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    For many centuries, music has been an unwavering force in society, offering entertainment for various ceremonies and events, while also providing an outlet for creative expression. Most people see the entertainment factor in music, but fail to realize the power music has to influence social change. One way that music inspires social change is through protest songs. Most songwriters agree that protest songs are written because circumstances demand engagement and things can no longer be left unsaid

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    movement. All of these movements were to promote social justice. Some pop culture icons of the time voiced their thoughts about this social justice. Three of these icons were influential musicians. These musicians are Janis Joplin, Marvin Gaye, and Bob Dylan. The first of these influential musicians is Janis Joplin. To understand her beliefs and how she became such an inspiration, it is important to look at her upbringing. Janis Joplin was born in Texas in 1943. She was raised in a middle-class

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    Avalanche Gently, I open my tired eyes to the bright morning lights shining through the cracks of my aging tent. Stretching my awfully sore, cramping legs under my snowsuit, I take in a big breath of the mountain air. “Christopher, Michael are you ready to go yet? Get out of your tents!” Rachel hollers from her tent. “Alright,” Michael yells bitterly from behind me. Smiling, I carefully unzip my cramped tent and gaze in awe at my perfectly stunning snowy mountain view. Small, white flakes are

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    Response Paper #4 The folk music of the Civil Rights Movement “came out of tradition, common experience, and generations of resistance” (Dunaway 2010: 140). The songs used throughout the movement derived from the shared experiences and struggles of African Americans while connecting “the gentle, idealistic world of folk music and the integrationist world of civil rights” (Dunaway 2010: 145). Songs, such as “We Shall Overcome”, were put through the folk process, where a song is passed on and alterations

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    Modern Times, Plagiarize Crimes In 2006 Bob Dylan, a famous singer-songwriter created an album called Modern Times. This album grew instant success becoming number one on the Billboard charts. Soon after its release, audiences found some things that were unsettling, which led to the start of allegations. Very similar comparisons were found between Dylan’s album and Henry Timrod’s poems like phrases that were copied verbatim. With these accusations Dylan and many others came to his defense, stating

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    still thinks about his business anymore. In this stave, the Ghost of Christmas Present appears to Scrooge, and shows his people having a happy Christmas, maybe trying to get Scrooge to like Christmas more. As Scrooge eavesdrops on Tiny Tim’s dad, Bob Cratchit, and hears him performing a toast to Scrooge. At this point, Scrooge realizes his character needs some improvement. When he sees his clerk, he gazes upon a family who is very poor, yet they love each other very much, and are a happy family

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    “Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life” (Bob Marley). It all begins with Dana Franklin and everything she has to do in order to both save her ancestry as well as keep love and freedom in her life. It is 1976 in Maryland and Dana Franklin is a black woman married to a white man named Kevin Franklin. One day after moving houses, Dana begins to feel dizzy and faints. When she wakes, she realizes she is no longer in 1976 and must save a boy, Rufus Weylin

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    Overly grumpy and has extortionate avarice, this is Scrooge. Scrooge may also be malcontent, and he is this little miserly ol’ curmudgeon. Happiness, kindness, and Christmas, Scrooge hates, until a clique of three apparitions comes and shows him otherwise. May I also add the fact that Scrooge is not very liberal, instead he is odious, and misanthropic. This man was a miserable, depressed, heavy-hearted man. According to the text, no one ever stopped Scrooge in the street to say, with a gladsome look

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    Scrooge Symbolism

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    Based on what I read Scrooge is a grumpy person with no feeling for the people around him. Dickens doesn't like this and says it is a big no-no is his world. Scrooge spends money on only what he needs to get by. He doesn't get why Christmas is such a big deal, even though everyone else is celebrating it with cheer. In fact, he hates the Christmas cheer and expresses his feelings. He despises poor people and say that they should go to jail. He does not have any joy, but he’s not depressed.

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    A Box Office Flop Doesn’t Define a Movie’s Legacy A movie’s greatness is often measured by its monetary returns. There are numerous examples of huge commercial successes that are able to draw dollars from people with each iteration of their product even when the movies themselves are less memorable. Think of Fast & Furious or Transformers, hugely popular, even producing a great movie from time to time. Less often, is a franchise that produces a string of great films. Star Wars and James Bond have

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