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    Strange Fruit Ap Essay

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    Although “Strange Fruit” and “The Summer I was Sixteen” have extremely different tones and depict images that seem nothing alike, they both have an underlying theme of discrimination and inequality. Throughout history we have seen the bizarre way humans treat other other humans. Acts from a group of humans towards another can range from violent to more mild, yet still harmful acts. Usually these acts are based on differences in outward appearance, from the color of a person's skin to the gender of

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    4,743 lynching’s occurred in the United States. Of these people that were lynched 3,446 were black (“History of Lynchings,” 2017).Many poets and writers took those tragedy’s and decided to put their feelings into writing. “Bitter Fruit” later turned into “ Strange Fruit,” was written by a Jewish high school English teacher from the Bronx and a member of the American Communist Party. This astonishing writers name is Abel Meeropol. In 1937, Meeropol saw a photograph of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith

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    Billie Holiday ’s renditions of the poem “Strange Fruit” is what most listeners will hear when they search up the song. Her 1956 version of the song has inspired many artists, such as Cassandra Willson, to make their own rendition of the poem that created by Abel Meeropol. Both renditions focus on the lynchings in the south, but how they play it changes the character of the song. The rhythm of this song is what distinguishes these two renditions the most. In Mrs. Holiday’s rendition, her voice is

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    Effects of grapefruit, mango and strawberry fruit juice as a natural antioxidants and lowering diabetics in rats Safaa Moustapha Abd El Fatah Faid12 ,FadlAlla, Eman Aly Sadeek21, Ebtihal Yaqoob Khojah3 1 Home Economics Dept. Faculty of specific Education, Ain Shams University, Egypt 2Department of Biochemistry & Nutrition Women 's College, Ain Shams University, Egypt. 3 Food science and nutrition Dept. Designs and home economic college, Taif University E-mail: dr_safaa2010@yahoo.com ABSTRACT

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    THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF ROTTEN FRUITS AND ROTTEN VEGETABLES TO THE GROWTH OF TOMATO PLANT MESIAS, JEREMY SAMUEL SANTOS, FLORENCIO JUSTIN ABELLO, KYLE LIYAG, HANNAH TRIBIANA, PETER MICU, KELCY Science II Investigative Project Submitted to: Dr. Claribelle J. Bautista, Ph.D. Golden Faith Academy Montevista Heights Subdivision Taytay, Rizal TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 :INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………..1 Background of the study……………………………………………………

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    I cried halfway throughout the story, not knowing what to expect for an ending. This is how I felt when reading the Manga Fruit Basket, a story about a young orphan girl who meets a family that is cursed by the Chinese zodiac. Overall this was a good manga; however, it may different for someone starting out to read Manga. There could have been some changes to create a better atmosphere for the readers and the Manga itself. Some changes that could have been made in the manga, are the type of drawing

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    overstate the significance of “Strange Fruit”, as its influence is still felt today. Despite popular belief, the song was not written or composed by Billie Holiday, but by Lewis Allan. It first started as a poem and then was later put to music. Abel Meeropol, pen name Lewis Allan, was a high school English teacher at DeWitt Clinton who was involved in progressive activism, communism, and the teachers’ union. He wrote many poems and songs, yet "Strange Fruit" was his proudest (and most famous) achievement

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    In strange fruit, Billie Holiday reveals part of the dreadful truth and inhuman racisim of America’s past. With great imagery and description she describes the scene of lynching taking place in southern states. Elizabeth Blair, a producer and reporter, describes the intuition of the song by stating “While the lyrics never mention lynching, the metaphor is painfully clear.” From what I also have read in other articles, ‘Strange Fruit’ quickly became famous. It became known as the “original protest

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    Week #1 Goal: Increase my fruit intake by 2-¼ cups/day. Plan Fruits I will buy fruits I can eat for breakfast and after dinner snacks. I will buy bananas, blueberries, apples, a papaya, and grapes and I will have an intake of one party cup of fruit per day, which is 18oz or 2 ¼ cups. Progress I was able to buy bananas, blueberries, apples, grapes and papaya. I like to eat the fruits raw, but I find that when I make shakes I get to intake more fruits. Sunday, since my bananas weren’t ready for

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    remain hesitant to help and are even willing to turn a blind eye to such iniquity. Within the written pieces “Strange Fruit” by Abel Meeropol and “The Flowers” by Alice Walker, this situation is approached in different styles through the utilization of several literary devices. However, “Strange Fruit” exhibits

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