Being a father is never an easy task. As for Tom Garrison, a dynamic character in the play I Never Sang for My Father by Robert Anderson, his traumatic childhood memory of being abandoned has made it even more difficult for him to be a good father for his children. ... However, he doesn't know how to love them as a father, because he had never received that kind of love before. Even he acknowledges: "I didn't want children, coming from the background I did " (Anderson 680). ... Tom Garrison is one of the most dynamic and complex characters in the play I Never Sang for My Father. ...

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By this control I mean the right to decide when or when not to bring a child into this world. ... Sanger's quest began long before the public knew her. ... A free thinker, and outspoken radical, her father, Michael Higgins, influenced his young daughter to act the same way; question everything and stand up for what she believed in. ... For example, my grandmother, born in 1921, was able to give birth to her two children and choose not to have any more children. As a child she would have never been able to make that choice. ...

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My grandfather, Antonio, who I never had the opportunity to meet and with whom everyone said I shared a great physical resemblance, died when I was still a baby. ... Of course, I look like my father. ... I remember from childhood as my father always told me that men have to be strong, tough, never mourn, and less in front of a woman. ... During all that time I never spoke to my father again. ... I think my father felt incomplete and empty. ...

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When Jack Robins sang in the bar as a young boy, he began a cinematic revolution. The silent films from this moment on would never be the same. ... "You dare bring your jazz songs in my house," his father yells to him. "You're the old world, if you grew up here you'd feel the same as I do," responded Jack. ... "The songs of my people are tearing at my heart but my job means the most to though," Jack said to Mary. ...

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I knew and sang the words every time, but I had no idea what they really meant. ... She told my class that every time we stood and sang the song, we are remembering the people who fought, died, were wounded, or performed any other act to promote our freedom in the United States. ... I was appreciative of the actions of our founding fathers, but I really never slowed down to take the time to think about what my life would be like if not for the actions of our predecessors. ... As I picked out my clothes for the day, I grabbed my remote control and flipped to my local news station. ... As the...

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I never intended him to feel that way, but I found security in our established walls. ... It was 2 a.m. and in the parchment I pulled out to become my shrink I scribbled out the words, "This day, my father will die." I was never more hopeful to be proven wrong. ... Never quite the distant father I made of him. ... You are my favorite man, who just happened to be my father. ...

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Although I only heard the end of this piece, I decided to research the composer of this music. ... Almost everyone, except his father, were musical beings. His mother even sang and played the piano. ... The play never made it to the stage and this work was never published. ... It definitely connected with me and triggered my emotions, almost making me feel sad or pathetic for the boy in the play. ...

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And Sarah said unto Abraham, Behold now, the Lord that restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. ... (p. 50-51) Hagar is feeling like a prisoner in her own habitat, that she is not "free" in spirit; "I was alone, never anything else, and never free, for I carried my chains within me, and they spread out from me and shackled all I touched" (pp. 292). ... Like the pharaoh's daughter, she left the security of her father and went to explore the wilderness. ... She leaves from her father's wings so she can pursue a better l...

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Where my heart was. ... My intentions was always in the right place. I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable-that weren't to defend myself. ... I'm going to show people my true intentions, and my true heart. ... His talents, his words that he sang were words that many people related themselves too. ...

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As a child, Halloween was always my favorite holiday. It gave me the chance to dress up and be whatever I wanted to be, kind of live out my deepest dreams. ... And so, without further ado, I give you my version of the Disney classic, Cinderella. ... She slept in the ashes of the chimney and sat and sang and dreamed of something better. ... She was helpless and never did anything on her own. ...

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Act 1 Scene 3: Othello Othello: "Her father loved me; oft invited me; Still question'd me the story of my life, From year to year, the battles, sieges, fortunes, That I have passed. I ran it through, even from my boyish days, To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field Of hair-breadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery, of my redemption thence And portance in my travels' history . ... The Duke tells him that it is her fathers...

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My father and mother video taped, on average, 30 minute segments of family time starting when I was born till the age of six. ... In explaining my observations, I will use the name David for my father, Fawn for my mother, and Lev for my baby brother, born in March of 1985. ... My parents both read me an extremely large amount of books, but I never quite seemed to be paying full attention. ... In one occasion, my father switched from filming me, to my mother playing with Lev. ... I was never reprimanded beyond a "be careful" from Fawn. ...

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Nobody-so my mother and father call me, all my friends.' ... This is evident when she cries for her husband, 'Oh, How I long for my husband-alive in memory.... Additionally, Penelope creates an impression that she never truly trusted her husband and found herself compelled never to question him. The use of the first person when Penelope claims 'I kept my mouth shut, I didn't contradict, I sang his praise, I didn't ask him awkward questions' illustrates that Penelope was not convinced of her husband's story but went along with it as it part of her duty. .....

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I am writing this essay about my research paper for my music class and I search many topics in 19th Century but I would love to work on William Mason. ... Early Days & Childhood Before I write on his career I would like to tell you that how he grew up and saw his father works in New England because childhood plays important role of the person life because you think in your childhood what you will do in your future so I am telling you that William Mason was born in Boston on January 24, 1829. In his childhood his father was originated the idea of assembling music-teachers in classes. ... When h...

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Maya's father, Bailey Johnson was a navy dietitian and her mother, Vivian Baxter was a nurse. ... Unable to deal with the pain and emotions of these traumatizing experiences, Maya Angelou spent the next five years completely silent, speaking to no one and living with the belief that "my voice killed him; I killed that man, because I told his name. And then I thought I would never speak again, because my voice would kill anyone." ... After her divorce in 1954 Angelou worked as a stage performer in clubs where she sang and danced calypso music and garnered a reputation for pushing the bou...

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When I found out that I was going to write a paper on my family and our culture, it never struck me that I would be looking into their past. ... When I began to interview my father I knew it would be hard for him at times. ... Her first job was working in a strawberry patch farm in Sanger. ... I felt ashamed, like I was a bad son, never asking them or even having any interest in my own roots and culture. ... My father would sometimes try to stop her but it never helped. ...

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When visiting the Fischer Family one day Johann proclaimed, "My son Ludwig is my only comfort now in life. ... I foresee that in time he will be a great man in the world" (Orga 29). ... Although Beethoven supposedly fell in love many times, he never was married (Marek 223). ... "I will grapple with Fate; it shall not overcome me!" ... Also, out of respect the choir sang the Miserere in an arrangement from one of his Equali for trombones. ...

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I represent my school to the best of my ability through my studies, my achievements in sports, participating in extracurricular activities and various charity events. ... My love for history will never be replaced and hope that my career in the future will involve this subject. ... I always play my hardest and it shows through the trophies I helped my school to receive. ... I also sang Christmas songs to them. ... Both my father and big sister are alumni's and have told me of their great memories with attending Lane. ...

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Grandpa Jai was the father of dad's best friend and the grandparent of one of my best friends. ... We talked; we played and even sang songs every time we were together, painting new memories and reliving old ones. ... I couldn't believe my ears nor could I trust my eyes as I watched Grandpa Jai hooked onto all sorts of wires to stay alive for the next few days. As soon as I got home, I ran up to my room and cuddled with my teddy bear under the blankets while the tears flowed gracefully down my face. ... I wiped away my tears and smiled for him, as I knew Grandpa Jai would never have...

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In rural meetings, thousands slaves were gathered and listened to itinerant preachers, and sang spirituals for hours. ... He is considered as being the Father of Gospel music. ... However, Willie Mae was one of those few who never sold out, never gave up and never made a thing out of gospel other than the satisfaction of working for her Savior. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. Interestingly, she sang Dorsey's "Take My Hand, Precious Lord at King's funeral in 1968. ...

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Their ex-roommate Benny has bought the building and the lot beside it with the help of his wealthy father-in-law. ... When he sang "Glory" he made me cry, he puts such emotion into his voice at all times, it's almost exhausting to watch him on stage. ... RENT had never touched me the way that it did when I actually saw it, and was not imagining it I"m my mind. ... I went and saw RENT with my mom, my best friend, her dad, her brother, my other best friend, and her mother. ... I saw her through the corner of my eye during the performance, and she was just sitting there, appalled. ...

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.# Her father was a lawyer, her mother a gentle, beautiful women who sang amateur recitals. ... I think it was perhaps the most important thing that happened to me. ... I've never gotten over it and I am aware of the force and the power of it... She never understood why, and could never talk about what happened. ... #She was not yet twenty, and she had never owned a camera. ...

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He was amazed by her singing because he never heard a singer improvise the way Billie did. ... In her scene, she sang the song "Saddest Tale . ... In 1937, her father Clarence Holiday passed away from Pneumonia. ... "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" went straight to number two on the pop charts. ... She also recorded new songs that were extremely popular such as "My Old Flame", "How Am I To Know?"...

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Full of vexation come I, with complaint against my child, my daughter Hermia. ... I see no blood, no wound. ... Not Hermia, but Helena I love. ... I see no blood, no wound. ... Bottom sang to show he was not afraid. ...

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Paul didn't stay in this town very long when he was just a young boy his father, Rev. ... At first when I started to read this book I wasn't at all interested in it, I was merely reading it for an assignment for school and had no intention of retaining any information. Through out the readings I found myself immensely interested in what I was learning about Paul Robeson. ... Although I"m not facing half the struggles that Paul Robeson continued to endure in his life I still feel that I can use him as a sort of inspiration for myself. If he can overcome the major struggles of race, ge...

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