character or protagonist of “The Greatest Gift” and “It’s a Wonderful Life”‚ who stood on a bridge ready to jump the night of Christmas Eve; contemplating how to tragically ending his life until an Angel came to save him. He wished that he had never been born instead of taking his own life and the Angel granted his wish. The story “The Greatest Gift” was written by Philip Van Doren Stern and Frank Capra directed a film based on it. The film ended up winning a Golden Globe for Best Director - Motion
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orthopedic white shoes. She did‚ however‚ wear a pretty‚ pink laced handkerchief that rested on her left bosom. Sara worked at the local Morrison’s Cafeteria as a server in the salad and fruit section of the food line. Even though Sarah resembled an angel in white‚ the glare that was in her eyes reminded me of the devil or she was probably like one of the women in the juvenile home that would stand over me with a big‚ thick stick to hit me if I didn’t scrub the floors hard enough were I ever so unfortunate
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Art Hist. Review Ancient Greek Art and Arch. (600 BCE-30 BCE) The Early Classical Period 480-450 BCE 5.23 KRITIOS BOY Acropolis‚ Athens 480 BCE -Marble -He is self confident and serious looking -He is a sculpture in the round -The artist is believed to be KRITIOS -The statue has an S-curve to him and is in the contrapposto pose‚ which is when artists use tension and relaxation around the central axis of the body to increase to muscular tension and enhance the musculature of a body. It is
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at Beaufort High School‚ which collaborates each year with Southern Baptist Church on a Christmas play called The Christmas Angel. The play‚ written by Reverend Hegbert Sullivan‚ the minister of the church‚ tells the story of a man who is so grief-stricken over the death of his wife (while giving birth to their only child that he is not much of a father to his child. An angel appears to the man‚ and she admonishes him to be a better father; she also performs a small miracle for the family on Christmas
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were depicted throughout Western Europe. One such subject matter‚ the Annunciation‚ was portrayed by Jan van Eyck‚ a Flemish panel painter‚ as well as‚ Fra Angelico‚ an Italian fresco painter. In short‚ the Annunciation occurred when God sends the angel‚ Gabriel to deliver the message to Mary that she will give birth to his only son. Although both artists had the same understanding of the biblical account‚ their styles varied to agree with the concerns and interests of the people of the time as well
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Do you know what’s your favorite holiday is? I do. Every Christmas I can count on gifts‚ food‚ and family. First of all every Christmas morning my little brother is the first one up early‚ waiting for our mother to wake up and let him open gifts. Video games‚ clothes‚ tablets‚ and sneakers are in the boxes under the tree. I received an iPad‚ Pavilion laptop and Dre Beats for my music. My mother received everything she wanted and that’s us being happy and appreciative. Furthermore everybody was
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We always have fun swimming in the lake. Sorry the other guys couldn’t make it‚ but I need to go my grandpa is taking me fishing this afternoon.” Kenny grabbed the towel and went to the bike. “Yeah‚ guess I’ll go on home‚ it’s not much fun swimming alone‚” Justin mumbled staring at the water. “What’s wrong?” Kenny asked when he noticed his friend looked sad. “I wish I had a grandpa‚ but all mine are dead.” “Yeah‚ well‚ I need to go‚ see you later.” Kenny hooked the towel on the side of his bike
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unique appearance and meets the needs of it’s (observer?) in a different way. The first whirligig was put in a state park near Puget Sound. Being Brent’s first whirligig ‚ he had a little trouble creating it. Originally‚ it was supposed to be an angel playing a full sized orchestral harp‚ but he accidentally broke off it’s wing while he was filing it. Afterwards‚ it became just an ordinary human who looked as if she was playing the harp when the wind blew. The key observer of this whirligig was
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Tiyam Arshad Bakhtiari Teacher: Mr. Kelly TOK class 30 October 2012 What does Byzantine style influence on Santa Maria Assunta Church in Venice? Byzantine architecture is the Later Roman architecture Empire. The mosaic form date back to the 11th century with their strong Byzantine influence that is one of the best mosaics in the Northern Italy -a building with a basilica design divided by Greek marble columns-. Mosaics
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story "The Far and the Near" was first published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1935 and was reprinted later that year in Wolfe’s first short-story collection‚ From Death to Morning. For a writer known by his long‚ sprawling novels such as Look Homeward‚ Angel: A Story of the Buried Life and Of Time and the River‚ this ultra-short short story is a rare occurrence. While Wolfe’s novels have often fallen under criticism for their excessive autobiographical sources‚ the influence of their editors‚ and Wolfe’s
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