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- 9201: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... by erich maria remarque, shows some very powerful views toward the Great War. The main character , Paul Baumer, goes through an incredible metamorphsis from an innocent dreamer to a hardened and somewhat cynical veteran. Paul's views started out as being slightly against the war, but not very strongly against it. He didn't seem to mind staying at base camp and hanging out iwth his friends very much. However, after some time fighting the war, he comes to realize that most pre-war society doesn't understand the Great War for what it was. They don't understand the suffering and misery that went witgh wars, and especially trench warfare like that in the Great War. paul disassociates himself from ...
- 9202: Margaret Bourke-White
- ... of snakes and reptiles. That same year her father died leaving her family with little money. To stay in college Margaret got a job taking and selling pictures of the college campus using her father’s broken camera. That summer she got a job as the photographer and counselor at a summer camp. Even though she liked taking pictures, for Margaret, photography was still a hobby. But architects and other photographers ... her artistic skills. For example, as she was walking by she noticed a preacher speaking in a square with only a group of pigeons to hear. Margaret wanted to take his picture but she didn't have her camera with her. She ran into a camera store and asked to rent or borrow a camera. The picture became one of her first works of art and the owner of the store became one of her best friends. One of Margaret's early dreams was to photograph the inside of a steel mill but women weren't allowed inside. Being a woman didn't stop her and the pictures were a success. Her shots were published ...
- 9203: A Separate Peace; Chapter Summaries
- ... be best and that he cannot be best if Gene becomes even with him through his studies. Gene decides that he and Finny are locked in a complete enmity rather than friendship. Finny announces Leper's intention to jump from the tree and coazes Gene away from his studies. Gene and Finny are going to jump together, Finny falls to the ground, then Gene jumps into the river. Chapter 5: Finny has a shattered leg. Gene bears private guilt. He puts on Finny's clothes and the sensation excites him. Dr. Stanpole, the school physician, informs Gene that Finny wants to see him. Finny recalls the fall, and expresses that he thought Gene wanted him to fall. Gene is about to confess when Dr. Stanpole interupts. Finny is taken to his home near Boston and Gene returns to his hometown in the South. In September, Gene stops by at Finny's home. They talk about the summer and Gene confesses that he caused Finny's accident. Finny replies that Gene is crazy and had done no such thing. Chapter 6: Gene begins work as assistnt ...
- 9204: The Baroque Era
- ... different senses. The Baroque Era applies to the years between 1600 and 1750. The most famous composers of this time were Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Teleman. Politically it was an age of magnificent absolute Monarch’s. The most magnificent of all was Louis XIV of France. Louis ruled from 1634 until 1713. During this time the need to create a national culture or a regional style that would match or surpass ... lack of dynamic range. The composers at this time usually did not specify dynamics on their pieces, they simply wrote “loud” or “soft.” The most prominent element in Baroque music was rhythm and texture. Baroque’s fast movement generally caused the feeling of rhythmic drive. Tempos were always constant. The least prominent element was melody. Gradual rise of tonality on the other hand was a great Baroque innovation. This is the ... Baroque compositional process. Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata No. 140 Bach is the giant of Western Art. Bach was born in Eisenach, North Germany, and was raised by an older brother after he was orphaned. Bach’s most important position came in 1723 and lasted until his death which was January 28, 1750. He was the “Cantor” at the church of St.Thomas in Leipzig. He was best known as a ...
- 9205: Hamlet
- By: Eric Drama Exam 1)Shakespeare¡¦s revenge tragedy, ¡§Hamlet,¡¨ critiques the society of Denmark using powerful mononlogues and dramatic action. On the other hand, Wilde¡¦s comic drama pokes fun at the high morality of Victorian Society. One serious theme that I noticed in ¡§The Importance of being Ernest¡¨ was the consistent act of deception throughout the entire play. However this ... would lead up to us unraveling the end of the play. This play critiques the need to lie or exaggerate the truth, in order to ¡§fit in¡¨ the norm of English society during the 1890¡¦s. The unique characters in this play portray a nonchalant attitude along with subtle gestures in a tribute to not being (earnest); they were not being honest. Specifically, they all had unique characteristics that made ...
- 9206: A Separate Peace: Social Sterotypes
- ... Knowles represents jocks with Phineas, a character who believes that sports are the key to life. Phineas is more of a sportsman than a jock. Real jocks only care about winning, Phineas makes sure it's not possible for anyone to win or lose. Chet Douglas is an exaggerated prep, just like Phineas is an exaggerated jock. He is obsessed with learning just for the sake of learning. No real hardcore prep thinks that way! Chet Douglas lives in his own educational world. He's so absorbed in this alternate reality in which Calculus has a justified existence that he forgets what the school is trying to teach him, and actually goes out and seeks more academia than what the school is already shoving down his and everyone else's throat. The standard prep is only concerned with being on the top of the Honor Roll, so that everybody's parents can marvel at how smart (s)he is. There is one character that ...
- 9207: Pygmalion Vs Educating Rita
- Entertainment from today's astounding visual effects in movies to men acting as women in Shakespearean plays some centuries ago, have always been and will always be appreciated by many. Even George B. Shaw's play Pygmalion, has given a few laughs, but not only made for engaging an audience in something fun and making money, instead to a noticeable extent for people to learn. "Pygmalion" in fact, is a ... can be the cause of jail. The deserving poor are the people who try to climb the social ladder by working and try to have a decent living, much different from the undeserving poor. " Don’t say that, Governor. Don't look at it that way. What am I, Governors both? I ask you, what am I. I'm one of the undeserving poor: that’s what I am. Think ...
- 9208: Women in South Asia
- Women in South Asia As I read over each short story of Rabindranath Thakur, I found out Indian women's struggle in Indian society. It was very interesting to me because the same type of struggle appears in my home country, South Korea. Indian and Korean women have similar suffering in their own society. It ... Punishment", the two selfish ignorant brothers' behavior against their wives was unspeakable. It made me really upset. This story shows the weakness of men and mistreatment of women. Chhidam tried to send over his brother's crime to his wife. He said that he could get another wife, but since he has only one brother, his wife should sacrifice for his brother. I think Chhidam's idea was socially and morally wrong. Chhidam's wife had to die without any crime. Chhidam's wrong traditional thought killed an innocent woman. This is totally unacceptable mistreatment against women. Another story called " ...
- 9209: PYGMALION
- Bernard Shaw’s comedy Pygmalion presents the unlikely journey of an impoverished flower girl into London’s society of the early 20th century. Professor Higgins proposes a wager to his friend Colonel Pickering that he can take a common peddler and transform her into royalty. Eliza Doolittle is the pawn in the ... transforms from a defensive insecure girl to a fully confident,strong, and independent woman. When the audience first meets Eliza Doolittle she is a flower girl peddling at 11 PM in front of St. Paul’s Church. The audience’s first impression is one of sympathy because she is dressed in rags and pedestrians are unkind to her. Higgins calls Eliza “you squashed cabbage leaf, you disgrace to the noble ...
- 9210: Biography of Anne Frank
- Biography of Anne Frank Annelies Frank was born June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Her parents Otto Frank and Edith Frank-Hollander called their daughter Anne. In 1933, in response to Hitler’s anti-Jewish decrees, Mr. Frank opened a branch of his company, Opteka, in Amsterdam and began planning to bring his family there. The Frank family finally moved into a house on Medwedplein in Southern Amsterdam ... in 1933 and Anne began to attend the nearby Montessori school, where she excelled. Seven years later, 1940, the Nazis invaded the Netherlands and in five days, Holland surrendered to the invading German forces. Anne’s father had already begun to convert the annex of his company at 263 Prinsengracht into a hiding place. Under German law, Anne was forced to the leave the Montessori school and attends the Jewish Secondary School. On her thirteenth birthday, in 1942 Anne received as a gift from her parents a diary. A few short weeks later Margot, Anne’s older sister, received a notice from the Nazi SS to report for work detail at a labor camp. On July 5, 1942, the Frank Family, the van Pels Family, and Fritz Pfeffer moved to ...
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