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    Motown was, and still is an iconic place that has helped shape music and civil rights in Detroit Michigan in the 1950s. Berry Gordy was born in 1929, and founded his music company in 1959. He was married in 1953, had a family, and started working at Lincoln-Mercury assembly line in 1955, while working he would compose songs. "Through family connections, Gordy encountered singer Jackie Wilson's manager; he ended up co-writing the Wilson hit "Reet Petite," which came out in 1957. Gordy also wrote Wilson's

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    Previously working in the automotive industry, Berry Gordy explored the idea of creating a music record company that would incorporate the automobile assembly line process that would later open the doors of opportunity for african-americans everywhere even to these contemporary times. This company was called Motown Records; obtaining this goal proved to have some obstacles due to the encounter of racial tensions that affected every man, woman, and child. Fortunately, a determined will, aquired from

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    arly 1960’s a man named Barry Gordy founded a record company named Tamla Records which soon became what is known today as Motown records. The Motown record company is one of the most popular record companies known to date, with several artist and musical sensations under its belt. During the time that Motown was on the rise there were a lot of social and economical issues in America, the civil rights movement for example, played a huge role is some of the music that the artist signed to Motown sang

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    Rebellion in Fight Club and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest All societies have a basic structure, and in order to function well with others, a person must conform to the laws and regulations of said society. In the novels Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, a variety of themes are discussed, with the major theme being rebellion. The main characters of both these novels struggle with the established structure they are living in and are unwilling to conform

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    not your fucking khakis--Tyler Durden, Fight Club In 1996, Chuck Palahniuk published his first novel, Fight Club. On the surface it can is seen as a backlash to the feminization of men, and a celebration of violence for violence sake. But what is it really about? Fight Club is a protest against not the feminization of the western male, but against men themselves. (Audio track three on the special edition DVD featuring author Chuck Palahniuk and screenwriter Jim Uhls is fantastic and can help the

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    Fight Club In the book Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk, the narrator is an employee for a travelling car company, who suffers from insomnia. When he asks his doctor for medication the doctor refuses and advises him to visit a support group to witness what suffering really is. The first group the narrator attends is for testicular cancer victims. He finds an emotional release that relieves his insomnia and becomes addicted to support groups. After a flight home from a business trip, the narrator

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    Machiavelli’s The Prince is a guide written for the ruling class on how to maintain power, however, royalty is no longer a characteristic that belongs only to a monarch. In The Prince, Machiavelli targets the prince and all other royalty, but today his work may be used as a social critique of upper class society. Thus, a popular television show depicting Manhattan’s elite governed by social media blasts, is no coincidence. It is evident that the creators of the popular television show Gossip Girl

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    what makes the models and actresses attractive. This tactic is so effective because it plays on our desire to be attractive. The more attractive we are the better sexual mates we can attract. Martial arts expert Chuck Norris endorses a home workout product called the Total Gym. We see Chuck Norris using the product in the commercials, yet it had nothing to do with the level of fitness he achieved. It doesn’t matter though. We see the extremely fit man using a product so we think if we use it as well

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    and it is impossible to know anything with certainty (Wilshire 4). It is a belief that people adopt to reach total anarchism. Wilshire (5) contends that people with anarchistic values are troubled, and they may require psychological assistance. In Chuck Palahniuk's novel "Fight club," Tyler embodies these qualities. This paper will shows that Tyler is a nihilist, since he does not believe in any human values, and he is not loyal to anyone. Tyler is a nihilist because he does not believe in the value

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    Fight Club and Feminism Essay

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    The issue at the heart of the David Fincher film, Fight Club, is not that of man’s rebellion against a society of “men raised by women”. This is a film that outwardly exhibits itself as promoting the resurrection of the ‘ultra-male’, surreptitiously holding women accountable for the decay of manhood. However, the underlying truth of the film is not of resisting the force of destruction that is ‘woman’, or of resisting the corruption of manhood at her hand, but of penetrating the apathy needed to

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