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    Whenever reading a poem you can never really understand what the poem is trying to portray. To understand the poem, most often it needs to be read multiple times. When reading any poem, paying close attention to the grammar and rhyme schemes plays an important part in the understanding. In this essay I will be comparing the poem writing by Dylan Thomas, “Do not go gentle into that good night” and Andrew Hudgins “Elegy for My Father, Who Is Not Dead”. These two poems can be found in our lecture book

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    Anyone with an interest in Latin-American Jazz in the past twenty-five years is sure to have heard the remarkable vocal styles of Flora Purim. She is well known for her part in “Return to Forever” with Chick Corea. Purim has also recorded and performed with many critically acclaimed artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Opa, Stan Getz, Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jaco Pastorius, and her husband Airto Moreira. Flora Purim is called the “Queen of Brazilian Jazz.” Flora Purim

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    Celia Cruz born Ursula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso, a female Cuban singer born October 21, 1925 in Havana Cuba was one of the most influential figures in Latin music. She started her musical career in her native country in the late 1940’s early 1950’s performing for various Cuban radio shows and traveling with the orchestra accompanying the dancing group “Las Mulatas del Fuego.” Her big break came in 1950 when she joined “La Sonora Matancera” the most famous orchestra in Cuba at the time.

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    killing Luis Cruz. Arthur’s dad mortify face explains to the deputies Arthur’s anecdote. The dad continues with Luis does not belong up there, he is there to pick up a fight. Arthur just gave him one good smack in the face, that is it. He keeps on looking back at his son to make sure this is correct. Arthur stands there,sullen, shaking his head up and down. Paul has enough of these lies and calls out from the crowd of people. “He belonged up there!” “The weapon he used to kill Luis Cruz was a blackjack”(284)

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    painted his eyes. This is emotional for Paul because his whole life he has been led to believe otherwise, but now he hates how his mom, stood up for Erik. Afterward, Paul reveals to the police that Erik and Arthur were involved in the death of Luis Cruz. On page 211 of Tangerine it states, “Arthur reached Luis, turned, and whipped the blackjack around with a loud whack against the side of Luis’s head.” Paul’s close friend Luis was smacked across the head with a blackjack by Erik and this caused Luis

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    ground but a rag.” (50) Steve agrees, “I hear that.”(50) This means that Steve had at least known about the plan to rob the drugstore, and was there when King was planning to rob the drugstore. In another flashback we read about Steve talking to Oswaldo Cruz, another person who was helping to rob the

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    The Queen of Salsa vs Fidel Castro Celia Cruz was born Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso on October 21, 1925, in a working-class neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. She began singing professionally on Cuban radio and in nightclubs in the late 1940s while studying music theory and voice at a music academy in Havana from 1947 to 1950. In 1950, she began singing with the popular Cuban orchestra La Sonora Matancera. Over the next 15 years, their collaboration had many hit singles, which raised Celia to the top as

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    In my opinion, I think I can partly identify with David Wilkerson because of the way he treated people. I'm a girl of my words, what ever I say, I will do. David Wilkerson said he wanted to help Nicky, and that is what he did. I'm not a 100% peace maker, but I know when to be mature and bring peace and I know when to be loud and noisy. There is a time, in a place. Also, the fact that David wanted to make someone's life better and make them realize that god/love/energy is the power of all humanity

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    that helps him throughout his journey. It is clear to see that the role of the Mentor goes to Luis Cruz because he is a positive figure towards Paul, he gives Paul advice, and acts as his conscience. One way that Luis Cruz is the Mentor is how he acts as a positive figure towards Paul. For instance, he wants to make sure that Paul is alright. When Paul goes to help fight the freeze at Tomas Cruz Groves, he got very weak and couldn’t go on. Luis sent him inside the quonset hut to lay down and sent

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    Most everyone who has toured coastal California is familiar with the Santa Inez Mountains that form the striking backdrop for the city of Santa Barbara. But not everyone has been in (or on) those mountains, and that’s where the true magnificence lies. Have you? One such journey begins on Gibraltar Road near the upper edge of the city, just above the Santa Barbara Mission. The trip is breathtaking as it winds its way through several different climate and flora zones on its way to La Cumbre Peak

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