Phonograph

The great inventor Thomas Alva Edison is credited for the creation of the phonograph, the movie camera, and one of the most useful and life altering inventions that sparked the innovation of the technology used to this day. There is no doubt that Edison was brilliant and excelled at what he did. However, there is one major misconception that is associated with him, and that is he is the sole inventor of the light bulb. From a young age, people are taught that everything from the idea to the…

ezilla, Michael. "Blues and Gospel Recording Artists from 1920s Left Imprint on Today's Music | Penn State University." PSU. Penn State University, 12 Nov. 2013. Web. 13 Mar. 2016. This article describes how blues and gospel artists from the 1920s influenced today's music greatly. It touches on the fact that blues is one of jazzs greatest influence. It summarizes what blues is, and the aspects of blues that have found their way into the seams of jazz. The article…

“Battle Royal” is a short story written by Ralph Ellison in 1952. He was born in Oklahoma City. After the death of his father when he was three years old, his mother started to work as a servant. His mother used to bring him books and phonograph records from the house where she worked. Because of that he got interest in literature and music. He has received the national book award for fiction regarding his literary work named “invisible man” (1952). Battle royal is the first chapter of the novel…

In his essay “Irony and Distance in ‘The Glass Menagerie’”, Thomas L. King writes, “…for they are the world that the Wingfields were somehow set apart from, they are the ones who shattered the rainbow.” (King 214) Speaking on how the audience relates to the ending of Tennessee William’s most well-known work, King believes that such an act as that of Tom Wingfield abandoning his family represents the ultimate trick – a truth surrounded by subjective memory that can only be upheld from one point…

“Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow 's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall. ' (Mary Todd Lincoln).” Not having a care in the world could seem like the greatest way to live life, but reality will hit you at some point and you’re not always prepared. “Into each life, some rain must fall.” Every life will come with obstacles, and if one is not careful at all, everything could be taken. Carelessness may seem to be an easy way out of things,…

Families of all different nationalities came to America to get a chance at the American Dream which is freedom, a chance for wealth, and a happy, healthy, and safe place to raise a family. Immigrants also expected equality when they came to the United States, which rarely happened. There were many stereotypes and labels put on people just because they were born in another country. A lot of this stemmed from the American government’s relationship with that country’s government. But regardless of…

If only he were less awful, Dracula might have been half-decent. Originally written/published 1897, has become an incredibly well known and beloved classic. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the title represents an inversion of Christian values, particularly the act of holy Communion. Throughout the novel, this inversion and denial of common Christian beliefs and values is used to present Dracula, and anyone else lacks those beliefs, as “evil,” as well as to promote the “goodness” of Christianity.…

Criticisms of Nanook of the North and Dead Birds: Worries of Authenticity and Lasting Implications Films have been seen as windows for everyday people to experience and see new and different things. With ethnographic documentary films, people are able to see real parts of the world that are not always visible in their current, everyday lives. Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922) and Dead Birds (Robert Gardner, 1963) are both ethnographic documentaries, revered as revolutionary for their…

Buster Keaton and the decline of the silent film era 1 Silent Films Introduction. The mental image that many people have of a silent film is of a simple, black and white film, perhaps grainy and distorted in image, depicting a time long gone. With modern, dialogue driven narratives in film, it is easy to forget that dialogue is not the only way to drive a story, dialogue does not necessarily need to be spoken out loud in order to be effective, and that many actors had built careers out of…

For as long as we can remember, people have been communicating using their voices. Today this has not changed; however how those voices are heard, where they can be heard and by whom has changed drastically. What at one time was limited to only what was being said or written, at the time it was being documented and only heard or read by those in the immediate vicinity; can now be heard by anyone, anywhere in the world at any time. This is possible because of the dramatic advances in recording…