Billy Joel is a very well known musician who is respected and acknowledged all around the world. I think he was an appropriate speaker for a college graduation. He used one question at the beginning of the speech that caught the audience’s curiosity‚ "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes?" He then branched out from there to discuss more important issues. This question helped him create an invitational environment. I think asking a question also helped him show a sense of organization
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Allentown by Billy Joel was a song that described the troubles of the late 20th Century blue collar worker. As workers moved away from cities and jobs moved overseas in the 1980s and 90s‚ the typical blue collar worker was hurt as their unions and workplaces were closed to make way for the new serviced based economy. Specifically‚ Billy Joel is describing Allentown‚ Pennsylvania. Of which was affected by the economic turn of the 80s because most of its residents worked in Bethlehem‚ PA at a steel
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and utterly shocked to discover that Billy Joel was not on the schedule. I checked it over and over‚ but his name wasn’t anywhere. I couldn’t believe it. To my surprise‚ I actually began to get angry. Right now as I am writing this I am listening to Billy Joel’s Songs in the Attic‚ and I am becoming more and more furious as I think about it‚ which can only mean that I am really passionate about music‚ and Billy Joel in particular. In my opinion‚ Billy Joel is one of the greatest rock stars that
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aspects that correlate and contrast with the theme of belonging in various texts. Although our sense of belonging is vital for our survival and existence‚ everyone has their own approach to belonging and define it in their own way. The extract “why we didn’t assimilate” by Ruby Langford explores belonging from the eyes of an aborigine woman and how she is affected by the society that surrounds her. Tim Winton’s short story The Water’s Edge and this extract share similarities and differences in language
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those people would die today there are still almost 8 billion people that live on the earth. Every thing/one that is living‚ was alive‚ and will be living on earth has a purpose. We may not know that purpose‚ but there is a reason behind it. One thing that everyone has in common is that we aren’t perfect. No matter how hard we try no one can be perfect. While people try to improve on being perfect others are accepting the fact that they can’t be perfect. Although imperfection is one degrading quality
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sense of temporary sadness is a miniscule blip in her academic work or social life (Stage of Life‚ 2015). I Didn’t Do It‚ another Disney Channel series broadcasted in Croatia‚ revolves around the lives of twins Lindy and Logan Watson. While navigating high school‚ the twins and their friends get themselves into humorous cases of trouble. Each episode begins with a snippet of a wild situation. As the episode carries on‚ the lead-up to this scene is revealed. Examples story lines include accidentally
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Have you ever wished for the perfect life without a single problem? Everyone wishes for it but is it even possible. This is called a utopia. A utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. It would seem like an amazing experience to have a perfect life‚ but can it be bad in some ways? A utopia does not seem possible because it seems too unrealistic and unreasonable. A utopian community would be completely out of the ordinary. A utopia can be possible in many different
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Song: "We met as soul mates" The soldiers were enthusiastic‚ buddies‚ and hopeful for a better life. "We left as inmates‚ from an asylum" The soldiers dreams/ideas of heroism‚ and valour were completely wrong "And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives" The soldiers thought they’d be heroes‚ that when they came back‚ they would be revered as fighters for freedom. "And WE were sharp; as sharp as knives" "And THEY were sharp; As sharp as knives" Equalizes America and Vietnam. Both were as
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While preparing for the debate where I argued that Rochester didn’t cause Antoinette’s death‚ I realized how convoluted and inescapable both Rochester and Antoinette’s situation was. Antoinette especially seemed to be behind from the start of the novel. She was alone and an outsider in her family and her community‚ her mother’s unsuccessful marriage was not a very good precedent for her own‚ her mother had a history of mental issues‚ and the list goes on. Antoinette’s relationship with Rochester
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College UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT Assignment 1 Individual Assignment ITECH5401 ONLINE COMMUNICATION OR COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC) Submitted By: Student Name: Agassi Joel Vedala Student ID: 30108480 Table of Contents Cover Page; …………………………………………………………………..1 Table of Contents; ……………………………………………………………2 Abstract; ………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction; …………………………………………………………………
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