Over Thanksgiving break I attended The St. Louis Art Museum‚ or SLAM‚ as it is affectionately known by the locals. I focused on the Later European Art‚ especially from the Netherlands‚ because I find it captivating and unique. The first painting I studied was called Peasants Dancing in a Tavern by Adriaen van Ostade. The artwork was done in 1659 in the Netherlands as a genre scene. It shows a tavern scene in which peasants are dancing‚ drinking‚ singing and playing cards. It is a unique example
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Title The title is FOOTBALL which basically is what the person in this poem is playing. The character is also a quarterback and for those who don’t know what a quarterback he’s basically the person who has the football and creates plays for the team to score. So a play maker. Literal meaning The quarter back receieves the ball and he’s faking while someone holds off the opposition for him to find a wide receiver to score a touchdown. While he’s making a decision on what his next play shold
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In Mr. Stevenson’s opening chapter of his book‚ he is a law student that is assigned to meet with Henry. Within his meeting‚ he learns how generous and compassionate Henry is and I’m sure is wondering how could this man kill someone. This makes him start thinking what race‚ poverty‚ and capital punishment has to do with people being convicted. Mr. Stevenson eventually comes to the conclusion that America tends to condemn the most vulnerable of us. He also concluded that‚ just because you may be African
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Dramatic Devices - Cosi | | |Conflict |The classic device for generating drama is the introduction of conflict. The introduction of outsiders‚ such as Lewis‚ Nick and | | |Lucy‚ into a contented and settled group of characters leads to conflicting ideas. Conflict presents itself in 3 forms External‚ | | |Internal and Environmental.
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Luis Munoz September 27‚ 2010 I was born in Chicago‚ IL on December 26‚ 1992. I have lived in Cicero for almost all of my seventeen years‚ and I have attended public schools since kindergarten. I enjoy listening and playing music‚ mostly Christian rock and worship music. Some of my favorite bands are Hillsong United‚ David Crowder Band‚ Newsboys‚ and Steven Curtis Chapman. This past week I was able to go to the All-State Arena to see David Crowder and Steven Curtis Chapman live in concert
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Moving to the future‚ in the year 1976 a man by the name D. Louis Abood brought forth a case against the Detroit Board of Education to the Supreme Court. This case was originally brought to court on the grounds that “the public school teachers in Detroit wanted to overturn the requirement that they pay fees equivalent to union does on the ground that they opposed public sector collective bargaining and objected to the political activities of the union.” The court found that “non-members may be assessed
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Real Machinery Louis V. Gerstner‚ Jr‚ the chief executive officer of IBM‚ describes how “No machine can replace the human spark of spirit‚ compassion‚ love and understanding”. His words are in agreement with Ray Bradbury’s in his fictional auto-biography titled Dandelion Wine. In the story‚ several machines are described; there are trolleys‚ Green Machines (cars)‚ Happiness Machines‚ lawn mowers‚ and busses throughout the book’s episodes. All of them turn out to be failures. However‚ there is one
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A Village of Hypocrites In Louis Becke’s short story‚ “In a Native Village”‚ tensions build between the native islanders and a white trader from Australia. Throughout the story‚ there are many incidents in which people are in constant search for ways to benefit their own selfish needs through financial gain. From the village elders to the young children‚ there are attempts to swindle the Australian trader by false accusations. A constant back-and-forth battle occurs between the trader and the
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Cosi by Louis Nowra conveys significant ideas about human nature. Through the play Cosi‚ the audience witnesses the lives of mentally ill people unfold before them. Central characters Lewis‚ Doug and Julie each show and express a different view upon the world and work towards their own idea of reality. They each express their individual ideas of the norm and work together to escape reality. Many themes such as love and infidelity as well as change are conveyed throughout the play. Cosi is a comic
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My educational goal while attending St. Louis Community COllege is to obtain my Associate degree in Arts. During my time of doing this there are many roadblocks that can occurs that could affect my goal. In the past I’ve had extreme panic attacks that have cause me to miss consecutive days of school. This will further increase my time frame of completing my goal in the anticipated time frame I intend too. Stress and not taking care of myself mentally but also physically can increase my chances of
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