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    Berry or hallelujah Pick your poison tell me what you doin’ Everybody gon’ respect the shooter But the one in front of the gun lives forever And I been hustlin’ all day‚ this a way‚ that a way Through canals and alleyways‚ just to say Money trees is the perfect place for shade and that’s just how I feel‚ now‚ now A dollar might just fuck your main bitch that’s just how I feel‚ now A dollar might‚ say fuck them niggas that you came with that’s just how I feel‚ now A dollar might‚ just make

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    Jay Z 99 Problems

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    About the Music Video Both Jay-Z’s third single album “99 Problems” and its corresponding music video were released in 2004. Although Jay-Z is known today as a famous rapper and a producer of Roc-A-Fella record label‚ he did not start off with the most fortunate setting. The music video portrays the ghetto of Brooklyn‚ New York in the 1990s and illustrates the struggles that Jay-Z had to go through during his career in order to reach the top of the music industry. This hip-hop music video won

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    Is Jay Gatsby Selfish

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    Let’s put all his pretenses aside‚ Jay Gatsby is a nervous boy in love. It is only when Daisy returns to his arms when his dreams come true. In a strange way‚ Gatsby isn’t evil or greedy‚ he’s just like the rest of us: yearning for love and his perfect lover. One aspect of Gatsby’s greatness is the sheer magnificence of his dreams‚ the very nature of them. I don’t mean his pursuit and attainment of wealth: the gorgeous house‚ big yellow car‚ flashy wardrobe. His dream was even more ambitious. He

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    The most controversial aspect of Gone With the Wind is the film’s depiction of race relations. Though freed from the novel’s positive portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan‚ Gone With the Wind’s depiction of slavery remains decidedly simplistic. Adopting historian U. B. Phillip’s “plantation school” view of the institution‚ the film shows slaves as well-treated‚ blindly cheerful “darkies” loyal to their benevolent masters. Slaves are portrayed as normal employees‚ are rewarded with presents like the master’s

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    I dedicate this book to my family. You all keep me going. A special mention for those who in the darkest of times helped. And my children Lauren‚ Ewan‚ Emily and Zack stop growing so fast. Marissa I owe you one.. Mike Whaley -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction Evocation of Feeling is a book written to show how the day to day actions and surroundings of people and events can change your emotions. I have included the title

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    book The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. She uses symbolism because it makes it easier for readers to understand the deeper meaning or feeling of the character or the events that are happening. For example‚ author uses the symbolism of bean trees as transformation and Ismene as the abandoned children to show the deeper meaning of them. “Turtle was staring up at the wisteria flowers. “Beans‚” she said‚ pointing... We looked where she was pointing. Some of the wisteria flowers had gone to seed‚ and

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    In A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah‚ many events change his life and he has to choose to live with them or die. Ishmael has changed because of several major events that he lived through and has adapted and that has helped him survive in his war ravaged country. He has changed from young‚ innocent boy to mindless child solider to a proper adult but he still survives and that makes him very resilient. Though it was hard he found himself amongst war. One of the first major

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    Trees are of tremendous value to us. They give us fruits‚ wood‚ herbs and many things of commercial value. They are home to numerous birds‚ insects and animals. They provide shade to men and animals. They prevent drought and cause rainfall. They help in checking environmental pollution. They give us oxygen to breathe in and absorb the carbon dioxide. So‚ we should promote forestation. Wood is the most valuable product that trees give us. We use wood in many ways. Wood is used as fuel and

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    James Gatz The character Jay Gatsby‚ also known as James Gatz‚ is the key character in The Great Gatsby. He started out as a poor farmer’s son in North Dakota‚ and dropped out of college in Minnesota. He joined the military and during training meets Daisy‚ a beautiful rich woman living nearby‚ whom he falls in love with. Gatsby is soon shipped out for the war. Daisy then marries Tom Buchanan who is a rich aristocrat whose social standing is the same as Daisy’s‚ her ideal partner. Gatsby becomes

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    Italo Calvino’s "The Baron in the Trees" is the story of an Italian boy who leaves his aristocratic childhood home in favor of the expanse of adjoining trees that cover the surrounding town and countryside and lives the remainder of his life in the world he finds there. His name is Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo‚ and he applies his ingenious and free-thinking perspective to finding ways of continuing to learn‚ innovating both for the betterment of his own lifestyle and for the people who live below him

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