Todd Hido is an American photographer‚ his main subjects are landscapes‚ portraits‚ and interiors. I was initially drawn by his Houses at Night series. The series is of houses‚ most likely middle class American housing units‚ photographed in the dark. The photographs have an eerie quality. The very idea of photographing someone else’s home at night is rather voyeuristic. The dim lighting also evokes a haunted sensation‚ there is lack of absolute clarity. The photos resemble a memory rather
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A painting by Asher Brown Durand The Kindred Spirits was done in 1949. Asher Brown Durand was part of the painters from the Hudson River School. The artistic work depicts two persons William Cullen Bryant a poet and his friend Thomas Cole a painter that died in 1848. The painting combines a minuscule depiction of Kaaterskill Falls and the geographical characteristics in Katerskill clove. The painting does not literary depict the geography of America (Glueckmarch‚ 2007‚ n.p). The painting is rather
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Todd Beamer‚ who was born on November 24‚ 1968‚ had been known as an athlete by those around him and had gone to Fresno State University to pursue his dream to become a professional baseball player. He soon realized that was not to be his future career and left to go to Wheaton College where he met his future wife. Later on‚ in 1994 the couple married and moved to Princeton‚ New Jersey‚ where Beamer began his career with Oracle Corp. selling systems applications and database software. Beamer and
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Butler in her novel Kindred is the theme of racism. Racism has always existed in society due to the thoughts of one race being inferior to the other‚ in past times racism occurred more than what is in todays society. In the antebellum south slavery was something people had no control over‚ to everyone it was a society norm that majority of everyone participated in‚ as to where in 1970 California racism still existed but wasn’t nearly expressed as much. In Octavia Butlers Kindred both themes of survival
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“History repeats itself‚ but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.” (Harris). This quote demonstrates one of the major themes in the book The Wave. Throughout the book‚ The Wave‚ by Todd Strasser‚ David is conflicted on whether to continue being a part of The Wave or not. He shows his internal struggles by being peer pressured into The Wave‚ by harming Laurie‚ and finally by realizing what a large mistake he had made in joining The Wave. In the beginning
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The Wave‚ a novel by Todd Strasser (published in 1981) is based off of The Third Wave experiment by Ron James‚ which was inspired by Nazism. The setting of the novel takes place in Gordan High School 1969. Four main characters of the wave include: Ben Ross (“an outstanding young teacher”)‚ Laurie Saunders (“a pretty girl with short brown hair and an almost perpetual smile”)‚ David Collins (“ a tall‚ good looking boy who was the running back on the football team”)‚ and Robert Billings (“ a heavy
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Eyes and the Storyline Everyone does not look at life in the same way‚ but instead‚ they look at it individually with their own life experience. Kindred‚ a novel written by Octavia Butler is a novel about an African-American writer named Dana‚ who lives in Los Angeles during the 1970’s with her white husband‚ Kevin. An unknown force however‚ pulls Dana back into time‚ where she travels back in the past during the Antebellum South where she is met with the harsh period of slavery in the early United
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Human Condition As Dana soon discovers‚ the reality of slavery is even more disturbing than its portrayal in books‚ movies‚ and television programs. Before her journey into the past‚ Dana called the temp agency where she worked a "slave market‚" even though "the people who ran it couldn’t have cared less whether or not you showed up to do the work they offered." This turns out to be an ironic contrast to life at the Weylin plantation‚ where a slave who visits his wife without his master’s permission
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Kindred: The Art of Gender and Race Equality between women and men is one of the fundamental principles of Community law. The European Union’s (EU) objectives on gender equality are to ensure equal opportunities and equal treatment for men and women and to combat any form of discrimination on the grounds of gender (EU Legislation). Females and males have different roles in a society which cause many controversial issues as a person. Gender is not the only issue in a society‚ but two other main issues
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“The boy was literally growing up as I watched-growing up because I watched and because I help keep him safe.” (Butler 68). Rufus Weylin in Kindred is a reckless kid that is always needing saving. The kid is a walking nightmare‚ not yet sensible to make competent choices‚ he is always in some kind of woe. The one constant in his rollercoaster of a life is Dana; Dana is his savior when he truly needs her help the most. Octavia Butler really takes readers on an attention-grabbing journey of Rufus’
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