The Tin Drum Chapter Summaries The White Skirt: Albert our protagonist Oskar is in a mental institution he’s built a close relationship with this keeper Bruno. He begins writing about his grandmother Anna after Bruno fetches him some virgin paper she wore for skirts of the potato color on top of each other and rearrange them in a cycle for every day of the week they see men chasing another shorter boy this is not normal activity. He hides under Anna skirt we are introduced to Koljaiczek. Under
Biography of Gunter Grass *No Works Cited Gunter Grass is a German poet, novelist, playwright, sculptor, and printmaker. Grass describes himself as a "Spataufklarer", a belated apostle of enlightenment in an era that has grown tired of reason ("Gunter"). He was born in Danzig, Germany (currently Gdansk, Germany) on October 16, 1927. Grass wrote his first unpublished novel when he was only thirteen. Like many teenagers during World War II, Grass was a member of the Hitler Youth. He served
genres of music in Ireland. Irish music is so important to our culture because Irish songs tell a story through songs and make them more appealing to the listeners.3 Some poplar instruments in Ireland are the harp, flute, tin whistle, fiddle, uilleann pipes, and bodhrán (Irish drum).1 The most popular musical instrument in Ireland is the harp. The harp, an ancient folk instrument, has a beautiful delicate sound when played. Harps are popular all around the world and relate back to the ancient Irish
happened to be percussion instruments. Crusaders carried back drums they had found in the Middle East during the crusade. (Jason) Most of the instruments we play today, actually originated for the instruments played during the Middle Ages 1475. People at that time played drums for all kinds of things, like festivals, social events, and even at times of despair just to try to inspire other people. Also Hungarian drummers would hang drums on the sides of their horses and they would play them while they
The use of drums has been recognized as being able to put people into spiritual trances throughout history. The drum is a musical instrument with great power and presence that gives the "pulse" or backbone to the music it is incorporated with. There are three rudimental rhythmic procedures that have been known in drumming for the use of communication, entertainment and both communication and entertainment together. These are; (1) the use of a drum as a speech surrogate or a "talking drum". These methods
agreed upon. In mythology, it has been said that the drums were a creation of the Lord Shiva based on cave drawings which date back to 200 BCE. Another alternative could be that the instrument stemmed from Persian influences, developing from the tabal, a drum set originating in Persia which functions similarly to the tabla. Others believe tales that the sounds of the Indian phakawaj were not diverse enough for musicians of the time, so the drum was split into two ... ... middle of paper ... .
most memorable lyrics of all time. The song was brutally honest about the war and joe thought that it sent hapless men to their deaths. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Fortunate Son is one of my all time favorite songs. It starts off with a simple drum beat followed by one of the most powerful guitar lines in
Leave ..." to Dorothy and then Dorothy turns to leave looking a bit down in the mouth. 3) Right after the words "... Look around ..." Dorothy looks around. 4) "... Smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry ..." Two men above (Cowardly Lion and Tin Woodsman) are smiling and the man below (Scarecrow) is crying. This one is sort of not on time but worth the mention. 5) "... All you touch ..." Dorothy touches the man (Cowardly Lion) holding a bucket on his arm. *Note: "All you touch and all you
Use of Language in Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad is a story that connects the audience to the narrator’s senses. We come to understand the environment, the setting, the other charters, and Kurtz strictly from the narrator’s point-of-view, as he experiences things. We are locked out of Conrad’s (the narrator in this case) world, allowed to feel only what he let’s us, see the savages as he does, through his eyes, feel with his body. We are not able to see how the world
After the field trip in Sham Shui Po, I find this place is filled with A Taste of Old Hong Kong. I feel that people show each other care and sympathy here. The neighborhood is full of passion for life. It’s like a window back into the 80s, when entrepreneurial Hongkongers worked hard to transform themselves and their city. (shop owner Henry Yau, source from Hong Kong Tourism Board) Umbrella shop owner Henry Yau has lived in Sham Shui Po for more than 60 years, and has witnessed the development
Hong Kong's straight-laced, buttoned-down business reputation suggests a city that's idea of a party is champagne, cheeseboards, and soothing music. But don't be fooled. Beneath their suits, Hong Kong people have a party animal ready to escape—and it frequently does. Hong Kong has long been a stronghold of Chinese culture and its traditional festivals are celebrated with energy, color, and lots of noise. Because most Chinese festivals are linked to the phases of the moon, festivals don't have any
I think of quite possibly the most important member of either side--that is the drummer.” Drums and drummer boys played a crucial role in wars, mainly in the Civil War. The first time that drums were used in America in battle was during the Revolutionary war and they were used for several different reasons. Drums became crucial during the Civil War. Adult soldiers were not the ones that were playing drums in battle, but more
days of old. Long live rock ‘n’ roll The beat of the drum is loud and bold, Rock, rock, rock ‘n’ roll, The spirit is there body and soul.” - Chuck Berry (Hibbard and Kaleialoha, 19) An African- American euphemism for making love, rock and roll spurred from all genres of music, but mainly that of folk, country, jazz, pop and rhythm & blues (Yorke, 11). It is a type of music that generally involves heavy pounding of the piano, a loud drum beat, saxophone backgrounds and boisterous shouting by
the eye. The first complication is the scene when the narrator attempts to sneak into the old man’s room to kill the old man. Instead, when he tries to go in unnoticed and unheard, he accidentally wakes up the old man when his thumb slips upon the tin fastening while trying to open the lantern. The old man wakes up frightened and curious about who came into his room. Then, eventually, the
The History of Zambia 24th October 1964, Zambia gained independence with president Kaunda for 27 years. Although during his early years great strides were made in the areas of education, health and infrastructure, his attempts to decolonise the economy by nationalising it completely, produced only inefficiency, corruption and a disastrous decline. THE COAT OF ARMS Much of Zambia and the country's way of life is symbolized in the coat of arms. The black and white wavy bars in the shield represent
The first reference Disney makes is in the short film Tin Toy made in 1988. There have been sequels to the original movie and it has become a franchise. Notably, the Franchise is still alive especially since there is another movie planned to be released in 2019 that is part of the
genre of rock music is that of Celtic rock. This musical subgenre is of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh decent; these countries are often referred to as the Celtic nations. Although Celtic rock stylistically retains the rock ensemble of guitars, bass, and drums, it incorporates cultural themes found in Celtic countries that otherwise would not exist in the mostly American invention of rock music. While Celtic rock is perhaps a lesser-known subgenre of rock music, its influence on the overall genre and in
The capital of Ireland is Dublin. Their flag is divided into three equal parts of green, white, and orange. Their population is 4,109,086 (July 2007 est.). The official languages of Ireland are English and Irish, also known as Irish Gaelic. %100 of the population speak English with about %80 speaking Gaelic. Ireland is a republic, parliamentary democracy. They received their independence from the UK on December 6th, 1921. Ireland is an island which lies west of Britain across the Irish Sea in
single usually sold around 10,000 copies and a big rhythm and blues hit might go into the hundreds of thousands, but "Maybellene" probably moved a million”. Still, like other race records of the time, white artists would perform covers, made possible by Tin Pan Alley, and Chuck’s records were no exception. Overall, Chuck Berry’s records still managed to become successful in a business that was geared to oppressed black
but Carl Sandburg showed us he could do that with his poem “Jazz Fantasia”. Carl Sandburg uses sound devices, imagery, and personification as he writes “Jazz fantasia”. Sound devices are created throughout this poem. The first stanza says, “Drum on your drums, batter on your banjoes, sob on the long cool winding saxophones”. Sandburg is grasping the reader’s attention by concentrating on the sounds the instruments are making when being played. “Go to it, O jazzmen”, the reader can imagine him cheering