Mentor Author Study Mordicai Gerstein was born in Los Angeles‚ California in 1935. He spent twenty-five years working as a designer‚ an artist and director of animated films before turning to children’s books. In 1971 he joined Elizabeth Levy‚ and together they created the series Something Queer is Going On. In 1980‚ he started writing and illustrating his own books. His books are wide ranged from subject‚ style and the age group addressed from contemporary fantasy and Biblical retellings‚
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The John/Joan Story ). And this story made me question what gender really is. Gender is both socially ( nature) and biologically constructed ‚ because you can never change how someone feels inside‚ your physical and social traits impact you and the instinct inside you overrides everything.When you grow up you automatically know if your a boy or a girl because someone tells you or there is some instinct inside of you telling you your that specific gender‚ An adequate example is the John/Joan story
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Columbus’s voyages? Throughout this essay the impact that Joan of Arc had on French History will be discussed as well as what it would be like if she never walked on this planet. Without Joan of Arc France today as an independent country would probably not exist. The Hundred Years’
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2014 The Role of Eros in The Kreutzer Sonata and Death in Venice The interplay of love and sexuality within humanity has been explored for thousands of years. This theme has shaped and continues to shape mankind on a daily basis‚ so it is not surprising that this topic can be found in literature of every era dating from the present to ancient times. Specifically within European literature of the 18th and 19th century‚ Leo Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata and Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice concentrate
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“Thank you‚ David‚” said Joan‚ pulling the boy down toward her and embracing him. He gave her a light‚ hesitant squeeze‚ then stood and ran off. Joan and Carina stood and ran for Return Road as quickly as their feet would carry them. When the two arrived at the roadside‚ several dozen people stood there‚ all with anxious looks on their faces‚ waiting to learn the fate of their king. Dozens more people arrived‚ and before long‚ the crowd swelled to hundreds‚ then hundreds more. Grumbles of concern
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Joan of Arc is a Roman Catholic Saint‚ and is considered a heroine for France. At the mere age of 13‚ Joan was spoken to by a voice‚ which is believed to be God‚ and is encouraged to join the French army to fight against England. In doing so‚ she won many battles for the French‚ but was soon met with a trial‚ in which she was essentially accused of being a mystic‚ and not performing in the proper way of a woman in relation to how she dressed. It is here that I must question‚ what exactly is performing
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Kate Grenville’s episodic novel Joan Makes History (1988) is also "good to think with" in term of national identity. Grenville deviates from exploring Amanda Lohrey’s suggestion of a "suitable past" (1996). Instead of celebrating what Lohrey describes as "mindless nationalism" (1996‚ p 150)‚ in the invented traditions of Australian society‚ national identity‚ political progression and territory‚ Grenville explores the key periods of Australian history through the first-person narration‚ presenting
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"Joan of Arc‚" was painted by the French realist artist Jules Bastien-Lepage in 1879. "After the province of Lorraine was lost to Germany following the Franco-Prussian War in 1821‚ The Frenchmen saw in Joan of Arc a new and powerful symbol. In 1875‚ Bastien-Lepage‚ a native of Lorraine began to make studies for a picture of her. In the present painting‚ exhibited in the Salon of 1880‚ Joan is shown receiving her revelation in her parents garden. Behind her are Saints Michael‚ Margaret‚ and Catherine
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of Jesus Christ‚ Joan of Arc and the Nuremberg Trials. However‚ one strange thing about these cases is that they did not always have the same outcome for the “criminal”. In Jesus and Joan’s situation they are both considered heroes‚ and are sacred for the work they did spreading their beliefs. However‚ in the case of the Nuremberg Trials‚ the German soldiers are accused of horrendous war crimes committed during World War II. Yet these actions were‚ just like that of Jesus and Joan‚ all in the name
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Abhorrent Mr. Noakes‚ an antagonist in Joan Aiken’s “Searching for Summer‚” frequently manifests repugnant and distasteful conduct towards others in order to fulfill his own selfish desires for prosperity. Inherently‚ the introductory impression of the character is one of a repulsive nature‚ having “a crop of stiff‚ greasy black hair‚” (69)‚ which would naturally deter people from wanting to associate with him. Likewise‚ Mr. Noakes displays rudimentary and discourteous behavior when the old Hatchings
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