Mike Duke

The Graduate (1967) is the pioneer for the modern Hollywood film, which is cooperated by the director Mike Nichols, the composer Paul Simon and Dave Grusin. It has developed new conventions for presenting song in film, conventions that ‘build upon traditions established by the “classical” Hollywood musicals of the studio era’ (Berliner, 2002). The American popular rural folk in 1950s created the old classical song "the Sound of Silence", and it aids The Graduate (1967) to achieve a magnificence…

Bob Kalp contains all of the qualities of a man influential in my life. Bob Kalp participated in almost everything possible. He instructed beginning drivers, taught chemistry, coached basketball, and currently coaches softball. At 72 years old, he still resembles a young man. His white hair and skinny body do not fit the image of a softball coach. However, he coaches one of the most successful softball teams in the country. Kalp just finished coaching his 21st softball season. His third…

Prosecutor Mike Nifong 's actions in this case were criminal. Nifong used the public press of this case to attempt to further his career and only presented evidence that was beneficial to his agenda. This is an example of criminal mind because he went against ethical…

Many African Americans became quite popular due to their personal style in the aspects of photography, painting, drama, poetry, and prose during the Harlem Renaissance. Each aesthetic person had their own purpose for their works of art. Many of them wanted to depict the beauty of Harlem as well as emphasize the importance of equality between races and classes. The Harlem artists produced many great works of art in the black community from the 1920s and beyond. There had been a few…

Above and Below the Law The Tyrannicide Brief, by Geoffrey Robertson is nothing short of compelling. The audience is guided through the legal process, which lead to Charles I’s execution. Robertson’s assiduity in research is highly visible in The Tyrannicide Brief. Readers are not only presented with facts, but taken on a journey that is more than exceptional. Robertson manages to combine law, politics, and social history in one story. Robertson thoroughly brings to life the story of John Cooke.…

Joseph 's POV " WHAT! How could they do this!" I say angrily in the phone I knew this was going to happen Olivia warned me and I didn 't listen. But nothing is going to stop me from being with Elizabeth. The only way I could go out with her is to convince her parents which is going to be the hardest thing ever, and let 's not bring up her picked husband which I 'll have to deal with. This is going to be hard. Elizabeth 's POV After the talk with Joseph Laura and Grace had to head home but…

James Baldwin’s “Sonny Blues” and Katie Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” are two short stories showing conflict characters feel as though they have been release free from. Baldwin’s character Sonny conflict with his family not understanding his life struggles and was release by the show of him playing jazz music to help them understand. Jazz music was used to help reveal the stories. The character Louise Mallard from “The Story of an Hour” had the conflict of being not her own person and viewed…

Count Basie was a swing big band leader who began playing piano in the 1920s. He was born in New Jersey, and took stylistic influences from New York musicians such as Fats Waller (Yanow 155). He rose to prominence as a part of the Bennie Moten Orchestra, and then led his own orchestra after Moten’s death in 1935 (Yanow 155). As a bandleader, Count Basie was able to develop his own innovative style that significantly influenced the way jazz developed past the 1940s. His band was one of the top…

I found this passage in the last section of the novel to be very applicable to the personalities of Morrison 's characters. The quote can be interpreted in many different ways; however, I believe that Morrison is trying to explain a cycle of the “powerless” black man due to coming from a broken past. Many of the characters in Toni Morrison 's Jazz (1992) originate from “broken pasts.” Their pasts have been negative due to the lack of a stable foundation in their childhood. The characters in the…

singers, and Duke Ellington on piano and as the bandleader. The group would have the style of early 20th century dance bands and do a live performance in front of an audience, possibly with a dance floor. The style of the band, as a whole, would take after a lot of Duke Ellingtons’ early big bands. As individuals, each musician adds to the overall sound, but still creates a style of the classics they would perform that swing. The songs they would perform would be: “Take the A Train” by Duke…