- The art piece I chose from my book is The Virgin of Guadalupe on page forty. I chose this specific piece because it’s an image I have associated with my Mexican culture for the entirety of my life. It’s a brilliant example of how culture‚ religion and art intertwine. As the tradition is told‚ Virgin Mary first appeared to Juan Diego‚ a peasant‚ as he was crossing a hillside near present-day Mexico City. She appeared as a dark-skinned woman who spoke Nahuatl‚ Juan Diego’s native language. This woman
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A superhero is someone with inhuman abilities that do justice for the world. The story “Superassassin” is different than your typical superhero story. Written by Lesley Torneiro‚ this story is focused more on the protagonist’s real-life identity and personality. Tenorio redefines the perspectives on what a superhero is by creating a protagonist that see’s himself as a superhero‚ and of how he views himself in this big world‚ needing to adapt to his everyday life and problems with the choices he makes
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It was a bright and warm afternoon. The seagulls were squawking‚ the waves were crashing against each other‚ and the children were laughing. If you looked off the side of the cruise ship you could see the very pretty greenish blue sea‚ you could see the dolphins jumping in and out of the water. This particular cruise ship went around the Caribbean. Through the stunning coral reefs and crystal-clear turquoise waters of the Bahamas‚ and the shallow warm waters of Puerto Rico. As the ship moved more
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Nicolo Macchiavelli and The Prince At the end of the 14th century‚ Italy was still politically organized by city-states. Emerging as one of the most influential writers of the Renaissance‚ Niccolo Machiavelli was a political analyst‚ whose aim was to free italy from foreign rule‚ as well as to unite and strengthen the Italian city states. Machiavelli believed Italy could not be united unless its leader was ruthless. In 1513‚ he wrote his best-known work‚ The Prince‚ in which he describes the
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Tough Love “If you have to make a choice‚ to be feared is much safer than to be loved” (46). Niccolò Machiavelli declared this in The Prince while explaining how to be an extraordinary leader. If leaders are feared they will be respected by their people and other countries‚ thus keeping justice and maintaining control. If a leader is feared‚ they will receive respect from their people and other countries. People will not turn against the leader‚ but if the people love him they would
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THE LITTLE PRINCE In the eyes of a child‚ there is joy‚ there is laughter. But as time ages us‚ as soon as we flowered and became grown-ups the child inside us all fades that we forget that once‚ we were a child. The story begins about drawings of closed and open boa constrictors. Later‚ the author relates a story about the Turkish astronomer who discovers the little prince’s home‚ Asteroid B-612. When he presents his findings to the International Congress of Astronomy‚ dressed in
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Prince Hal appreciates his youth by living a life of stealing and spending much time with his companion of robbers. He also knows that he must become the responsible leader that his father wants him to be. He plans to be mature and impress those who did not believe he can be a responsible king. After he has a conversation with his father‚ the King he makes a goal to prove it to his father that he can be that mature responsible leader his father wishes to see by promises to kill the leader or the
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virtuous‚ and intern receive some positive purpose in life? In Machiavelli’s The Prince he states “A Prince (Phil) should not necessarily avoid vices such as cruelty or dishonesty if employing them will benefit the state. Cruelty and other vices should not be pursued for their own sake‚ just as virtue should not be pursued for its own sake: virtues and vices should be conceived as mean to an end. Every action the prince (Phil) takes must be considered in light of its effect on the state‚ not in terms
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promises‚ and avoiding being hated. The first quality introduced by Machiavelli is the duty of prince on preparing military. This quality is important because if the prince is not willing to prepare a troop to protect himself and his country‚ he is showing the people that he does not care for his or his country’s safety‚ which will cause a great concern to his people and lose their support on him. A prince should be concerned for his safety at all times since if he dies‚ there might not be another
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The Prince‚ one of the most popular and well known doctrines of political thought was also one of the greatest works of Niccoló Machiavelli. First published in 1513‚ The Prince was written in response to the failure of the Greek-based Italian city-states. Machiavelli wrote The Prince because‚ despite being a firm Republican‚ he was also well-documented as a strong patriot. He wanted that his people live under a free but effective government‚ but he decided that if his nation has to be ruled by
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