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    Bebop Research Papaer

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    Bebop music was the next evolutionary change of Jazz music that succeeded swing music. This paper’s aim is look at musicians who impacted this era‚ exploring more in depth Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. In the early 1940’s‚ the swing bands began to all sound the same as well as work along predictable chord changes.1 The music was now not used for dancing. Some people believed that this would let the music go away from the elite social groups‚ and now be for everybody. Also just because

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    Wizard Of Oz Analysis

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    MGM’s The Wizard of Oz tells the story of Dorothy‚ her trip to OZ and her encounters with a brainless scarecrow‚ a heartless tin-man and a cowardly lion. Featuring Judy Garland‚ this 1939 musical‚ directed by Victor Fleming‚ (Thompson‚ 1994‚ Page 211)‚ has become one of America’s most-loved films because of it’s cinematographic elements and its timeless message in the storyline. Because of its universal storyline‚ groundbreaking use of color and timeless success‚ The Wizard of Oz is the greatest

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    Dorothy E. Smith

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    Dorothy Edith Smith “Feminist Standpoint Theory and Institutional Ethnography” 1926- Dorothy E. Smith was born in North England in 1926. Dorothy E. Smith has lived a long life and commonly refers to it as “a long time ago and another world”. According to Smith‚ she has grown from the young woman to now due to several experiences. Smith has been employed in many different capacities such as a secretary and a clerk. In her Mid-twenties‚ she worked at a book publishing company. Smith attempted

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    men‚ which were lost in the high seas. The story was named "The Lifeboat Case"‚ regarding the tragic and life-changing decision that was made in extreme circumstance. Four seamen‚ Thomas Dudley‚ Edward Stephens‚ Brooks and seventeen year old Richard Parker were in high seas and due to the storm that hit them very bad‚ they had to put themselves into an open boat. They did not have any supply of water and food‚ except 1 lb. tin of turnips. On the fourth day of this journey‚ they caught a small turtle

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    Not only was she a famous actress‚ but she also had other accomplishments. Dorothy Dandridge stared in many phenomenal films. She was and still is‚ most known for being the first black actress to be nominated for an academy award. She had many struggles on the road to getting there‚ and sadly her life was taken at a very young age before she could do more. Her family life was rough but she got through‚ and thanks to her mom‚ got a magnificent career that took off. She was born in Cleveland

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    Suitors‚ John Williams Waterhouse uses the wife Penelope to show that she still believes her husband is alive and going to come home‚ Dorothy Parker uses the same scene to show that Odysseus wife is loyal and waiting for him. Dorothy Parker also explains how Penelope is actually the hero for having to deal with the suitors and her husband being away.Dorothy Parker was best known for her wisecracks and her sarcasm in a bunch of her work. She showed the role women played in the past‚ by the way Penelope

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    over and over again. I love this movie more than words can say. It was one of the first movies I loved as a child. The movie was so colorful and the songs I can remember till this day. I do have some favorite parts of the movie like when Dorothy gets trapped inside the cyclone and sees the witch for the first time. When I was little that part always used to scare me. Her dog Toto was the cutest dog I ever seen. As the movie goes on it goes from black and white to color. I actually

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    Wizard Of Oz Themes

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    The Wizard of Oz is most identified as a fantasy genre where many conventions and attributes are met during the proganist‚ Dorothy’s journey through a mystical and colorful world of talking creatures. In the film‚ one of the major themes is how Dorothy appreciates her family and people who play the fantasy creatures in the film. The Wizard of Oz (1939) was created by great people which made the film appealing to viewers. Contextual Information The movie‚ The Wizard of Oz (1939) was made in

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    When I was a child‚ my favorite movie was The Wizard of Oz. Out of all of Dorothy’s friends‚ the Cowardly Lion was probably my least favorite. He had gone to ask the Wizard for courage and I didn’t understand why. Others wanted tangible items such as a brain or a heart and yet he wanted courage. I had thought of courage as something that you just dug down and found within yourself when you needed it not something not just a material thing that was necessary to live like a brain or a heart. Courage

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    Ma Parker Essay

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    Ma Parker is a strong woman who has suffered throughout her life.  She is a woman who has a good nature. Ma Parker realises the sorrows of her life and tries to find a place to cry.  That would be the very first time she was going to cry once she believed she only would be a strong woman if she had never cried. The Life of Ma Parker’s protagonist cannot stand all the pain she is feeling. As she cries‚ she leaves all her strength behind. It represents the moment she realises she must permit the overflow

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