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    The Great Leap Forward: An Althusserian Analysis of Leftism as Ideology 1 Introduction “Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist party, threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, and attempted to catch up with and overtake Britain in less than fifteen years” (Dikötter xi). During this period, in order to achieve the goal quickly and without resistance, a series of campaigns and mobilizations were launched. Accelerated Collectivization began in early 1958 with the emergence

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    Monet is a master of the impressionist advancement that rose during the nineteenth century. His elegant style and vigilant brush strokes tested the structure and set up guidelines of contemporary workmanship. Unmistakably, in any case, his work was subject to much examination and criticism from his partners. No ifs ands or buts, Monet's style, as depicted in his delineation titled Water Lillies, was not a sudden jump forward; rather, it was a transformative strategy of reliable progression. Nevertheless

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    The film Holes is a well known Disney movie based on Louis Sachar’s 1998 children novel of the same title. Although, it is often the case that books are better than its film counterpart, the movie adaptation by Disney, actually received positive reviews from critics and stayed true to the original story as much as possible. However, changes were still made by director Andrew Davis when it comes to the portrayal of characters, plots, and emphasis of theme based on his own interpretation of the literature

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    My grandfather, George Eveleth, was eight years old when he and his family survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Their house also survived, and on that day, George sat on the front steps watching the parade of refugee’s stream passed on their way to the tent city in Golden Gate Park. His father left the house that morning and when he returned, he brought with him two items - an antique clock and a banjo. George took up the banjo and by the time he was in high school, he was playing professionally

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    In the world of musicians, there is a lot of controversy concerning jazz and classical music. When you listen to them both they can sound completely different, but there are ways in which the two styles of music are similar. Jazz music is American music developed from ragtime and blues. It is characterized by syncopated rhythms, deliberate distortions of pitch, and multiple levels of improvisation. When you play jazz it’s not just reading the notes on a page and trying to make chords and harmonies

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    Louisiana is the home to many different musical genres and is the birthplace of many different types of music. The different cultures in Louisiana helped create all of the music it has. Jazz, zydeco, and Cajun music are some of the genres that Louisiana is most known for. New Orleans has a major role is Louisiana’s music, one of the supposed reasons for New Orleans nickname “The Big Easy” is because of how easy it is for musicians to find work there. Before the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 Louisiana

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    Joe Louis Biography

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    Did you know that Joe Louis’s mom made him take violin lessons, but Joe would secretly take is boxing gloves with him to practice boxing (Joe Louis)? Joseph Louis Barrow, also known as Joe Louis and the “Brown Bomber,” was a heavyweight boxer that held the champion crown for over 12 years (Joe Louis The Official Website). He had his time of struggles and hardships, but he never let them get in the way of his determination and hard work for what he loved. Joe was born in Lafayette, Alabama, on May

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    Bebop History

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    Bebop Overview Bebop is the first stylistic shift the represented the movement away from the current jazz, the Swing. In this style of music, the chord usage becomes lot more complex using extensions such as 9th, 11th, and 13ths but also the flatted 5ths. Improvisation has also been greatly developed. The improvers now used the underlying chords as their basis of improvisation with combination to virtuosic quick notes in a successful complex rhythm. Jam session is another important aspect in Bebop

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    Mary Halvorson Essay

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    Originally from Brookline, Massachusetts, and based in Brooklyn, New York, Mary Halvorson, a skillful guitarist, unpredictable improviser, gifted composer, and unavoidable figure of the avant-jazz current generation, has been very active in New York since 2002. The 36-year-old guitarist did her jazz studies at the Wesleyan University and the New School, which gave her extra tools to develop a very unique sound and a bold musical concept that has no parallel in the modern and diversified world of

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    The life of Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday Two of the most influential Jazz musicians of their time were Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. Duke Ellington was one of the most successful musicians, changing the way the world saw Jazz and making it an American icon. Billie Holiday was known for her incredible voice, which was known as one of the greatest Jazz voices of all time. Both Ellington and Holiday’s music was the influence for the types of Jazz seen today. All in all, they both made major

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