listening to his piece‚ 4’33” I felt somewhat uncomfortable. Even though we learned about the piece before listening to it‚ I was still expecting music. I like the quote you included. We are taught to not appreciate silence or the idea of silence. John Cage presented many ideas that challenge what society tell us to believe. I really appreciated the piece 4’33” and Cage’s other pieces because it allowed me to question my thoughts and previous notions of what music is supposed to be. I think it is important
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Riva as the main character of “The Cage” exhibits many different traits of people. Two of these characteristics are exhibiting a strong belief system‚ and a feeling of family. Once the Nazis come‚ and she has been moved to the Ghetto‚ Riva continues to believe in her faith. When there are moments of humiliation‚ and tiredness she never gives up her faith. As for the feeling of family‚ the book’s first part very much focuses on her and her family. The book begins with her and her daughter‚ and then
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This article is written by Pankaj Ghemawat‚ an Indian-American economist‚ global professor of management and strategy‚ speaker and a lead author of the DHL Global Connectedness Index. He is known for his work in the study of globalization. He has contradicted the Tom Friedman saying that the world isn’t nearly as flat as he said. The article is regarding globalization or semi globalization. According the article‚ the first argument is that there is more investment in the world now than the early
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interesting connection. The point of this paper is to assess the connection between painting and music‚ and how the works of both Jackson Pollock and John Cage could be specifically intertwined. Lastly‚ the author will express his impressions on the article that was read. In order to understand how the works of two very different men‚ Jackson Pollock and John Cage‚ are related‚ it is first important to understand the individual life and drive of each man. Jackson Pollock was an abstract impressionist artist
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The Political Cartoon I chose‚ titled “Cages Cost Money” by Dr. Theodor Geisel‚ or more notably known as “Dr. Suess”‚ is an advertisement directed to the American population‚ trying to convince them to purchase “War Bonds and Stamps.” I chose this cartoon due mostly to the fact that it is a non-violent‚ non-racist depiction of a way to convince the people of your country to provide goods for soldiers fighting. (ie: Nationalism) Most other Political Cartoons relating to other countries on opposing
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John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5‚ 1912 – August 12‚ 1992) was an American composer. A pioneer of chance music‚ electronic music and non-standard use of musical instruments‚ Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde and‚ in the opinion of many‚ the most influential American composer of the 20th century.[1][2] He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance‚ mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham‚ who was also Cage’s romantic partner for
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Keep Animals in Cages and Zoos Although many people think that animals get saved from dangers of wildlife if they are kept in zoos‚ in fact‚ this actually is making the animals’ life meaningless——they have no freedom‚ no skills‚ no rights and even their life expectancy is much shorter. Animals are restrained in cages all day. They have no freedom at all‚ unlike the animals which live in the wild and have run free in forests and savannahs. The animals that lives in the cages have got nothing
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The cage was cold and uncovered so all could see Who I was even I didn’t want to be Somewhere out there someone had the key Or so I thought because the key was within me A caged bird no more‚ now I am free The One I wish every woman could feel what
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sometimes to serve no need at all. It is one thing to keep an animal nearby to serve one’s needs but it is cruel to want to keep them ’just for fun’. Hence‚ keeping animals and birds in cages is quite ridiculous if not cruel. It is most definitely cruel to keep any animal or bird in captivity; worse still confined in cages. An animal or bird is so carefree in its own environment. It knows of no restrictions. It goes about its own business of eating and drinking and creating babies. Even domestic animals
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first-person narrator of the story. The story opens abruptly‚ with the narrator sitting on a perch in his cage in a pet store in Houston‚ having been reincarnated somehow as a yellow-nape Amazon parrot. One day‚ his former wife‚ accompanied by what he assumes must be her current lover‚ enters the store and is drawn to him. She buys him and takes him back to their former home‚ where she keeps him in a cage in the den. Despite his physical and‚ to a degree psychological‚ transformation‚ he is still jealous
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