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Holy Theater Before a Sky Blue Stage (276 words, 1 pages)

Ive opened the curtain of my east window here above the computer, and I sit nowin a holy theater before a sky-blue stage. A little cloud above the neighbor'strees resembles Jimmy Durante's nose for a while, then becomes amorphous as itslips on north. Other clouds follow, big and little and ... Read More

How the ‘Blues Music’ Was Coined from the African and European Merge of Tradition (2485 words, 12 pages)

Joseph Machlis says that the bluesis a native American musical and verse form, with no direct European andAfrican antecedents of which we know. (p. 578) In other words, it is ablending of both traditions. Something special and entirely different fromeither of its parent traditions. (Although Alan Lomax cites some examplesof ... Read More

A Review of James Baldwin’s Story “Sonny’s Blues” (339 words, 1 pages)

Review of "Sonny's Blues""Sonny's Blues" By James Baldwin is the story of two brothers from Harlem who cope with their pain and suffering in different ways. The story begins with Sonny being arrested for heroin use while his brother, the narrator, teaches school. The story then takes the reader through ... Read More

An Overview of the Two Wars, Desert Storm and Vietnam (513 words, 1 pages)

Desert Storm and Vietnam were portrayed in the media are similar because in each the American soldiers had confidence when fighting, both were on tv, journalists and reporters were with soldiers on the battlefield. They were different because Desert Storm lasted six weeks and Vietnam was ten years plus. In ... Read More

An Analysis of the Events that Led to the Desert Storm War (745 words, 4 pages)

The Desert Storm War, like almost all wars throughout history, did nothappen overnight. There were many events which led to the war. It couldeasily be seen that a conflict would arise in the Middle East. The sign of warwere evident.On July 17, 1990, Saddam Hussein accused Kuwait of oiloverproduction and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Book The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (958 words, 5 pages)

The Blue SwordAuthor The Blue Sword was written by Robin McKinley, theauthor of other books, such as The Hero and the Crown. Both ofthese books chronicle the continent of Daria.Setting Most of the book takes place in the small nation of Damar.There are also scenes in an outpost in the ... Read More

A Focus on the Character Karana in Scott O’Dell “Island of the Blue Dolphins” (389 words, 1 pages)

Title Island of the Blue DolphinsAuthor Scott O'DellCharacter KaranaSummary This is the story of Karana, an Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of Blue Dolphins. It is an island in the Pacific that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it dolphins ... Read More

An Analysis of Dialogue in Rent Day Blues by Sterling Brown (441 words, 2 pages)

Joanne V. GabbinIn another poem, "Rent Day Blues," Brown, usingextended dialogue, tells the story of a couple facing rent day without any money. As theman wonders where they will get the rent, his woman turns up with the money from amysterious source. Though the man is briefly troubled, he finally ... Read More

A Comparison of the Presentation of Blues in Cabaret and Memphis Blues (3508 words, 16 pages)

Stephen E. HendersonIf the poet presents the blues through indirection in"Cabaret," in "Memphis Blues" he presents them through the matrix ofthe oral tradition which helped to shape their growth. The poem partly draws upon thetraditional notion of "preaching the blues" found in both music and oralliterature, but significantly it is ... Read More

A Stanza Analysis of Albert J. Von Frank Poem “Desert Places” (5915 words, 23 pages)

Albert J. Von FrankThe poet sees the snow and the night descending together, black and white, workingtogether to muffle sensation and obliterate perception yet they work against each other,paradoxically, to heighten perception. The snow works against the night, giving ghastlylight whereby to see the darkness, while the fast falling darkness ... Read More

A Descriptive Analysis on The Blues (741 words, 4 pages)

CraigWernerRalph Ellison. . . defines the blues as "an impulse to keep the painful details and episodes of abrutal experience alive in one's aching consciousness, to finger its jagged grain, and totranscend it, not by the consolation of philosophy but by squeezing from it a near-tragic,near-comic lyricism." Langston Hughes .. ... Read More

An Analysis of Snelgrove and Grasslea in The Deep Sea: Desert and Rainforest (526 words, 1 pages)

Snelgrove and Grassle in The Deep Sea Desert and Rainforest published in Oceanus, volume 38 in 1995 argue that the popular belief that the deep sea is little more than an ocean desert is a pure fallacy. Contrary to such thinking a multitude of benthic organisms dwell on the ocean ... Read More

A Comparison of the Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets and Blues Ain’t No Mockin’bird (373 words, 1 pages)

We all experience psychological conflicts, knowingly or unknowingly. They involve psychological conflicts among our thoughts, emotions, and rational thinking. It may be the most dangerous conflict of all due to the battleground in which it take place in -- our mind.There are many examples of psychological conflicts in the stories ... Read More

A Comparison of Narrator in Sonny’s Blues and Huckleberry Finn (811 words, 1 pages)

Both the narrator in Sonnys Blues by James Baldwin and Huck in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain feel the urge to escape from their reality as a means of attaining happiness and finding their way in life. However, their reasons for escaping are completely different and so ... Read More

The Out of the Blue and Non Sensical Justifications in Literature (1461 words, 2 pages)

The very first thing that surprised me in Shakespeare was the fact that I came across an unfamiliar in Romeo and Juliet. This surprised me since I had read it so many times. The part that caught my eye was the fact that I never stopped to think about why ... Read More

Muddy Waters – the Patriarch of the Post-World War II Chicago Blues: Life and Works (1058 words, 2 pages)

Muddy WatersElectric BluesMuddy Waters was the patriarch of the post-World War II Chicago blues. He was a master artist who played slashing slide guitar with an earthy raspy voice who had seen his share of sorrow in life. Muddy was also a compelling songwriter a storyteller in song. He was ... Read More

An Overview of the Character William in the Short Story Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin (951 words, 2 pages)

William s Growth as an Understanding and Loving BrotherIn James Baldwin s short story Sonny s Blues, the protagonist is an African-American high school algebra teacher who lives in the projects in New York City. (This character will be referred to as William, which means "determined guardian," for writing purposes.) ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris (625 words, 1 pages)

A Yellow Raft in Blue WaterHow would you feel if people judged you by the way you look or the way you perceive yourself? How would you feel if the reaction you got from others were racial comments? What if those racial comments or dirty looks were given by a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Book Rommel: the Desert Fox by Desmond Young (1195 words, 2 pages)

Rommel the Desert FoxErwin Rommel Jr. was born on November 15, 1891. As a child, he was even tempered and was unremarkable academically and athletically. During adolescence, he became very adept at mathematics (His father and grandfather were both distinguished mathematicians.) Jr. always preferred practical books to works of imagination. ... Read More

An Overview of the Grand Canyon in the Desert of Arizona in the United States (748 words, 2 pages)

Grand CanyonGrand Canyon is one of earth s most spectacular nature phenomenon, that is also way it is one of the seven nature miracles. Grand Canyon is a very popular tourist destination and one of the most visited places on earth. What many visitors do not know is that the ... Read More

An Analysis of the American Operation Desert Storm in Iraq (319 words, 1 pages)

American History EssayDesert StormIn 1979 Saddam Hussien took control of Iraq, and immediately set the tone for his rule by killing 21 of his cabinet members. He wanted to make his country whole once again so in 1990 he invaded Kuwait and in less than 4 hours he had taken ... Read More

A Review of the Movie “Varsity Blues” (558 words, 1 pages)

Got the Blues?Every little thing counts unless you wrote the movie review of Varsity Blues. The reviewer for Our Take at ScreenIt.Com obviously did not come from a town where sports where heavily pushed nor does it seem that he or she has ever played a competitive sport. The repetitiveness ... Read More

The Narrator’s Role in Blue Winds Dancing by Tom Whitecloud (745 words, 1 pages)

The narrator in Blue Winds Dancing, by Tom Whitecloud, talks about the day he comes home to his Indian community from college. The narrator is making his journey home for Christmas break. He explains the differences between the community which he lives in at school and the Indian community he ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Short Story Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin (853 words, 2 pages)

Theme is an essential element to any story, serving as a central message the author means to convey to the reader. In Sonny s Blues, a short story by James Baldwin, the theme of the story shows the reader the importance of listening, both in the narrator s life, but ... Read More

A Review of James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” (4485 words, 7 pages)

"Sonny's Blues", by James Baldwin, is a story about the past and present lives of two brothers. The story is told in first person point-of-view by Sonny 's brother, whose name is never mentioned. The narrator begins with the event of his brother getting caught in a raid for using ... Read More

An Overview of the German Concentration Camps and the Blue Triangle (2272 words, 5 pages)

The holocaust was the mass murder of European Jews by the Nazis during World War II. Adolf Hitler planned to wipe out the entire population of the Jews as part of his plan for world domination. The Nazis killed approximately 6 million Jewish men, women and children by the end ... Read More

An Analysis of the Naturalism in The Open Boat and The Blue Hotel by Stephen Crane (966 words, 2 pages)

Naturalism is an offshoot of realism. Although they are related, they are indeed different. Naturalism presents a deterministic view of man's life and actions, while realism is the way things appear or might appear to be. We see examples of naturalism in Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" and also in ... Read More

An Overview of Sonny’s Blues Story by James Baldwin (735 words, 2 pages)

Sonny s Blues is a short story by James Baldwin. It s about a boy s growth to adulthood in a Harlem ghetto. His name is Sonny. He is sentenced to a government institution do to his selling and using of heroin. Sonny moved in with his brother, who he ... Read More

A Review of James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” (385 words, 1 pages)

Sonny s Blues By James Baldwin Sonny s Blues the author is presenting the past from the perspective of the present in order to understand his own feelings concerning the role of a father. The two brothers in the story had different life choices. Both Sonny and the narrator have ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Blues Eye by Toni Morrison (1194 words, 2 pages)

The Bluest Eye In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison tells the story of a black girl, Pecola Breedlove, who wishes for her eyes to turn blue so that she can look like all the light-skinned, blond and blue-eyed girls that are so beautiful. In the novel Morrison explores the ideas ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013