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    You didn’t know that you were doing it and you were not aware of how it was affecting your relationship with Christ. After reading the first chapter this was the thought running through my mind. I will be discussing 3 chapters from the book “American Idol: The Worship of the American Dream”. While the entire book was interesting these three chapters touched me in such a profound way. I hope to share my experiences with you so that you may see how the book has impacted me. As a result of reading this

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    broadcasting journalism. This plan took a turn when she tried out for American Idol. She made it through all the rounds, with never being in the bottom three. She went on to win the show in 2005. She is the most famous American Idol singer of all time. After she won American Idol, she went on to winning many awards and

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    His popularity is due to his extra-ordinary writings which are the outcome of the actual incidents which he faced in his life. Herman Melville is a great novelist that the American literature has ever produced. This paper reveals how Billy, the idol of goodness is sandwiched between two evil forces. One opposing is society and the other is a person like master – at – arms, Claggart. Billy, a happy – go – lucky man suffers miserably and ends in destruction. Billy is a good man and stays good

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    Anna May Wong There were many acting idols in the 1920's that left their mark. If it weren't for those actors and actresses there wouldn't be great movie stars today. There's this one actress that made a mark at young age in the acting industry and he name is Anna May Wong. Anna May Wong was the first Chinese American movie star. Wong was not supposed to make it in the acting field. Anna's father didn’t want her to act he wanted he to focus on her school work because he didn’t want her to get her

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    each of the top ten musicians having a song recorded live and played on Birmingham Mountain Radio. The contest would run in a similar fashion to American Idol. The audience members would pick up a ballot at the box office and vote on each musician on a scale of 1-10. There were nights that musicians would not stop playing until 11:30pm. American Idol contestant, Jessica Muese, won the competition, which ended in August 2013. Ellis Hopkins, the man in charge, announced at the final show that there would

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    effects that observation has on the mind, calling this doctrine “The Four Idols of the Mind.” These idols, which Bacon regarded as obstacles preventing the human race from truly understanding nature and reality, create a mental “block” of biases such as racism, gender, or sexuality. Bacon

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    The Four Idols that Distort the Truth in the Darkness In discussions of our susceptibility of delusions and false beliefs, Plato argues that humans can choose whether they want to follow the false beliefs in the darkness, or go into the light by facing all aspects of reality with honesty. Bacon’s argue is similar to Plato’s and Bacon combines the four mistakes of human nature into four different idols. Idol of the tribe, cave, marketplace, and theater. Although Plato and Bacon claim that we are susceptible

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    show called American Idol. This show would air in the United States, and have the same rules as Pop Idol. The show would hold auditions for people who believed they had a talent in singing. There were 3 judges, Cowell being one. Then, the people who were at home watching, would send in their vote, and that would decide who won the show. The only difference was that, the overall winner would get 1,000,000 dollars toward a record deal, instead of only having one option, like pop idol. Also, the finalist

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    always impressed with her talent. People, nation wide were amazed by her signing and couldn’t get enough of her. Carrie realized that taking the risk and auditioning for American Idol was paying off. She made it among the 12 finalists and ended up winning the title of 2005’s American Idol. As the winner of American idol, Carrie later signed to Arista Records as part of her prize. Working with the record label and trying to further her career, she released her debut single, “Inside your Heaven” in

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    One of the most influential television programs was American Idol. When it first came out, people were mesmerized by the new program. Local news outlets that would come on after the show would discuss the results of the show on-air, people would call in after the show to participate in the voting process. When it first came out, my family and I were hooked on American Idol. The television program, American Idol, and its appeal to consumers and advertisers is the relationship that’s studied in Chapter

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