Glee

I felt delighted as I watched the episode “Born This Way” from “Glee”. The story was appealing due to the high school setting. Besides the entertaining purpose, the episode also reflected three significant issues namely discrimination, cosmetic surgery and homosexuality. Firstly, the episode revealed the issue of discrimination. Quinn, a pretty girl insulted Lauren, an overweight girl who wanted to compete for the title of prom queen. I felt glad as Lauren was determined and confident in pursuing

I generally dedicate the majority of whatever time I have to band, glee club, or symphony activities. I play quite the agglomeration of instruments that includes soprano and bass clarinets, tenor sax, trombone, viola, and piano. I also sing soprano I in the glee club and select underclassman group at CASHS. I am many different ensembles, both for the school and other organizations. I play soprano clarinet in CASHS’

The surrealist part is when Sanders talks about how they heard noises within the forests of Nam. Sanders says, “...but after a while they start hearing -you won’t believe this- they hear chamber music… Then after a while they hear gook opera and a glee club…” (Pg. 71). When he says this he is really adding details to pad the story up. Like when Sanders say, “The whole country. Vietnam. The place talks. It talks. Understand? Nam - it truly talks.” (Pg. 71). He means to say that he added those things

in regards to a study done by Meyer and Wood (2013) on the negative perception of queer identity by male viewers of the teen show, “Glee”: “In day-to-day life, they keep their fandom secret in order to avoid a perceived stigma by non-gay (or masculine) viewers” (443). In this study, Meyer and Wood (2013) confirm male fears of being identified as “gay” by watching Glee, which is reinforced in the hyper-masculinity of Django’s personality as an aggressive male seeking to save his submissive wife from

most of the students, and his classmates remember him as a friendly and social person (Yoder 22). He enjoyed thinking deeply about topics which greatly impacted his leadership skills and qualities. In Passing on the Gift: The Story of Dan West by Glee Yoder, a quotation from The Goshen News after Dan West died stated, “The Church lost a plain and simple man, who saw in every person a divine image; his goal in leadership was to enable others to let this image come alive” (165). Dan West loved the

the caged bird, and he is the speaker., Next is observing the tone of the poem. The poem has a dark and sad tone to it using words like “blood is red on the cruel bars”, “pain still throb is old, old scars”,”wing is bruised”, “not a carol of joy or glee” (Dunbar)

which one has excessive thoughts or obsessions that lead to repetitive behaviors or compulsions. OCD can range from mild to severe with effects causing one’s behavior to become deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional. In the popular television shows “Glee”, a character by the name of Emma Pillsbury displays similar behaviors to patients with OCD. Throughout several episodes of the musical comedy, Ms. Pillsbury fears dirt and germs leading her to excessively wash everything and to eat food prepared

The sun rises and the day begins, Roger gets out of the bed and goes to the bathroom to take a hot and relaxing shower. Haphazardly, he realizes it’s Saturday morning of the last week of the month. He gets in his shiny car and starts driving with glee to the street where he first met Mrs. Jones. 20 years ago, since she forgave him, he has been thinking of a small but important life lesson which she taught him in her tiny room. And 5 years ago, he decided to find Mrs. Jones to show her how much he

An Outcast in Society Many a times, society tends to view its outcasts as lonesome, introverted people, who lack happiness and glee due to their secluded nature. Tim Burton, in part to his eerie film style and the fact that he sees himself within his characters, reflects upon this idea within his films, often depicting characters that have these outcast traits. However, Burton contradicts the aforementioned concept by exemplifying the fact that his protagonists are often happy, full of joy, and

Sir Edward Elgar composed the song cycle, Sea Pictures, in 1899. The five songs in this cycle that will be discussed in detail in this paper are: “Sea Slumber Song” by Roden Noel, “In Haven (Capri)” by Caroline Alice Elgar, “Sabbath Morning at Sea” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Where Corals Lie” by Richard Garnett, and “The Swimmer” by Adam Lindsay Gordon. First, the life and early influences of Elgar will be explored, followed by a close look at the text of each poem in the song cycle. A compositional