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    of the work? How are issues we’ve discussed in class (race‚ literacy‚ gender) represented in the work? How is the author/creator using a specific craft technique throughout the work‚ and what does that do for the work’s meaning? Example: Genre- Beat Poetry Focus- Political Propaganda Primary Source- America by Allen Ginsberg What to Consider- How is political propaganda treated/represented by Ginsberg in America? How many different ways does Ginsberg address politics‚ and what does his use

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    List #1 1. As I was preparing dinner for my family‚ I could tell the beats were good because of the sanguine juice that dripped out of it as I cut them into many piece and mixed them in the salad. 2. Even though the girl was no as skinny as her other friends‚ more guys liked her because of her pneumatic body shape. 3. This weekend I watched the Avengers‚ and during the fighting scene near the end of the movie‚ the formidable army relentlessly attacked the city. 4. The urbane queen of

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    The poem Manhattan Thirties Flash is exactly what the title states. It is a quick description of Manhattan in the 1930’s. The author‚ Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was a well-known firebrand‚ Ginsberg was a leader of the "beat movement" of the 1950’s and of the cultural and political protests of the 1960’s. He often writes about spiritual survival in a dehumanized‚ repressive society. You can see the dehumanization throughout the poem for example in line one when Ginsberg writes‚ "repetitive machine

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    Professor: Peter Barnes Student: Isaac Coriat Date: September 29‚ 2013 Comparative Essay: Contemporary Hipsters and Classic Hippies Throughout the years people always had the need to express their individuality‚ and the way its been done has constantly varied in multiple dimensions. Of course time has played a key role but it’s not been the only determinant. It seems for societal changes to occur on a prolific wave-like manner‚ infecting people‚ giving them a sense of identification with

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    Cellissa Hernandez Mr. Ansaldo CSU ERWC Period 2 30 November 2012 Wrongful Doing One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey is a book in which the patients of an insane asylum rebel and try to “break” their leader‚ Nurse Ratched. Nurse Ratched is basically the form of government in the institution and the patients do not like how she is controlling them so they find ways to make her crack. Kesey shows similarities between the Declaration of Independence and what is going on in the book‚ McMurphy

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    How are the characters in Ken Kesey’s‚ “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” affected by fear? In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ Ken Kesey uses several characters to demonstrate the theme that a person must fight his fears in order to remain healthy and sane. Kesey uses the characters Billy Bibbit‚ Dale Harding and most importantly Chief Bromden to illustrate this theme. Fear is a key theme in the book‚ from the first line‚ “they’re out there” we can see how the narrator is paranoid and

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    today’s workplace mixing and managing employees is not an easy thing to do. Nowadays there are four different generations working together in a single office space. This can be a challenge for everyone involved as differences in generations can cause people to clash and create conflict‚ particularly in the oldest and youngest group of employees. The problem lies in these different generations having different values and ideas as well as varying ways in which to execute tasks. However‚ there is a benefit

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    questions from the first activity on handout. I’ll give them a minute to think about it then have them discuss in pairs and then as a whole class. If students seem to be struggling I’ll tell a short hitchhiking story of my own. I’ll talk briefly about the beats in America helping to give them context. The attached pictures will be shown at this time with short introductions as well. This will also help spark more interest in the text and hopefully add to the discussion later on. Then I’ll pre-teach the

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    Generations There is a wide range of differences that occur from generation to generation‚ and most of them are not an issue between my parents and I. My parents more often then not take the view that as long as I do good in school and don’t get in much trouble‚ I can grow up without their close and constant supervision. Of course there are a few things that we conflict upon‚ but nothing that disturbs or seriously affects anyone. The door suddenly burst open‚ and in he rushed. All that I

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    values. The hippies ’ solutions to the problems of institutionalized American society were to either participate in mass protests with their alternative lifestyles and radical beliefs or drop out of society completely. The government and the older generations could not understand their way of life. Hippies were often portrayed as criminals‚ subversive to the morals and best interest of the public. Although misunderstood‚ the hippie had a great impact throughout the country‚ still surviving today in American

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