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    This paper will be an updated version of my last paper which talked about a portion of Barry Gordy's background, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Temptations and their start at Motown. How Motown was the first American music label owned by an African-American, the first music label to successfully market black artists to white mainstream audiences. How Motown was responsible for discovering, mentoring, and perfecting a lot of American popular music's

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    Temptation

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    Temptation Tonight, let us think through the M.O. of Temptation. I believe we are made in the image of the triune God. We have a soul, a body and a spirit: a triune nature. When we are tempted, it will either be in the area of the soul, the body or the spirit. It is important that we understand this concept if we want to know how to overcome temptation. The world will primarily tempt us in the area of our soul. The word for soul is psyche, which we use to describe an individual's mind, will

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    suffers from all this corruption and is mocked for his morals of purity. John is the new entertainment for the people who try to offer him the drug soma and invite him to be like them instead of following his morals of a human being. The cruel temptations are signs of alienation, because it is portrayed that the people disagree with John and want him to instead feel free from his chains of morals and be like them. John is regretting ever leaving his home and feels deeply hurt from all the

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    In the late 1960s and early 1970s Motown released a new band called the Jackson 5. The band consisted of brothers Jermaine Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson, and Michael Jackson. They grew up and started their band in Gary, Indiana. Their father Joe Jackson was their manager, he was a “stern temperamental disciplinarian”. It was also his idea to get his kids into music because one day Joe came home and noticed that the boys where stealing his guitar and playing it without permission

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    Motown Research Paper

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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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    Bailey Frigon Litz American Lit December 7, 2016 Motown Records Influence on society Through the creation of Motown records Berry Gordy changed the barrier between white and black americans and their music. Before Gordy come along to change the standards of american culture whites and blacks had different labels and music. Motown Records is the first record label to successfully market black artists to the white mainstream audience. (Dahl 12-15) Berry Gordy was the first African American to own

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    wanted them to dance and sing together at a time when the issue of unity was gaining a lot of importance . Main Discussion Motown Records was able to produce legends that included the Jackson Five, Gladys Knight, Martha Reeves, the Four Tops, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, and Marvin Gaye. It is evident that Motown had created a new tune that had never been heard before among the American youth, and thus it helped in the shaping of the 1960’s.

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    The Screwtape Letters Essay The demons that lurk around each and every one of us, in the darkness and shadows, can use things like reality or bad influences and many other ways to get in their “patient’s” head. The demons can’t even use the same things that God uses, to get to us; the demons just use it in an evil way. In The Screwtape letters, all of these pains plus many more pains are used to lure “Patients” towards the darkness. In the Gospel of Matthew, we are warned about demons and other

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    Babette's Feast Essay

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    Babette rebuilds her life around the bland gastronomy of the parsonage. Having previously led an extravagant life in France, the food in Jutland is a shocking change. The parsonage values simplicity in order to become closer to God. By removing the temptations of food and drink, they completely devote their lives to learning about their Christian faith. They believe that man should refrain from drinking or eating for more than he needs to remain alive. The film tells the story through nonlinear editing

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    choosing to eat at home I see my mom a lot more. We will sit together for a meal every other day (like I said, im very busy so I’m not home very often.) I also indicated that my temptations towards sweets and beverages would be reduced because im not in its presence. This proved to be true because if I don’t see the temptations I don’t fall to it. I have tried to avoid putting myself in situations where going out to eat becomes an option and therefore I don’t have the need to buy something because the

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