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    By the 1940s, most of the jazz music scene was Swing Jazz, it was classically structured harmonies, commercialized big bands and it had limited room for improvisation; most of the bands at the time were limited in uniqueness. Such a borderline bland music scene proved fertile ground for Bebop, but what started as a musical form unknown, or at least not meant to be known, by the public, played in afterhours of nightclubs, was revolutionized by the alto-sax player, Charlie Parker. Despite his…

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    Big fish is a movie base on a novel written by David Wallace. Tim Burton directed the movie came out in the United States on January 9th 2004. Through the words of Wallace and the cinematographic genius of Burton, we are given an idea about life and the way we choose to integrate ourselves into each other’s life. Edward Bloom is one of the main characters in the movie, unfortunately for him he is dying of cancer, as human being we have that fear of being forgotten. As a result, we have that…

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    While William enjoys many of the various stories his father tells him as a young child, William’s enjoyment of them as an adult gradually morphs into intense embarrassment and annoyance to eventually resentment. This is evident from William’s reaction in the very beginning of Burton’s film to hearing his father utilize his stories in public speaking (Burton 0:5:35). It is only with the inevitable death of his father that finally forces William to make some effort to repair the damage his…

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    venomous from this Indian cobra (Naja naja), Russell 's viper (Daboia russelii), Saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus), and common krait (Bungarus caeruleus) are most deadly. The majority of snakebites encountered by these snakes therefore called India’s Big 4. Bites of snakes are usually fatal, the survived victims always on the risk of secondary infection arises from snakebite. Additional to envenomation complication of wound infection and soft tissue necrosis fasciitis, however, snakebite wounds…

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    simultaneously brainwashes him. We also see how it then negatively affects Winston afterwards. There are examples of how brainwashing is relevant not only in Orwell’s book, but also in today’s societies. Some examples are small and don’t have a very big impact, such as brainwashing through advertisement. Another example is the totalitarian government of North Korea that has brainwashed an entire country into believing lies. George Orwell's novel isn’t just a dramatised story of a terrible…

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    willingness to make gender a non-issue demonstrates how the Oceanian rule solely encourages love for Big Brother and Ingsoc. Insert transition As opposed to the Oceanian rule, the government in the Polish People’s Republic did not attempt to treat all genders identically. Instead, gender stereotypes would be embraced within Polish society. Whilst men were expected to provide financial support to their families, women were to take up the role of housekeeper and caretaker of children, due to the…

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    In Defense of Freedom: A Conservative Credo Before diving into this literature, I find it important to understand the author, Frank Meyer. Meyer was born in New Jersey and attended Princeton and Oxford. He later studied at London School of Economics, but was expelled and deported for “communist activism.” Meyer, like the majority of founders of National Review Magazine, was one of the first full U.S. communist activists. It wasn’t until his service during World War II with the U.S. Army, where…

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    sees him as a huge role model, along with Winston trust in O’Brien even though he has no evidence that he is trustworthy. The party has always kept an eye on Winston and never let Winston get any hint that they were, the party taking away Winston’s family made him insecure and have the need for love and affection. The threat of being vaporized and erased. When Winston is captured it does not take much more or very long for him to crack and give into the rules of the party has his mind has been…

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    It was a cold and windy night in Big Timber Montana while Dakota was at his favorite bar watching the football game. Dakota is 31 years old and was born and raised in Montana. He grew up learning how to hunt and fish from his father when he was younger. Dakota's mother and father passed away a couple years ago, now Dakota lives by himself in a small ranch just outside the small city of Big Timber about 6 miles away from the bar. Dakota drives a beat up and rusted Ford pickup truck and works at…

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    not only act as a danger to celebrity but to bystanders and close ones of the celebrity. Paparazzi are known for being ruthless when it comes to getting a shot of a celebrity doing everyday things.Paparazzi should only be present when there’s public big events such as The Gala or The Oscars. Celebrities are still people and do have the right to have privacy no matter…

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