Maher Audio Guide Essay #1 Intro to African Arts Professor.Probst 3/3/11 Mende Sowei Helmet Mask Type of Object: Helmet mask Ethnic Group: Mende Country of Origin: Sierra Leone‚ Liberia Materials: wood‚ pigment Approximate Age: mid 20th century Dimensions: 19 inches H. x 14 x 19.5 inches W. One of the most prominent and intriguing works of art that came out West Africa were the wooden Sowei helmet masks. These masks were beautiful and compelling merely as works of art but they also had
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For summer reading prior to my start of tenth grade I had to read two books out of a section of memoirs. The two books I chose were Night by Elie Wiesel and A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. These two books were very inspirational to me and made an impact on my life. After being a sophomore for four weeks the curriculum has already begun to make me more aware of myself and the world around me. When I first learned about the holocaust in the fifth of sixth grade‚ I became very interested in that point
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Out of my mind is a book about Melody Brooks‚ an eleven year old‚ who has a cerebral palsy‚ that made her unable to talk or walk or express her thought ! This book makes me feel about this girl‚ and her suffering in simple things like‚ talking‚ eating‚ walking or sharing her emotions with others. This book gives an example of a disabled girl‚ that in spite of her disabilities‚ but she did not give up‚ and let the despair and frustration kill her. She fought and struggled to achieve whatever she
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Period 6 4/6/17 The Book That Changed my Life The book that made a large impact on my life was The Hunger Games. This book impacted me because it displayed images of violence but had a very good love story twisted into it. The Hunger Games starred Katniss Everdeen and her “partner” Peeta Mellark. They were selected from the same district to participate in the games. The game was a game of survival and only one person could emerge victorious. This book made such a large impact on my life because even
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DREAMS FROM MY FATHER Our past makes our future. The experiences one endures throughout our past evolves us into the person we are to become in the future. In Dreams From My Father‚ author Barack Obama explores how not only his past made him who he is today‚ but also how his father’s life achievements and failures as well as insight on his family’s culture molded him into becoming the man who would presides over the nation the we all call home. This book helped me discover interesting
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mansion on Long Island‚ near the now married Daisy‚ and begins the process of recapturing her favors. I have read this book in my junior year of high school. It was I truly memorable book because it was taught by an enthusiastic and descriptive teacher. It’s what isn’t written and the hidden‚ subtle meanings between the lines and my potent reaction that makes this book one of my favorite classics of American Literature. Also Fitzgerald’s elegant‚ almost dance-like‚ symbolic and deep prose; yes‚ many
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Two of Emily Dickinson’s poems‚ “Unto My Books So Good To Turn” and “Contrast”‚ show different sides of her unusual personality. Ironically‚ both works choose encounters with people as opportunities to provide glimpses into a lonely‚ reclusive life. Dickinson was an educated woman‚ having attended Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary‚ as well as the daughter of a prominent attorney. Although she was outgoing in her youth‚ she disliked being away from home and increasingly preferred
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from the chasms of the earth‚ but I don’t subdue myself with just books‚ texts about how “others” were the authors of great renewals of our society‚ I desire to do more‚ to write my own book and active citizenship is the only path that can guide me‚ to write with the quill of democracy ‚ in order to participate in all decisions regardless of my age.taken Youth is being shunned‚ when we are the next generation and as some of my contemporaries‚ I firmly believe that we must take a stand in solving
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Who moved my Cheese Who moved my Cheese Leadership Book Review Leadership Book Review Mohit Khatri Mohit Khatri Definitions 3 Introduction 3 What is the purpose of this book and its central philosophy or perspective? 3 Does the book achieve its goals? 6 What is the method or approach used by the authors to reach their conclusions? Is the approach clearly specified so that its validity can be determined? 6 Are the conclusions credible? 6 What are the implications for practicing
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Book Review‚ Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene The book‚ Summer of My German Soldier‚ is an example of historical fiction‚ set in Arkansas‚ America during World War 2. It tells the story of 12 year old Patty‚ a Jewish girl‚ who shelters a young German soldier who escapes from the camp for German prisoners in her hometown. The story opens with the arrival of the German prisoners of war at the train station. From the first chapters we find out about the daily routine of Patty and her
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