The item I chose to do was my clarinet as my object and the Cittern as my object from The Met. I have chosen these two objects‚ because they have a lot in common as they are both musical instruments. The cittern was made roughly in 1685 made by German man‚ Joachim Tielke. The material used to make this was cypress‚ ivory‚ ebony‚ parchment‚ and brass. The cittern is 24 ⅞ in by 9 5/16 in. Also‚ this was made in Hamburg‚ Germany‚ so it is a german instrument. This was used to play music during church
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I can’t recall the day I first met my husband. I had seen him at work for a few weeks‚ and I was beyond intimidated. He strutted around the production floor of the food manufacturing plant where we both worked. He was a supervisor with a reputation for being hard and demanding‚ but his crew was loyal. He had a long goatee and even longer curly dark hair‚ which when not in a bun‚ fell past his waist. His hair had orange stripes from a hair bleaching gone wrong. When combined with his massive
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“I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose is an excerpt from his book Lives on the Boundary about his time in Our Lady Mercy High School’s education system. He went into Vocational education because of a mix-up in his tests with another student. With this mix-up and teachers who would not put in the effort to help him succeed occurring‚ Rose lost all motivation in studying in his classes. Rose finally found a teacher who cared about his success in school and helped Rose get back into regular college-prep
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The day we met The day we met Tisha Smith Eng 121 My day started like any other day at work. I was dreading coming in as it was a beautiful spring day. I was running late as usual so I came in the back door. As soon as I clocked it my friend and coworker said there is someone I want you to meet. I reluctantly went out to the front porch of my facility‚ and there he was. I didn’t know it then‚ but I met the man that would change my life forever. I remember it like it was yesterday. It
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help us feel better. In The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer‚ Maria is Matt’s first friend. Friends are important people so Maria is an really important character. She was Matt’s best friend and lover. Maria is compassionate but still can be unforgiving because she had concerns for people‚ held grudges‚ and she helped Matt. She did all those things although she can’t seem to grow out of the fact that Matt is a clone. Maria worried about Matt and cared for him. She even snuck in the hospital
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a spectator‚ I do believe that both cultures are privileged in different parts of the books‚ and the influences on both generation of acculturation and assimilation in this book also need dialectic discussion. But the author ‚as I think‚ cares more about Hindu culture and tends to foreground it. The life for the first-generation immigrants is very hard. They should not only get used to the new environment‚ but also bear loneliness. This book reminds me another story that I have read before
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The play “streetcar named desire” written by Tennessee William in 1949‚ which was received the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1948. The play commenced on Broadway on December 3‚ 1947 in the Ethel Barrymore Theater. This play is about life of a woman in 19th century who could not come out of the fantasy to the real life that her self instinct and her surrounding creates extra problems in her life that makes her hide her historical and physical appearances and lied her sister and suitor. On the other
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Character Analysis In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury tales‚ twenty-nine pilgrims travel to Canterbury to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Beckett. In the Tales‚ the Wife of Bath is symbolic of all women who want equal rights in a society where women were not seen as equals. Although‚ the Wife of Bath has had five husbands she is an independent woman‚ she is also well traveled and wealthy. In her experiences with her husbands‚ she learned to provide for herself in a world where women had
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The following is a critical insight of a passage from; “the tale of the porter and the young girls” from the Thousand and one nights. Presently the Caliph looked on the three Kalandars and‚ seeing them‚ each and every blind of the left eye‚ wondered at the sight. Then he gazed upon the girls‚ and he was startled and he marveled with exceeding marvel at their beauty and loveliness. They continued to carouse and to converse‚ and said to the Caliph‚ "Drink!" But he replied‚ "I am vowed to pilgrimage
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The novel "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier chronicles the young life of a woman named Griet‚ as she travels through a journey full of love‚ hate‚ jealousy‚ hardship‚ and other experiences throughout her work as a maid. She is employed at the famous painter Vermeer’s very large household. Catharina plays a main role in the house and is Vermeer’s stuck-up housewife who gives birth to many children. Her mother‚ Maria Thins‚ is wiser and conducts most of the family’s business manners. Griet
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