Starry Night is a beautiful painting‚ representational in the type of art. The size of the painting is 29 in. by 36 ¼ in.‚ and oil on canvas were the materials used. Van Gogh is using an expressive quality and an emotionalism viewpoint. On the left side of the painting‚ there is a group of black lines that curve in waves upward‚ coming to a point. To the lower right‚ there is a small town that leads up to hills and then mountains. The painting is set at night‚ and the sky is a wondrous swirl of bursting
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A Night of Violence According to my history instructor‚ Adolf Hitler once said that he wanted to sign up ‘’ brutal youths’’ to help him achieve his goals. If Hitler were still alive‚ he would not have any trouble recruiting the brutal youths he wanted; he could get them here in Algeria. I know‚ because I was one of them. As a teenager‚ I ran with a gang. And it took a frightening incident for me to see how violent I had become. The incident was planned one Thursday night when I
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and her distressed face enables us to see the pure emotions this lady is feeling. The painting seems resemble an expression that we refer to today as "break down." With his unusual and expressive style‚ Picasso was able to express complex emotions such as grief‚ outrage‚ terror‚ etc. that we as viewers are able to relate to. Throughout the painting weeping woman‚ there are lines and shapes that viewers eyes are instantly draw to. This is because they stand out from the rest of the painting. Almost
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A Beacon in the Night In the story‚ “A Beacon in the Night” by Morris Lurie‚ the author describes the problem of idealizing somebody. The story takes the place in a Jewish community and is narrated by a fifteen-year old boy‚ whose father is delighted by Yossel Shepps. Yossel is twenty-two‚ and it’s his last semester to become a doctor. Also he’s helping his parents to run their restaurant. There are described two sides in the story‚ the first how father likes the way Yossel lives and the other
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Period 1 “Faith is Lost in the Night” The horrible accounts of the holocaust are vividly captured by Elie Wiesel in Night‚ an award winning work by a Holocaust survivor. It describes his time in the Holocaust and helps the reader fully understand the pain he went through. In the text‚ Elie continuously mentions how he is losing his faith to god. It is evident that he has nearly‚ if not completely lost his faith during the events of the holocaust. In the memoir‚ Night‚ Elie Wiesel’s faith changes
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purpose of creating these stories is a way for all of us to escape the real world and create our own worlds. Also it is a way to entertain ourselves with made up creatures and adventures that would not be possible in real life. We include things like evil jinnees‚ horrible monsters‚ wealth and locations that have not been heard of by anyone. We see all of the adventures and and so much more in Tales from the Thousand and One Nights with stories about “Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter‚” “The Porter
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Dark and stormy night It was a dark and stormy night when she came to find me. I was sitting at my work desk‚ writing my daily report of the day’s work when my ears caught a soft knocking at the front door‚ timid but distinct against the fury of the tempest. Who could it possibly be at this hour and in this kind of night‚ I mused as I pushed back my chair irritably to answer the door. As I was about to slip back the latch‚ a small‚ seldom heard voice in the back of my head‚ which only spoke in
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is used in making solder‚ electrical contacts and printed circuit boards. Silver also is a good reflector of light‚ silver mirrors are also used but they must be coated in order to stop tarnishing. Silver coins also used to be used in the ancient world but has been stoped today. Silver is also used in the making of jewellery‚ cutlery‚ and decorative. Silver is also in batteries. Silver Nitrate (agNO3) is used in photo films. Silver Iodide (AgI) is used to see clouds to predict
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big illusion. He uses this word at the time when all the Jews are reciting the Kaddish. The reason why he chose to use it is because as they were reciting the Kaddish there was a sense of peace and happiness that was only there for a split second‚ but then faded away in despair and agony. In that moment then and there people felt as if there was tranquility and peace but before they realized it‚ it turned out just be a mirage. The reason why Elie Weisel chose the Night as the title for his book
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This book invoked a lot of empathic and sympathetic emotions in my senses. I loved the symbolism‚ imagery‚ and allegory of this text‚ although painful‚ it portrayed the life of Jews and their torture. "Night" is used throughout the book to symbolize death‚ darkness of the soul‚ and loss of faith. As an image‚ it comes up repeatedly. Even when the scene is literally set during the day‚ night may be invoked. Consider all the terrible things that happen at night: Mrs. Schachter has her visions of fire
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