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    Throughout the years Greek Mythology has influenced art and literature. It was created to teach people using stories about their gods. For example, the myth of the Sirens from The Odyssey teaches us to use logic to resist temptation and move forward with our lives. Ulysses, Latin for Odysseus, and his men are sailing back to their home Ithaca, when the stumble upon Sirens. They must stay strong and resist temptation so they can continue their journey. In the painting, Ulysses and The Sirens,…

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    Louis, Missouri, along with his two students, Arthur Marshall and Scott Hayden, as well as his publisher John Stark (Trout). While in St. Louis, Joplin composes several musical pieces, such as “Cleopha” in 1902, which is a march and two step, Ragtime musical piece “Elite Syncopations” in 1902, and the well-known piece…

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    George Liberace Biography

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    There are some extremely talented people, they are have something interesting, and different events in their life that can change history.Liberace did that very things and know what can take that away. Liberace was born on 16 May 1919, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA.He was raised by his parents,and grew up with his older brother and his older sister .He had a twin brother that died at birth.His mother was Frances Liberace, his father was Salvatore Liberace, his brother was George Liberace, and his…

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    The book I read was Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. The main character, Tally, changes greatly throughout the book. The story starts off with her sneaking into New Pretty Town, where all the new pretties stay after their surgery. She runs into another ugly there. Her name is Shay, but she doesn’t have the usual mindset that all uglies have. She doesn’t see why becoming a pretty is so wonderful. She just wants to stay who she is. Tally, on the other hand, has always wanted to become a pretty ever…

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    Mifflin Paper Co. Watching the characters interact and react to different situations is truly hilarious. Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, is the manager. His crazy personality made so many fans fall in love with his priceless character. In season six, Steve Carell left the show. Ratings dropped significantly. While the show was still good the last 2 seasons, it suffered. Like Michael Scott is to The Office, so to is human nature to tragic heroes. In heroic tragedies, William Shakespeare…

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    Simon Wright at the drums, also Chris Slade at drums, Ronald Belford or Bon Scott doing the vocals, and Mark Evans with bass. Bon Scoot who was a member of AC/DC died one night after heavy drinking then he choked on his own vomit then the rest of the group made a big hit album called “Back in Black” with the front and back of the album paid tribute to Scott (Yamami, 2004). Scents the death happened Stevie Young took Bon Scotts spot as a rhythm guitar player ( Mengel,…

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    Westerfield’s Uglies is a society that is purely dependent on age. A person’s age in the society is what determines where they live and what they can do with their life. For instance, the youngest children live with the middle aged group of people until they turn twelve, which is when all the children move into dorm style living. The society appeals to readers because everyone gets to choose exactly what they look like, and nobody hates anyone. There is no war or any major crimes that make…

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    In the NBC television show The Office camera crews follow a group of employees who work for a paper company called Dunder Mifflin. One of the main characters Andy Bernard most of the time is a very calm but very outgoing guy. Usually he along with everyone else in the office can handle the all of the pranking that goes on in the office. Until one day Andy has enough and becomes very angry due to the fact that Jim and Pam hid his phone in the ceiling tiles of the office. Jim and Pam repeatedly…

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    The future is...perfect, or is it? In Scott Westerfield's 'Pretties', the second book of the 'Uglies' series we learn that the future is a labyrinth that hides the ugly truth about a seemingly perfect society. Everyone under the age of sixteen has been classified as 'ugly' while everyone over sixteen has undergone an operation to make you society’s image of perfect. Being prejudged by appearance is a problem of the past as everyone over sixteen years old is enhanced to become 'pretty'. In the…

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    One Tree Hill Summary

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    Season 1, Episode 1 After watching the first episode of One Tree Hill we have noticed that there is much segregation between Nathan’s crowd and Lucas’s group. We have determined that Nathan is a jerk and does not deserve Peyton, this is because all he wants is girls (and it doesn’t even have to be Peyton), he does not respect her well being. We have realized that Lucas is very interested in Peyton and it seems that he would take very good care of her, plus they have the same interests. In the…

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