In the novel "Beautiful feathers" the writer Cyprian Ekwensi introduces how power can be used to jeopardize other people’s life and how the need of good relationship is needed in a family so that every other thing can work out smoothly. The main character of the novel Wilson Iyari is a recognized pharmacist in the society and also the leader of the Nigerian Movement for African and Malagasy Solidarity but in his home he has no control over his wife. Despite the problems Iyari was facing at home he
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Existentialism Philosophy 1. Some existentialist do believe in God and some do not. Being an existentialist does not necessarily involve denying the possibility of a higher power. Existentialism is a philosophical position that advocates 1) the individual’s absolute freedom and full capacity to determine its place in the world; 2) the individual as indefinable‚ as outside of all systems and totalities. The individual is only defined on the basis of what they do‚ and with each action they change
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Page 1 A book that I would not have normally picked up‚ Beautiful Boy‚ by David Sheff‚ has recently broadened my horizons. This book is about a father’s journey throughout his son’s drug addiction and alcoholism‚ yet so much more. While reading this book‚ I pondered my own life‚ my own path. This book is an insight to the emotional trauma inflicted on family members of an addict. I have no personal experience with drugs or alcohol‚ only stories and scenes from movies‚ but I have been taught
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most well known music completely deaf‚ and that gives his music a whole new astounding factor. Throughout Beethoven’s life‚ he was never content‚ he was always seeking out something new or something better. That is one reason that his music is so beautiful‚ because he was always trying to find the new factor‚ the thing
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Sandy and her beautiful sisters – analyses “Sandy and her beautiful sisters” is a short story written by Antonia Fraser. It is a rewriting of the classic fairy tale Cinderella. The story tells me‚ that being beautiful isn’t equal to being happy or to have a good life. The protagonist Sandy is a character with depth. She is‚ unlike her two beautiful sisters described as “plump” with long curly hair. Because of her lack in beauty Sandy has grown up being the unnoticed sister‚ which has resulted
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Ruby Moon is a gothic fairytale‚ with the play repeatedly drawing on the familiar tale of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. A parent’s worst nightmare is to have lost their child‚ especially if the neighbour is assumed to have been involved. “The child randomly taken from our midst is an all-too-common tragedy which threatens us in a deeply primal way” (Matt Cameron). In using this element of a crippled fairy-tale with the added form of heightened naturalism‚ there is the constant essence of fears of contemporary
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In the movie “Life is Beautiful”‚ Guido‚ the Jewish- Italian‚ is the protagonist of the film. The whole movie spirals around him at all times. In the second part of the movie‚ Guido and his son were obliged to board the death train that packed likes sardines towards the concentration camp. Guido clearly knew that once they had disembarked from the train‚ there will be hardly any chance for them to return to where they belonged. Since Guido and his son‚ Giosue‚ stepped onto the train‚ not only they
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The impressive movie Life Is Beautiful is a Italian film based on the Holocaust in which a man by the name of Guido Orefice would meet a women named Dora and would do many impressive and outrageous things to try to talk to her and make her his girlfriend with his charming ways would eventually conquer her. The joyous family would be separated. While Dora went to accompany her mother to their house for supper she would come home to a horrific surprise‚ the Natzi officers had taken her husband and
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Between the two works of art chosen‚ The Beautiful Girl by Hannah Höch and Olympia by Èduard Manet‚ the major key difference would be the form by which the two pieces are presented. The Beautiful Girl is more abstract and leaves more to the imagination‚ while Olympia is well laid out and more self-explanatory to the audience. While the audience might not know the meaning behind a piece of art‚ the artist who created it has in some way shown their meaning to the world. Whether it is through the picture
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Surrealism and the unconscious mind Have you ever wondered what the meanings of your dreams are? Dream interpretation has been a worldwide fascinating topic of discussion for centuries. There has been much speculation on questions regarding the origin of our dreams‚ and their meanings. For some people‚ dreams are just a byproduct of our brain. For others dreams have psychological value as they reflect our deep-seeded desires and thoughts. Art has explored the dream dimension‚ with the movement of
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