Charles West

Public Speaking Analysis In 2015 Scott Mescudi, or commonly known by his rapper-name, Kid Cudi, traveled back to his hometown of Cleveland Ohio to visit his old high school and deliver a TEDx Talk. In the talk, Scott talks about his younger days spent in the same school of Shaker Heights. He then tells his story of how he moved to New York at young age to pursue his dream of becoming a professional rapper. After many trials and tribulations, he reached his dream. Currently Scott is a Grammy…

Sierra Leone is made up of some very harsh conditions in their country. The living conditions in this country are some of the worst in the world. The conditions, such as the housing, has not progressed in recent years. In fact, the so-called traditional house in Sierra leone is a clay and earth structure with a thatch roof (Henry). The houses are either round or rectangular with a veranda and two to three interior rooms (Henry). The kitchen is most often located outside of the house where the…

Camp David Accords, understandings amidst Israel and Egypt stamped on September 17, 1978, that drove in the going with year of a peaceful course of action between those two countries, the first such deal amidst Israel and any of its Arab neighbors. Facilitated by U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian Pres. Anwar el Sadat and formally titled the "Framework for Peace in the Middle East," the understandings became known as the Camp David Accords in light…

After the creation of the State of Israel and the displacement of thousands of people who lost their homes, the Palestinian nationalist movement began to regroup in the West Bank and Gaza, controlled by Jordan and Egypt, respectively, and in the refugee camps set up in other Arab countries. Shortly before the 1967 war, Palestinian organizations such as Fatah, led by Yasser Arafat formed the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and launched operations against Israel, first from Jordan and then…

"From Rags to Riches: The Death of Jay-Z" the author Cynthia Fuchs discusses the history of Jay Z (Shawn Carter) how history and the background of the artist. As music fans, we know Jay-Z as the musician who made several songs that include “Tom Ford”, “99 Problems”, and “Holy Grail”. However, there is more to Jay-Z than being a musician. His music videos contain a lot more contextual meaning than what it may appear at face value. He is able to do this by remembering/ demonstrating his roots of…

A trend with The Weeknd’s work seems that with every project of his the tone is set by its introductory song. His cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Dirty Diana’ capitalized on the ominous sound throughout Echoes of Silence while the mundaneness of ‘Real Life’ was carried throughout his Grammy nominated Beauty Behind the Madness. Disappointingly, that's not the case with his newest album, Starboy. The album kicks off with the Daft Punk produced 'Starboy', a marvelous ode to his luxurious lifestyle,…

Introduction After World War II, there was conflict over what should happen to Germany. It was then, Germany was divided into four occupations and then later two states. “In 1949, the two areas were formally split into the Federal Republic in the West and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the East. In addition, the Basic Law, Germany's constitution, came into effect in 1949.” (European History/Europe: 1945 to Present.) To a degree, it can be comparable to the Treaty of Tordesillas.…

1.) Some interesting facts I learned about Kanye West are that was a college dropout, Kanye dropped out because he wished to pursue his music career. This greatly disappointed his mother who was a professor at the college Kanye attended. This action inspired Kanye’s first album to be called “College Dropout”. Kanye also studied abroad in China when her mother and him travelled to China so she could discover new cultures and ideas and also because his mom had a temporary job at a university there…

religions practiced are Christianity, Muslim, Catholics, Protestants, and some worship their ancestors. The diversity of this country can be broken up into three groups the south,west,and north. In the north the most common race would be the Fulani. Other ethnic groups in the north consist of Katoko,Choa, and Kirdi. The west is made up of the Bamoun and the Bamileke. Ancestors from the south were Baka,Bakola, and Bofi. other ethnic…

Nothing more’s “Let ‘em Burn” is song about the truth of the matter that we need to start over because our world is clearly chaotic and mess up. The song has a deep and sensible summary, and some interesting connotations, and plus the tone has to be discussed as well. The summary is something really straight forward. The speaker is a person sick and tired of the people of this world. The speaker knows that the best thing to do about this is to wipe on the face of the earth or quote “Let ‘em…