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    Jack Kerouac’s On the Road demonstrates the limitless mobility for white American men during the Long Fifties. Kerouac establishes this idea through his characters and adds those of another race and ethnicity to illustrate their freedom or otherwise (lack of freedom) as a Mexican migrant workers. It is unconventional that Sal finds comfort in his encounters with Mexican migrant workers that he meets throughout his western travels. Although it appears to be a carefree and untroubled life,…

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    There are two major reasons of this movement, the first one is the baby boom that came after the World War II. The rapid growth of the population distorts the age structure of America. From 1940 to 1950, there were almost 27 million people aged from 14 to 24, and this number increased to 40 million in the 1960s. Thus, in the 1960s, the Unite States was full of youth groups, and made government a huge rush. Setting up schools for children to study, and making them blend in the dominant value…

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    Somebody Blew Up America

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    The poem “Somebody blew up America” by Amiri Baraka centers around the attack on the world Trade Center and the media’s claims of Osama Bin Laden being the master mind behind the attack. In this poem, Baraka shows the hidden messages of systematic racism that has long been embedded in the United States history. The 9/11 poem takes a different approach, as each stanza in Baraka’s poem explains the act of racial terrorism being the main reason behind the 9/11 attack. Over the years,…

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    Hipsters Research Papers

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    Desiree Seisa COMM 541 Professor R. Lescure 25 May 2016 Final Paper Over the last two decades, the increase of accessibility and ability to connect with others has tremendously expanded, creating an innumerable amount of diverse opportunities for self-expression. While this has opened up many doors for people to discover different styles and spark new interests, it can also create a sense of loss of identity through the limitless world of the Internet as social media and online communities…

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    Throughout my life, I have had many instances in which I failed at something or I had messed up extremely bad. I can remember when I was in Guam and fell down on slippery rocks to forgetting to submit an assignment. Furthermore, during and even after these experiences I had learned something each time and I continue to learn from my mistakes and failures to this day and I plan to continue to learn something new for a very long time. However, I am able to recall one occurrence where something…

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    and to make matters worse, a new suburban class was on the rise. Around the same time, literary and cultural activists broke the mold of rampant conformism and corroborated their talents to form a new movement, the Beatnik movement. The Beatnik, or Beat movement, characterized by rejection of tradition and materialism, preceded and foreshadowed yet another movement with the same main ideals, but a much…

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    Allen Ginsberg began writing “Howl” circa 1954, a time when homosexuality (and sexuality in general), profanity, vulgarity, and illicit drug use were so tabu that even writing about such subjects was considered illegal and warranted arrest. Ginsberg’s poem should be read with the understanding of how progressive, revealing, and dangerous it was within the contexts of society. It shattered walls, gave a voice to the vagabonds, free-spirits, artists, and erotic people of not only America but the…

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    Hip Hop Beat Analysis

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    Make Beats For Free, Music Maker Software, Multitrack Recording Software Hip Hop has existed on the radio for a lot of years now. It is defined by the numerous designs it helps make use of, such as rapping, sampling, scratching and beat boxing. Offered that it got going in the 70s, each and every year it is considerably more powerful. This post will offer tips concerning how to generate a hip hop beat.Hip hop beat is categorized in to two elements: the Beat and also the Vocals. The beat in the…

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    Kerouac, it explains how he tries to forget society’s rules and break-free. Alberto does something similar in his essay, “The Secret Lion.” Alberto Rios attempts to defy society, at much younger age than Kerouac, and gets hurt because of it. The “Beat Generation” included authors who wrote many great essay’s, short stories, and poems. Although this starting group was small, they had an incredible impact on literature. The four people who are the “founders” of this movement are Jack Kerouac,…

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    Annotated Bibliography Johnston, L. (February 16, 2015). Beats Still Tops In Headphones. Twice: This Week in Consumer Electronics, 30, 4.) The Beats by Dre headphones have continued to sell at an exponential rate in the headphones market. Due to the beats bluetooth effects, advertising campaign, sound, varieties and styles they have higher sell rates than the other top companies such as Bose, Jay- Bird, Sennheiser and Sony. They induce celebrities and athletes to represent their brand and…

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