Beat It

One of Maya’s most famous poems known as ‘Caged bird’ is most cleverly summed up by a quote written by Maya herself, “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Her experiences of freedom, or lack of freedom were formed during her childhood. She was born into the world just years before World War II began and during The Great Depression, where 8 million people became unemployed, and most families lost their source of income and this is where many…

The “Beats Generation” defined a movement that influenced a generation of freethinking. The “Beats generation” was derived from the literary term of Beat. From the website of Encyclopædia Britannica, it’s biography entry on Jack Kerouac explains the definition of Beat, “meant “down-and-out” as well as “beatific” and therefore signified the bottom of existence (from a financial and an emotional point of view) as well as the highest, most spiritual high.” This movement and its message that says…

isn’t smart to make them mad. Next you got the Racer: this person thinks they have the fastest car in town and that they missed their shot at Fast and Furious. They think everybody wants to race, even the Chevy Corvette that would beat them by a mile. Even if they do “beat” somebody, it is probably because the person was not racing. Next and the most hated of them all:…

starts to go downhill because his mom is thrown out his house by his abusive father, and he never sees her again. Augie starts to search for her ,but in the process of searching there are several things that happen to Augie. His abusive father would beat him almost every day because he dislike Augie or the old man felt Augie did something wrong. This effects his life because he starts to do bad things searching for his mother. Augie and his father's relationship is not wholesome at all. They…

speaker’s word choices may have the readers confused as to what is transpiring throughout the poem. “My right ear scraped a buckle.” (Roethke 12) This quotation can be interpreted in various ways, but it is being implied that the young boy is getting beat by a belt by his father. The…

three structures to each beat, the first, second, and third act. Each act serves a specific purpose and lets the reader dig deeper into the meaning of the story. In the beginning of the film Becca receives a call from her sister Izzy from jail asking Becca to come pick her up. The dialogue continues as the sisters quarrel, Becca telling Izzy to grow up, while Izzy acts like it’s no big deal. This “first act” is how the two sisters are interacting before the scene beat. Finally Izzy reveals to…

Domestic Violence in the Colonial Era In our society today, countless people consider domestic violence, a major offense and many individuals serve multiple sentences of jail time because of it. Only within the past ten or so years, have women been able to speak about their experiences. What if today’s society accepted this domestic violence? What if this terrible occurrence happened to you one day and there was nothing that could be done about it? Although modern families often romanticized…

evolving, people would design their own beats and styles to represent them as a group; however, when the world started evolving there was more equipment to use, such as drums, guitars, computers, pianos, bass player, and etc. Music helps construct self-images of people and express emotions within a group of people. Hip hop and rock and roll are two types of music genres that are capable of describing their own way of style in their lyrics whether it is the beat, instrument they use, or the…

Acute effects of caffeine consumption on submaximal aerobic performance. Introduction Caffeine and its related products are widely consumed in society. Caffeine is present in a variety of solid and liquid forms; coffee, tea and chocolate (Armsey et al, 2006). The popularity of caffeine can be attributed to both its stimulating properties and its role as an ergogenic aid (Olsen et al 2017). Caffeine is taken up by the body in a variety of steps and has a range of physiological effects. Caffeine…

Music it is more than just noise it has a purpose. Music is here to calm you, entertain you. I will be talking about music and how it affects us and everything else. Music means sounds combined to make a melody that appeals to you. Music effects everything that include movies, dances, and just being with family and friends. How does music effect movies? Have you ever tried to find a movie that doesn’t have any music in it, if you have and you probably didn’t find any? You know why, because it…