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- 21201: Nationalism And Patriotism
- ... same time, immigrants from other lands frequently learn to feel patriotism or appreciation for their adopted country far beyond that of the average citizen who has always lived in that country. This love of one's adopted country is especially true of persons who have fled from the restrictions and controls of a dictatorship to a free or democratic country. These citizens are often willing to make unusual sacrifices for their ... tip my hat off to those people and I salute them from within. Albert Einstein once said "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind." However nationalism is the belief that one's own country is the best country, or that one's own national group is the best nationality in the world. At its best, nationalism the best nationality in the world. At its best, nationalism may be a healthy pride in one's country or ...
- 21202: Norman Rockwell Bio
- Norman Rockwell was one of America s greatest illustrators of this century who made many significant contributions to the field of graphic design with his works that promoted patriotic unity, conveyed the national scene, and often time just evoked or inspired emotions in his audiences. Ironically this painter was regarded as an illustrator in the eyes of other freelance artists due to his occupational limitations, and his supervisor s restrictions characteristic of the Saturday Evening Post where he did most of his work from 1916 to 1963. Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894 and since his childhood years had always aspired to be ... Design and later on the Art Students League in New York. Here Rockwell was recognized as an above average illustrator with good potential. Rockwell then after developing his skills and contributing many illustrations to children s magazines, managed to muster up the courage to show his work to a bigger periodical, the Saturday Evening Post. Happy with the quality of Rockwell s work the Post gave Rockwell a job creating ...
- 21203: Pompey
- Question: Account for Pompey s rise to political prominence between 78- 62 BC. You are to examine and analyse political machinations of Pompey and attempt to explain how he managed to fulfil his ambition. You must establish a clear understanding ... which could see him locked into losing a position. He frequently switched sides from the Optimates (in the senate), to the Populares (in the triumvirate) whenever he saw advantage. Therefore, Pompey was an opportunist. Pompey s military commands were mostly not his own work, He usually was appointed towards the end of a campaign largely completed by other people. This shows the weakness of the senate. Pompey almost always received complete ... Pompey only entered into military engagements if it either provided him with political power or influence over people, which could translate into political power. Pompey was insatiably covetous, which was a great cause of people s hatred for him. But many loved Pompey; his temperance, his skill and exercise in war, his eloquence of speech, integrity of mind, and affability in conversation and address. No men ever asked a favour ...
- 21204: Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson
- Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Jesse Louis Jackson is one of America's foremost political figures. Over the past three decades he has played a major role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice. Jackson has been called the ... and "the great unifier." He is the best-known living American leader in the United States. Jesse Louis Jackson was born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. A woman who did other people's laundry brought him into this world. The father was her married next door neighbor. Needless to say, Rev. Jackson wasn't dealt the best hand. But, he overcame the obstacles of a lower middle class family; even though his family was criticized, Jackson is now a national figure. In 1957, his stepfather, a postal worker, ...
- 21205: Rubens
- ... century. His style became an international definition of the animated, exuberantly sensuous aspects of baroque painting. Combining the bold brushwork, luminous color, and shimmering light of the Venetian school with the fervent vigor of Michelangelo's art and the formal dynamism of Hellenistic sculpture, Rubens created a vibrant art, its pulsating energies emanating from tensions between the intellectual and emotional, the classical and the romantic. For 200 years the vitality and eloquence of his work influenced such artists as Antoine Watteau, in the early 18th century,and Eugθne Delacroix and Pierre Auguste Renoir, in the 19th century. Rubens's father, Jan Rubens, was a prominent lawyer and Antwerp alderman. Having converted from Catholicism to Calvinism, Jan Rubens in 1568 fled Flanders with his family because of persecutions against Protestants. In 1577 Peter Paul was ... Vincenzo Gonzaga (reigned 1587-1612), the duke of Mantua, employed Rubens for about nine years. Besides executing original works, Rubens copied Renaissance paintings for the ducal collection, and in 1605 he served as the duke's emissary to King Philip III of Spain. During his years in Italy, Rubens saw the early baroque works of the contemporary Italian painters Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio, and he associated with some of the ...
- 21206: Personal Writing: Taking The Merkler Interest and Personality Type Self Assessment
- Personal Writing: Taking The Merkler Interest and Personality Type Self Assessment After taking the Merkler-Interest and Personality Type Self- Assessment, I couldn't wait to read the results because the Myers-Briggs Self-Assessment had been so correct. The Merkler found me to have an artistic, social, and investigative (ASI) personality, scoring 75, 74, and 72 respectively. The ... type, I am very "humanistic." I am concerned about others and love to help others. I am sensitive to the needs and concerns of others and am very good at perceiving things from another person's point-of-view. This is very true due to my constant giving. I love to help other people out, whether this means giving advice or financial aid. Sometimes this aspect of my personality gets me ... very important to me and I feel it is true mostly because of my interest in the computer field. There is a lot of analyzing and problem solving involved when working with computers. I wasn't as surprised to see the results of the Merkler because the Myers-Briggs results had hit so close to home. However, after seeing the descriptions of all the personality types, there wasn't a ...
- 21207: Personal Writing: It Was The Perfect Lifeoff
- Personal Writing: It Was The Perfect Lifeoff It was a perfect liftoff into the night's sky. My house as the shuttle rumbled as it lifted off of its for years stationary address of Arlington Place. Straight up it went into the fascinating sky stained by darkness and glittering with stars. It was a silent liftoff, no noise was heard for I didn't want to wake my peaceful neighbors from there sleeping serenity. I waved goodbye to the ground and the surrounding nature that never before did I notice their splendor. I looked up and with my arms ... from the lights sting. I then cupped my hands in an arch and placed them on my forehead so I could look out the window and block out the bright light. At first I didn't know what it was and examined the sky as it changed. Beams of light began to shoot out every where, the stars disappeared and the wind dulled down. My house began to descend. I ...
- 21208: Personal Writing: Bad Teacher
- ... was really mean to me. She was my fourth grade teacher. During that year with her, I got hurt a lot from falling on the playground; as a result, I often went to the nurse's office. After going there a couple of times, over a two-week period, she told me that I couldn't go anymore, but I sneaked passed her and went anyway. A week later, I got hurt again, so I snuck past her again even though she had told me not to go. That afternoon, she ... the class; thus, I thought of her as a mean witch. Later that school year, I accidentally placed my finger in the doorway and someone slammed it without knowing my finger was there. She didn't care; therefore, she didn't tell me what to do. Consequently, I had to hold the two parts of my finger and run upstairs alone. Even though it hurt a lot, I was happy ...
- 21209: The Ghost of Peter Quint
- ... Knowing that her influence with the children was as strong as a thread which would break at the least touch, the governess did not give in to the ghosts. She had often felt the children's attitude that the ghosts were close at hand. What was worse for the angered woman was the thought that what Miles and Flora saw were things still more terrible than she imagined, visions that sprang ... of Miss Jessel. As the ghost disappeared, the governess realized that her duty was to stay with the children and fight the ghost and their deadly influence. She decided to write immediately to the children's uncle, even though he didn't want to be bothered. That night before she wrote, she went into Miles's room and asked the boy to let her help him in his secret troubles. Suddenly a rush of cold air ...
- 21210: William Wells Brown
- ... various fields. The first to appear was his Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave (1847). His next important book was Three Years in Europe (1852). In 1853, he published Clotel, or the President's Daughter, a Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. The latter, could be his most famous book because it deals with something that was very common but rarely spoken of during his day. Brown ... children, a beautiful young girl, was sold at an auction. Although the story may or may not be true, Brown used the story to attack slavery and the people for slavery. Clotel, or The President's Daughter is also used as a reference to what slave life really was. Brown described in vivid detail about how and what it felt like to go to the auction block. He discussed how his ... trying to reach Canada. In this book, he discusses how he was self-educated. He would bribe white children with sugar candy to teach him how to read and understand letters. Clotel, or The President's Daughter follows this young slave through life. She experiences first hand the pain of slavery, everything from the cruelties of her master to losing her own daughter to the slave auctions. Another book Brown ...
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