The editors of “Flash Fiction” asked themselves the question‚ “How short can a story be and still truly be a story?” (11). With this in mind‚ they settled on a maximum word count of 750‚ with a minimum of 250. They debated keeping it as “one story to a page‚ just a little book of little stories‚” but soon realized that‚ without the turn of a page during a story‚ the reader is easily bored (13). Instead‚ they allowed the stories to begin and end naturally in the book’s layout. “Pumpkins” is a
Premium Fiction Short story
Compare and contrast early cinema (1895 – 1910) with mainstream narrative cinema The history of film was set in motion in the late 1880’s with the development in camera and film technology. There has been deliberation about who were the first to broadcast film‚ however after much research it is believed that the first projection was introduced by the late French born Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas and Louis Jean‚ famously known as ‘the Lumiere brothers’. Cinema started of more as an art‚ favouring
Premium Film Movie theater Entertainment
stores. Also‚ films which had been censored until this time were finally appearing on the screen. The policy change was also considerable. Under Gorbachev‚ 140 dissidents‚ victims of Stalinist repression‚ were honored and rehabilitated. From exile in Gorky‚ Sakharov‚ who condemned the war in Afghanistan – was released. Several opposition political organizations emerged as a Democratic
Premium Soviet Union Cold War Eastern Bloc
The Gulags of the Soviet Union have been compared to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany‚ but in reality they were worse. The Gulags were isolated prison camps peppered across Siberia. Death‚ torture‚ and disease raged within their walls‚ while endless work went on outside. Gulag personnel were cruel and unfeeling‚ using terrible punishment methods and playing senseless games that cost prisoners their lives. Political enemies of the Bolshevik party made up a significant portion of the prisoner
Premium Prison Gulag Great Purge
Why did the Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War? The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921. During this time the Bolsheviks faced massive opposition to their rule in the form of the White Armies‚ led by the former officers of the Tsarist state‚ and also from intervention by the forces of foreign countries. The Bolsheviks were surrounded‚ and often outnumbered by their opponents. At times‚ their situation seemed hopeless. Yet‚ by the start of 1921‚ the Bolsheviks had defeated
Premium Soviet Union Russia Vladimir Lenin
Project History of Trends (1940-1950) Introduction/table of content Introduction/table of content 2 First Half decade 1940-1950 3 Second half of decade 1940-1950 4 Inventions in 1940 till 1950 5 First Computer 5 Fashion in the 40‘s 6 The ‘Sweater girls’ and ‘Pin-up’ girls 7 The New Look 7 Theatre de la Mode (theatre of fashion) 9 The birth of the Bikini 9 Cosmetics 10 Hairstyles‚ Turbans and Snoods 10 Literature 11 Music 12 Music 12 Movies 13 Dominant styles
Premium Fashion Clothing New York City
Dada From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Dada (disambiguation). Cover of the first edition of the publication Dada by Tristan Tzara; Zurich‚ 1917 Dada /ˈdɑːdɑː/ or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. Many claim Dada began in Zurich‚ Switzerland in 1916‚ spreading to Berlin shortly thereafter but the height of New York Dada was the year before in 1915.[1] To quote Dona Budd ’s The Language of
Premium Dada Art Marcel Duchamp
Lenin was able to consolidate his power because of the weakness of his opponents. Find evidence to support or refute this statement. Chloe Tomlinson There were many different equally important reasons why Lenin and the Bolsheviks were able to hold on to their power. For Lenin‚ and the Bolsheviks‚ winning political power was relatively easy‚ compared with retaining it. They had many different objects to overcome‚ such as; Russia was in chaos‚ politically and economically‚ and normal government had
Premium Soviet Union Joseph Stalin Marxism
Abstract Expressionism began in the periods of the 1940s and 1950s in New York. "It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academic painting. However‚ there is no such thing as good painting about nothing." which is described by Mark Rothko‚ who was an early abstract expressionist. Its development started back to the 1930s which were being shaped by social‚ political and geographical calamities: internally
Premium Expressionism Modernism Art
Joseph Stalin’s First and Second Five Year Plans Abstract As an adolescent residing in a Post-Soviet State‚ where the successes and failures of Joseph Stalin’s economic policies are hotly debated to this day‚ it is important to hold a discerning opinion. Therefore the research for this extended essay is conducted according to the question: “To what extent were Joseph Stalin’s Five-Year Plans from 1928 to 1937 successful in achieving the domestic economic goals‚ which he had designated?” Hence
Premium