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- 7221: Herman Melville
- ... who was also considered to be a transcendentalist. This meant that his focus was on nature and how we should live vicariously through nature and try to combat with nature. Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1st of 1819. He is the third child and second son of his father, Allan Melville, and mother, Maria Gansevoot. At age five or six he began attending the New-York Male High School. Upon competition of the New-York Male High School he attended the Columbia Grammar School in New York. At this time his father’s business is starting to fail so the family moves up state to Albany in October ...
- 7222: Walt Disney
- Walt Disney Walt Disney inspired many people, including thousand of children across the world. His life was very simple, he started when he was young, drawing sketches and getting a quarter for it or a free haircut. Is it possible that a man who spent his childhood drawing farm ... 000 at one point read a Disney book or magazine. In addition, Disney received a total of thirty nine academy awards through out his life. Although he was not there to see it, Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida in 1971. It was a larger version of Disney Land which opened on July 18, 1955 in Anaheim, California. Disney brought many things to the world as far as entertainment including laughter and smiling faces to young children. He tried his best at everything he did, worked hard, and shared his creations with everyone. These qualities truly show what a ...
- 7223: Hemingway’s Greatest Hits
- ... typical classic story that can refer to Romeo and his Juliet placed against the odds. In this novel, Romeo is Frederick Henry and Juliet is Catherine Barkley. Their love affair must survive the barrier of World War I. The background of war-torn Italy adds to the tragedy of the love story. The story starts when Frederick Henry is serving in the Italian Army. He meets his love in the hospital ... Germany. Many of the critics such as Klaus Mann, Max Dietrich, and Hans Falada give him a big welcome support (Kvam 92). A Farewell to Arms is the first Hemingway novel to be reissue after World War II (Kvam 92), and the majority of German critics believe that A Farewell to Arms is the best novel up to date (Kvam 93). According to Papajewski, According to Papajewski, “The book was generally ... beautiful, carefully restrained modern love stories…[It is] a genuine, manly book, a masterpiece”(Kvam 92). In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway introduces Lieutenant Henry as an American Soldier in the Italian Army during the World War I. Henry works as a paramedic and he is the only few of the American in the Italian armed force. Lieutenant Henry has an interesting characteristic because although, he is in the war, ...
- 7224: Poe And Thoreau
- ... describes a period that connected certain human thought and behavior to individuals and cultures. Rather than analysis and reason, it is a period full of imagination and insight. It is a period that explores a world that is in hope of finding acceptance and new ideas. Henry David Thoreau and Edgar Allen Poe are two relatively well-known authors during the Romanticism period. Thoreau’s life, in particular, constantly remains in search for truth, beauty, and understanding for a better ... philosophy and literature emphasized the inspiration of nature and the understanding of the basic mysteries of life, Edgar Allen Poe brought perspective to the darker side of the Romantic period. His success in the literary world led to the publication of his short stories and poems as he worked as a magazine editor. Poe’s desire was to “cut free from reality or actuality and enter the world of imagination.” ...
- 7225: The Romanovs
- ... Alexandra was so upset after Rasputin was murdered. I don't know if Rasputin really said that, but the happy Romanov family did come to the end. In February 1917 revolution exploded across Russia. The new Kerensky Democratic Government stripped the Tsar of the throne. First the Romanovs were sent to the Tobolsk, Siberia. Then Kerensky was overthrow by Lenin (Communist) who ordered the Royal family to be sent to Ekaterinburg ... Russian citizens to the end of 20th century. However, in 1991, when republics of Soviet Union became separated from Russia and USSR no longer existed, communistic ideas were forgotten and Russia became a democratic country, new changes took over that was clearly visible to everyone. At school, until the sixth grade, I was taught that Lenin and his followers (Bolsheviks) were good, however, when the Soviet Union split apart and Democracy ... bodies were and nobody searched for it. I bet, somebody, just could not say anything. It is weird that in 1991 right after USSR fell apart the grave was found. Scientists discovered a lot of new things about the last moments of the Romanovs' lives as they found the grave and they could talk about it openly. I found it very mysterious that two bodies were missing from the grave ...
- 7226: Michelangelo, Renaissance Man
- ... of Pope Leo's cousin, Cardinal de' Medici, who would become Pope Clement VII. The cardinal took an active interest in Michelangelo's works. He was moving into architectural design with such work as a new chapel at the parish church for the tombs of the Medici family. He undertook this commission between 1519 and 1534. The occasion for the chapel was the deaths of the two young family heirs named ... all Florentine tombs. His design called for two large tombs. Windows, and cornices, have strange proportions and thickness, suggesting an irrational, willful revision of traditional classical forms in building. The tombs were of a completely new form. He wanted no accessory forms, and only the statues were to express the thoughts of the soul. Previously, artists had always designed Christian symbols on tombs, but Michelangelo renounced Christian traditions in order to ... was less involved with sculpture, and along with painting and poetry, more with architecture, an area which he did not have to do physical labor. He was sought after to design imposing monuments for the new and modern Rome. Tow of these monuments, the Capitoline Square and the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, are among the city's most notable images. His dome for St. Peter's became the ...
- 7227: Socrates
- ... philosophized by joining in a discussion with another person who thought he knew what justice or courage was. Under this questioning it became clear that neither of them knew. They would then cooperate on a new idea where Socrates would make interrogatory suggestions that were either accepted or rejected by his friend. Finding a solution always failed, but they would continue to search for one whenever possible. For Socrates knowledge was ... Our knowledge of the studies of Socrates are limited because he refused to keep his ideas in a system that could be understood by his interpreters. There are many indications that the term "Philosophy" gained new meaning through him. His version of expert skill was concerned mainly with the ethics of human conduct. He opposed to the contemporary lifestyle of successful living by basing it on a new concept of the psyche, this making it the most outstanding factor in human conduct. Socrates began the term "know thyself" and suggested that introspection showed how man achieves his real personality. The most efficient ...
- 7228: Leadership In Movie
- ... The challenges he confronted lead to the consequent review of the system by his peers and spurred them on to stand up and fight for their basic rights and individualism. Randle Patrick McMurphy, a crude new admission to an asylum, has been sentenced for short term for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Rather than spend his time in jail, he convinced the guard that he is crazy enough to ... system does not help patients to improve themselves but actually makes them worse instead. This environment motivated him to help other patients to regain their independence, self-confidence and ability to return to the outside world. He gave the patients the desire to return to the real world by taking them on excursions, teaching them to voice their opinions, and by altering their daily lives at the hospital. As one would generally understand, a mental asylum is the last place on earth ...
- 7229: History Of Singing Styles
- ... singing styles There have been distinct stages in the development of music and particularly singing over the previous hundreds of years. Looking back now we can easily see where certain things interlinked to create a new style or method of singing. From the western side of things, the first significant frame was the operatic movement. This began in the early 1600's with the first ever Opera 1602. It was called ... and introduced their music to Western culture by singing in the churches etc. This developed the Negro spirituals and eventually along came things like the blues. Artists like Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith grounded a new style of music. Music styles in singing have split up into a wide variety of directions during the 20th century. After Rock'n'Roll came in during the 60's many different ideas of music emerged with things like R and B, Pop, Rap etc all emerging. There is now acceptance of new sounds like an untrained voice singing harshly with Jimmy Barnes being a prime example of this. Music and Singing fashions with what's hot changes each year and it can all be traced back ...
- 7230: Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
- ... men govern themselves. With the passing of time, political views on the philosophy of government gradually changed. Despite their differences, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, all became three of the most influential political theorists in the world. Their ideas and philosophies spread all over the world influencing the creation of many new governments. These philosophers all recognize that people develop a social contract within their society, but have differing views on what exactly the social contract is and how it is established. Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau ...
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