various kinds of stone but flint was considered the best. Not only because it was so hard, but also because flint is easier to chip into "flakes" with sharp edges than most other hard rocks” (Cherokee Weapons). According to Cherokee Weapons, “A favorite tool for chipping arrowheads into shape was the deer antler. A piece of rock was first broken into smaller pieces by using a hammer stone, then the most likely pieces shaped into arrowheads by chipping away with a smaller hammer stone and with…
One of the most famous authors of American history, F. Scott Fitzgerald started out as a nothing, and he was a nothing. After he wrote his first novel to win over his one love, Zelda, Fitzgerald was a star. This first novel, This Side of Paradise, was his big break. The irony, though, is that Fitzgerald has a rags to riches story while his main character, Amory Blaine, has a riches to rags story. Fitzgerald used the society around him to assist in the historical context of the novel. He used the…
Explicit Music’s Impact on Society It was 14 by 8 inches of pure parent protection. The tiny little thing checked everything that anyone wanted to watch or listen to. No ungodly language, nudity, or explicit lyrics. The device easily became my mothers best friend and partner in crime. There was only one way to stop the total lockdown. You could turn off the lock it you knew the password, but as a kid you were forbidden to know it. 6 numbers, a code, that no one could crack, not even my father.…
Curtain Call Youth Players offers high quality performing arts camps for the youth in metro Atlanta. The goal of the organization is to fill the community need of educating children in various aspects of live theatre as well as nurture their love for performance and production. As an assistant director for several consecutive summers, I worked closely with many distinguished theatre educators to provide an environment where children could further develop their social, intellectual, communication…
The American dream People are shot and killed every day. There are thousands of lives taken every day for simple reasons that some countries cannot provide for their citizens. Work being at an all-time low in other countries and family’s going hungry, there is just one answer. The American Dream of course. For over 200 years’ people have come to America in search of freedom, shelter, work, and anything else they wish they had in their last country. America is called a melting pot for a reason…
and society have a large impact on each other, and how they shape the way people view and act in the world. There are four themes that identify and characterize how music has evolved over the past one hundred years. These themes also show how music affects and expresses the culture that not only we live in today, but also how we have changed in our views on numerous aspects of today’s society. The four themes that are explored directly with a specific artist and, or, band are how they impact…
American Blues Music is a distinctive art form that encapsulates many complexities of culture and race in American society. Throughout the 20th century, the impact of the blues on music and culture has transformed and reacted to a changing landscape of musical culture and perspectives on race. The preservation of blues music has been difficult due to many factors, including limitations of technology, mass media bias, and our narrow definition of what makes the music and the culture of the blues…
its fans? How is gender, race, and class characterized in and formed by professional wrestling? In which methods does professional wrestling impact society? Professional wrestling shows the themes and concepts of melodrama. Wrestling focuses on melodrama as a primary underlying theme that plays out inside the ring, outside the ring, and is key to the impact that wrestling has on humanity and popular culture. As in the…
In the years between 1940 and 1960 country music got a pretty big overhaul. In the 1950’s and 1960’s Country music brought in other genres like Rock and Soul. Country music has always been the most respected form of music due to its evolution over time. In the years leading up to it country music was starting to be played by African Americans who were starting to put their own feel, emotions and soul into the way they played, creating the blues. Country music began it's ascent into mainstream…
This is the mentality that women are unequal and should only exist for sex and to be housewives. As a result of hip hop, many believe that there are specific gender roles meaning that men have certain jobs in society as do women. This is because rappers generally make it appear that they are dominant over women, influencing other men to act this way and women to believe it is true (Cundiff). The prevalence of these themes in rap music have caused many critics…