Japanese pop culture

Chapter twelve ***Carson 's P.O.V*** I was sitting on a bench eating my sandwich because none of my friends had come out of lunch yet. I saw Oliver come and sit next to me. He looked at me, an unreadable expression on his face. "Hey, can I ask you something?" I smiled. "Of course you can. " He frowned slightly. "Um, imagine, hypothetically, that there was a boy who was with his friends and they weren 't nice. Do you think that the boy could change?" I chuckled. "Are you talking about yourself?"…

Justin started home when he noticed the mountain in the distance and felt the urge to visit once more. "After today, I am not going back up here," he promised riding across the field to the flat where he had left his bike on previous visits. Slipping and sliding he scurried up the steep mountainside while trying to be quiet. From time to time, he grabbed the bushes to keep from sliding backward. When he arrived at the mines, he moved the boards covering the entrance. He stepped inside, shined a…

you 've done for me--I couldn 't be more grateful. I don 't know if I could ever repay you, but writing this letter to you sure makes me feel a lot better because I took so much from you. I feel at home and I feel like I belong. I 'm surrounded by culture and I 'm surrounded by family, which is all I ever wanted. I wanted to thank you for allowing me to have this opportunity, and I still think about you everyday. You 're the reason I 'm here. I miss Jacob also. He was always such a huge part of…

tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest” (Warhol). Not focusing on the individual things but the share abundance of things is what reflected the spread of mass manufacturing and the growing American consumer culture. In 1962 Warhol painted “Coca-Cola [4]”. This painting is of a Coca-Cola bottle that is bigger than the viewer. This painting of a coke bottle is globally recognized because no matter who you were you drink coke, everyone from movie…

could relax and talk, and frankly enough, I doubt that being 'sneaky ' will get us anywhere good. I 'm only being honest, if that 's okay with you. However, I 'll do it anyway." She smiled, connecting her iPod to the sound system turning on some pop song.…

Jeremy, I did have a dream last night. I went around to different stores buying 12 plants, but James kept trying to helping me and following me around and I kept wondering where the fuck is Jeremy, like always. I even landed back in his apartment and his boyfriend’s stuff was everywhere, of course he kept trying to kiss me and the whole time I was basically yelling, “WHERE IS JEREMYYYY” ... “You have a boyfriend!!!” … “Where is JEREMY???” Hoping yes, you’d bust in and say, “Come on!” No, I…

1. Dyer is literally doing what his title expresses and is attempting to defend disco from those who accuse it as a capitalist form of music. He also lists the positive aspects of disco, not only the music but also the culture surrounding it. Through the ‘debunking’ of capitalism and almost humanizing and describing the characteristics of disco that relate it to other forms of music, including those that oppose the nature of disco, and to human experience, including queer movements, he makes his…

“When do you guys want breakfast?” is the normal group text for the Wallwork study group on Saturday mornings. The group is made up of old friends that went to the same high school and some new ones we met along the way. The first responses come within the hour and as college students the time agree on is well past normal breakfast times at 11:30 am. With the time set, we head to Folgers dining hall. Some of us are wide awake and others look like they rolled out of bed the minute before. Today…

The song trying to be cool by the indie band Phoenix was an important hit in 2012. The band originally comes from France and the writer is Thomas Mars. Trying To Be Cool became one of the most popular songs because of its meaning, swing and lyrics that all represent a very trendy stereotype of how a man ‘hits’ or seduces a woman. Throughout the song Mars uses literary devices such as metaphors and symbolism to describe how he entices a woman. Most importantly, it shows the struggle he has in the…

Pop Art can be defined as art based on modern popular culture and the mass media. Pop Art began in Britain during the mid-1950s and in the United States during the late 1950s. Pop Art was used as a reintroduction period for mass media. During the Pop Art Movement, research shows that there was controversial comparison with Abstract Expressionist. Reaching its highest point during the 1960s, the themes of this movement became classical history, mythology, morality, and even pop artist. These…