This is Fishbone's theme in Gary Paulsen's book called Fishbone's Song. This is the song (theme) Fishbone sings to the boy everyday. Although this is a book, nature has taught me many valuable lessons in life. You should never underestimate anyone or anything.…
Arub Akram Due Date: Thursday 24th Journal 1 I am reading “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” by W.D. Wetherell. The story is about a fourteen-year-old boy, with a love for fishing and a crush on the seventeen-year-old girl next door. His love for Sheila soon comes into conflict with his passion for fishing. In this Journal I will be looking at his choice between his two loves and how it turns out for him.…
The musical ‘Singing in the Rain’ is about Don Lockwood, an actor trying to make one of the first talking films with his co-worker and friend Cosmo Brown and Kathy Seldom. In the scene ‘Make ‘em Laugh’ Don Lockwood is depressed over his film and Cosmo tries to cheer him up. This scene demonstrates the three musical theatre elements of acting, singing and dancing. They are used well to tell this story. They effectively demonstrate how Cosmo is a happy, fun person who likes to cheer people up.…
Terrie Gray 4th period In the song “Sweet Home Alabama” it refers to the person named “you.” There is more than one “you” in this song. The first you in the song talks about Alabama, and the other talks about Neil Young. In the sixteenth stanza, it says “Lord, I’m coming home to you.”…
In the novella Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck the main protagonist and his friend’s relationship reflect the lyrics of the song written by Lifehouse. When first introduced to the characters, the reader originally thinks that Lennie is dependent on George. In truth, George needs Lennie just as much to survive. To open, despite George constantly saying that he should have left Lennie a long time ago, he never does until the very end when he is forced by the circumstances. On page 11, George says: “‘ If I was alone, I could live so easy.…
The beginning of his career started as few others do. He didn't actually want to perform and play his songs for people, but rather have other people sing his songs. "Yet after writing his first few songs, including "The Song that Jane Likes" and "Recently", he began to consider starting his own band" (wikipedia.com). There was only one answer to this Matthews explains. "I didn't really have a vision, or a plan," says Matthews, acknowledging that some of his musical sensibility came from spending time in so many different places as a child.…
One war that clouds the United States with shame is the Vietnam War. The United States joining the war was an unpopular decision and was resented by many. Many stories have been told from the Vietnam war. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried features the Alpha Company, a United States army unit that fought during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was unique because the United States drafted men to be in the army.…
Transcendentalist Parallels between Chris McCandless and Henry David Thoreau Chris McCandless and Henry David Thoreau both show their beliefs through the philosophy of transcendentalism. Throughout Into the Wild, the parallels between Thoreau and Chris, and their ideas for transcendentalism, are almost identical. Transcendentalism’s main belief is finding inner self-wisdom, which both Chris and Thoreau attempt by going into nature. McCandless and Thoreau are both extremely similar and it can be seen throughout Into the Wild and Walden.…
In both “What It’s Like to be a Gang Member” by Bill Lee and “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks gang life is portrayed as dangerous, hard, and useless demonstrating that joining one is not worth it or good. In “What It’s Like to be a Gang Member” by Bill Lee. Lee quotes “the gang I was in was responsible for the golden dragon massacre.” Because of gang life Lee was part of a mass killing and has to deal with the trauma of being in a event like that also there were lots of weapons and he could have been hurt of even killed there.…
The Song “Mr Sandman” is a studio recorded folksong that was first recorded by Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra, and later interpreted by The Chordettes. This song is an example of a strophic song, as it has a limited number of melodies that are repeated throughout the song. It is sung by a a female quartet with a secondary accompaniment. The accompaniment consists of clapping, a drum set (membranophone), a bass (membranophone), something that sounds like a synthesizer (electronophone). The singers are singing in parallel harmony throughout the song, making this a polyphonic texture.…
When reading about Better Days, I thought that the Goo Goo Dolls were singing about a much different topic that I was thinking about. I thought the Goo Goo Doll were singing about a brand new year and wiping the slate clean. People who celebrate New Year’s often believe that every year is exactly what it says to be, a new year – a new year to wipe the slate clean from mistakes or broken resolutions; to start over on life; to be a kinder person, which falls under the broken resolutions category; to simply start over. Every New Year, people get the chance to start over and make a change in their lives, and even the world.…
According to the website for The Jason Foundation, a non-profit organization for the awareness and prevention of youth suicide, the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-24 is suicide, and there are over 5,400 attempts every day. Though they may not know it, everybody knows at least one person who has as least thought about suicide or self-harm. Unfortunately, it seems to be quite common for young people to think about these destructive behaviors, or even act upon those thoughts. These things have become taboo to talk about, even when offering support, so many of these young people feel like they are alone and have no one there for them. The band Twenty One Pilots have many songs on the subject of mental health, but I am going to focus on the song “Guns for Hands”.…
In the fifth line, Brooks declares that she “[wants] to go in the back yard now,” representing how she has now grown up enough and is ready to go out on her own. In the sixth line, she says that she may want to go “down the alley,” illustrating how she has become more rebellious than before and wants to experience even more than she did before. In the first stanza, Brooks only wanted to “peek at the back,” but now she wants to go in the back and go down the alley. The “alley” is used to represent the extremities Brooks will go to in order to change her life. The “alley” is so far away from what she is used to in the front yard, so she wants to go there in order to experience all that she can.…
Masculinity’s Crossroads The article “Guys vs. Men,” Dave Barry uses satire to explain the problems with masculinity and a new approach to how males should be classified and judged. The article “The Crisis of American Masculinity” by Eric Garland discusses his view of how the traditional image of manhood is dying in today’s society. Each of them give their opinions on what manhood is; the manner that society should treat males with, the importance of masculinity in males, and their opinion of the necessity of these masculine characteristics.…
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