Reservation Blues Sherman Alexie‚ author of the novel Reservation Blues‚ explains that at the start of an Indian’s life on a reservation‚ he or she is destined to be hopeless. First‚ parental guidance is infrequent leaving many infant Indians with an insufficient childhood. After that‚ Indian children experience poor education revolved around heaps of stereotyping and bullying from their white classmates and teachers. Next‚ any sort of entertainment such as television‚ music‚ and books are extremely
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“(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue”‚ along with many of his other works‚ helped establish the “bluesy” feeling as part of Jazz’s harmonic foundation. In observing Armstrong’s performances‚ the meaning of his lyrics and the emotion behind the words are what helped makes jazz music so unique. Some of the lyrics that he sings‚ such as “I’m white… inside… but‚ that don’t help my case…” helped give Jazz expressivity as well as shows how Jazz could be very blue. Louis’ voice while singing this particular
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Fitzgerald‚ the colors blue‚ yellow‚ and green repeatedly come up as symbols of wealth through either the color of a car‚ TJ Eckleburg’s eyes on the billboard‚ or the green light. However‚ all 3 colors symbolize wealth in some way. First off‚ the color blue is shown throughout the novel in multiple ways. However‚ the two most substantial examples of the color blue are the eyes of TJ Eckleburg on the billboard and Tom Buchanan’s car. One day
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final. Here‚ this article describes ‘Blue Period’ a series of monochromatic paintings by Pablo Picasso‚ as a work and as a text. Pablo Picasso is an avant-garde painter‚ sculptor artist known for his uniquely painted- modern paintings. He was one of the pioneers who broke new ground for cubism‚ later to be discussed hugely as philosophical agendas and literature as well. From 1901 to 1904‚ a series of paintings came into life‚ all of them rendered in blue and dark green occasionally warmed by
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Bonnie Wong English 385 February 24‚ 2010 Stone Butch Blues Stone Butch Blues’ opening was different from other books I’ve read because it begins as a love letter from Jess Goldberg who is a “butch” lesbian to her long-lost lover Theresa. It is sort of like an autobiography about her life and the struggles/events she went through being “different”. She always knew that she was not your typical average
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Managerial Marketing Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim The second part describes the four principles of blue ocean strategy formulation: how to create uncontested market space by reconstructing market boundaries‚ focusing on the big picture‚ reaching beyond existing demand and getting the strategic sequence right. These four formulation principles address how an organization can create blue oceans by looking across the six conventional boundaries of competition (Six Paths Framework)
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as well as‚ promoters‚ and performers. Many of these jazz musicians advanced the civil rights movement by their compositions and influences to decimate racial barriers and inequalities. Louis Armstrong recorded‚ “What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue" in 1929‚ and Benny Goodman bought arrangements from Fletcher Henderson and integrated black musicians into an all-white jazz band when it was illegal in many states. Duke Ellington wrote “Jump for Joy" in 1941‚and Billie Holiday wrote "Strange Fruit”
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Date: 02/05/2013 Article: Harvard‚ Blue ocean strategy “Competing in high overcrowded industries is no way to sustain high performance. The real opportunity is to create blue oceans of uncontested market place.” This quote that is on the top of the first page just about sums up the article‚ but I will go further in depth in what the article says. What is the best way to drive profitable growth in an industry? Or company? According to the article it is to enter into the market place that
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Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant http://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/ W. Chan Kim Renee Mauborgne Chapter One: The blue ocean strategy is best illustrated by the performance of Cirque du Soleil. Created in 1984 by a group of street performers‚ Cirque productions have been seen by almost 40 million people in 90 cities around the world. In less than 20 years‚ Cirque du Soleil has achieved revenue levels that took Ringling and Barnham
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era of the blues only three short years after it went mainstream the “Empress of the Blues” began her career. She was a strong black woman with a rags-to riches story who was able to rise from performing on the streets to be the most successful blues singer in her era. Her music and life is filled with sex and violence and while many blues singers have come and gone‚ very few ever made such an impact with such a short career as she did. In 1923 her first recordings‚ “Down Hearted Blues” and “Gulf
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