...Nicholas Law Humanities Paper Moon: The Connected Meaning In The Song “It’s only A Paper Moon” there are a few quotes and connections to the character’s lives from the movie “Paper Moon”. The lyrics in the song help depict how the Protagonist Addie changes the life of Moses Pray and how inseparable they become after a short period of time. In the following essay I will also explain what the “Paper moon” symbolizes to the characters metaphorically and realistically. In the movie “Paper Moon” a young girl by the name of Addie is left all alone in a world unknown to her. She is forced into the care of a man name Moses Pray also known as a “con man” and he is guilt tripped into transporting Addie to her aunt halfway across the country. Throughout this long trip Moses and Addie become very fond of one another, and at times even act as a married couple would, bickering and fighting over small trivial things such as money and cigarettes. Although over this trip Addie and Moses Con many people to raise their funds for the expense of the trip and many other things. Through all of the conning they did the quote “But it wouldn’t be make believe if you believed in me” really stands out in a literal and metaphoric sense. In the literal look on the situation the people they con don’t believe it is “make believe” due to the process they use when they con, an example would be taking advantage of the loss of a loved one to sell bibles. The family of the deceased then takes the bait and...
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...she was going to put bars on my window, so the next time she hits me I can’t run and call the cops. So that night when everyone was sleeping I ran away. I was gone for 52 days , I was so scared that my mom would find me. Nobody will ever understand what I went through. Some hardships African Americans faced on a daily basis was malnourishment, disrespect and having to do, the responsibilities of the owners of the house. My mother would tell us she owned us, this was so similar to the slaves. They were human beings being treated like animals. Their rights as humans were taken away, just as I had felt living with my mom, not being allowed to be my own person. In the song “Swing low, Sweet Chariot” slaves are basically saying god, someone, anyone take me home to the place where I belong. In the song , when the slaves say “coming for to carry me home,” it is an expression used to say that they are either waiting for the day that they can go...
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...Sweet Chariot If you view the song as carrying a religious message, explain what the chariot represents. What is meant by the word "home"? What is the overall subject of the song? The chariot represents death. The poet asks it to come carry him/her home. Home means heaven. The subject of the song is being tired and wanting to die peacefully. This is an old slavery song and is sung in many churches. If you interpret this song as a protest song, depicting a slaves desire for freedom, explain what the chariot represents. What is meant by the word "home"? What does Jordan, the river that formed the boundary to the Promised Land in ancient times, represent in this case? What does the "band of angels" represent? I do not view this song as a protest song, but if it were, the chariot would mean rescue and home would still mean heaven or a place of freedom. Jordan would represent the gate to heaven and the band of angels would represent a rescue party. For what types of situations would people write protest songs today? People might write protest songs about events like the attack on Paris or about certain political figures. Give an example of a modern-day protest song (name and artist who performs it) and briefly summarize what message it contains. (You do not need to provide the lyrics.) An example of a modern-day protest song is “Wake Me Up When September Ends” by Green Day. The song is protesting the Bush Organization and 9/11. Go Down, Moses Whom does Pharaoh represent...
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...Carmen Morrow February, 21, 2012 Bible104-Online Summaries of the books of the Old Testament Exodus Exodus contains two genres, narrative and law. Some of its main themes were suffering, loyalty, deliverance, law, judgment and worship. The book of exodus was written by Moses around 1450-1440 B.C. some of the main people in this book were Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron, and Joshua. The purpose of exodus was written to record the events of Israel’s deliverance from slavery. The book talks about how God spared Moses life and called upon him through a burning bush to free the people of Egypt from slavery. Exodus also speaks of the plague God placed upon Egypt and Pharaoh for ignoring his warning. In exodus Moses also presents all the Laws to the people at Mt. Sinai. And this book also mentions that Moses gave the people of Israel a tabernacle, priest, and worship instructions. Nehemiah The book of Nehemiah is a narrative history. It was said to be written between 445-420 B.C. Some themes associated with this book are obedience and opposition. The book of Nehemiah tells the story of Israel’s return from the Babylonian captivity and rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. In this book the word had reached Nehemiah that the temple needed to be rebuilt so he asked God to use him so he could save the city. God answered his prays and the kings allowed him to return to Jerusalem, where he was made governor. Nehemiah gained a lot of support throughout the process of building the wall....
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...and have to be able to be discipline and obedience. Look at Moses when he was trying to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. The things that made Moses successful were six things that were install abilities and was anointing. Third is his sacrifice. Fourth is his wisdom. Fifth is he is very confidence. An last his humility. (ex. 12:28) So you see this journey Moses had was making him become one of the most humble leader of his time. A leader communication God instructs his people You hear a lot about in a relationship that there is no communication. Well it’s the same thing as trying to become a leader. Without the ability to communicate a leader goes on a dark long path by himself. You will never get an vision unless you grab it an put it in his or her heart. God did just that when explain to the Hebrews families how they could save the life of their first born sons. (ex 12:3-23) Attitude: My way or the highway!!!!! Pharaoh thought it did. Not only did he rule with absolute power, he also displayed his true arrogance. Pharaoh revels his arrogant character, through his defiant response to Moses request that he let his people go. But Pharaoh Pride led to arrogance, and his arrogance lead to rigidity. His heart became stone cold and hard. You know that really should have been a song. “ My way or the highway” Because the Israelites had a chance it was either his way or the highway, which they chose the highway. Moses need it help Have you ever seen anybody that won anything...
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...Israel. Abraham’s son, Isaac, and Isaac’s son, Jacob continued to be chosen people, kept by GOD throughout trials and tribulations. Jacob’s son, Joseph who was sold into slavery by his brothers only to rule over them and the rest of his family in Egypt during a great famine of that time, closes out the book of Genesis. Exodus The book of Exodus is primarily narrative scripture. This book focuses on the oppression of GOD’s chosen people in Egypt, their departure and journey out of Egypt to the Promised Land led by Moses, and GOD’s covenant with them. Exodus begins where the book of Genesis ends with the 12 tribes of Israel now in Egypt given that Joseph, one of the 12, was there in a position of authority. The original 12 have all passed and their lineage suffered oppression under new Egyptian leaders, Pharaohs. GOD called upon Moses, born in the family line of one of the 12 tribes, Levi, to lead his people out of bondage. Through Moses, GOD demonstrated his power over all things by inflicting Egypt with plagues when Pharaoh refused to let Israel go. The...
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...Cake/Paris Morton Music 2 Come Thru All Me The Motion 1.Tuscan Leather (A. Graham, A. Palman, N. Shebib, D. W. Foster, L. Thompson-Jenner) Sandra Gale / EMI Music Publishing (ASCAP), Sandra Gale / EMI Music Publishing (ASCAP), Mavor & Moses Inc. / Kobalt (ASCAP), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp (BMI), Songs Of Universal. Produced by Noah “40” Shebib for Evdon Music Inc. Recorded by Noah Shebib and Noel Cadastre for Evdon Music Inc. Assisted by Luke Leveille, Jeff Crake, Miguel Scott and John Nettlesbey. Recorded at Noble Street Studios, Toronto, ON. Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, ON. Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta GA and Marvins Room, Hollywood, CA. Mixed by Noel “Gadget” Campbell for T.O. Music Group / Evdon Music Inc. at Studio 306, Toronto, ON. Assisted by Lindsey Warner. Background vocals performed by Cappadonna. All instruments by Noah Shebib, Guitars by Adrian “X” Eccleston. Additional drum programming by Matthew “Boi-1da” Samuels and Nineteen85. “Tuscan Leather” contains interpolations from “Serious” written by W. Mcglone & L. Parker. Published by Pop Art Music Div. / Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC (ASCAP). Contains a sample from “I Have Nothing” (David Foster, Linda Thompson) Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI) by Warner-Barham Music LLC / Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) / Warner-Tamerlane Pub. (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved. “Tuscan Leather” contains excerpts from “I Have Nothing” as performed by Whitney Houston courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment. Used by permission...
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...James L. Wilson Date 2/14/12 AFAS 160D1 Dr. Yuxuf Abana Essay # 1 The value of language The Norton anthology of African American literature book, does a great job in describing the uniqueness of the early African American language, as the roots for the spiritual and the secular forms of the African American vernacular. But for one to understand the African American vernacular, one must understand how the language was created. The language of the early Africans that occupied north America was unique to only this ethical group, because they where the only forms of Africans in that time that spoke a kind of language that was broken English or formally called “Pidgin” which is known as the language of the slaves. Lets take a look at the active definition for pidgin, so we can come to a clear understanding of the word before we progress further in the paper: “A simplified form of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages, has a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary, is used for communication between groups speaking different languages, and is not spoken as a first or native language. Also called contact language.”(pidgin online) so contact language is the language first spoken or developed when the Africans where first In America. The language was created due to the direct result of the times being that Africans by law where not allowed to be educated or to be treated like anything other then a slave...
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...307554980____________________ Quiz 1: Spiritual Beginnings Write your answers in English using the blank lines. Write briefly and accurately. No more than 7-8 lines for each question. Deadline: 20.11.16 A. Negro Spirituals 1. What is the implied meaning of the codified language used in “Go Down Moses”? Explain your answer by quoting from the song. (20 points) The implied meaning of the codified language in "Go Down Moses" is to imply that slavery need to be stopped as soon as possible "Let my people go". The Biblical story of the Exodus is compared to the slavery of the black slaves. Both nations have suffered from oppression and enslavement. "Oppressed so hard they could not stand". In addition, the codified language also enabled the slaves to express prohibited state of mind and resentment towards slave labour....
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...the calamity of the temple’s destruction, the earlier religion had to develop in new ways to survive. This is why there is distinction made between biblical Judaism and rabbinical Judaism. A lot of the Jewish laws practice and structure comes from the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew Bible sets a foundation for development in the Jewish way of life. Moses and the Law Moses is one of the most important and key characters in Jewish history. Let us start off with the fact that since the Hebrew population grow so large the Egyptians saw them as threats to be. The pharaoh in command at this time was so scared he ordered all baby boy Hebrew to be killed at birth. Moses was spared because he was hidden. After three months is mother afraid for his life and send him up the Nile River in and watertight basket. Story tells us that an Egyptian princess discovers him and raised him as her own. Also Moses are era occurred during the polytheistic culture of Egypt. This is the era when God showed he is “the one true God”. In Moses era this is when the story of the ten great plaques, the journey out of Egypt through a large body of water. Moses is later to be recognized as the prophet that bring forth the Ten Commandments. Underlying the commandment is the conviction that a covenant is made between God and his people. The Book of Leviticus begins with detailed structure about animal sacrifice and outlines many special laws that is important still in Judaism today. These...
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...discussions in his respected work, The Prophetic Imagination. Here, Brueggemann proposes the social actions of the prophets Moses, Isaiah, Ecclesiastes, and Jeremiah as revolutionary insofar as each of their ministries provided a radical alternative for the social consciousness for the Hebrew people of their time given the context of their dominant social realities. These prophets provided a new social orientation for the Hebrews away from the power holders of their ever changing social hierarchy to that of a social life and though centered on their God Yahweh. Brueggemann explains this using Biblical citation while also applying this thesis to a theological critique of the modern Judeo-Christian faith and its preaching. Given Brueggemann’s analysis of the prophets’ social criticism, his argument is compelling and sheds new light onto how readers of the Bible ought to review the Old Testament. Brueggemann begins his work by defining the sole task of prophetic ministry, which is meant to introduce an alternative social reality to the dominant structure followers are led to believe in at their own peril (Brueggemann p. 3). With Moses as the prime example of this prophetic movement in the book of Exodus, Brueggemann explains that prophets must criticize enduring social themes in ongoing struggles while energizing the public to believe in the alternative freedom of God. Moses in battling the pharaohs of Egypt in Exodus had to provide a differing social and political view to the politics of...
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...Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Deuteronomy The book of Deuteronomy was authored by Moses and contains three speeches by him which include the “Song of Moses, the blessing fo Moses and the transition of leadership to Joshua.” Ed Hindson & Elmer L. Towns, Illustrated Bible Survey 81 (2013) As the final book of the Law, Deuteronomy completes the Torah scrolls written around “1405 BC at the end of the wilderness wanderings.” Hindson & Towns, supra 83 Within Deuteronomy there are some “narrative material” as well as “legal material,” but it is primarily of a “sermonic” writing of the law. Deuteronomy is divided into three divisions of past, preset and future where the beginning tells Israel’s history proceeding to the present where Israel’s laws are recorded into principles, priorities and practice. In the end the writings conclude with Israel’s destiny where their covenant was ratified and community was prepared. “Moses begins with his first sermon as a covenant renewal for the second generation who were born of the wilderness.” Hindson & Towns, supra 85 Through the recording of Israel’s laws, Moses’ second sermon “articulates the covenant law and its application.” Hindson & Towns, supra 85 The principles speak of loving God, which emphasizes a “matter of the heart.” Loving God was not just a ritual nor was it required, but it was and still is of “spiritual devotion” that would ultimately result in giving the “Israelites the land of Canaan...
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...Anthony Selvaggio commented “Miriam’s jealousy led her to take foolish and sinful actions. Her jealousy marginalised her role in Israel’s history and made her less useful to God” (Selvaggio, 2009). This statement contradicts the image of Miriam in Exodus and the majority of the feminist critiques that support Miriam’s leadership. One of the many critiques that contradict Anthony Selvaggio’s statement is by Claude Mariottini, who is a feminist stating “Miriam is downgraded partly in order to promote Moses as the prominent leader of Israel” (Mariottini, 2013). This is evident because when Miriam questions Moses, she is punished which depicts Moses’s superior to her. It is a Biblical text, only men were educated to read and write due to the patriarchal society hence the text could be biased (Newson, 1992). The punishment was included in the text on purpose to warn the women about the consequences of questioning the male authority to continue the patriarchal trend. Even though, Miriam is a prophet, leader and courageous the text tries to present her as disobedient, excluded, silent and justifiably punished (Winter,...
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...however, the expression is now generally used, conveniently if incorrectly, as synonymous with Jewish literature, including all works written by Jews in Hebrew characters, whether the language be Aramaic, Arabic or even some vernacular not related to Hebrew. The literature begins with, as it is almost entirely based upon, the Old Testament. There were no doubt in the earliest times popular songs orally transmitted and perhaps books - of annals and laws, but except in so far as remnants meat- of them are embedded in the biblical books, they have Scrip- entirely disappeared. Thus the Book of the Wars of the Lord is mentioned in Num. xxi. 14; the Book of Jashar in Josh. x. 13, 2. Sam. i. 18; the Song of the Well is quoted in Num. xxi. 17, 18, and the song of Sihon and Moab, ib. 27-30; of Lamech, Gen. iv. 23, 24; of Moses, Exod. xv. As in other literatures, these popular elements form the foundation on which greater works are gradually built, and it is one function of literary criticism to show the way in which the component parts were welded into a uniform whole. The traditional view that Moses was the author of the Pentateuch in its present form, would make this the earliest monument of Hebrew literature. Modern inquiry, however, has arrived at other conclusions (see Bible, Old Testament), which may be briefly summarized as follows: the Pentateuch is compiled from various documents, the earliest of which is denoted by J (beginning at Gen. ii. 4) from the fact that its author regularly...
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...Music has been a form of communication since the beginning time. During the days of slavery songs helped them to escape. For Africans wanting to escape slavery, their songs were used as a map to freedom, especially during the 1400’s through the mid 1800’s, as this was the period of slave trading in the United States. These freedom songs continued until 1836 when slavery was historically abolished. Due to the fact that slaves were not allowed to be educated nor were they allowed to read, they used the slave songs because the songs served so many purposes including that of expressing emotions. The old Negro spirituals were also a part of the underground railroads with individuals like William Still an African-American abolitionist from Philadelphia along with Harriett Tubman who were major conductors on the Underground Railroad. Songs like “Go Down Moses” was one of the many songs they sang. There were songs of communication which was used among the slaves “Steal away to Jesus” and “Wade in the Water”. These songs were used as an escape map. Kendrick Lamar songs on his To Pimp a Butterfly album reflect the past, present and the future. The past as noted in his lyrics are related to William T. Sherman's Field Order No. 15, which set aside 400,000 acres of land confiscated from slaveholders in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida for settlement by African Americans which described by Kendrick Lamar as the elusive 40 acres and a mule states “I need 40 acers and a mule…...
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