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    Existentialism in Camus‚ ‘the Outsider’ and Kafka’s‚ ‘The Metamorphosis’ Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Albert Camus’ The Outsider‚ both feature protagonists in situations out of which arise existentialist values. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe‚ regards human existence as unexplainable‚ and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one’s acts. In The

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    2. Question 7 An artist will always create a work with the audience in mind An artist will always create a work with the audience in mind‚ this is a false statement as most great artists contradicted what was socially acceptable in their period. Artist such as Edouard Manet‚ Artemisia Gentileschi and Francis Bacon‚ all created much discrepancy with their works through the themes in which they portrayed‚ and the meanings they gave. Hence no‚ artists do not create their works with the audience

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    Fred Wilson—the Artist Simple and complicated‚ Fred Wilson is an installation artist and political activist. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Purchase College‚ State University of New York in 1976. Fred Wilson was born in 1954 in The Bronx‚ New York (Fred Wilson‚ Art21.org). He is an American artist‚ with African-American and Caribbean descent (Fred Wilson‚ Artspace.com). Fred Wilson still lives in New York today. He is most known for his conceptual art. He is quoted as saying‚

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    This paper seeks to compare and contrast the philosophical views of two great philosophers‚ namely Albert Camus and Franz Kafka. The works involved in this argument are Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Camus’ The Outsider. The chief concern of both writers is to find a kind of solution to the predicament of modern man and his conflict with machines and scientific theories. Death‚ freedom‚ truth and identity are themes to be studies here in the sense of absurdity.   Kafka was born in Prague in 1883.

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    In the Works of Kazakh and Russian Artists Course: Arts History (ART1303) Instructor: Camilya Karabayeva Spring 2009 Outline I. Introduction (Malika) The essay below demonstrates the main distinctive features of Kazakh artists’ art pieces with the Russians ones II. Main Body a. Comparison of Abylkhan Kasteev’s works with the famous Russian artist Iliya Glazunov (Saniya) b. Comparison of Zhanatai Shardenov’s works with the outstanding Russian artist Ivan Shishkin

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    deeply described character was Jonas. Jonas is a normal boy in the Community‚ and when he turns a 12‚ he is assigned one of the most honored assignments: the Receiver. The Receiver is given the outside world’s memories from the Giver and keeps them until the next Receiver comes. Jonas showed characteristics of bravery‚ selflessness‚ and determination. When assigned the Receiver‚ Jonas is told he must stay brave to meet the goals of the Receiver. The first time Jonas had to show his bravery was taking

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    * We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine‚ law‚ business‚ engineering‚ these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry‚ beauty‚ romance‚ love‚ these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman‚ "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these

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    comparing and contrasting our commuittee and jonas society. There so many ways you can compare our commuittee and jonas society. One good way is that we have high power people and also in jonas society. In our commuittee there these people who called judges who have high power. In jonas society there also judges who is very high powered people. This also very cool to find things that same as your world you live

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    life-long job is assigned to them. Jonas is a citizen chosen to have the most important job in the community; the Receiver of Memory. During the adaptation of his job‚ he discovers that elements lie beyond his eyesight like colors and emotions. He begins to see and feel them and wonders why they are missing. He begins to think what is more important‚ equality and safety‚ or memories?

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    Inspiring Courage from Stacey: Many people must face courage by being bullied‚ just because of the color of their skin. In Mildred D. Taylor book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry‚ Stacey had to show courage by the bus Trench‚ and T.J.’s cheat notes. Stacey is the oldest Logan kid‚ he feels that he is the man of the house when papa is at the railroad. Would you rather almost get ran over by a bus or would you do something about that would get you in trouble? Stacey had an plan to stop that bus from

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