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    John Cage

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    Jacklyn Gonzalez John Cage Double Music "I can’t understand why people are so frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones." John Cage questioned all music perceptions of the 19 th century. His professor Arthur Schoenberg once called him "not a composer but an artist.". He was known for all his antics with music ‚and many more pieces. He believed that music could not just be played in a fashionable manner. If altered a completley unexpected sound would arise and change the quality

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    John Steinbeck

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    The Pearl‚ by John Steinbeck‚ is abounding with literary devices that assist in conveying the theme of the evils of greed. In the novella‚ Steinbeck tells about Kino‚ a Mexican man‚ who finds a great pearl which he believes will change his life entirely. However‚ when the pearl dealers attempt to deceive him into selling his pearl for a low price‚ Kino ventures to the capital‚ but after facing many trials‚ he must return to his home after his infant son is killed. After this ultimate hardship‚ Kino

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    John Locke

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    Brian Dowell Mrs. Echols English II-P‚ Period 5 March 28‚ 2012 John Locke John Locke‚ an English philosopher‚ used the idea of natural laws to make vital contributions to society. He worked his way up through Westminster School and Oxford and enrolled in the Church of England. He was interested in science and became one of the best practitioners of his time. With Locke’s connections‚ he met men of England but was also suspected for being disloyal. He went to Holland and returned in 1688

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    John Steinbeck

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    John Ernst Steinbeck‚ Jr. (February 27‚ 1902 – December 20‚ 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). As the author of twenty-seven books‚ including sixteen novels‚ six non-fiction books‚ and five collections of short stories‚ Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. John Ernst Steinbeck‚ Jr. was born on February 27‚ 1902‚ in Salinas‚ California

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    Book of John

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    One of the major themes of the Book of John is to prove that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of God. What makes these miracles so special is the difficulty faced to create them and what each is trying to teach. There are seven main miracles‚ seven being a significant number throughout the bible‚ that are used to help better understand Jesus and his true identity. We can also find a last miracle in His resurrection‚ which in itself is simply put that Jesus is a part of God because of how impossible

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    John Harvey

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    John Harvey. Mr. Harvey is a giant scum bag. He is always on the verge of a sexual harassment lawsuit‚ which I would have filed 4 years ago if I had not lost faith in finding a job in marketing. Mr. Harvey always sits a few inches too close‚ embraces a little too long‚ and says wildly inappropriate things at inappropriate times. The thing that I hate most about John Harvey is the fact that he calls me sugar plum. At this point‚ I do

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    John Higgins

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    had taken to the Japanese culture. He married a Japanese woman‚ moved to a strictly Japanese neighborhood‚...... John Higgins (From : John Daniels & Lee Radebaugh : "International Business"‚ (7th edition)‚ Don Mills (Ont.) Addison-Wesley Publishing Company‚ 1994)   Leonard Prescott‚ vice president and general manager of Weaver-Yamazaki Pharmaceutical of Japan‚ believed that John Higgins‚ his executive assistant‚ was losing effectiveness in representing the U.S. parent company because of an extraordinary

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    John Updikes

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    Student 1 Sally Student English 1302 Frances D. Suarez 20 February 2013 The Folly of Youth in John Updike ’s "A & P" A cavalier attitude can lead to disaster is the dominant theme in John Updike ’s entertaining short story‚ "A & P." Sammy is a nonchalant adolescent working at a large grocery chain located on the east coast. His thoughts and actions display his shallow personality as self-centered and intolerant. As a result‚ he has little regard for women or authority. Updike develops

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    Stephen Crane’s short story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" is considered by many to be a masterpiece. One writer even called it "the greatest story ever written." One of the reasons the story is so good is that Crane uses humor to make some serious points about people in general and the Old West in particular. In the first part of the story‚ Crane portrays Jack Potter and his new wife as humorous characters. Not only are they awkward with each other‚ but they are also completely out of place in

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    John Mcgrath

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    JOHN McGRATH: AN ANTI-CLASS BASED SYSTEM PLAYWRIGHT One of the most prolific and outstanding figures in British drama‚ John McGrath was committed to socialism and used the stage as a political arena ( Kershaw‚ 1992: 149) to promote his opinions and provoke the labour class audience to react against the established capitalist system in Britain (Holdsworth‚ 2002: xvii). With socialist insights into the nature of social struggle and the provoking tone concerned with the issues of oppression‚ McGrath’s

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