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“Ragtime” is an E. L. Doctorow’s novel that was published in 1975 and later won the National Book Critics Circle Award. E. L Doctorow himself is a famous American writer who is widely known for his unique works of historical fiction. The novel itself belongs to the epic kind of literature. It’s a contemporary realistic…

What if you were told that you could no longer listen to your favourite vocal any longer because the message that it sends does non conform to person else’s manner of believing? What grounds are given for the censorship of music. or why have instrumentalists been tortured. jailed. exiled or even killed? Why have certain…

Franz Josef Haydn wrote quite a few concerti for piano, which have neverreally enjoyed the popularity of such pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Whilesome accuse Haydn’s piano concerti of being too ‘light’ or having ‘no meaning’,I find those to be inaccurate surface impressions. I have found a great deal ofenjoyment from these pieces of Haydn,…

In this assignment I will be comparing the poems Remember by Christina Rossetti and the poem Funeral blues by WH Auden. I will show some intensive points of comparison in the form, structure and language used and how both poems deal with love, tranquillity, peace and death. Both poems are about the feelings of love…

The priest-poet Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), born in the county of Essex, in England, wrote the poem The Wreck of the Deutschland in 1875, which is the year when the ship called “Deutschland” departed from Bremen to the United States of America (stanza 12) and was wrecked in the Thames Estuary (stanza 21 – line…

Executive Summary This report highlights the distinctive characteristics that the Hard Rock Hotel chain possesses in its business, and also the competitive advantages it has over its competitors with its current service management system. Research for this report includes the evaluation of the service package provided by the hotel. Following that, recommendations are also given…

In Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin, two brothers grow up in the ghetto of Harlem, a poverty-stricken place where heroin use is common and crime is high. Sonny, the younger of the two, is portrayed as a troubled young adult who desperately tries to get out of the negative environment that threatens to destroy his…

Eliot challenges his audience to see the province of his character’s subconscious life within a corrupted society. Thomas Stearns Eliot’s poems. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock published in 1915. and Preludes published in 1917. resonate the decay and disaffection of Eliot’s characters and civilisation. Eliot employs assorted poetic techniques to dispute the reader…

Before taking Jazz class, my knowledge of this genre was minimal. During the class, six bands performed a total of fifteen pieces. Most of these compositions were by renowned Jazz composers like Herbie Hancock’s “Cantaloupe Island” and Charlie Parker’s “Donna Lee.” However, one band stood out as they played original pieces written by their own…

Concert Report I.             The concert that was attended was a concert that was held on Thursday July 16, 2009.  The concert was held at the Hollywood Bowl, which is located at 2301 North Highland Avenue, Hollywood, California 90068.  The performance was given by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Los Angeles Philharmonic is composed of…