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“Can’t Help Falling In Love” was a top hit from the original singer Elvis Presley. His album was called Blue Hawaii. “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” was also a big hit sung by Bruddah Iz who was actually born and raised in Hawaii. These songs were made many years ago, but their beautiful tune still live on today through covers. The cover I chose is called “Can’t Help Falling Over The Rainbow” and it is sung by Kenny Holland and his little sister Capri. They posted their video on YouTube on September 19, 2016 and since then 165,126 people have heard/watched it. When my mother and brother listened to the mashup, they surprisingly acted the same way. They both enjoyed how the music mashup sounded and they were able to connect with the lyrics. Because of this, my mom related more to the song “Can’t Help Falling In Love,” while my brother connected to his favorite song “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” With these two songs made into a mashup, my mother and brother were able to feel the song through its lyrics and conveyed their happiness with swaying side to side and singing along. They both, happily fell in love with the mashup. I started out by interviewing my brother first …show more content…
The interviews gave me an idea to how they would react to the mashup. It showed me that based on their personalities they would relate to this song. But they connected to the mashup in a different way. My mother and brother loved it with all their heart and did not hate any part of it. They sang with it, they danced with it and they connected to it. They pretty much interacted with the mashup. This song affected them in many ways. They never thought that two completely different songs could sound so good together. This mashup is so powerful that not only reminded them about the good memories but it also changed their mood and made them feel happy. So I would have to say that this mashup was really affective for my mother and
Jordan Sonnenblick is an American writer of young-adult fiction, who has written many stories. Falling Over Sideways is a well-known book written by the same author as Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. Falling Over SIdeways was written and published in October of 2016, similar to Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, it is based on Claire, a thirteen year old girl, that is in the eighth grade. Sonnenblick creates a dramatic story about Claire, who has multiple problems and hardships including a prominent zit appearing on the first day of school and watching her friends at dance school move into advanced levels while she stays behind. But these problems start to fade, as one morning her father has a stroke, causing her family and her life to change forever, and lets not forget she starts her period. The author’s main purpose of writing this story is to show younger readers that even if there's a sense of abandonment, there’s always someone there who loves and cares.
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In “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman, the whole story revolves around Lia, the thirteenth child of Lee family. Lee family was a refugee family in USA and Lia was their first child to be born in US. At the time of time of birth, she was declared as a healthy child but at the age of three it was founded that she is suffering from epilepsy. In the words of western or scientific world the term epilepsy mean mental disorder of a person and in Hmong culture, epilepsy is referred to as qaug dab peg (translated in English, "the spirit catches you and you fall down"), in which epileptic attacks are perceived as evidence of the epileptic's ability to enter and journey momentarily into the spirit realm (Wikipedia, 2014)
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Thomas Ruggles Pynchon was born in 1937 in Glen's Cove, New York. He is the author of V., The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow, Slow Learner, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon. Nothing else is known of this author (not exactly true, but close enough to the truth to make that last blanket statement passable). He has attempted to veil himself in total obscurity and anonymity. For the most part, he has succeeded in this, save for a rare interview or two. In 1974 he received the National Book Award for Gravity's Rainbow. He would have been awarded The Pulitzer Prize as well, but his blatant disregard for narrative sequence led to a rift between the judges and the editorial board. Ultimately, the book was not selected. In fact, no book was chosen that year in the Fiction Category, the first (and only) time a work of fiction did not receive the award. The controversy that followed was considerable. Keeping this in mind, any attempt at an expurgated plot synopsis is laughable at best, therefore will be somewhat refrained from. However, given the brevity of this paper, it is possible to address the setting(s), the chief protagonist, and some interpretations concerning the title of this book.
Many say that music has evolved over the years. This essay shall explore the elements of two versions of one song. It shall discuss the correlations and disparities of these songs and confer how it has been revolutionised to entertain the audiences of today.
The end of the civil war should’ve marked a major turning point for the position of African Americans. The north’s victory marked the end of slavery and in addition, the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment guaranteed African Americans full civil and political equality. However, the end of the civil war and the beginning of the reconstruction era was seen a ‘false dawn for the slaves in the former confederacy and border states.
This movie is a wonderful production starting from 1960 and ending in 1969 covering all the different things that occurred during this unbelievable decade. The movie takes place in many different areas starring two main families; a very suburban, white family who were excepting of blacks, and a very positive black family trying to push black rights in Mississippi. The movie portrayed many historical events while also including the families and how the two were intertwined. These families were very different, yet so much alike, they both portrayed what to me the whole ‘message’ of the movie was. Although everyone was so different they all faced such drastic decisions and issues that affected everyone in so many different ways. It wasn’t like one person’s pain was easier to handle than another is that’s like saying Vietnam was harder on those men than on the men that stood for black rights or vice versa, everyone faced these equally hard issues. So it seemed everyone was very emotionally involved. In fact our whole country was very involved in president elections and campaigns against the war, it seemed everyone really cared.
The sound design and choreography intensified the overall musical. They created the time, place, and mood through rhythm and great energy. The actors had wireless, behind the ear mikes, that attached to the mike pack which amplified the sound, making it very clear. I could easily understand what they were talking about or singing.
In many of the works we have read this year, there have been many critiques to the Chinese Communist ideals. These works solely critique the ideals of communism, and promote change in the way that it is implemented in life. The movie “Blue Kite,” tries to show what life was like under the communist government in China. By showing the people the true agony and suffering during the regime, they hoped to change the ideas of many people about communism. While the majority of scholars and students believe that “Blue Kite” is solely a critique of communistic ideals in China, I believe that it is a promotion of more progressive and democratic ideas shown through the Chinese government emphasis on little to no family life, and the visual and metaphorical
Every performance was presented with charm. The flashing, changing colors seem to go along with the performances. The director was humorous. The performers outfits were on point too. I liked the color coding of the vocalists, Jeremy, Jordan, and Rowan. Also, Julie wore a pretty suede dress and had a great voice. It was nice to see her come out for the 2nd time to sing. When Spencer kept playing his saxophone in some of the performances, it was just amazing. Some of my favorite performances were Sittin on the Dock of the Bay, Ain’t too Proud to Beg, In a Sentimental Mood, and more. It really made me feel like I was in New Orleans all over again. I absolutely love Otis Redding and The Temptations music, so I wasn’t new to these songs they played. I was sitting in the back (R-125) where I felt comfortable to bob my head to the music. If I ever come back to see another concert, I will make sure to get a seat in the back again. I adore Jordan that did sung the Temptations song. I thought it was exciting to see his enthusiasm while on stage keeping us engaged, but everyone did great in their own way. The song by Duke Ellington made me feel melancholy, the piece was soft. I just couldn’t believe how well everyone contributed and gave an outstanding
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In the physical sense, a rainbow appears after a storm in the sky. It is made up of seven different colors. As it forms an arch, we may look at its shape as being a segment of a complete circle. From the rainbows physical dimensions, Shange draws out other qualities that suit the fluidity and logic of her choreopoem. While it can appear a simple natural phenomenon we take for granted, Shanges choreopoem delivers the rainbow as a complex sustaining figure which forecasts a change in the weather and a change in the life of `the colored girls.' The rainbow is a powerful symbol in Shange's choreopoem. It is not only beautiful in one sense, but it's meaning is rather complex. There is more to the rainbow than its seven colors.
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...nants of a loved one. The songs chosen were mostly hymns, which feel pretty impersonal to me, but to each his/her own. My uncle Shawn was probably the worst off, drinking himself into repeating the phrase, "Why Mickie?" It's a tragic thing to lose someone. I can't even imagine the pain Steve must feel. He went down to FL for a couple of months after the funeral. He was ready to be out of the snow and wanted to be alone. Of course the Marshall's were mildly miffed by this, but Steve has never been one to play into their whims.