Upon entering the Philadelphia Museum of Art‚ the immediate visual effect of the architecture and large columns peaked my interest‚ while shifting my view towards the seven different exhibits. After analyzing the map to choose a section to start‚ the closest was American Art. This wing featured galleries featuring Philadelphia realist painter Thomas Eakins. The dark nature of the paintings was accented by dim museum lighting‚ adding to the effect of an electricity-deprived society. Haunting paintings
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In the movie Philadelphia we are introduced to a touchy subject in which the main character Andy has AIDS. When talking about HIV or AIDS we tend to push it all to the side. All people are not accustomed to hearing or mentioning AIDS let alone coming into contact to someone with AIDS. In this movie you can get a sense of fear people have when they see Andy knowing he has this disease. Even his employer showed discrimination towards him because of his illness. Unfortunately our society tends to
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In chapters 1-4 of The Philadelphia Negro‚ W.E.B. Du Bois provides historical context about African Americans in Philadelphia from the early 1600s to the mid 1800s. Before he shifts to the sociological study‚ he covers the trajectory of blacks in Philadelphia from the arrival of the first slaves to the growing free community as a result of the mass exodus of African Americans from the South. He concentrates on the socioeconomic status of numerous pecuniary classes as well as changes in the division
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The summer of 1793 would be unforgettable for the people living in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. Their population of more than 40‚000 people would decline rapidly over the next few months‚ due to a deadly epidemic. As the summer came to an end the Yellow Fever would plague the city due to a filthy environment‚ lack of effective treatments‚ and misinformation. As August began‚ the citizens of Philadelphia became violently ill with multiple symptoms including: chills‚ high fevers‚ nausea‚ vomiting
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Written by Catherine Drinker Bowen‚ this book‚ Miracle at Philadelphia‚ is a written narrative about the Constitutional Convention‚ held in 1787. At this meeting twelve out of thirteen newly liberated states of America sent delegates who discussed and argued about what would make up the United States Constitution. This document they created all these years ago is still what we use today. From diaries and notes of the different delegates and newspaper articles‚ Bowen is able to portray what the time
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“The Decision in Philadelphia” America is a young country in 1787. They have just won the war for their independence and are now under the new rule of the Articles of Confederation. This government is put in place to ensure that no one leader will have too much power. The newly formed nation still has the undesirable taste of monarchy in their mouth and are hesitant to enact some sort of executive power. The Articles rely on the committee’s to take care of that missing executive branch. Committee’s
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An examination of Philadelphia during the World War II years (1939-1945) reveals that the city of brotherly love even though still deeply divided racially‚ socially‚ and politically could come together as a united front to help support war efforts during World War II. Prior to World War II‚ Philadelphia was a thriving city looking to validate its economic importance in America. Industrialization had transformed the city’s ecological environment as well as the city’s economic and social outlook
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"Philadelphia" is a movie that enables the audience to visualize an alternative perspective of discrimination against HIV positive homosexual man. Throughout the movie‚ one can get an understanding of how a HIV positive homosexual is treated in society and the portrayal of him. "Philadelphia" stars Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett‚ an intelligent and sharp lawyer working for a large firm in Philadelphia. Andrew is diagnosed with AIDS and does not tell his supervisors in the firm of his sickness and
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Thesis statement: The constant change in the world‚ as evidenced by consumerism in the books Rabbit‚ Run by John Updike and White Noise by Don DeLillo‚ gives a false sense of security to the protagonists of the two books thereby blurring the reality they are in and destroying them in the end. *** Don deLillo’s White Noise: Postmodern elements Most postmodern books have been published after World War II. First published in 1984‚ White Noise by Don deLillo explores the emergence of technology
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United States was far from an economic superpower and an afterthought in the technological industry. A nation that was still recovering from the horrors of the Civil War saw the majority of its citizens living a relatively outdated lifestyle. The United States did not become a world leader for innovation and prosperity overnight‚ but it received a huge jump start in the late 1870s. One large scale event that generated widespread attention and recognition was the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition
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