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    The Story of the Puppet

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    the stocky, little man in patchy, homemade overalls was every bit of invisible behind the massive haunches of Tiny, the circus’s eldest, and in his opinion, smelliest, African Elephant. Muttering obscenities beneath his breath, never missing a beat, Puppet shoveled heavy scoopfuls of dung off the boxcar's floor and into an old wheelbarrow, pausing only long enough to lean the shit stick against the wall before he grabbed the handles of the wheelbarrow, his dark complexion reddening from the weight,

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    show a story. For example his piece called “Puppet Master” show cases a man in profile view with seven fingers.

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    Lyric Analysis

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    The song Master of Puppets by Metallica is about addiction to alcohol and drugs. This is apparent from several lines in the song, such as: “Taste me you will see/More is all you need/Dedicated to/How I’m killing you” and “Chop your breakfast on a mirror,” referencing cocaine use, and the chorus ”Come crawling faster/Obey your master/Your life burns faster/Obey your master” support this. The song portrays substance abuse in a negative way, especially evident in lines such as the chorus and “Taste

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    My Puppet Making Journey

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    In the following essay I will be discussing and explaining the various aspects of my puppet making journey. This includes the style I have chosen to use, as well as what and who influenced me and how I plan on using this puppet. I decided to go for the shadow puppetry method. What exactly is shadow puppetry (also known as shadow play)? In order for something to be considered as shadow play you only need about three things, namely a source of light, a form (can be a figure or your hand etc.) and

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    over not stay upright. We are lead through both of their struggles and we see how easily it is to manipulate someone when you have a plan like Amy did. This manipulation is a theme and can be related to puppets as a metaphor. This metaphor is carried throughout the text and Amy is the puppet master as she plays all the characters

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    The film focuses around the leader of the Section 9 “Shell Squad”, Kusanagi Motoko, and her pursuit of a hacker known as the “Puppet Master”. The hacker is later unmasked to be a computer

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    chapter happens in the society today. Also, it helps us as readers to understand the purpose of this writing piece. The purpose of writing this piece is to show the roles the people can take in the real word. Those roles could be a prisoner, a puppet master, or a philosopher. Plato also wanted to show that what people see from their eyes is not always true. It can deceive them. Plato uses symbolism to prove this point. He symbolizes the shadow in which the prisoners see and believes to be the truth

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    students at the St. Croix Educational Complex High School and I had the privilege of learning recycled art puppet making firsthand from artist and puppet master, Mr. Donovan Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman was selected to create giant puppets depicting characters from the Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge book collection. He was also selected to teach educators and students this art form. The puppets were created for the Virgin Islands Department of Education Division of Virgin Islands Cultural Education’s

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    change his life: Majorie Batchelder’s 1947 puppetry handbook The Puppet Theatre Handbook, and My Profession, the 1950 autobiography of the versatile Russian puppeteer Sergei Vladimirovich Obraztsovs’s inspired suggestions for performing.” (Jones, pg. 34). These two books were the fundamental building blocks for Jim’s first puppets and performances. Majorie’s book gave Henson the tools to build the puppet named Pierre the Rat, a puppet he used on his first television show on WTOP called juniors morning

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    that communication and the transfer of important software or documents has a great impact on society. The negative effect is that many can take advantage and destroy another’s whole life with the click of a button. An example, would be how the puppet master used technology to communicate with the team but did not reveal his identity until the very end. Although technology is what surrounds us, it's not what defines us. As we grow, technology will grow with us, either for the better or for the

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