Accordion

A sign hangs next to the cradle of Texas liberty, reminding visitors that concealed firearms are not permitted on the grounds. She stops and examines this as if it were new to her, although the sign has been posted for several years now. "Don 't bring your gun to the Alamo," she intones, to see how it sounds out loud, then laughs, startling a little boy. ("Mama, that lady is talking to herself. Mama--") Don 't bring your gun to the Alamo. A nice phrase, but it doesn 't make the cut. She won…

There are various definitions of what freedom means. Each individual has his own understanding of the word freedom. Freedom is having the right to experience your opinion and to live life in a manner consist with your beliefs and interests without judgement from others. Many people may say that freedom is about being accepted as well. This understanding of freedom is demonstrated in the short story “The Strangers That Came to Town” by Ambrose Flack. In this short story the author uses…

baseball cap covering their heads. They had on collard shirts, jackets or t-shirts describing their political views. I was wearing a flannel shirt with slim pants and Nike sneakers. The music being played had sounds coming from flutes, bagpipes and accordions – all sounds that I…

In the book The 5 people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom, an amusement park worker named Eddie takes his last walk on earth when he went to go fix a drop ride called Freddy’s Freefall. A pulley ripped one of the cables, steel wires on one of the carts, and the cart was hanging over the amusement park. When Eddie and Willie went up on a ladder to fix it, Willie released the cart when he was told not to because he did not hear Eddie say not to release the cart. As a result, Eddie fell onto a…

Do you think you could escape a maximum security prison that is on an island surrounded by water? I personally don’t think I could. I am going to be talking about the great escape of Alcatraz. I was interested in this topic because this is still a mystery today and that makes me curious. I hope that you will be as intrigued as I was. Preparation for the great escape, escaping the maximum security prison, and last, the aftermath. In a penitentiary called Alcatraz, an island off the coast of San…

Lyrical content: the balance between old cultural traditions and new ones as the world advances at the turn of the 20th century 4. Tessitura 5. Harmony: Simple, but steady tempo 6. Orchestration: horn, trumpet 1, 2, 3 : trombone : accordion : guitar : percussion : 3 violin A-B-C : viola : cello : bass 7. Texture: Simple melody, rich harmony in voice 8. How the music is used in the film: The musical's popularity has led to numerous references in popular media and…

bed as Liesel cried into his sleeve.” This is showing that Hans and Liesel developed a relationship very quickly, since she had just gotten to Molching. Whenever she had a nightmare he would come into the room and either read to her or play the accordion for her, no matter how early in the morning it was. On page 74 it says “There were two more bet wetting occurrences, but Hans Hubermann merely repeated his previous clean-up heroics.”This is saying that as Liesel continued to wet the bed, Hans…

the cemetery where her brother is buried. And it becomes her link to the past, even after she is put in the care of Rosa and Hans Hubermann, whose household is colorful to the point of dangerous whimsy. Hans finds life-affirming ways to play the accordion, for example. Liesel lives in a town called Molching, which is close enough to Munich for its residents to see Jews being sent to the Dachau concentration camp nearby. Since Liesel is Lutheran, she is not in any danger of sharing this fate,…

1. In this passage, you notice the blooming love/friendship relationship between Liesel and Rudy. Liesel realizes that Rudy is a friend when everyone is laughing at her and how she can't read except for Rudy. This shows that even in times of peer pressure or hard times Rudy will always be by Liesel's side. [This is also what fuels Liesel to try even harder to learn to read making her lust for books and knowledge to the point as to where she will "steal" for it.] 2. In this passage, you can…

church. On my father’s side is where I see the most musical involvement. My father was always surrounded by music growing up because of his father and because of him I also did. My dad is constantly playing shows at markets or restaurants with his accordion. My grandmother has a beautiful voice and growing up I was always surrounded by it. My grandfather whom I mention a lot about later on was the most musical man in my life. He started a family…