Charles Ray’s “Boy with Frog” is a painted white stainless steel sculpture standing eight feet tall in a back gallery at the Art Institute of Chicago‚ depicting just what the title suggests. The tallest in a large room with only four other pieces‚ it demands attention. Upon closer inspection the detail in the frog dangling from the boy’s right hand is striking. The warts covering the animal contrast the smoothness of the boy’s naked body but the white paint unifies them as a whole. The boy used for
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Film Viewing Assignment The film that I watched is called “The Lemon Tree” directed by Eran Riklis. The actors spoke in both Arabic and Hebrew‚ as its plot involved both Palestinians and Israelis. The film took place in the West Bank‚ Palestine. A middle-aged Palestinian widow named Salma Zidane lives on a property that belongs to her great grandparents. On this property is a field of lemon trees planted by her grandparents themselves when they were alive. This field provides her with a steady source
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The story “Dark they were‚ and Golden-Eyed” by Ray Bradbury was a great story about people from Earth arriving on Mars to have a brighter future. There was also the audio play produced by Mcdonough. The two stories had the same ideas‚ but there were a few little differences. First of all‚ the difference between the plot is that in the beginning of the audio there is a brief summary about the story‚ but before the story instead of a summary‚ there is a background on why Bradbury chose to write a story
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Lab 6 Biomechanics of Frog Skeletal Muscle I. Purpose This exercise is designed to demonstrate some mechanical and physiological properties of skeletal muscle using the gastrocnemius muscle of a frog. II. Performance Objectives At the end of this exercise the student should be able to: 1. Define minimal (threshold)‚ subminimal‚ maximal‚ and supramaximal stimulus. 2. Explain what is meant by a “graded” response. 3. Draw a diagram of the setup used in this lab exercise. 4. Calculate the
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2015 Literary Analysis “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a short story in which Mark Twain‚ the author‚ tells an unrealistic story of a frog and a chatty man by the name of Simon Wheeler. Simon Wheeler‚ Mark’s main character‚ wins bets on whatever he can from dog fights to frog jumping. Later‚ when Simon meets an old gentleman and bets him that Dan’l can jump the farthest of any frog in Calaveras County. Written in the mid 1860’s
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A Red‚ Red Rose‚ by Robert Burns As I get a chance to get myself into a wonderful poem A Red‚ Red Rose‚ by Robert Burns. This poem is not only unique‚ but the writer is one of the most famous poem writers of all time. A Red‚ Red Rose is one of Burns’s popular and colligated works. Robert Burns is a man of the mainly emotional temper; with passions. Burns has a rhythm and immediacy in verse‚ with concepts of eternal enduring love that appeal and intrigue the hearts and minds of many.
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Mark Twain’s biography and influences contributed to his purpose for writing “Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”‚ to create an amusing short story to illustrate southwestern humor. Mark Twain‚ then known as Samuel Clemens‚ was born on November 30th‚ 1835 in Florida‚ Missouri. When Clemens was four‚ his family moved to the small frontier town of Hannibal‚ Missouri‚ right along the Mississippi River. Missouri was a fairly new state and it was also a state that leaned towards slavery. Clemens’
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How Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog is a reflection of realism‚ but also has a hint of naturalism. * The first reason I believe that realism is exemplified is the way in which the story is set up: two men engaging in conversation‚ with basic and general mannerisms for the era and time which it takes place. Also‚ realism also usually reflects dialect and culture (as can naturalism) which is clearly portrayed. “Well‚ thish-yer Smiley…”(Lauter 58) and “I’ve got my opinion‚ and I’ll resk forty dollars
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Amrih Saleh Super Frog Saves Tokyo Response Haruki Murakami’s short story about a mysterious gigantic frog that saves the lives of 150‚000 Tokyo residents from an unavoidable earthquake with the unexplainable help of an ordinary but unordinary man carries much more meaning than what was unambiguously written down. Super Frog Saves Tokyo‚ written after the Kobe earthquake‚ symbolizes the state of Japan during that devastating decade and the means to recuperating. Katagiri’s struggles and instability
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survived the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) among other events that shaped the social and political messages behind his plays. Regarded by many as the Father of Comedy‚ Aristophanes used a range of humor devices in his plays‚ such as Wasps (422 BC)‚ Frogs (405 BC)‚ to provide socio-political satire‚ literary criticism and entertainment. He reflected the meaning of Athenian identity and citizenship‚ as well as the decline of the Golden Age toward the end of the 4th century BC. His comedic plays
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