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    However, Piano and Forte will have to endure experiences that transcend the conventional band class meetings. They may have to play a tuba/oboe duet on top of a flying plane or perform with a Hip-Hop group using “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” as a backtrack. Through the

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    the 1920s, ‘30s, and ‘40s, women were making extreme social progress. They were starting to wear more revealing clothing, cutting their hair shorter, and generally becoming more respected in society. When the 1950’s came, however, women seemed to backtrack. The ‘50s housewife is a common stereotype associated with these times because of the rapid increase of ‘stay at home’ mothers. It was now the women’s job to stay at home and clean, cook, and watch the children when the husband was at work. When

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    however. In addition, I already have a certain style of interviewing. I try to create an atmosphere that is open and engaging. The way that I talk to the person that I am interviewing is conversational. Because I already have that style, I need to backtrack and add more of the micro skills that I have learned about in class. Inserting those skills will not change my style in any major way, but I will be able to help the client more effectively. My greatest weakness is that I have not consciously thought

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    only part of my blood loves that memory.” He is talking about coming to America and how only a part of his family were happy about that situation. Because some of Joseph’s family talk in english but some also still talk in the native tongue. If you backtrack to the third and fourth stanza he says “Waiting for those who’d worked a thousand years yet never owned their own. Like millions of others I too come to this island.” For me that is a connecting point for Joseph’s poem and David Ignatow poem Europe

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    There are two different types of hunting. When it come to animals hunting other animals for food, they sometimes do it for fun to prove dominance. Humans hunt animals for game or to eat as well.General Zarroff remained confident, in the hunt for rainsford but failed. General Zarroff's character remains the same throughout the story while Rainsford is frightened throughout parts of the story. In the story Zarroff is hunting Rainsford because they made after Zarroff made him have to play his game and

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    ntroduction F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel, "The Incomparable Gatsby", is one of only a handful couple of books he wrote in 1925. The novel happens amid the 1920 's after the first World War. It is composed around a young fellow named Scratch, from the east he moved toward the west to find out about the bond business. He winds up moving beside a strange man named Gatsby who winds up giving him the sore of his life. After adoration hovers with Gatsby and his cousin Daisy, finally Jordan and tattle

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    For I Know the Plans Failure is perhaps one of the most influential things in people’s lives because it can alter the course of our actions, by teaching us persistence or leading us the opposite way. Through his book, Dr. Cleamon Moorer guides the readers through an intimate journey about his progression from failure to promise. In the small town of Detroit, Moorer was raised by Christian parents, who taught him love, obedience, and enforced discipline, but most importantly, they nurtured his faith

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    Rappers Vs Griots

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    African rapper. *On contrast, there are also those who presume that the message and way of execution are the same for both lyracis. *The belief that the two are different, mostly comes from those of older age, or who have a lineage of griots that backtrack throughout the years. *While those who believe the opposite, are of younger age and have more modern day experiences. So although socially, the African griot and rapper are on two different platforms, the message and ways of expression are tantamount

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    There is a great variety of characters in the novel, Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese. Readers can clearly see the differentiating personalities, traits and behaviours among each character in the novel. This entices audience members to continue reading, to further explore the vast development of the characters, both static or dynamic. In this section, Saul seeks truth and understanding as he tries to come to grips with the unbearable thoughts of his past. He proves to be an exceedingly dynamic

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    Do bananas really float? This is a problem that two characters in Life of Pi struggled comprehending towards the end of the the story. Life of Pi by Yann Martel is about a boy named Pi Patel that ends up stranded on a lifeboat with a tiger, in the Pacific. In Life of Pi a major key thematic statement that Yann Martel makes during Pi’s journey is that “just because things may seem unrealistic, it doesn't mean that people cannot overcome or complete a task”. Yann uses the island’s setting, Pi’s religious

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