Compare and contrast mini essay The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and the poem Alone by Maya Angelou are very similar but different in some ways. The novel Speak is about a young girl named Melinda who is raped at a party the summer before she starts high school. Throughout the book Melinda is afraid to speak of the incident and becomes silent and speaks to no one. The book is about Melinda finding herself and overcoming the fear and learning to speak out. Throughout the book Melinda becomes
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The article I chose from the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) was written by Laura M. Pelton-Sweet and Alissa Sherry‚ titled‚ “Coming Out Through Art: A Review of Art Therapy With LGBT Clients.” They found that the potential between LGBT clients and the use of creative art interventions is an area that deserves more research. It states that AATA does not publish guidelines for working with LGBT clients because homosexuality is no longer classified as a mental illness or disease
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“Speak”‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson characterizes of Joyce and Jack Sordino being neglectful and incompliant for parenting towards their daughter‚ Melinda Sordino. Essentially to start Anderson portrays Melindas parents as two different personalities. Joyce (Melindas mom) as the hardworking manager at Efferrs‚ a clothing store. Giving off that shes a practical yet busy woman who struggles to balance home and career. On the other hand‚ Jack (Melindas dad) sells insurance whom Melindas thinks is too
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When Art Speaks: An Analysis of Two Artist and Two Works of Art Wanda M. Argersinger Southern New Hanpshire University When Art Speaks The Italian Renaissance produced many artists and even more works of art‚ but there were three artists considered to be the Trinity of Great Masters‚ Michelangelo‚ Leonardo da Vinci and Raffaelo Santi‚ or simply Raphael. While these artists often worked in different mediums‚ Michelangelo preferred stone and Raphael preferred oil paint. Michelangelo and
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Performance Arts Final Reflection For the past few weeks in Performance Arts Class‚ we have worked on choreography pieces created by different people in the class. Each person in the class was given the chance to be a choreographer. The choreographers would choose other students to act as performers in their dance. The choreographers would choose the performers based on the movement styles they had shown in previous classes. Not only were the students choreographing their own dances‚ but they were
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Contemporary Issues Eric Ouren 3/5/2013 Test 1. Trace the development of Modernism from its early beginnings through its subsequent permutations and developments up to‚ roughly‚ the 1940’s In order to trace the development of modernism throughout history we must first define “modernism”. Modernism is the rejection of the ideology or realism and makes use of the works of the past‚ through the application of reprise‚ incorporation‚ rewriting‚ recapitulation‚ revision and parody in new forms. Modernism
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Benedict Anderson Benedict Richard O’Gorman Anderson was born on August 26‚ 1936 in Kunming‚ China In 1957‚ he received a BA in Classics from Cambridge University‚ England. There‚ he developed an immense interest in Asian politics‚ and later enrolled in Cornell University’s Indonesian studies program (see A). Working part-time as a teaching assistant in the department of politics‚ Anderson worked on his Ph. D. under the guidance of experts in the field‚ George Kahin and Claire Holt. As part
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People experience symbolism every day. When you think of clouds‚ dreary or sad days come to mind‚ when you think of sunsets many people would think of the end or conclusion. In the book Speak by Laurie Anderson‚ almost everything Melinda does gives a deeper meaning. They may all seem like normal everyday things but sometimes it’s essential to read between the lines. Some of the many ways she uses symbolization include the dissection of the frog in biology‚ the way Melinda draws her trees and when
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Rushmore to Moonrise Kingdom the Style of Wes Anderson When watching Moonrise Kingdom or Rushmore the touch of Wes Anderson is not hard to find. His comical movies having taken on a nature of their own and the audience has come to expect excellence from the director; not only for the enjoyment of the movie but for the quality that the movie is made in. Over the years he has begun to develop a style all to his own. In Moonrise Kingdom the movie was shot with the yellow being the prominent color being
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University of Phoenix Material Painting Reflection Worksheet Visit a local art museum‚ or search the Internet for images of paintings created from the 1920s to the present day. Insert an image of each painting into this assignment‚ and cite each image consistent with APA guidelines. Reflect on the paintings related to the social and cultural events taking place at the time‚ and answer the following questions. Each response must be between 50 and 100 words. 1. Painting title‚ artist‚ date: A Showery
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