Abigail Scott Duniway

Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" is full of such entertainment, considering being named one of ragtime most famous pieces. Joplin's music brought happiness to a mood. The intense off beat melody, while including sense of a march can swiftly grab your observation. As well as the upbeat which can be consider a mood enhancer. Joplin first set motion preforming in scenery's including bars and dance halls that practiced ragtime rituals. Residing in a outskirt town of Missouri, Scott then became…

From the beginning, Dwight tries to plan ways to attack Jim and get him fired because he believes that will solve the problem. Everything Jim does to Dwight, he immediately runs to Michael Scott, the manager, to tell on Jim; almost as if he was a little child tattle telling. From a behaviorist’s point of view, I think Dwight has learned this response of telling on Jim because he had a brother and a sister. Telling on his siblings when they…

Do you always feel like when you try to joke around and people react differently than you had originally thought? Well in the book the Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the main character Tally feels this way. Throughout the book, Tally has people laughing or being shocked about the actions that is being done or has brought to the area. Tally thinks that both people in both civilizations will act the opposite way of how they really had reacted. Tally has both the pretties and Uglies react to her…

thought to be lazy and unmotivated. However, that is not the truth. There are many examples that represent grit and determination by characters in the book Uglies, such as Tally Youngblood. Uglies is a dystopian type novel set in the future, written by Scott Westerfeld. It features a sixteen year old girl, named Tally Youngblood. Tally, had lived in a society where the majority of the people had cosmetic surgery to enhance beauty when they reach sixteen-years-of-age. So when Special…

1861 – 1862: Lincoln and the Union high commands initial strategic proposal came from Major General Winfield Scott. The general-in-chief of the proposed “Anaconda Plan.” Scott’s master vision was an 80,000 man army pushing down the Mississippi River, severing the Confederacy in half while the Union navy instituted a blockade to suffocate and cut of the South’s trade. One factor that Scott and many of his staff thought was unique in the war was that a bulk of Southerners were pro-Unionist and…

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel is an autobiographical graphic memoir that correlates her coming of age with her discovery of her homosexuality. Bechdel is also battling her inner fears that came along with her upraising but is baffled by the unearthing of her father’s own homosexuality. Her artistic decisions are affected by her homosexuality because she chooses to add stereotypical gender roles. Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic develops a proper story line by…

In the critical review, we would like to share a well-known movie, which is directed by Robert Stromberg, entitled “Maleficent”. This movie is an action, adventure and family movie. The story is about two rival kingdoms, human kingdom, ruled by a vain and greedy king and the Moors, a peaceful kingdom. A powerful fairy, Maleficent helps Stefan who failed to steal jewel and they grow close. One day, the king wants to attack the Moors but been defeated and he wants to revenge through offers his…

the Civil War. Grant learned much of his leadership skills from Generals Zachary Taylor and General Winfield Scott. The Mexican War was Grant’s first opportunity to show his leadership abilities. Grant won several battles when he was allowed to lead troops. It was during the war with Mexico that Grant really began to learn how to lead from General Zachary Taylor and General Winfield Scott. It was Taylor 's leadership style that Grant appreciated the most so he spent his time observing…

The Uglies written by Scott Westerfeld was published by Simon Pulse Publishing on May 2011 and contains 406 pages. The Uglies is a science fiction novel about Tally Youngblood, a teenage girl, living in Uglyville, who is trying to decide the truth of the pretty operation and the importance of her friends. The Uglies is the first of the four books in the Ugly series. Tally Youngblood, the main character in this novel, is a fifteen year old girl that lives in Uglyville. The author makes Tally…

“Nature, at least, didn’t need an operation to be beautiful. It just was” (Westerfeld). Characters constantly change throughout stories as they develop new ways of seeing things. In Uglies, it displays the journey and development of a young fifteen year old girl named Tally Youngblood. She starts off having her whole life planned out in front of her; however, she later begins thinking about what she really wants when she explores other parts of the world. Tally goes through major changes and…