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    around them in a loud and clear manner. (wait for applause) Deep Purple‚ a british band formed in Hertford‚ England in 1963 started as a modern rock band‚ however later transitioned to a heavy metal band in 1970. As one of the pioneers of rock‚ alongside with their two unholy trinity brothers Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath; the band start a new sound that can only be describe as something that should be felt not heard. Deep Purple music could never be categorized as one type of music‚ because of

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    In The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker illustrates the lives of a female African American before the Civil Rights Movement. A novel that describes female empowerment‚ The Color Purple demonstrates the domestic violence women faced in the South. Walker tells the story through Celie‚ a young African American girl who faces constant hardships until she stands up for herself with the help of her closest friends – other women undergoing the same difficulties. Even though men controlled females in the South

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    Could an event lead to traumatized a person by making her/him insecure about their body and everything else about themselves? In the novel‚ the writer later explains and informs the reader that Melinda was raped by a guy named Andy during a summer party. After she was raped‚ Melinda got traumatized by the event that she wasn’t able to be confident with herself‚ saying that she was ugly‚ and she wasn’t able to speak. Melinda’s feeling about her body changes as she sees herself in the mirrors or just

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    film and novel. What are some the techniques that Ben-Hur and The Color Purple present to the theme protest and injustice? While protest and injustice is presentcontinue to exist in society‚ it is also present found in media. Protest and Injustice is present in Ben-Hur and The Color Purple. Protest and Injustice is apparent present in the film Ben-Hur under the directorship of William Wyler and the novel The Colour Purple by Alice Walker. Protest and Injustice is is a prevailinga theme that prevails

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    Abstract When Prohibition began in Michigan on May 1‚ 1918‚ the young Purple Gang escalated from crimes of vandalism‚ petty thievery‚ and pick pocketing on Detroit’s lower east-side Paradise Valley located within the Hastings Street neighborhood to armed robbery‚ extortion‚ bootlegging‚ hijacking liquor‚ and even murder. They were used as terrorists by corrupt labor leaders to hold union members in check. The Purple Gang was led by four brothers. Abraham (Abe)‚ Joseph (Joey)‚ Raymond (Ray)‚ and

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    Gambling and Public Policy RONALD M. PAVALKO Abstract The expansion of legalized gambling poses a number of issues for policymakers. Two related issues‚ which have not been dealt with extensively from a public policy perspective‚ are examined in this commentary: state responsibility for addressing pathological and problem gambling‚ and the legal status and regulation of Internet gambling. A review of the recommendations of the 1998 National Gambling Impact Study Commission on pathological and problem

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    The first movie‚ “The Color Purple”‚ is based on the novel written by Alice Walker that carries the same name. The movie presents the hardship and domestic violence of African-American women at the beginning of the 20th century when racism‚ injustice‚ oppression‚ and African-American’ rights were still noticed in America at that time. Its main character is a young African-American girl‚ Celie‚ who is repeatedly sexually molested by her stepfather who later is forced to marry Albert‚ a widower with

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    "Over my dead body Celie is coming with you to memphis. What’s wrong witchu" You’re nothing but a piece oh shit on the bottom of my shoe‚ thats whats wrong. I’m leaving with Shug and getting away from you. Your’e a dirty rat and your dead body is just the welcome I need to leave you. You might have been a half way decent man if your father raised you right. You know that Nettie was all I had and the only one that loved me and you took her away from me. Your’e nothing but trash for doing that to

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    Cultural identity Language is an important part of life we use it every day to communicate with each other. But some people from different countries find it more than a way then just to communicate especially those who immigrate to America and don’t know English yet or are struggling to speak it especially in public. In Richard Rodriguez “aria memoir of a bilingual childhood” Richard struggles to maintain who he is dealing with cultural identity with his Spanish language the only way to communicate

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    How do you think Kambili is affected by the political situation in the novel/ Kambili is massively affected by the political situation it has and will continue to massive change her life and who she is allowed to live it. Kambili at the start of the novel is a fifteen year old girl and painfully shy. She lives under the strict catholic rules of the father who expects his children to succeed at all costs. Father would often force Kambili to do things which are shown during when Kambili had to drink

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