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- 951: A Brief History Of The Blues
- ... Alan Lomax cites some examples of very similar songs having been found in Northwest Africa, particularly among the Wolof and Watusi. p. 233) The word 'blue' has been associated with the idea of melancholia or depression since the Elizabethan era. The American writer, Washington Irving is credited with coining the term 'the blues,' as it is now defined, in 1807. (Tanner 40) The earlier (almost entirely Negro) history of the blues ...
- 952: Artists Works
- ... side, there sits a limp body staring at the reflection of herself in the water that she sinks in. The setting sun glistens off the back of her head, but she just wallows in grim depression and boredom. The canyons trap her in the barren wasteland as she sits motionless, without movement, struggle, or life. This mysterious figure looks so vacant that it might as well be dead. Nothing is happening ...
- 953: Art: The Ultimate Expression
- ... s Red Light, we saw a man walking alone in front of n old truck. The man was not colored at all. He seemed to be sauntering across a street at night. A feeling of depression or sadness surrounds the man. The human is not important but the emotion is. Most of the modern art uses the human body to portray a feeling or emotion. Rarely will you find any new ...
- 954: Jimi Hedndrix Are You Experien
- ... Experience's music, sounds heavy no matter how many times you listen to it. In actuality, the stony "Purple Haze" is about as close as they ever come to hard rock. The next song, "Manic Depression" comes in strong with the opening chords and then reveals Mitch Mitchell's trademark rolling drums. It also contains another of Jimi's solos worth listening to by any new or Experienced fan. Chas Chandler ...
- 955: Beethoven
- ... degree. Having displayed a wide range of his piano writing, he was also beginning to forge a new voice for the violin. (Internet-pg.8) Beethovens deafness landed him into a major cycle of depression. In his Testament, he reveals his malaise that was sending him to the edge of despair. He speaks of suicide in the same breath as a reluctance to die. Having searched vainly for a cure ...
- 956: Andy Warhol
- ... Pennsylvania on either August 6, 1928 or on September 28, 1930 (the date on his birth certificate). His father died when Andy was at a very young age. Thus, it forced Andy into a deep depression containing lack of self confidence. Much of his young life has been kept secret. However, he did report being very shy and depressed because he never felt comfortable with his homosexuality. His childhood life may ...
- 957: The Grapes of Wrath
- ... John Steinbeck that exposes the desperate conditions under which the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's live under. The novel tells of one families migration west to California through the great economic depression of the 1930's. The Joad family had to abandon their home and their livelihoods. They had to uproot and set adrift because tractors were rapidly industrializing their farms. The bank took possession of their ...
- 958: Lack of Love and Frankenstein
- ... for parents to touch their creation often, talk to him softly, and remind him who he belongs to. (Parents Magazine, Jan.99 issue). Without these actions, the child develops a new set of feelings- rejection, depression, and hate. Though the being [creature] has the physical characteristics of a monster, it is only after he is repeatedly rejected by society that he adopts the personality and behavior of a monster. Thus society ...
- 959: Catcher In The Rye: Holden A Victim of Society
- ... to detect horrifying flaws in the society in which he lives. Holden's severe judgment upon others prevents him from affectionate kinship outside the family. The lack of devotion draws Holden into a state of depression over the great abundance of "phonies" in the world. Holden even sacrifices his respect for his older brother to his animosity of the "phonies". "...before he went out to Hollywood and prostituted himself." (p. 80 ...
- 960: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's Fall From Innocence
- ... to his parents' inevitable wrath. Told as a monologue, the book describes Holden's thoughts and activities over these few days, during which he describes a developing nervous breakdown, symptomised by his bouts of unexplained depression, impulsive spending and generally odd, erratic behavior, prior to his eventual nervous collapse. However, during his psychological battle, life continues on around Holden as it always had, with the majority of people ignoring the 'madman ...
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