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    The last book I have read is “The girl with the Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier. It is written in a narrative form revolving around the intricacies of Vermeer’s genius at its best. Meeting Vermeer through this book was quite a fascinating experience. His solitary ways and forlorn clumsiness in real life speaks volumes of how crowded and passion-filled his brain must have been. The rush of passions‚ the hurried compassions‚ stolen moments of guilty love and meekness of human vulnerability seems

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    Girl with a Pearl Earring Journal 1664 ▪ The novel opens with Griet in the kitchen preparing vegetables for soup. ▪ The description of how Griet separates the vegetables into a colour wheel gives the reader the understanding that Griet is artistic. ▪ We are introduced to Johannes Vermeer and Catharina Vermeer who visit Griet and her family to inspect Griet and her work habits before they allow her to work in their household. ▪ Griet is told she is to become a maid in the Vermeer

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    The Good Earth Quotes

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    The Good Earth was written by Pearl S. Buck‚ an American novelist and writer‚ who spent most of her life in Zhenjiang‚ China. Growing up in China‚ Buck was exposed to lives of both the poor and the wealthy. She saw that the attitudes between the two status levels were very different. The poor felt they were only entitled to what they worked for‚ while the wealthy felt that they were entitled to anything they wished. The main character in Buck’s novel‚ Wang Lung‚ was raised in a poor home; however

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    Pearl Harbor Case Study

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    Sea Battles: Atlantic- Technological Developments: the Allies used radar‚ and were able to detect a U-boat periscope from one mile away Strategies: Aggressor: Germany Defender: Allies Tactics: Allies: began a naval blockade of Germany Britain received 50 destroyers from the United States in exchange for access to bases Canada increased their escort missions‚ and RAF Coastal Command was able to increase its air cover the Allies captured U-110 in March 1941‚ and was able to track the movement

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    Themes in the Good Earth

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    In Pearl Bucks novel The Good Earth she gives an inside look at the Chinese culture. In the novel Wang Lung is poor farmer married to O-Lan‚ a loving wife who takes care of Wang Lung’s father‚ plus her own children. Three themes that Pearl Buck uses are survival‚ family structure‚ and the subjugation of women. One theme used to show Chinese culture is survival. For example‚ when Wang Lung’s family is struggling to find food‚ his sons steal meat‚ and they defend themselves by saying‚ “I took it

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    An example is ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ written by Tracy Chevalier‚ she was inspired by a poster of Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ and her explanation about how the idea came into fruition

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    The novel "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier chronicles the young life of a woman named Griet‚ as she travels through a journey full of love‚ hate‚ jealousy‚ hardship‚ and other experiences throughout her work as a maid. She is employed at the famous painter Vermeer’s very large household. Catharina plays a main role in the house and is Vermeer’s stuck-up housewife who gives birth to many children. Her mother‚ Maria Thins‚ is wiser and conducts most of the family’s business manners. Griet

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    | Case Study Four | S&S Air International? | | | 5/7/2011 | The business world is highly competitive‚ changes quickly and is filled with risks and rewards. The international business world is no different! Things can change on the international stage in the time it takes to get a cup of tea! S&S Air has been in discussions with a dealer in Europe to sell the company’s model known as “The Eagle”. The dealer‚ Amalie Diefenbaker‚ has told S&S Air that she will pay the

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    Tornatore‚ representing a talented pianist’s whole life who never touch the dry land. People praise 1900’s talent of music and use “magic” to describe this movie‚ but they seldom see 1900’s innermost thoughts and feeling which define the movie as a great work of filmic art. Audiences can see the theme of the film through 1900’s whole life and also learn insistence and optimistic attitude from the 1900’s personality. Danny Boodman T.D. Lemons 1900‚ a boy abandoned in first class by his immigrant parents

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    say it has changed my perspective on life. In the class I’m currently learning about great philosophers such as Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle. I now understand the importance of the Good life opposed to the “Good’s Life”. The good life is basically going through life questioning things and self-examining yourself the goods life is basically a materialistic life which most people want to live today. Plato was a Greek philosopher and one of the students of Socrates. You probably remember learning a

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