In episode four of season two of the Simpsons entitled “Two cars in every garage and three eyes on every fish” we see the corruption of power and politics. Mr. Burns a very wealthy man runs for governor‚ he is very unconcerned for the citizens of Springfield‚ and is only concern is the power he will attain from becoming governor. Mr. Burns has made his wealth for starting a nuclear power plant which dumps waste in a nearby lake. He has been confronted with the eco- friendliness of his plant and of
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impressionist style was new to the art field‚ just as the advances from the industrial revolution were new to the people of the world. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat is a vibrant piece‚ that reflects his pointillism style. This painting displays elegant‚ emotionless people taking a leisurely walk on a nice Sunday afternoon. Seurat uses space‚ texture and colour to show ordinary people in the park in an artistic way. In this piece‚ the illusion of space
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“Clear Delirium” as found in The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith In Gwendolyn Brooks short poem “The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith” the main character is presented in a third-person manner. As a reader‚ we have no way to tell what Smith is actually thinking or why he does certain things‚ but we must make judgements based on his actions. This type of lyric poetry shows Smith’s inner emotions and motivations. The narrator details Smith going through his Sunday routine. He wakes up‚ dresses‚ leaves his
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The poems Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden and My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke are two very similar works of literature. Both poems deal with the narrator looking back on the lives of their fathers and recalling certain events from the past. Those Winter Sundays deals with the narrator looking back on how her father sacrificed everything for the family and was never fully appreciated. My Papa’s Waltz deals with the narrator looking back at a time where he played joyfully with his father
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Both Sunday in the Park and Jasper Jones have also utilised settings to establish similar notions surrounding hypermasculinity and its prominent position in society. Sunday in the Park sets us off with an ordinary family having an ordinary outing in the park on an ordinary Sunday afternoon. The mood starts off as peaceful and pleasant‚ but as the story progresses‚ the mood gradually develops into something more morbid and foreboding. The transition in the mood of the story symbolizes the change in
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Nicholas’ autocratic ruling of Russia further accelerated his downfall. The events of “Bloody Sunday” also played a dramatic role in the collapse of Tsardom. “Bloody Sunday” which was originally meant to be a peaceful protest by disgruntled steel workers in St. Petersburg took a twisted turn of events which forever tarnished the name of Tsar Nicholas II. Angered by the poor working conditions and the on-going war with Japan‚ thousands marched towards the Winter Palace to plead with the Tsar for reform
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Teacher World Literature I January 15‚ 2009 “Those Winter Sundays” and “My Papa’s Waltz” The two poems‚ “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke‚ seem to have a very similar theme. Both of them tell a story‚ from an inside point of view‚ of a child who is looking back on the lives of their father’s by recalling and telling of certain events that occurred in their past. In “Those Winter Sundays” the narrator‚ obviously a female‚ “and slowly I would rise
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the relationship is between two or more life forms or between a life form and an object. The following will reveal relationship as depicted in Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”‚ Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ and Cisnero’s “Barbie-Q” and the ramifications of sacrificial‚ spontaneity‚ and obsession. Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sunday” tells the story about how relationship does not have to be showed off‚ that it’s not about telling the other person on the relationship know what good deeds they do for
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Bloody Sunday was unintentional but strategically successful for the SCLC. On March 7‚ 1965‚ John Lewis led a group of nonviolent protesters on 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery. However‚ when they reached the Edmund Puttus Bridge they encountered state troopers led by Sheriff Clark. After John Lewis asked to pray‚ the state troopers began to lumber towards the protesters and attack them with clubs and teargas. The images of the helpless protesters began to circulate throughout the nation and
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Influenced by the Impressionists’ experimentation with color‚ Post-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat worked with innovative techniques. On a huge canvas‚ the artist portrayed city residents congregated at a park on La Grande Jatte‚ (literally translates as "the big platter")‚ an island in the River Seine. It took Seurat more than two years to complete this piece. This complex masterpiece of Pointillism began in 1884 with a series of almost 60 sketches Seurat made during his many visits to the
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