“Speak YouTube to Me”: Investigating YouTube’s Culture and Communities The label “video essay” is often used as an umbrella term to designate a certain type of audiovisual analysis of film. A precise definition of the video essay is extraordinarily controversial as the video essayistic analysis often overlaps other forms like film essay or intellectual montage. In an attempt to describe the video essay‚ Andrew McWhirter calls it a “short analytical film about films or film culture” and a “general
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In the documentary “I am not Your Negro” directed by Raoul Peck‚ the most memorable moment for me is the section focuses on integration at American public school. It is difficult for me to believe that many people march on the street only because an African American girl is going to school with the white kids‚ and I feel really angry and shocked when people are saying things like “when a negro child walk into the school‚ all decent parents should take their white children out of the broken school”
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In the Hindu communities that are illustrated in “River Of Love” by David L. Haberman‚ the reformation and recovery of religious and cultural traditions is necessary for the ecological reconstruction of their sacred waters.In the Hindu tradition‚ the practice of religion is never to be separated from appreciation of the earth. When a religious tradition is “outdated” or not relevant to current times‚ whether it be a belief in christianity‚ islam‚buddhism ‚ or hinduism‚ it calls for a reformation
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that the diversion of the Mississippi River and man’s effort to resist it‚ and the great problem that was encountered because of it‚ as well as trying to control it. Instead of trying to resist it‚ why not just go with it? It seems easier and though one would have to adapt to the changes‚ the changes that occur could end up being for the better. Man desired to control the Mississippi River. You can’t indefinitely control water‚ or anything‚ much less a river. You could control it for a time but
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separation in the book The River Between. Are there religions that are better than any other? Should you stick to your beliefs or be a rebel? Is it worth to go against the flow? Does anyone have obligations towards his religion? This is some of the questions that Ngūgĩ wa Thiong’o deals with. Ngūgĩ wa Thiong’o is a social activist and a Kenyan writer who was born in 1938. He was educated in Kenya‚ Uganda and Britain. In 1965‚ Ngūgĩ published his second work titled The River Between. Besides having
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Chiderah Onyeukwu Appling LIB 100 22 August 2011 Summer Reading Essay Prompt #2 Saints At the River is the fictional account of the death of young Rachel Trois‚ renamed Ruth Kowalsky in the novel‚ and the subsequent fight over the recovery of her remains. The differences between the factual account of the events and author Ron Rash’s take‚ although minute‚ are detectable. The most obvious difference between the two accounts is that in the novel‚ the girl’s body is recovered while in the factual
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Black Elk Speaks Black Elk Speaks is an autobiography of a Sioux Indian that shared his story to author John Neihardt. As you read through this novel it becomes clear that Black Elk gave Neihardt the gift of his life’s narrative‚ including the visions he had and some of the Sioux rituals he had performed. Black Elk tells a story about his family‚ his tribe‚ his people‚ and the circle of life. But most of all Black Elk speaks about his life and his spiritual journey. This is a story of a Lakota
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The struggle between one’s desires and expectations leads an individual to falter from their values and beliefs resulting in dire consequences to one’s morality and internal self. The short story "On a Rainy River" clearly demonstrates the conflict between the two dilemmas as the main character‚ Tim O’Brien‚ is faced with a decision to fight a pointless war or desert his country‚ choosing between potentially dying‚ or being branded as a coward. "Traitor! they yelled. Turncoat! Pussy! I felt myself
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The Secret River demands that the audience know the context of the play from very early on. Once that can be represented the audience’s prior knowledge of colonialism and the treatment of Indigenous Australians tells them all they need to know about the mindsets of the characters and creates foreshadowing for the climax of the show. Andrew Bovell uses his understating of the audiences prior knowledge and intricate details of each stage craft element to interpret the written playscript into a production
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In the essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”‚ Hughes’s disdain and contempt were evident when he gave an example of the typical black household‚ which led to black children feeling stifled by themselves and the preset stereotypes in society. He claimed that there
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