As Nomads That Show Resilience

Get to Know Tye Tribbett with these 5 Interesting Facts Photo Credit: Gospel Tunez Tye Tribbett is a Gospel singer, songwriter, producer, preacher, businessman, husband, and father of two. Along with his many titles, Tribbett is also the founder of the gospel group, Tye Tribbett & G.A., short for Greater Anointing.

Ben Hall is different from the other bushrangers. One of the He is looked upon in a heroic way for fighting the justice system and showing courage, strength and ability to resist laws through making his own lifestyle, with separate beliefs, attitudes and values. He was a friend of the poor, kind to women and children, and an enemy of the rich. He was forced into crime by the harsh harassments of the authorities. He said to have died bravely against the more powerful forces of the law. He has grown to be an admired infamous figure for the way he stood up to authority and his larrikin ways.

In the memoir A Long Way Gone, author Ishmael Beah describes his survival journey as a lost child in his country, because of the civil war in Sierra Leone, then becoming a child soldier facing war daily, afterward the process that Beah went through during rehabilitation and finally in fear escaping the civil war. Ishmael Beah emotional journey has three stages of development in which Beah utilized music. In the first stage, Beah uses music as a survival mechanism to keep sane and safe. In the second stage, begins when he loses his brother and friends, Beah reaches the lowest point with the loss of his entire family again, some friends, music, and being forced to join the war. In the final stage, is the process of rehabilitation where Beah connects with music once again. Ishmael Beah exposure to music at a young age stayed with him throughout his life. (Beah, 2007, p. 5-218)

of the people in his city and he becomes loved. He did a great deed for his people, and he felt very gratifying about it. Although this played a role in his personality

what he became and did not let anything get in the way of becoming a musician. In this

The theme of this story can be expressed as a story of suffering and racism. Though the theme may be thought of as just about a young boy who gets himself in trouble with drugs and tries to redeem himself by his passion of music; it

Louie’s Perserverance to Survive Internment Camp The 8th amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment in the United States. However, this amendment did not protect Louie in the Japanese prison camp where he was repeatedly beaten and tortured. Louie, the main character of the novel Unbroken, was a normal, naughty

struggles he faced to overcome it. He had a hard childhood and career due to prejudice and

Prisoner of War There are crimes that happen everyday but what makes the victims survive from that is by being strong resilient, determined and having even a glimpse of hope. Lauren Hillenbrand describes Louie Zamperini as a resilient, determined and strong person. Louie as a kid was a troublemaker and got involved with the law for stealing things others would say he was untamable. Louie’s brother wanted to help pull him out of that dark hole so he introduced running to Louie. He then began to run inside of school and out, so when it came time for college Louie joined the army to pay for college. Louie would run and prep for the olympics but still in the army... Louie was a prisoner of War. In the novel, Unbroken, Lauren Hillenbrand uses Louie's life experiences to show his two most important traits: determination and resiliency.

When Ishmael and his friends have to travel all of the Sierra Leone seeking food and shelter, they face many hardships. Men kidnap the boys with loaded guns and show no mercy to any age groups. Luckily, when Beah and his friend’s were captured Beah had a rap cassette in his pocket. In this excerpt Beah explains, “One of them found a rap cassette in my pocket and handed it to the chief. He asked for it to be played… He called for a young man who was from that village...He knew my name, my brother’s, and those of my friends. None of us knew him, not even by his face, but warmly smiles as if we recognized him as well. He saved our lives (ALWG 38).” In Beah’s life his music is what saves him. Also Beah leaves his home to visit the talent show in Mattru Jong. This trip to Mattru Jong saves his life also because his village was raided by the rebels. Music in our lives also pushes us through bad times, just not on the same level as

his life and the events leading up to his isolation from society and, eventually, his death. He’s a

His hardships started when he was sent off to fight in the Trojan War. He had to fight because he had made an oath to Helen’s husband that he would always defend her honor. When Paris abducted Helen he was then forced to fight. After he had fought for Helen and had left, the wind then swept him to the island of the Cicones and fought and lost many men. He survived this mishap and then

Our world contains many cultures that perform their religious healing in somewhat similar, but also different ways when pertaining to ritual, beliefs and healing. Towards the end of Sonny’s Blues, Baldwin focuses on the purpose of Sonny’s music and emphasizes Sonny’s musical performance as his religious healing. This paper will emphasize African diaspora and religious expression in Sonny’s Blues. By using analysis from Turner and Janzen, this essay will address the large impact of rites of passage, the significance of communitas, and the correlation with ‘health as adaptation.’

The most obvious thing that is important to the character is his adopted daughter, Anna. Throughout the narrative he shows that he cares for her happiness and her health. She is unable to speak clearly and tell her own story, so the character (father) tells it for her. The character is trying to show the reader how effective music can be as a therapy, and is using his own experience to prove the worth of musical therapy. He gives example after example of how music improved the life of his daughter, and how she looks forward to her day with music so eagerly. One line he says, “Ask her a direct question and you will get a stammered word or two at most. Play a song and she will begin to shout out the words, even if she has never heard them before. ”It is a testament to how much music can change her attitude and behaviours. It seems to fill her with confidence and strength where usually she is frail, a picture painted by the quote above.

At his younger ages, he was a sickly bronchitic kid. The situation became worse when he was seven, because his parent's divorced and he never felt in secure or being loved again, he was really lonely. Due to this situation he became anti-social. He often moved from relative to relative and unfortunately he became once homeless, who was living under a bridge, which is a shrine of the Nirvana fans until today. However, he later mentioned that these actions inspired lots of Nirvana’s music. At high school, his situation wasn’t better. Because of his strange and odd behavior, he didn’t have any friends and his schoolmates