Sails of Scampia Scampia’s " Le Vele " ("The Sails") worked between the mid 60’s and mid 70’s‚ epitomized the idea of “residential machine”; they comprise of megastructures where singular spaces were a piece of an immense arrangement of public and shared zones‚ demonstrating social experimentation mainstream in the earlier century. The architect Francesco Di Salvo was first entrusted
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Essay - ’Widower in the Country’ Thursday‚ 14 June 2012 12:19 PM Les Murray’s poem ’Widower in the Country’ highlights the painful effect of the death of a loved one. His tone in this poem is one of grief and loneliness‚ and through strong imagery and emotive language‚ the composer draws out empathy and interest from the reader. This poem describes how repetitive life becomes after someone very close to you passes away. The composer conveys a strong feeling of grief and pain in the poem
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Applications of Le Châtelier’s Principle (September 11 - 15‚ 2014) **The purpose of this experiment was to visually observe the effects of how changing certain aspects of the reaction affected the observed equilibrium. PROCEDURE: Introductory activity Part A: Effect of Concentration: Two different temperature water baths were created‚ one at 65-70oC‚ the other ice‚ and set aside for Part B. 20 mL of potassium thiocyanate solution were poured into a petri dish. The initial color and all subsequent
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that throughout time‚ men have always felt superior to women‚ and that women have assumed more of a subservient role. The woman in Ursula Le Guin’s short story “She Unnames Them” takes the initiative of removing the names of all creatures on earth‚ which were named by man. This effort was to break the barrier‚ create equality‚ and end the power struggle between man and woman. The fem fatal Margot Macomber in Ernest Hemingway’s short story “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” struggles
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Synopsis This poem by L.E. Thayer is very intelligent. Thayer shows in stanza one that there is a hill as the known obstacle and a stone as well that gets in the way. He then has to ascend; he climbs up and overrules adversity‚ which are known in the poem as the hill‚ stone‚ grime and blinding storm. The poem has very obvious imagery‚ just alone picturing the blinding storm in the reader’s brain makes him/her feel as if he/she were in the same situation as the Thayer. The poem also has a good amount
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depicts ordinary lives who struggle to come to terms with personal suffering and daily experience. The themes that are being depicted are suffering and struggle throughout the poem “Widower in the Country” and “On Home Beaches” Poem‚ both written by Les Murray. The theme suffering and struggle is being explored through the death of the widower’s wife. Similarly‚ Murray also explores the notion of suffering and struggle in the poem “On Home Beaches”‚ however the character’s suffering and struggle is
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In the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; We can understand clearly the cultural differences and contextual considerations of the work through the interactive oral. In the discussion‚ I brought up how the cultural aspects of the novel of then’s time and the cultural aspects of today’s world is different‚ then we understood what a big deal it was for women to be deflowered before her wedding although in today’s world and culture‚ some might brush it off/overlook it or others
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earth is this world that humans crave. “People can’t anticipate how much they’ll miss the natural world until they are deprived of it” - page 57. The main idea of the two books is about the earth space conflict that humans realize. In The Martian Chronicles‚ humans went to Mars for a whole new start‚ yet ironically‚ humans made Mars with all the comforts of earth. This crave might not always be there in the beginning but‚ eventually it will return‚ haunting your mind until one finally goes crazy. “He
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As with most authors‚ Ursula Le Guin bases most of her stories and novels on her beliefs and disbeliefs. She is an atheist and relies more on philosophy than religion. Perhaps that is why "Standing Ground‚" a story that deals with abortion‚ was written with no objectivity. Le Guin had no religious beliefs interfering with her intended theme. Many of her stories are based on Taoism‚ where there is good in every evil and evil in every good. In her writings‚ Le Guin addresses enduring human problems
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The Power of a Community The cultural values and standard of living within a community has a way of molding individuals and their ways of life to fit certain criteria. In his Novella‚ Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ author Gabriel Garcia Marquez demonstrates how the value of honor and machismo can be powerful and victimizing of individuals like the Vicario brothers. These set values can sometimes be powerful enough to manipulate one’s actions even if one knows that action to be morally wrong. By analyzing
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