Stevie Wonder

On the first day of class, we were asked the question, what is music? My response was that music is like another language, that tells stories, records history, and a way to solve problems. Which I still agree with, but I now just look at music from a different angle. Now the question is not so much what is music, but what can you do with it. The technical part, such as dynamics, tone color, and pitch, only lays a foundation and without a good foundation, you don’t have nothing to build off of.…

asking for the women's autograph and taking pictures with her. Soon i noticed that she was someone i’ve seen before but could not figure it out. As me and my mom were leaving and the couple was gone it finally hit me that it was the actor who plays wonder woman. I was so shocked because she did not look like anyone who was important or famous. This shows the same Theme in the book “ Freak The Mighty “ As freak (Kevin) is crippled and does not look like someone who is smart and is capable of…

activist, discusses in her essay, “Wonder Woman,” that the introduction of a female superhero in media brought about an empowerment in women in a time when she was needed the most. Wonder Woman was a heroine in the making, but not without facing and overcoming objectification and limitations instituted by governing bodies or individuals. Similarly, Julie D. O’Reilly, an Associate Professor of Communication and Women's and Gender Studies, analysis in her article, “The Wonder Woman Precedent:…

new movie Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins, is sure to captivate any moviegoer. Wonder Woman was an immense project undertaken by DC Comics, knowing that the public would most likely quibble about a woman superhero movie. Justin Chang of the L.A. Times wrote, “Wonder Woman emerges as not only the strongest movie in the present DC cycle, but also the first one that feels like an enveloping, honest-to-God entertainment rather than a raging cinematic migraine” (Chang, Justin). Wonder Woman…

Okay here’s the premise. I, having wanted to have my own rambling thread figured the best place to start was Wonder Woman. So I’ll just post something June 2nd when the movie comes out. Well what do you know didn’t happen, but well I did see the movie that weekend and when it ended I was like. Okay that was amazing totally should write out the ‘essay’ I had in mind. Great, get home and I’m pretty sure I couldn’t even bring myself to reply to role-play threads let alone type out paragraphs of…

There are a small amount of main characters in this story, 5 in total. One of them is Torak, a young boy who was born into the wolf clan with his father (his father is not a main character) and he his basically chosen to defeat the possessed demon bear. There’s also the demon bear, this character it a former wolf clan member but then later died and resurrected as a bear to get revenge on Torak’s father. ( we never know why the bear thing guy wants revenge ) Then there’s Renn, she basically is…

In Jeanne Althouse’s short story “The Redwood Grove” the main character is Will. Who is a middle aged man and has recently been fired from his job at the bank. Will is in a dilemma between reality and fantasy. Contently battling with his emotions and guilt. Will is battling his personal conflict with having to deal with being fired from his job along with his boyfriend Jack being the cause for losing his job. Will was in a relationship with another employee at the bank he worked at by the name…

In the short story, “Raymond's Run” by Toni Cade Bambara, the protagonist, Squeaky is a young girl who is in charge of taking care of her handicapped brother. Everyone calls the protagonist Squeaky because of her squeaky voice, but her real name is Hazel Elizabeth Deborah. She lives in New York with her family, and spends most of her days taking care of her brother and running. She does seem to be that social so she usually just prefers to be independent, and stick to her brother as a friend.…

In the book The Project by Brian Falkner, there are a few characters that are a big part of the story. The main characters are Luke and Tommy, who are best friends. Luke is from New Zealand and his memory is really outstanding; Luke also is really smart so he finishes his work early,which leads to his getting into trouble for pranks. Tommy is American and can usually talk his way out of anything; he also is obsessed with spy gadgets, which helped both of the boys a lot throughout the book.…

the loud speakers. The song sounded like Texas Blues. Texas blues is a subgenre of blues. The guitar played heavily throughout the song, and the song had guitar solos and ‘licks’ or small riffs. This is very common in Texas blues. This reminded of Stevie Ray Vaughn, a well-known Texas blues musician. The song also had the 12 bar blues feel to it which made me notice that it was a blues song. The male singer had roughness in his voice as he discussed Texas life in his song. After the song ended,…