PO-ON By F. Sionil Jose A Novel Analysis Presented to Prof. Fe Fulgencio As an alternative final exam (50%) In English 6 Maria Nina C. Javier March 04‚ 2013 I – The Characters Estaquio “Istak” Salvador / Estaquio “Istak” Samson * Estaquio also known as Istak is a young man serves as an acolyte in the church in Cabugaw. He was raised by Padre Jose‚ a Spanish priest in Cabugaw and gave him good education about healing arts and other practical skills that made him fit to become
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“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings”(McNeese 14). Salvador Dali was an intelligent artist with the ambition to bring the art of Surrealism to the level of importance that it is today. His unique and creative works amazed viewers to think as they puzzle through Dali’s optical masterpieces. Dali created some of the most celebrated artwork of today‚ and his personality and story increase his fame even more. Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali i Domenech was born in Figueres‚ Spain on May
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from the exhibitions. “Piss Christ” by the American artist Andres Serrano is one of the most controversial art pieces in the 1980s until now. The article by Huffington Post addresses this artwork and the arguments it has created. “Piss Christ” is a photograph taken by Andres Serrano. It was publicly exhibited the first time in New York in 1987 and immediately caused a lot of arguments and anger from the viewers‚ especially Catholics. Andres Serrano took the photo of a small plastic crucifix submerged
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English 1302 Essay # 2 – Poetry Formal papers are polished essays designed to demonstrate understanding of the genre we are studying. Formal papers must be well organized‚ and they must clearly support an arguable and provable thesis. Clarity is a must‚ and papers must focus on literary analysis and interpretation--no plot summary. No outside sources allowed for this essay. Paper Topics: please pick one from below - (poems must be selected from the syllabus and can include those found
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Have you ever read a novel were the character’s appearance is described? You paint a picture in your head how that character look‚ sounds‚ acts‚ and speaks. Then finally when the movie comes out to theaters‚ the actor the movie producers cast looks nothing like what you had in your head. Let’s say the character in the book has brown hair but the actor they cast has blonde. It changes your whole viewpoint on that characters‚ but it doesn’t change the way you related to that character. Somewhat like
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When writing this article‚ Andres Martin merely keeps in mind who he is writing to‚ his audience of colleagues and parents searching for an answer regarding their “troubled” teen. His audience expects that he’ll condemn teenagers with tattoos and back up their stance on the issue‚ simply because he is a child psychologist and should see this behavior as unacceptable. His audience would expect that he’d provide his medical input that would support and justify their opposition to their kids having
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“Summary and Analysis of Killings by Andre Dubus” Murder‚ a rightfully known act of immorality is proven to be justifiable in Andre Dubus’s “Killings”. The alluring temptations of vengeance‚ too strong for Matt Fowler to push aside‚ were eventually accepted. Fowler commits the exact same crime as his son’s killer‚ both murders seek out revenge‚ however for different reasons. Fowler kills for the sake of his wife‚ he grieves seeing her in agony and he himself is in anguish knowing his son’s killer
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Los Angeles Times states that “The most rending kind of war is not between two hatreds‚ but between two hopes”. Correspondingly‚ Andre Dubus III introduces two hopes in the novel House of Sand and Fog written in 1999. Behrani and Kathy‚ two determined yet fragile individuals‚ come from different backgrounds that meet in the California hills struggles to gain social stability. The competing desires for the house leads to Behrani’s ultimate downfall. His obsession with the house comes from the ambition
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The two Fridas or Los Dos Fridas was painted by Frida Kahlo in 1939 during the movement know as surrealism (Stokstad 1079). Kahlo ’s self-portrait reflects her emotions within her mind and body. It reflects the emotions that she truly feels. Frida does this in a way that others would interoperate as stuff of dreams and nightmares. It is how others see her work that makes it surrealism. Frida writes‚ "I never painted dreams I painted my own reality" (Stokstad 1079). Frida Kahlo did the surrealist
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Rizal as a Rational Thinker During his life‚ Jose Rizal was described as a heretic and subversive‚ an enemy of both the Church and Spain. He has made tremendous contributions to the progress of the Filipino society. His political works and essays‚ being anti-clerical and anti-colonial‚ frankly aimed to expose the maladies of his time and cure the Philippines of what he calls "the social cancer". Rizal had been the progressive radical thinker‚ and promptly answered the ailing call of his Motherland
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