“In Goya’s Greatest Scenes We Seem to See” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti In this paper I will be exploring the social criticism that is conveyed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti in his poem “In Goya’s Greatest Scenes We Seem to See.” Ferlinghetti criticizes the industrial revolution in America; he compares its outcomes with war. Ferlinghetti alludes to various paintings by Goya that depict war‚ and links their interpretation to the industrialization in America. The poem contains various poetic elements such
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This essay is comparing paintings of reclining female nudes thru the history of art. - Ingres’ "La Grande Odalisque" and Manet’s "Olympia" a Comparison The reclining female nude has been a recurring image in the history of European art. Each artist through time approaches the subject in a different‚ individualized way. An earlier example of the reclining nude is Giorgione’s "Sleeping Venus‚" created around 1510(see fig. 1). His nude is painted using the clair obscur method with soft‚ blurred lines
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Ashir Mirza 4/23/2012 LST 303 The class has broadened my thinking process quite a bit now since the beginning of class. The Oral presentation on gentrification in El barrio has changed my outlook on how communities in the united states are being manipulated to change because of the area they live in and how that area is in need of change but not for the betterment of the people that live in that community but for the investors and other people that are trying to move in to change the demographics
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Corrida de Toros Bullfighting is one of the many tourist attractions in Spain. Millions of people attend the “corrida de toros” each year‚ bringing in lots of money to keep the bull rings open. Although the fighting of bulls is considered part of the Spanish culture‚ this blood spectacle is cruel and disturbing. Bullfighting dates back to 711 A.D. The first bullfight took place for the crowning of King Alfonso VIII. The fights were originally fought on horseback and eventually developed to dodging
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California was once a silent and an unheard-of place. Since Mr. John Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848‚ the gold rush era started and California became popular. It has become a place where people expected to be successful and wealthy. For this reason‚ the gold finders from all over the world came to Sutter’s Mill to pursue their dreams. However‚ many of them found that their dreams did not come true. In fact‚ they had to do lots of hard work that barely led to financial success. Was
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Alcatraz Prison Imagine that you are an inmate at Alcatraz. You wake up to hear a whistle around . First you go and eat for fifteen minutes. After you finish eating you have to put your knife on the left side of the tray‚ the fork in the middle‚ and the spoon on the right. The guards force you to clean your sleeping area‚ like the cell bars‚ the toilet bowl‚ make your bed‚ and fold the seat and table against the wall. Secondly when you are done cleaning your cell area then the second morning whistle
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Berkley. Many of my family members have attended this college‚ and I would like to carry on this tradition. The University of California‚ Berkeley also known as UC Berkeley‚ Berkeley‚ California‚ was built in 1868 in Berkley California east of San Francisco Bay. The university has a total undergraduate of 25‚885‚ and the campus size is 1‚232 acres. Tuition and fees are $11‚767 and out-of-state tuition and fees are $34‚645. University of California Berkeley’s is currently ranked in the 2013 Best Colleges
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privilege penitentiary to deal with the most incorrigible inmates in Federal prisons. This prison was thought to be inescapable. Frank morris would disprove this in his successful escape. Alcatraz wasn’t always a prison on an island off in the san francisco bay. It was a fort at the start of its legacy. In 1850 a presidential order set aside the island for possible use as a United States military reservation. The California Gold
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memories and lost ghosts. Though no one really knows everything that went on within the concealed walls of the old prison‚ it still manages to trap the interests of millions of people who visit the national park each day on the small island in the San Francisco Bay. Not only has it trapped the interests of those millions of visitors‚ but it has also trapped mine as well. Discovered in 1775 by a Spanish explorer named Juan Miguel de Ayala‚ La Isla de los Alcatraces was nothing more than a small island
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Top 10: Book Lessons Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez 1. Breaking down barriers To break down a barrier‚ means to have an open-mind set to who you talk to‚ look at‚ and judge. In the book‚ Francisco experiences racial barriers that are created in his school. The students at his school easily judge others by their appearances and race. Since Francisco is Mexican‚ he is treated differently than others and faces hard times as he tries to “fit in”. 2. Striving for a better way of life The
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