Mr. Tambourine Man

Jessica Jung April 6th, 2016 English Period 1 Mrs. Heisler Bob Dylan: The Voice of a Generation “No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky” (“BrainyQuote”). Bob Dylan stated this, referring to one of his famous folk songs, “Ballad in Plain D”. Dylan’s powerful choice of words in all of the different genres of music he produced allowed his audience to truly connect and get a feel for the stories behind his lyrics. His fame quickly rose due to his style in music, that he soon became

“For the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line,” this was a statement made by W.E.B. Dubois in 1903, and it can be seen in many areas in today’s society with the film industry being amongst them. Many films have gone down the line of troubled youth needing a leader to guide them and in so many of these movies the troubled youth are from ethnic backgrounds. One film that shows the divide of race that is prevalent today is the film Dangerous Minds directed by John N. Smith

Jessica Jung April 15th, 2016 English Period 1 Mrs. Heisler Bob Dylan: The Voice of a Generation “No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky” (“BrainyQuote”). Bob Dylan stated this, referring to one of his famous folk songs, “Ballad in Plain D”. Dylan’s powerful choice of words in all of the different genres of music he produced allowed his audience to truly connect and get a feel for the stories behind his lyrics. His fame quickly rose due to his style in music, that he soon became

On Thursday, October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. Since then, it has been questioned whether or not he deserves this prize. Bob Dylan whose real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman was raised in Duluth, Minnesota. He has been singing and has been in bands since he was a teenager and has listened to songs from an even earlier age. He has been given many awards for his songs and has grown a reputation. However, being awarded the Nobel Prize had brought up a lot

Bob Dylan: An Influence for a Generation “A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between dose what he wants to do” --words spoken by the singer/songwriter Bob Dylan. Being a man of success himself, yet a very humble and simple man, changed the way people view musical quality. Dylan was awarded with the number one song in the twentieth century with those lyrics from his masterpiece Like a Rolling Stone, by Rolling Stone Magazine. His poetic words were

Mac Foster Mrs. Brown Adv 11th Lit 15 December 2016 Gary Soto Gary Soto, a Mexican-American author, was born in 1952 in Fresno, California. His parents were both Mexican-American. Soto did not expect a lot from his life; he imagined he would "’marry Mexican poor, work Mexican hours, and in the end die a Mexican death, broke and in despair’" (Lee). Instead, he became a great writer of poems and short stories. James Sullivan describes Soto as “one of the most important voices in Chicano literature”

Psychedelic Musicians in Rock and Roll In 1967 the Beatles were in Abbey Road Studios putting the finishing touches on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. At one point Paul McCartney wandered down the corridor and heard what was then a new young band called Pink Floyd working on their hypnotic debut, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. He listened for a moment, then came rushing back. "Hey guys," he reputedly said, "There's a new band in there and they're gonna steal our thunder." With

Wyatt Tipple Mrs Gaeman 5th period April 08, 2016 Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music, dance and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his older brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member

There is nothing new under the sun. This could be considered to be the unofficial credo of the Postmodern movement, and it wouldn’t be an inaccurate statement to make. There are few universal themes; the pursuit of love, the satisfaction found in hard work, the youthful struggle against the status quo, the hatred of oppression and control being among those most often quoted, and there are only so many ways to package and repackage these messages in a fashion readymade for public consumption. Pop

SWAN LAKE ‘Swan Lake' was re-choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in1895, after initially being choreographed by Julius Reisinger in 1877. The musical score was composed by Pytor Tchaikovsky. ‘Swan Lake' was created towards the end of the romantic period, so the culture and style of romanticism was prominent, with glimpses of the beginning of the classical era. Because of this, it contains elements of both eras. Some of the romantic characteristics include the pursuit of the unattainable