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Johnny Mercer's song "Tangerine" captures this romanticism, as it tells the story of a glamour girl from Argentina, "the beauty of her race," who turns out to be empty and shallow, and her dark eyed beauty merely due to artful makeup. So while people in the U.S. romanticized Latin Americans, they also, using varying levels of subtlety, disparaged the very cultures they looked to for inspiration in songs, films, dances, and other entertainments. The American public was not alone in looking to…

Music today is all because of changes then. The musicians today were influenced by those before them. Joe King Oliver influenced Louis Armstrong by training him and because of Oliver moving to Chicago, Armstrong got his start in Kid Ory’s band. Jelly Roll Morton, Joe King Oliver, Sidney Bichet, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington all changed things for musicians today. Jelly Roll Morton grew up in New Orleans and started playing piano at the age of 10. In 1904 he began traveling, playing the…

The author of my biography, Ann Byers, reveals her positive bias about Neil Armstrong through the use of specific word choice. For example, she states, “[Armstrong] was far more than a dreamer... he truly believed that he could... realize his dream of... piloting planes” (p15, ¶2). In other words, the author believes that Armstrong did not just dream of flying, but was destined to become a great pilot ever since he was a child. The bias in the quote is positive, as the author complements…

“Houston, we have a problem.” said Jim Lovell, an astronaut of Apollo 13, when the oxygen tank explored in the Space in 1970. After the talk, this lunar exploration gained a worldwide concern. Three astronauts in the craft fought with numerous disastrous faults and eventually back to the earth. In 1995, this regrettable story was even recorded as a historical docudrama named Apollo 13. Such social repercussion brought up a perspective that Apollo 13, one of the most well-known explorations of…

Louis Armstrong was a lot of things while he was alive. He was a singer, a soloist, a film star, a comedian and also a fellow trumpeter (“Louis Armstrong Biography”). He wrote many hits during his time such as Starburst, La Vie En Rose and What A Wonderful World (“Louis Armstrong Biography”). Throughout not only his career, but also his life, he faced many struggles. Living in the early Nineteenth Century was already hard enough for a young black man but even harder for a young black…

“That’s one small leap for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” (Minard). These are the words Neil Armstrong spoke as he stepped onto the moon and made history for not only the U.S., but for mankind. People have been fascinated with space and the heavens for a long time. During this first mission to the moon many things happened that were amazing. NASA and the Apollo 11 crew’s encounter with various problems during the time of Apollo 11 led to the successful exploration of the moon and…

This year I studied four texts, two of which were autobiographies, and the other two were documentaries. The texts are “It’s not about the bike” written by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins, “Open an Autobiography” written by Andre Agassi, “Kevin’s Sentence” presented by Bob Carty from the Canadian broadcasting company and “Over the edge” presented by Linden Macintyre from Canada’s Fifth Estate programme. All four of these texts share the significant theme of overcoming adversity which can…

Since the beginning of the United States, Americans have progressed and created remarkable achievements in order to advance to the society we have today. However, one of America’s biggest achievements, the moon landing of 1969, may have been a hoax. Many people don’t believe that it was a hoax because they don’t see any valid reason for the moon landing to have been staged. However, the competition between Russia and the U.S was fierce, as a result of the Soviets having already put a satellite…

The Life of Neil A. Armstrong Man has an innate desire to reach the unknown and conquer new horizons that have never been previously explored. What separates adventurers from dreamers is the adventurer possesses a willingness to embrace the risks and uncertainties that are evidently included in the aspiration to ascend beyond the ordinary. Perhaps one of the greatest examples of this rare ability is demonstrated in the life of the American astronaut legend, Neil A. Armstrong. First Man: The…

Louis Armstrong also known as Satchmo and or Pops was a great American Jazz artist who came from very humble beginnings to become one of the greatest music legends of all times. Known not only for his great talents on the trumpet but, for the cornet and his scat-style singing. A style of vocal jazz creativeness in which the vocalist alternates nonsense syllables for lyrics. Scat singing is often used to emulate the type of musical line that a jazz instrumentalist would play. Armstrong…