“We Built This City” by Starship is considered one of the worst songs to ever chart. Many critics claim that it makes no sense and is only popular because it sounds “catchy”. However‚ the song in reality has a very subtle meaning that rarely gets picked up on. The song is critiquing the music industry as a whole‚ using metaphors and imagery‚ claiming that it’s completely disregarding its roots and only using artists as a way of making money. The chorus of the song does so most cryptically. “Marconi
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1. “And Every time I looked at my fellow students‚ I was reminded of how little I fit in” (pg. 52). Even though Riverdale seemed like a solution‚ it was still difficult for Wes. “Every time he looked at his fellow students‚ he was reminded of how little he fit in”. In this paragraph‚ Wes is showing of how much poorer he was from his fellow students having to rotate his “good clothes” and avoid talking about how he “summered”. He never had Riverdale friends over to his home‚ only visiting
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With countless diets hitting the market each day‚ it can become impossible to know the best route in order to properly fulfill our nutritional needs without wreaking havoc to the world around us. The philosophical book The Ethics of What We Eat by Singer and Mason explores the lasting impact our dietary preferences pose on humans‚ animals‚ and the environment‚ as they offer suggestions on how to improve our ecological footprint through our choices. A lasting theme of the book puts a light on the
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During their life Wes and other Wes Moore had different kind of problems like‚ financial difficulties‚ crisis of identity and
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“We Were Liars‚” by E. Lockhart tells the story of a teenage girl named Cadence Sinclair Eastman. As the book begins‚ it is revealed that Cadence suffered from some sort of mysterious accident‚ from which she is still recovering. No matter how hard she tries to remember‚ or how many questions she asks‚ she can never find the answers to what happened that night. In recent years‚ her life has changed drastically. Her father abandoned her‚ and Cadence is extremely torn up by this experience. Her parents
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In the dystopian novel‚ Life As We Knew It‚ by Susan Beth Pfeffer the world looks like it’s coming to an end. An asteroid has hit the moon‚ knocking it into a closer orbit which completely throws off the weather and 17 year old Miranda Evans normal life. The asteroid causes all kinds of disasters that bring the world to a halt. Without grocery stores‚ heat‚ water‚ and limited food‚ Miranda and her family face problems together and struggle to survive. One theme I noticed in this book is things are
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As the sentence suggests the poem “We real cool” is about teenagers who identify themselves as rebels. On the first read‚ the poem seems to be defiant statements made by black Americans. It has an element of bravery that seems defensible and almost desirable. There is a pride in the tone. Pride in rebelling the conventional ways of the society and disobeying several legal structures. They escape the drudgery and dullness of being in school thus opening many possibilities. There is however a change
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We were soldiers is a fact-based tale of men under fire‚ their common acts of uncommon valor‚ and their loyalty to and love for one another during one of the most savage military battles in U.S. history. On November 14‚ 1965‚ in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam‚ in a small clearing called Landing Zone X-Ray‚ Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore and 400 troopers from the U.S. 7th Air Cavalry are surrounded by 2000 enemy soldiers in what would become the first‚ and perhaps the worst‚ major battle of the Vietnam
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life and it began with us! We are our own worst enemy and how or what we feel or what we think about ourselves can hurt us or it can help us in being made over! We are incredibly made by God. God uniquely designed us and we are all beautiful in the eyes of God. But‚ some people let the devil play mind games with them and some people are not happy with themselves and are miserable and they try to make life miserable for others. The spirit of God will make us over if we are willing to let him – So
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HOW CAN WE SHOW THAT WE ARE MINDING THE SPIRIT In anything we do‚ there must be a force that drives our action and speech. Let’s have a look at Romans 8:6 and examine what kind of mindset we should cultivate. Read. As the scripture points out‚ being a spiritual person is not just a matter of personal preference. It is a matter of life and death. So then‚ let us look into a few ways we can show we that we are minding the spirit. Since the Bible itself is a product of God’s spirit‚ what better
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