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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (Canadian-General) North American (US General American - GenAM) North American (US Midwest- Chicago, Great Lakes)Transcript
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In 1930 an Iowa artist named Grant would asked his sister and his dentist to pose for a painting, a tribute to the tough rural stock of America. He addressed his sister in a simple frog, a white collar held close around her neck by a broach, the dentist he outfitted in overalls, a band color shirt button tied around the throat and a dark business jacket. He posed a couple bored stiff in front of a plane house. The man transformed by art into a Midwestern farmer, grips the pitchfork and stare straight ahead. The woman looks away. The resulting painting, called American Gothic, became one of the most enduring images of the decade, an icon of the spirit that survived the hard times of the Depression. Water clear, fresh and life giving to the crops of the Allah Cola Valley. Rushing ever onward to the sea. The waters of the mint set river visit this lush valley to replenish the soil and color the land. Yellow, Citrus, green vegetables, blueberries and ruby red fruit checkerboard the landscape in brilliant hues. Farmers who have tended this land for generations move from field to field, inspecting the size, calculating wait and measuring progress. Progress is slow, but only with time can the flavors of the Alec all the Valley reach perfection. And it's perfection that the valley is all about. The possibility of an early frost and the consequence of even three extra days of rain weighs heavily on the minds of the caretaker's. But today is glorious, and worry will wait until tomorrow.