The Matilija Poppy also known as‚ the Romneya couteri‚ is an erect flower growing up to eight feet tall that is heavy branched and woody at the base. The white flowers are the largest of any plant native to California‚ and resemble fried eggs. There are five to eight crinkled petals per stem with many yellow stamens and a single large pistil. The unique flower was discovered in California in 1831 by an Irish surgeon-botanist‚ Thomas Coulter and the first seeds reached England in 1875 and by late
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Museum report on Poppy by Georgia O’Keeffe Written by Lauren Harmon 1. I visited the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg‚ Florida. My visit took place on Sunday‚ November 16th‚ at around noon. 2. I’m going to highlight Poppy. 3. Painted by Georgia O’Keeffe 4. Painted in 1927 5. It seems as though her intended audience for this painting (and the others in the series) was the general masses‚ people who live busy lives. She wanted people to stop and really see the flowers and notice their beauty
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The author’s name‚ "Jane Doe‚" is used as a female placeholder name when the author of is unknown or chooses to remain anonymous. Doe writes an anecdote about her son and his wife refusing to marry with one another despite living together for seven years. She describes the couple’s action as if they were already married such as having a child and prepared to dedicate their well-being for the child. Doe’s son and his wife do not believe in marriage. They view marriage as a superficial title and a
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In “Convergence of the Twain‚” Thomas Hardy describes the greatness of the Titanic and the vanity that embodied its doom‚ radiating an admiring‚ yet regretful tone towards the events of April 14‚ 1912. During the first stanza‚ Hardy talks about the Titanic’s “solitude in the sea.” “Deep from human vanity‚” implying that the reason the Titanic is so deep‚ sunk under water is due to the vanity that created her‚ and ultimately sank her. The headline of the Titanic was “unsinkable‚” typifying
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In this time and now in American History this was crucial for people to understand differences between ethnic backgrounds. A lot of different things about this short movie surprised me. It was a different style of learning. Jane Elliott is pretty much a beast when it comes to being a teacher‚ diversity trainer‚ lecturer‚ and anti- racism activist. This experiment first took place is the 1960s with her 3rd grade class. She stated in the film that she has been thinking about doing this experiment for
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Gallipoli is the 1981 war movie directed by Peter Weir that depicts the failed seize of the pennisula in the Ottoman Empire by Australian Soldiers. The director uses exact details to accurately portray the unfortunate event‚ along with including minute details that help further the plot and the characters. The director made a choice to put this battle in the perspective of the Australians. It is shown at the end of the movie that the remaining Australians are sent onto the battlefield die before
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issue and theme within a few poems. This idea of choosing work over life is evident within the poems “The Mill” by Edwin Arlington Robinson and “The Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy. Both of these poems discover what working is to that individual and how
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Mother and Son “My father had gone to war endangering his life for us and for our country‚ and now I want to be just like dad and support my country when they need me” The son started‚ he tried his best not to beat around the bush and tried to dart his point on the target. “So can I?” My son is going to war and all I can think is about my husband; he left me like my son leaving for war. My husband when he never came back. I can still hear the bells. The bells hearing my sensitive ears; the reminder
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The Opium Poppy control act of 1942 Tony Curtis Opium is an addictive drug made from poppy plants. It is used both for a narcotic and medicinal uses as an analgesic to reduce pain without loss of consciousness. Opium contains morphine‚ codeine‚ noscapine‚ papaverine and thebaine. The psychological effects of opium have been known since circa 4‚000 B.C. by the ancient Sumerians who used symbols such as ‘joy’ for poppy. In the 17th century opium use in China grew based on the introduction of
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Naomi Weir 2012 A central theme of this module is that conflict seemingly inspired by ethnic hates is in fact driven by the aims of political leaders. Discuss with reference to one of the ethnic wars or genocides that took place in the 20th century. Introduction This question asks what causes ethnic conflict‚ while particularly focussing on the degree to which ethnic conflict is driven by political leaders. The argument that ethnic conflict is driven by the aims of political leaders is
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