in the media often use their looks
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had sent some of the tracks on Cherry Peel to a recording label called Bar/None Records‚ who had loved the songs and requested Kevin send more. The first show played by Of Montreal was at a place called the 40 Watt Club‚ with two other members of the band‚ Derek Almstead‚ and Bryan Poole. Since Cherry Peel‚ the band has recorded 19 more albums‚ all different from the next‚
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Boston Pops‚ John Williams is an outright legend in the flesh when it comes to music. He created the music for some of the best movies of all time. He innovated a whole new style of movie music one that doesn’t just serve as a background but part of the movie itself. He illuminated John Williams is a genius with music and a legendary movie composer. John Williams is the composer that worked many masterpieces such as Star Wars‚ E.T‚ Home Alone‚ Jaws‚ Indiana Jones‚ and many more (Song Writers Hall
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there are challenges that one must face‚ challenges that come one after another. It could be an abstract obstacle such as time‚ fear‚ despair‚ or frustration. It could also be a physical entity that one must face before they can overcome a problem. In Song of Solomon (1977)‚ by Toni Morrison‚ the characters in this book are constantly reminded of the adversities around them‚ by a color that appears again and again. Living as blacks in 20th century America‚ racism exists and surrounds their daily lives
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The morning song ‘Morning song’ by Sylvia Plath describes the birth‚ early stages of childhood and the sentimental value of a child in a very unique way. This poem was wrote from Sylvia Plath’s own experience of child birth‚ it can also be related to by parents‚ it could be thought it is aimed mainly at females as this poem is quite feminine. This eighteen line lyrics is structured in 3 line stanzas which are called tersest. It is a tender poem and the overall tone of it is quite mellow. The opening
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