KRS-One Essays

Lawrence Parker also known as KRS-One, which is an anagram for Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone, left home at sixteen in 1981 to pursue a new type of musical art and expressionism: that of an emcee. By 1987, he and his musical partner, DJ Scott La Rock, would release their first ever album under the group name Boogie Down Productions, it was called “Criminal Minded”. The debut album of KRS-One and Scott La Rock featured the two on the cover draped in ammunition and brandishing multiple

“Power Trip” by J. Cole is a hip-hop song. It has a double meaning. The song is about his love for a girl and his passion for music. Cole is so obsessed with a girl that he is willing to kill for her. It also explains his passion for music and desire to progress in the rap industry. Cole wants to be the best rapper. He finds himself having sleepless nights while he puts his all into creating more “love songs”. Additionally, he explains that he is “on a drug”, or an emotion that controls his life

J Cole's song "Lost Ones" was released in 2011 as part of his album "Cole World: The Sideline Story." The piece explores a view of relationships that is often not talked about - the hard choices faced by men. This essay will examine the song's lyrics and analyze its cultural significance. J Cole wrote Lost ones in 2011, and he released it with his album "Cole World: The Sideline Story." In this song, he repeats the lyrics "and I ain't too proud to tell ya that I cry 'sometimes," which admits he

“The Alchemist” is a novel written by Paulo Coelho in 1988. Regarded as a Coelho’s best novel, it captures the elixir of life through the view of a sanguine Spanish Shepard. Set in a forsaken church in Spain at night; the young Shepard Santiago tastes the exquisite sensation of a compelling dream. He dreams that a young lady tells him about a hidden treasure near the Egyptian pyramids. After the dream recurs more than once, Santiago decides to consult an old man and an old woman who tells him that

“The Alchemist” is a novel written by Paulo Coelho in 1988. Regarded as a Coelho’s best novel, it captures the elixir of life through the view of a sanguine Spanish Shepard. Set in a forsaken church in Spain at night; the young Shepard Santiago tastes the exquisite sensation of a compelling dream. He dreams that a young lady tells him about a hidden treasure near the Egyptian pyramids. After the dream recurs more than once, Santiago decides to consult an old man and an old woman who tells him that

Looking at the world, it all looks so magical, with all of its beautifully done buildings. However, “Everything’s uglier up close” (Green, 57), even the hardest rocks can’t cover up the “paperness” [1] of the world. Whitman wrote “Leaves of Grass” as a way to represent himself, and his perspective of the fakeness, and materialism of life. John green, on the other hand, used Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” in his book “Paper Towns” to discuss his own point of view on materialism. Margo Roth Spiegelman

Katherine and Bianca are opposites at the beginning of Taming of the Shrew. Petruchio and Katherine are very similar. Lucentio is overcome by love and is willing to debase his station in order to achieve it, like many other women and men in Shakespeare's plays. Despite the confining gender expectations and roles of his time, Shakespeare was aware and interested in what people of different genders could have in common. Shakespeare uses the differences and similarities in personality traits throughout

American humorist Mark Twain is well known for his novels such as Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain also wrote many short stories, such as “The Story of a Good Little Boy,” which describes the short life of Jacob Blivens, who strives to do what is right no matter how many times it backfires. Jacob Blivens is driven by his desire to be “put in a Sunday school book (Twain 329)” and is characterized by his determination, incompetence, and selfishness. This story, though wrapped

Romeo and Juliet: Fate and Love Julian Fellowes and Carlo Carlei's film adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (2013) depicts the tragic nature of "star-cross'd lovers" (Prologue.6). This is evident through the contrasting scenes of tragedy and romance interspersed throughout the trailer. For instance, Romeo and Juliet's first meeting at the Capulet's masquerade (0.19-0.25) evokes sentiments of doom from the beginning of their love as this is continuously juxtaposed with the play's grim ending

story, to the message behind it, to illustrate the themes of human life in the lottery. The way how people behave and conform in a group give the reader the example of the real world. People are murderous, irrational, petty, and generally bad toward one another in the irrationality of superstition because of blindly following tradition. The allegorical figures and symbols are interwoven with each other through the event, place, actions, and even the character

panels. Features: The mosque has many Islamic and traditional features, however the standout features are the carpet and the chandelier place in the main prayer hall which are one of the world largest carpet and chandelier. The carpet is Persian handmade, took 4 years to finish, weight 21 tons, and covers the prayer hall in one piece. The chandelier have Swarovski crystal, it is 14 meter long, and 8 meters wide, placed in the center of the men’s prayer

Introduction Macbeth is considered to be Shakespeare’s one of the most outstanding tragedies. Scholars widely agree that Macbeth was written around the year 1606 and to support the idea ‘the strongest indication that Macbeth was composed in the summer of 1606 concerns its allusion to a ship named the “Tiger” which has sailed to the near east en route to Aleppo, an ancient trading city in Syria’(Feldman, 2011: 213). Shakespeare’s main source to write Macbeth was Chronicles of England, Scotland

various characters, including Marlow by an unnamed narrator. Marlow and the unnamed narrator are aboard the Nellie and the boat has been temporarily docked in order to wait for a change in tide. During that short break Marlow begins to talk about one of his previous journeys. Marlow, who describes himself as someone who has wanted to travel around the world even as a child, sees a map of Africa and the Congo River and remembers about a trading company operating there. Marlow becomes determined to

Equality Within the comforts of the modernized human civilization that we all experience on a daily basis, a person can easily forget how privileged they are to be existing in such a time of human equality. However, times were not always as pleasant as they currently are, as different diversities of people were not only shamed for their race, gender or ethnicity, but they were abused for it. That being said, if abusive behaviors like human trafficking and racial discrimination can still be found

“The Story of an Hour” is a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1894. In this story, the author presents us a woman named Louise Mallard, spouse of Brently Mallard, who lives under a suppressing marriage. Until one day, she receives the news about her husband’s death, causing a mess in her emotions. Later in the story, Mrs. Mallard dies from a heart attack after a shocking revelation. It is considered by an extensive part of readers as a master piece of literary work. The argument in the story

The story of The Haunting of Hill House is a horror classic. The book and movie depict this terrifying story in vastly different ways. The movie uses cinematic techniques that a book can not portray: music, acting, and props. The book uses imagery, internal monologue, and suspense to peak fear in the readers. Movies are a different way of portraying a story, but movies aren’t always able to depict everything in the book. The movie depiction is able to elicit fear through cinematic techniques, and

Was Shahrazad a political prisoner for her people? The Arabian Nights are a collections of stories told by Shahrazad. The frame story revolves around King Shahrayar’s reaction after discovering that his wife has been unfaithful to him. Consequently he was to marry a new woman each day, spend the night with her, and kill her in the morning. Night after night, the kingdom watched in deep remorse.The helpless people called upon the plague upon the king’s head, and prayed for an answer for their murderous

the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago must learn the lessons of perseverance, belief in oneself, and sacrifice in order to achieve his personal legend, to find the treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. Santiago learns many things during his journey, but one main lesson was perseverance. He learned perseverance when things got tough for him and he didn’t give up. An example of him learning this, is when he used all of his money, sold his sheep, and didn’t go to the merchant to marry his daughter. He didn’t

accomplish his personal legend. Many examples are the one to Santiago's heart. If the Alchemist wasn't there to tell him to listen to his heart Santiago probably could have given up. Also if the Old king wasn't there, he would never have the aspiration to pursue his personal legend.

Throughout The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho creates many themes primarily exhibited through Santiago's journey and the words of the Alchemist. One of the biggest themes that is evident throughout the entirety of the novel is the idea that there is always something more to live for in life. Towards the introductory phase of the story, the reader understands that Santiago is happy with his life and can ask for nothing more. However, his mentality of satisfaction is quickly lost as Santiago is informed that