highlighting Tin Pan Alley‚ because I found that the content expands the understanding of an interesting musical element touched upon in the section‚ Ragtime and City Blues‚ in our textbook. The site includes interesting facts and illuminating photos that highlight the musical importance in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. It also gives extensive history surrounding the environment that led to the phenomenon of Tin Pan Alley. The first thing I learned is that Tin Pan Alley is not a localized phenomenon
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I stand with my feet planted on the roof shingles‚ looking down on the street’s depressing conditions. My hood is pulled low to conceal my face‚ regardless of the night mist’s fine job of veiling me from the people below. No one bothers to question what could lie within the mist above their heads‚ leaving them unaware of the lone figure that looms high over them. With the tangy smell that coats the air in every street and alley‚ it is no wonder why most seem to have a lack of interest in anything
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I DIED FOR BEAUTY BUT WAS SCARCE Belonging Communication- in this poem the spirits of beauty and truth communicates until they are forgotten. The dialogue initiated between the two representatives demonstrates their recognition of each other‚ but that they are also subject to the constraints of time‚ when their ‘lips’ are stopped by ‘moss’ Enjambment- first verse uses enjambment giving the lines a flow‚ gives a subtle effect Allegory- death and truth are personified Personification- truth
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many people‚ spook alley. Spook alley is a haunted tunnel that goes inside the middle school that has jump scares and a Halloween theme that really brings the community together. Though the event was muched loved and attended the school decided to cancel it because of some reasons. Even though spook alley was cancelled the school will still host a new event called raider dash‚ many people are upset at the change. Sherwood Middle School had parents help with the setup of the alley and eventually it
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the phrase‚ “boys will be boys” has had‚ in the American school system. From the truth about why girls seem to thrive more in a structured classroom setting than boys‚ to the effects of bullying and how‚ until the 90’s‚ either a blind eye was turned to it or‚ in the case of many coaches‚ it was practically encouraged for the (supposed) betterment and cohesion of the team or group. I found it very interesting that girls tend to be more successful in school than boys because‚ unlike boys who often
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a town’s bowling alley or alleys in some cases close‚ the community loses a little piece of its identity. Individuals within that community lose some of their own sense of belonging to a community. Also in this natural chain reaction people become less involved in their respective towns. Before long the part of town where the bowling alley once was becomes either deserted or the building is torn down and becomes a Walgreens. Shaun Moss’s photograph of the abandoned bowling alley in the Scranton
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boys will be boys Barbara Kantrowitz and Claudia Kalb’s‚ “Boys will be Boys” article‚ explains how after years of research on girls‚ boys must also be put under the microscope‚ in efforts to reach a further understanding of the adolescent male. The two authors start their article by pointing out‚ that boys and girls come from two completely different “planets”. They have two different “crisis points”‚ which are stages of emotional and social development‚ where things can go seriously wrong. Kantrowitz
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Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz is a novel about a street full of colorful Egyptians coping with life towards the end of World War II. The role of women in marriage and Egyptian society is clearly shown in the novel. The traditional gender roles in Egypt began to shift during the novel. Due to the war‚ women started to go work‚ for example Hamida’s factory girl friends in Midaq Alley. Additionally‚ many of the women in Midaq Alley hold power over men. Husniya is strong and fierce‚ and reverses the
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20th century themes in Midaq Alley Cairo Egypt‚ as well as the rest of the world today‚ is going through fast changes quite often. In Midaq Alley‚ Naguib Mafhouz slows down the fast paced changes in Cairo during World War 2 by revealing the intimate lives of the Alley inhabitants. The roles that the characters are born into are no longer wanted by the younger generations due to the hopeful gains offered in the material world. By referring to and utilizing the four 20th century themes of‚ global
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English analysis – Circus cat‚ Alley cat The short story “Circus cat‚ alley cat” is written by Anita Desai and is on three pages. The short story is about Anna‚ a circus performer who becomes a nanny for an English family. Anna is performing with tigers and lions in an exciting show. The narrator is a child and has a wild imagination. When Anna is babysitting the children‚ the narrator often imagines that Anna cracks her whip‚ and controls the cats. One day Anna’s baby is taken away from her‚ and
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