Essays on Tonight

Since ages, abortion has been a controversial and debatable topic in the country. Currently, the legal aspect of abortion has caused a stir in the masses. This matter can be discussed in the light of two opposing viewpoints professed by two personalities. For women, abortion is not as binary as it is considered and being pro-life or pro-choice is not a decision that anyone can make a certain set of principles which they have come to know of. This is exactly what TV show host and analyst, John Oliver discusses in a light-hearted manner on the show ‘Abortion Laws: ...

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Introduction The Boston Tea Party was an important episode in the history of America which gave way to the American War of Independence. This war was fought to highlight the oppressive measures by Britain, or the mother country as it was known. The Boston Tea Party is the reaction to the attitude of Britain towards its American colonies. According to TH Breen, ordinary people in predominantly rural communities were the highlight of the ensuing American Revolution (Carp, 421). This essay begins with the non-importation agreement in Boston. This is followed by the lapse of the ...

In this paper I chose to write on the song “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman. I ultimately chose this song because I had a three-way tie going between it and “Hurt” the Johnny Cash version and Jeff Buckley’s version of “Hallelujah”. As much as I love “Hurt” I felt that it may be a bit too dark for this assignment. I chose not to do “Hallelujah” because this is only a three-page paper and I tend to get obsessed when I analyze that song. So I am looking at “Fast Car” which in my opinion is one of ...

In 1960, a group of students called the “Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee” (SNCC) began to organize sit-ins with black students who would walk into restaurants throughout the south and sit in places designated for “whites only.” This stirred up a debate between Malcolm X and James Baldwin, who both played a prominent role in the history of the fight against the nation’s racial inequality that led to the Civil Rights Movement. Each of the men had some interesting, valid, and unique perspectives on their thoughts about the sit-ins that were occurring across the south that resulted in the ...

“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” that is also called “Wimba Way”, “Wimoweh” or “Awimbawe” was created and recorded for the first time by Solomon Linda and his band the Evening Birds in 1939. Originally the song was composed in Zulu and then covered internationally by Jimmy Dorsey, the Weavers, Yma Sumac, Miriam Makeba and the Kingston Trio. The Tokens’ version released in 1961 became the number one hit in the U.S.A. The song earned not less than US$15 million thanks to royalties from film licensing and cover versions. The song became one of the most popular folk tunes in ...

The song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” has a special place in the history of South African music. As often happens, the original version, and its performer, remained little known to the general public, while the numerous alterations received glory and reward. For 70 years of existence, this song has more than 160 versions and the total time of its sound on the radio has passed for three hundred years. Song led a variety of charts and according to estimates it collected over $15 million (LaFraniere, 2006). Still, the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonigh” is mostly famous for its use ...

Abstract

The book The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice was written by the most famous poet of the world, William Shakespeare. This is a story about love, jealousy, and revenge. Othello, the protagonists in the story, is a Moor and a general in the army. His role in the Venetian army makes him a significant figure. Upon his promotion, Othello became the main victim when Iago and Rodrigo connived against him in order to destroy him. The jealousy of Rodrigo powered his hatred towards the man. Othello’s downfall was almost assured because of Iago’s flawless plotting ...

Prager, in his article, delves into the ideas of poverty and how it relates to crime in the economy. He starts off by describing several scenarios of his ideas of what poverty entails by describing his paternal grandparents who were immigrants living in such a small apartment such that none of the children ever had their own rooms. He further explains that most of the American population that are considered poor by societal standards own essential items such as a refrigerator, a stove, a television, and even a fridge. They are, therefore, able to provide for their material things ...

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Thesis: Whitewashing has become rampant in Hollywood movies and is beginning to reflect negatively on the American society. Body Paragraphs: I. Whitewashing in recent movies. A. Examples from movies that have been released in the past years. 1. The Last Air Bender 2. Prince of Persia 3. Argo 4. Cleopatra 5. Othello 6. Warm Bodies 7. A Mighty Heart II. Why Hollywood continues to use white actors to play Asian Americans in movies. Most of the time, this leads to them performing a racist and stereotypical role. A. Movie examples of white actors and actresses playing Asian Americans. 1. ...

In a recent episode of “Tonight with John Oliver,” the host announces to his audience that he has discovered that Donald Trump’s original ancestral name is actually Drumpf. The television host begins by talking about how he is fairing in the polls, and to the surprise of many Mr. Trump appeared to being doing quite well. After showing various clips of people who support Trump for president, he continues to mock things Mr. Trump has said publicly. John Oliver then mentions that Trump has declined to come on his show numerous times, but John laughs because the host ...

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There is no denying the fact that every program has a great number of people that are working on it in order to create a very qualitative product. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to understand key principles of the good program’s organization and to find out what a person can learn from this process. In order to see this point clearly, one episode of the famous TV program will be discussed here. “The Tonight Show” is ruled by Jimmy Fallon at NBC and it is a very popular program nowadays. In fact, ...

Firstly, it can be said that the problem defined by Joyce Carol Oates’ poem entitled “Dreaming America”, looks to encompass the American Dream and how this dream ultimately differentiates from each generation on to the next. More specifically, it suggests that the older generation longs for the abundance of nature, the quiet country life and the simplicity of the world in which they knew before. While the younger generations such as our own perhaps, takes over with drastic new developments and technology that slowly but surely look to destroy all elements of simplicity and the natural state of things ...

Saying ‘NO’ to anyone can be hard especially if the person is very close to someone like family members, friends and partners. However, twenty-four hours a day seven days a week and for a busy person who thinks nothing but to earn money, the saying, ‘time is gold’ applies. Rejecting someone can be as painful as it was guilty. But upon remembering the to-do chores, the pending assignments, rest and busy schedules; saying no to anyone would be the best resort to avoid having ill feelings and remorse. It is better to say no if we cannot fulfill the promises as this ...

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot by the Irish writer Samuel Becket is a powerful play attesting to the inevitable suffering inherent in human existence. The play depicts this agony even more poignantly by the fact that it is devoid of a well-organized plot and a conventional setting: “A country road. A tree” (Act 1). This is all the setting there is. .Devoid of these familiar elements, the audience or reader has no choice but to face one of the most fundamental elements of the play: an endless wait. As the play opens, the audience or reader meets Estragon, or rather Gogo, who is struggling ...

The cover of the February 2014 edition of Vanity Fair was a real head turner for me. It featured the Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon flanked by two bikini clad ladies. This cover stood out from the humdrum crowd of magazine covers peppered with words and some male or female model looming large. This basic template is also followed by Vanity Fair but nonetheless it is attractive especially to the metro-sexual and the chic and happening crowd. What makes it attractive to this hip crowd is the mention of Jimmy Fallon along with the promise of discussing the really attractive ...

Ice T, Taylor Swift, and How Cultural Considerations Inform Their Music

“Fuck the police” chants Ice T, in his hit “Cop Killer,” “tonight we get even.” These are the some of the lyrics to one of his most successful, and most controversial, songs. Released in 1992, this song was written partially in protest of the acquittal of two police officers who beat Rodney King in LA. Conversely, almost twenty years later, we have another pop star, Taylor Swift, singing “Drew walks by me, can he tell that I can’t breathe?” She continues, “He’s the reason for the teardrops on my guitar. The only thing that keeps me wishing ...

“Hey, Dad. What do you think about hospice care?”

“Why are you asking me that now? Did Dr. Kellman tell you something I don’t know?” “No, I just wondered if it came down to it would you want to be put into a hospice or die at home?”

“Oh, Jerry, isn’t this a little premature? I mean, Dad’s only 56!”

“55!” “Sorry, honey, but I can’t keep it straight either. Are you talking about both me and Alan?” Marge asked with curiosity. “Both of you,” Melanie confirmed. “Jerry and I got into a discussion the other night about what would happen if, heaven help us all, something serious were to happen to you or Dad or both ...

(Insert College/and or class) Just two days ago from today, my city of Ferguson, Missouri was nothing but an insignificant city amongst the United States. That all changed when Darren Wilson murdered my brother, Michael Brown, in cold blood. I heard from the news that they will be having his funeral soon, and it will be hosted at Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis.

The TV in the living room suddenly shuts off.

“Mom why did you turn off the television? There talking about Michael!” I said urgently Mother stared at me with sadden look, “I’m tired of seeing these horrid police on the news ...

Kerr’s main idea is that while often there are behaviors we want to change in ourselves or others, but behavior change is difficult and usually involves behavior that has gotten us something we wanted or valued in the past. Since a behavior that is positively rewarded increases this means that either a more salient reward or a negative consequence of some type would have to be used following the behavior in order to alter the behavior in the other direction. No one ever says, “Oh I’m so good at keeping my weight under control, I want to change that behavior ...

In the 1923 modern Italian sonnet, “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” Edna St. Vincent Millay narrates how numerous loves in her life ultimately came to an end and how miserable she felt because of those losses. Millay depicts the explicit meaning of sonnet by using many of different aspects of its form, such as its mood, structure, turns, and particularly the powerful metaphor. This sonnet is centered on two major themes, namely change and loss. The season imagery used by Millay makes the theme of change most apparent. Although most of the sonnet revolves ...

Tonight, I am honored and privileged to introduce our guest of honor and recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation. If you have a flair for clothes, then this man’s name has probably been somewhere on your body! During his long and distinguished career, our guest has rewritten the rules of the fashion world, and in the process, been a role model and mentor for many designers who have revolutionized this industry. For seven decades, he has worked with and for every member of the Who’s Who in Fashion. Our guest of honor was born in ...

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In the writing of this script, I used quite a few influences from other films and genres that I very much enjoy. First and foremost was Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind, as I wanted to be able to imply that the main character was slowly but surely losing his mind over the course of the short film. Given that I only have three minutes of film in which to accomplish this task, I took the route of keeping it open-ended as to whether or not the events in the film were taking place strictly in Vincent's head, or if it ...

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Shaken and Stirred The first thing you see upon entering the corner bar on Bourbon Street are gold Fleur-de-lis ornaments hanging down from the ceiling. Walking in, you see a few tables and benches occupied with a middle-aged audience listening to one of the famous jazz bands that play every other night. The cozy bar creates a warm and welcoming atmosphere with pictures and posters of musicians on the bricked walls. Usually, there are two bartenders working behind the bar. They joke around, flipping plastic cups over their heads, imitating “flair bartending.” I sit down at the bar in one of ...

Below is a discussion between three characters from the play Antigone by Sophocles as they are hosted in a talk show. The discussion below follows after the death of Etocles and Polynices. Host: good evening everyone and thank you for coming out tonight. The topic of our discussion tonight is about the value of family and religious beliefs and values as opposed to following the law to the letter. There exists a thin line between the two concerning which we go for first while making a decision for an action. Ladies and gentlemen tonight , please welcome the three main characters in the ...

What a nice and calm piece. At once you feel relaxed and ready to enjoy your time. But there is something dark lurking in the corners, some small worry that grows… It’s nothing. It is just a little worry that can be thrown aside. Work begins and it is not the everyday boring job that drives you crazy. This one brings joy and happiness. The music is lively and invites us to dance and even celebrate. Some moments are so careful. You can just feel that whatever is being done is something neat and careful. It is full of movement ...