In Carolyn Dean’s “The Trouble with (the Term) Art” (2006)‚ the author explores the significance of the word art itself and dives into the deeper meaning of not only what art is‚ but when a piece can be labeled as art. Carolyn Dean successfully accomplishes her goal of providing readers with knowledge about the consequences of identifying art‚ where such a notion did or did not occur. Although Dean is pretty opinionated throughout the article‚ she backs up all of her thoughts by providing ample amounts
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Original Kayak Adventures advertises in regional magazines and maintains a Web site‚ which Edie designed. Customers say that the site is attractive and informative‚ but the Caputos are not sure of its effectiveness in attracting new business. At this time‚ no other kayak rentals firms operate within 20 miles of OKA’s location. So far‚ the Caputos’ plan is working out well. OKA rents space at a nearby marina‚ where Edie runs the office and operates her Web design business. She also handles rentals
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What’s Weather Got to Do With It? In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ weather is often an undercurrent of what’s happening in the novel. "When all is said and done‚ the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure" (Alice Hoffman‚ Here on Earth). With weather one is never sure of how the day is going turn out‚ sunny or rainy? The same goes for love‚ loves me or loves me not? Throughout The Great Gatsby‚ the weather and location often reflects the mood and the
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backbone of applied theory in the real world. In this paper I will be explaining and extrapolating upon two key concepts that have been introduced in the unit readings; performativity and intersectionality. Having coined the term in her book‚ Gender Trouble‚ Judith Butler’s theory on gender peformativity is arguably one of the most widely referenced concepts in the gender studies field. Gender perfomativity theorises that we‚ as
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most notable for being blacklisted by the House Committee of Un-American activities for allegedly participating in the Communist Party‚ demonstrates this father-son complexity with envy‚ nostalgia‚ and bittersweet moments in his 1939 classic‚ Johnny Got His Gun. Moreover‚ the narrator refrains from using quotations or be specific in who is communicating to really engrave the audience and the narrator themselves in understanding the tension and somber now that his son is soon departing to fish with
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They’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught By Susan Brady Konig In "They’ve Got to be Carefully Taught" by Susan Brady Konig‚ she writes about educating young children‚ as young as pre-school age about their ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Educators are teaching the children what country their ancestors came from and how that makes them all different‚ their hair color‚ their skin color‚ how they celebrate special occasions‚ the different foods they may eat. I agree with Susan’s take on her daughter’s
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Smith always told Henry‚ “If you build your house far enough away from Trouble then trouble will never find you.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? What kinds of trouble do the characters get into? How do the characters get out of trouble or do they just learn to live with trouble? Use examples from the novel to support your thesis. In the book Trouble‚ Henry’s dad said that if you build your house far enough away form trouble‚ then trouble will never find you. I think that this statement
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In Jerome Groopman’s fascinating New York Times article “What’s the Trouble‚” we learn of three specific cases in which skilled physicians‚ “rely[ing] on shortcuts and rules of thumb...known...as ‘heuristics’” (Groopman 4)‚ fail to make accurate diagnoses concerning the unknown maladies of their subjects. However‚ since the article is written from the limited perspective of a medical professional‚ it lacks insight into the heuristic techniques of the patient‚ the cursory and sometimes imprecise trial-and-error
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We’ve Got Mail--Always Is e-mail a blessing or a curse? Last month‚ after a week’s vacation‚ I discovered 1‚218 unread e-mail messages waiting in my in box. I pretended to be dismayed‚ but secretly I was pleased. This is how we measure our wired worth in the late 1990s--if you aren’t overwhelmed by e-mail‚ you must be doing something wrong. Never mind that after subtracting the stale office chitchat‚ spam‚ flame wars‚ dumb jokes forwarded by friends who should have known better and other
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Perseverance In My Life – ‘You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me’ It was a Monday morning like any other‚ cold‚ and the little light that was present squeezing its way through the sky’s grey veil. It was on these bitter twilight mornings that I apprehensively pulled my half-asleep body out from my overwhelmingly warm and comfortable bed. Leaving the house‚ late as per usual‚ I took the normal route through the park on my now daily routine journey to college. The 15-minute walk turned out to be a 10-minute
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