could have personal meaning only to the artist or it could represent social and political issues. Performance art can be described as a form of theatrical art featuring the activity of the artist and the works represented in a variety of media. Mike Parr is a renowned Australian performance artist; born in Sydney‚ 1945‚ Parr spent his childhood in rural Queensland He commenced a law/arts degree at the University of Queensland in 1965 but dropped out the following year. Parr’s work is autobiographical
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If you were Italian and somebody called you a “Wop”‚ what would you do? If it were me I would feel very angry and offended. In the essay “I Just Wanna Be Average” being called a “Wop” or being physically abused happened frequently. Written by Mike Rose‚ he shows us how badly he was treated by his teachers in high school. In the beginning of this essay‚ Rose describes how his teachers treated him in his early years of high school. Rose’s choice of phraseology when characterizing his teachers is
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Reem Akram Chaudhry (History IB HL) History Arguments The Cold war – Mike Sewell Provide evidence for each of the arguments listed. 1. The cold war was brought about by the inability of the victorious powers to come to an arrangement among themselves. “The Anglo-American solidarity in rejecting the idea came as a surprise to the Soviets.” (pg 19) Ideological mistrust and memories of Munich remained strong. This was reinforced by Stalin’s suspicions that Anglo-American strategy was
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¬ In the 19th centaury Darwin claimed that women have been subordinate since the beginning of time. With this in mind‚ Darwin’s theory on evolution was very influential on many individuals not only because it changed the way individuals thought about species‚ but also changed their own perspectives on gender and its limitations. As a matter of fact‚ Darwin’s perspective over evolution has had an enormous impact on Kenneth P. Oakley. Consequently‚ Oakley takes Darwin theory of evolution and adds
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enough by herself. I told her to read it to herself aloud before I sent her my own revisions. The reason I did that is because it allows my friend to better understand her own writing rather than her just fixing the mistakes that I found. According to Mike Bunn‚ in How to Read Like a Writer‚ “the idea is
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written by Mike Flanagan in 1995‚ it states that Native American were in rage due to the advancing railroads and killed 99 white settlers and dragged the wives and children of the settlers. The Native Americans prove that they will try to do whatever they need to preserve their land. However‚ the main violent acts were brought to the Native American people (non-warriors). In “Field Notes: Overdosing on Dodge City‚” written by Robert R. Dykstra‚ he states‚ “The Indian Wars...are a special case. What gave
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Laurence Bourgeois A00161609 March 12th‚ 2013 Analysis Essay In his essay "Another Accolade for Charter Arms Corp."‚ Mike Royko focuses not on John Lennon’s death‚ but on the type of gun that was used to kill him. He argues that the model of a gun makes a great deal of difference when killing someone. By ignoring the shooting of the celebrity‚ Royko uses irony to show how idiotic the debate on the gun is. He commences his essay by asking the readers "what difference does it make what kind
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The title " Blue-collar Brilliance" used by author Mike Rose in his writing reveals what he is going to talk about and more precisely the opinion he will have. The author starts his writing in a powerful way by using a relevant anecdote of his mother Rosie‚ waitress in a restaurant. He explains to us how his mother should know not only how to work efficiently but also in an organized way. How she should memorize every single order and to whom each order was. How she should understand and respond
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In “I Just Wanna Be Average”‚ Mike Rose tells the story of his high school experience and how his Stanford-Binet IQ test score got mixed up with another guy with the same Sir name; he was subsequently placed on a vocational track; which was the lowest class placement you could be assigned. We hear about a few of the classes he took over the four years‚ English‚ PE‚ Spanish‚ and Voc. Ed. Rose tells us about one teacher in particular‚ Mr. MacFarland‚ his senior year college prep English class‚ and
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testing. What do all of these things have in common? They are all services the Tory government in Ontario has been trying to privatize with some disastrous results and possibly more to come. The Ontario government‚ lead by Progressive Conservative leader Mike Harris‚ has been slowly trying to do away with services that are currently administered by the province. The ideology in question‚ privatization‚ has been a hallmark of the Common Sense revolution. But so far the Tories have been slow to make a success
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