The performance art piece of a Couple in the Cage is of two people living in a cage pretending to be Amerindians for the audiences that come to see them. The artists Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gomez-Pena. Underneath the performance that the artists put on is a satire of institutional racism that took place in the past while also calling to attention the fact that it is still somewhat present today. The audience of the performance contained a mix of reactions between some believing that the performance
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Lee Rodrik October 16‚ 2012 ENG 102 Mr. Pennington In the play Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ the central theme of the play are the social and psychological differences between the men and the women. The male characters has a chauvinistic attitude towards women‚ while the women are more understanding and perceptive than the men in terms of trying to solve the crime. It is because of the men’s attitudes that led them to fail in seeing the truth of Mr. Wright’s murder. Their attitudes were blatantly
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A Cage of ButterfliesA Cage of Butterflies introduces the controversial idea that there is potential for the misuse of scientific knowledge and practice by unscrupulous people. Brian Caswell has written this fictional book to make people aware of this problem in our society. The theme of the book can be seen from the different perspectives of the characters; the babies‚ the think tank group‚ Susan and Eric and the scientists. Caswell points out that some people place such things as fame and money
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buzzing of the florescent lights. The store windows are crystal clear ‚ and the floor gave off a light ammonium smell. My head felt is clear and I fell at peace. All of the entrances are caged up and majority had fire emergency kits placed behind the cage. My back starts to cramp so I rise ‚ and disappear into the darkness. This has allowed me to experience and witness abnormality. I can see
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The Cage "If we forget the past‚ it could happen again. We must learn from those horrors. We must learn what happens when people remain silent while others are persecuted. We must learn‚ my child‚ not to ignore the ugly sings‚ the danger signs‚ as my family-as the people of my generation did." This quote from the book "The Cage" has a very strong meaning and is relevant not only in reference to the Jews in World War II‚ but can also be related to almost any type of injustice‚ many of which
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In chapter one of The Iron Cage‚ Rashid Khalidi sets the stage for the premise of his book‚ by examining the conflicting evidence of the Palestinians’ plight. In order to do so‚ the narrative begins in 1948‚ following the eviction of more than half of the Arab Palestinian population as a result of the Arab – Israel conflict of that year. Khalidi goes on to enumerate a few of the respective differing Arab and Israel accounts of how it was that a people that once constituted the majority of the population
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Science Fiction is a genre that can be difficult to define. Many stories may conform to the idea of ‘what if’. As a functional genre it presents the reader with alternative possibilities using current issues in society. A Cage of Butterflies by Brian Caswell is about a group of highly intelligent children known as the ‘Think Tank’‚ who are put into an institute (the farm)‚ because of their physical deformities. They encounter the presence of a group of young paranormal children (the babies) with
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ancient downtown in Mexico City‚ there is a Vet Lab‚ the place is big but dirty‚ has many cages all over the place with many exotic animals‚ there was rare snakes‚ dogs of all kind‚ big and small rodents‚ big birds like a parrots with multiple
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I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo‚ I’m just like my country I’m young‚ scrappy and hungry And I’m not throwing away my shot! I’mma get a scholarship to King’s College I prob’ly shouldn’t brag‚ but dang‚ I amaze and astonish The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish I gotta holler just to be heard With every word‚ I drop knowledge! I’m a diamond in the rough‚ a shiny piece of coal Tryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable Only nineteen
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