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    What are the general ideals of America? When one thinks of America, what values and morals come to his or her mind? Nowadays, most people would answer these questions by saying America represents freedom, equality, and hard work. These same people would recollect on the many wars the American people have fought and won and these people would suggest that America is, and always has been, the greatest country in the world. Though many people of today’s American society hold pride and honor in their

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    SECOND DRAFT The sonnets "I hear America singing" and "I, Too" concentrate on the imbalances in American work, going from a normal laborer to a measly slave, who attempts to fulfill the "American Dream". In these two sonnets, a typical specialist and a slave demonstrate their separate purpose of perspectives on how they function to satisfy the "American Dream". Be that as it may, both laborers are not treated similarly. The normal specialists in "I hear America Singing" are upbeat and jaunty about

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    Everyone Can Sing Music, or more specifically singing, is an inseparable part of the average American's lifestyle. It’s in the cars we drive, the stores we frequent, the shows we love and the commercials we love to hate. Music is on our phones, computers, and tablets. Billions of dollars are made from streaming services and contracts each year. However, for the majority of Americans, the extent of their singing consists of serenading soap bubbles in the shower or crooning to their favorite artist

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    The poems, “I Hear America Singing” and “I, Too” relate to the same topic while also having contradicting views regarding social status, discrimination, and patriotism. The poets Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes have very differing perspectives on the American way of life. Whitman tends to see the cheerful part of the American way of life, while Hughes sees a life full of mistreatment and neglect. Hughes' opening statement, "I, Too, sing America" is an obvious reference to Whitman's poem, and allows

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    the numerous examples of the different people that live in America. Through the title, “I Hear America Singing”, the poet was able to explain the events that take place in the poem. The happy and patriotic tone of the poem is captured through the poet's use of specific words. The word “singing” is repeated constantly to show that each worker is happy doing what they and that they are grateful to live in America. The poem states “Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else” (12), expressing

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    Rihanna Influence

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    Marley, Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. Theses artists were very popular and their careers were just getting started when Rhianna was a child. After she started honing her voice and practicing her singing. Her parents saw how talented she was and how hard she was working and decided to have Rihanna take singing lessons. After all that hard work Rhianna impressed Rodgers who bought her to the city were most famous artist,dancers,actors,directors, and a lot more got their big start. She was brought to New

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    Constitution Hall for a concert on April 9. This striked up a lot of heat from the press (Marian Anderson DISCovering Multicultural America). In 1939 the federal government invited Marian to perform at the Lincoln Memorial for her Easter day recital. After her performance at the Lincoln Memorial she then became a household name (Marian Anderson DISCovering Multicultural America) (Marian Anderson

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    Cecil Savant Essay

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    classical piano which later in life as a musician helped her ear musically and exposed deeper levels of classical music. Both her parents were very supportive in her interest for music. She didn’t starting singing until the age of eight and she eventually became interested in classical singing. By the age of thirteen, Savant had a classical voice teacher named Ana Maria Conte Silva. Savant’s father could also sing but did not pursue a career a singer. When she took a few classes at the University

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    being chased down, the suspense is built up with the songs “Love Like a Sunset Pt. 1” at the end of this “Pt. 1” is where he’s punched and “Love Like a Sunset Pt.2” beings and Clementine is holding him dying on the street right by where they met and singing to him “Visible horizon, Right where it starts and ends/ Oh, when did we start the end?” (Phoenix, Love Like a Sunset Pt.2”) then she looks at the audience and sings to them “visible illusion. Oh, where it starts it ends. Love like a sunset” (Phoenix

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    speaker portrays a soul vocalist who sings a tune about how he "Ain't got nobody in all this world, /Ain't got nobody but ma self." While the speaker's race is not clear, the depiction of the "negro" artist investigates the distance of blacks in America. All

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