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    Ray Manzarek Introduction During the mid 1960’s through the 1970’s “the Doors” were one of the most popular rock bands in the world. Ray Manzarek played a crucial role in “the Doors” success along with the rest of the band members Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger and John Densmore. Manzarek was a musician, author and film maker. To truly understand the influence that Ray Manzarek has in the music community several points will be focused upon. The first section will include biography information of Ray Manzarek. The second focus will be on the musician that had inspired Manzarek to be a musician. Additionally the topic will cover the instrument that Manzarek played. The third will be the style of music that Manzarek played during his career. For each of these topics their will be experts explaining their knowledge of the life of Ray Manzarek. Biography of Ray Manzarek The biographical expert is on the life Ray Manzarek will be Manzarek himself. In his biographic book called Light My Fire my life with the Doors, Manzarek reveals his personal experiences through out his life and his musical…

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    Americans. While his father and grandfather, 4 year old Jim looked out the window to observe the scene and went on to describe in an interview that he had felt the souls of the Native Americans enter his soul and become part of him. Only after growing up and moving to California to eventually graduate UCLA film school did Morrison finally feel the shaman become one with him. This feeling came after taking an excessive amount of LSD on a Venice rooftop and envisioning a concert in his head,…

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    I chose to listen to Stevie Wonder’s album called, “Innervisions” since it is known for its adulation. In order for me to fully assess the song, “Too High,” I must google the lyrics. After I examine the lyrics, it made me conclude that I will not like the song based off the lyrics. I tried to relate to some of the lyrics that are being said such as, I'm too high but I ain't touched the sky.” I only feel this way when I am dunking a basketball; you feel as if you jump so high, but you did not…

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    Yotat Embassy. When he tells Tyler that he won’t be in work for a while, Tyler finds out that it’s because his sister Laposha is in trouble (again). He quickly decides to help with the case as well, wich leads him to find out Laporsha secret. Laporsha was quiet around Tyler and got mad at Dominque for telling Tyler what happened. Tyler takes one look at Laporsha son, Todd and sees Shawn Grayson's face in him. “You.. and shawn?” he says as he gives Laporsha dirty look. Laposha looks at the ground…

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    Labradorite Research Paper

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    structure. All members of the plagioclase series usually display lamellar twinning called "Albite Twinning". The twinning is caused by an error in the crystal structure during its growth....Whew... Why does Labradorite look so pretty and have so many colors?? Well that is what they call Labradoressence... What is Labradoressence? The Labradoressence color display is from lamellar inter growths inside the crystal. These inter growths result from compatible chemistries at high temperatures…

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    AP Language: Major Works Data Sheet Title: Fahrenheit 451 Author: Ray Bradbury Date of Publication: 1953 Genre: Dystopian Fiction Biographical information about the author: Ray Bradbury was born on August 22nd, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. His mother, Esther Bradbury was a Swedish immigrant and his father, Leonard Spaulding Bradbury, was an English power and telephone lineman. Bradbury loved the town he grew up in so much, when he began writing he used this setting under the name “Green Town” as…

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    “It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury). That succinct, introductory statement represents the arsenal act that firemen perform when burning books in the name of censorship in Fahrenheit 451, a fictional novel in which the author Ray Bradbury ironically depicts firemen as pyromaniacs whose main duty is to burn books in order to censor ideology and conflicting beliefs. Now one may rightfully assume that such a book with make-believe characters and settings has no resemblance to reality, let along…

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    In a society where nobody is smart, all people are dominated by one force: technology. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, expresses the various themes of societal domination, individuality, and great realizations of rights and wrongs. Guy Montag, a fireman, burns the homes of those who own any type of book. He becomes obsessed with breaking away from the status quo and exploring books in order to expand his mental abilities and knowledge. His wife, Mildred, is addicted to technology and is very…

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    Society has been altered tremendously from the time period that Fahrenheit 451 and Anthem were published to present day. Ayn Rand and Ray Bradbury provide predictions of the future of how they thought society would develop. Evidence from both novels suggests that corruption and immorality have affected society immensely causing it to fall into the trap of the authors’ warnings. It is astonishing to think that these prophetic authors were correct in many ways. Fahrenheit 451 shows similarities…

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    The purpose of conformity and cooperation revolve around the idea of people being each other 's equal and everyone following the rules laid upon them, but when their is a resistance the result could be catastrophic. Guy Montag is a man who embraces his job of burning books and is too ignorant to see what he is actually doing, but when he meets his neighbor she opens his mind to see what his life actually consists of and alters his awareness towards what is occurring all around him. In Fahrenheit…

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