Martina Gedeck Essays

“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Wanna have Fun” is about a girl, Cyndi Lauper, telling her parents that they need not worry about her life choices. The song starts with her walking home the morning after a party and her mom begins yelling at her for not living her life in a proper, wholesome way, to which Cyndi replies that girls would rather have fun than sit around doing nothing all day. The next stage of the song has Cyndi’s father berating her for receiving calls

Throughout my life I have come from and created a few identities for myself. Perhaps, the most dominant identities that have been apart of my life are being an athlete and being a family orientated man. In this paper I will write about how my identities have shaped my life. First off I believe my biggest identity is being an athlete. I have played hockey for 13 years and have let hockey practically shape my life. The textbook “Interpersonal Communication” by Sarah Trenholm and Arthur Jensen

Ace Bosquez Mrs. Stubbs English 10 21 March 2023 Melanie Martinez "Eventually I realized that Cry Baby was a character that was based off of me, and that we had a lot of similarities" (Martinez, Melanie. Inspiring Quotes.us). Martinez is a lyricist that incorporates a dark theme into a song using childlike items to cover the true meaning. Crybaby is a reflection of her thoughts and emotions in her music videos, and songs, which are from Crybaby’s point of view. Her lyrics are written with school-related

1. Don’t Rain on My Parade / Barbra Streisand This song was written by Jule Styne(composer) and Bob Merrill(lyricist). After some research, I knew that this song was first used in a musical Funny Girl in 1964, and naturally, used in movie version of this musical in 1968. The composer Jule Styne was famous for a series of Broadway musicals. In his career, he used to be a vocal coach, however, he was fired and told should write songs because “that’s forever”. Then he started to make a living on this

“Phenomenal Woman” Phenomenal Woman, by Maya Angelou is an inspiring poem that encourages women, including myself to be confident and to love themselves just the way they are. It encourages women to be independent and confident despite what others think about them, especially men. In “Phenomenal Woman”, there are various literary devices used, some of which include repetition, parallelism, metaphors and personification. The obvious repetition in the poem is at the end of every stanza, through the

The Victorian Era was the history of the United Kingdom during Queen Victoria’s reign from 1837 to 1901. The Victorian society was broken up into four different classes, Gentry, Upper Class, Middle Class, and Working Class. Depending on what class you were a part of determined the type of diversion you got to participate in. Of course, the higher classes were involved in a wider range of activities. The lower classes activities were limited and not as diverse. Sports in the Victorian Era were mainly

The song our group picked is "Concrete Angel by Martina McBride”. It's about a young girl being physically abused at home. When you listen to the song you will come to understand that this little girl had no one to turn to. Until one day this little girl made friends with this little boy who happens to be her neighbor. Then later that night while the little girl was talking to the little boy through the window her mom came in, scolded her and beat her to the point of killing her. The little boy

Beautiful, sweet, caring, mature, damaged and so young. These words describe an amazing seven year old girl. Her name is Angel.Since birth her and her many friend have had nothing but cages and death. Nothing but heart break and parral, Pain and sorrow, But on the other hand she has been on the most amazing adventures. Yet, Angel is strong and confident and just so amazing. Angel is one of a kind. Angle is so strong hearted, willed and just so strong in general. She is strong hearted because even

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.” Althea Gibson said when she won her second Wimbledon in 1958. Have you ever heard of Althea Gibson, a professional tennis and golf player? Althea Gibson was born on August 29, 1927 in Clarendon County, SC. Althea Gibson helped pave the way for change for African-Americans in sports by breaking barriers. Althea Gibson broke

by Stephanie Bentley and Rob Crosby, and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. Martina is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. The lyrics of this song have much to do with child abuse. In society, today child abuse is a major issue though it is not often focused on. Many people are not even aware of this issue because it is not emphasized in the media. In Martina McBride’s song, many people can relate. This song makes a huge difference to any child