Bean Trees DJ’s Eng. ½ PASSAGE: “I have been afraid of putting an air in a tire ever since I saw a tractor tire blow up and throw Newt Hardbine’s father over the top of the Standard Oil Sign.” (pg. 1.Barabara Kingsolver) RESPONSE: This was the first sentence of The Bean Trees. I honestly didn’t know what to think. Personally‚ I had to reread the sentence a few times to believe it. The first sentence of a book sets the tone of the story. I enjoyed it at one hand because it wasn’t the cliché
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The Mona Lisa‚ is it just a piece of artwork‚ or one of the best pieces of artwork in the history of art? The Mona Lisa was painted in the early 16th century by one of the most widely known artist at that time‚ Leonardo Da Vinci. It is said that the painting is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini the wife of Francesco Del Giocondo‚ but also could be portrayed as Da Vinci himself in female form. Researchers claim that Da Vinci used mathematical equations to create the painting such as‚ the golden triangle
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Lisa Ho was born in 1963 in Albury on the boarder of Victoria and New South Wales. From the young age of 4 she was already making patterns out of newspaper and sewing with the help of her grandmother who was a tailor. By the age of 10 she had her own sewing machine and was making things for herself and her four sisters nearly every day. She graduated from Sydney Technical College in 1981. After working for another company for a year she decided to start her own line. Along with many other fashion
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The Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci was painted in Florence between 1503 and 1505. The painting is of Monna Lisa‚ the wife of Francesco del Giocondo‚ which is why the painting is also referred to as La Gioconda . Leonardo never actually gave the portrait to Francesco and instead kept it for himself. There have been many speculations of deeper meaning of the Mona Lisa. Some believe the painting is a female version of the artist himself‚ others believe the painting contains hidden images
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Mona Lisa stems from a description by Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari‚ who wrote "Leonardo undertook to paint‚ for Francesco del Giocondo‚ the portrait of Mona Lisa‚ his wife."[5][6] Mona in Italian is a polite form of address originating as ma donna —similar to Ma’am‚ Madam‚ or my lady in English. This became madonna‚ and its contraction mona. The title of the painting‚ though traditionally spelled "Mona" (as used by Vasari[5])‚ is also commonly spelled in modern Italian as Monna Lisa‚ but
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PARKER PEN Parker Pen Introduction In the given paper‚ the international marketing strategy used by Parker Pen Company is being researched. Parker Pen is a global company which sells products to over 154 countries worldwide. The company became international in the year 1984‚ experiencing huge profits since then‚ however‚ the managers failed to create proper marketing strategies that would have made them compete in international markets with inexpensive products from other parts of the world. The
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most people would discard‚ it is quite an enigma as to why the world has been obsessed with the “Mona Lisa” for over 500 years. In “Ways of Seeing” John Berger‚ an art historian and novelist (only a tiny sample of the different ways I could title this Renaissance man)‚ offers his readers a way into understanding the moment captured in paintings‚ especially mysterious paintings like the “Mona Lisa.” He suggests that viewers ask questions about and to the painting as way into entering into a sort of
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For poet Derek Walcott the beauty of the English language lies in every single word he weaves together. His poems “a lesson for this for this Sunday is a metaphorical text on the morality of colonizers and those being colonized. The poem focuses on human nature’s inability to stay pure and the need to bend nature to its will. “The lesson is the same” is an extended metaphor throughout. the poem to examine human nature and its belief that bigger and stronger will destroy the weaker simply because they
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without: Love‚ curiosity‚ freckles‚ and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy‚ content‚ and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.’ *** Dorothy Parker became popular shortly after the first world war with her light verse and short stories. Although her works may not seem harsh and unwomanly today‚ they were labeled in this manner at the height of her popularity. Her cynical verses developed into
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Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter‚ an architect and a man of many things. He was considered a genius with a lot of the things he put his mind to. As of today he is best known for his art‚ including two paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Leonardo’s paintings were based on science and nature. It was said he spent many hours filling books full of his inventions and observations. Some people did not agree with his ideas and thought of them as outrageous‚ until later on where they realized
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