French Horn The modern orchestral brass French horn was an invention based on early hunting horns. Horns were first used as musical instruments during 16th century operas. During the 17th century‚ modifications to the bell end (larger and flared bells) of the horn were made and the cor de chasse‚ or French horn as the English called it was born.The horn has its origin in the pre-historic days‚ along with the trumpet that is considered anthropologically older. Men have blown through the horns of dead
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character she was given. Maybe I missed something in the analyzing of this films bigger meaning because much of the film ’s acclaim had gone for smearing the lines of right and wrong and for creating a conflict without an antagonist. "House of Sand and Fog" goes to great pains to impart a balanced portrayal..... Both sides are presented sympathetically‚ and the characters are developed as real people‚ with all the virtues and faults one might expect in these circumstances" (Berardinelli‚ 2003). First
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to the beach in Los Angeles. Billy started running faster and faster then he finally caught up with Bob. They both looked back and saw the man in the dark. They could barely see the beach in the fog. Still running‚ Bob screamed‚ “I can see the beach house Billy.” The house was approaching them in the fog. The man in the dark came out of nowhere with his super sharp axe dripping with dark‚ thick red blood. The man in the dark swung at the two and tried to kill them. Bob and Billy dodged it and ran
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In the novel‚ House of Sand and Fog‚ the author Andre Dubus develops the idea that individuals are constantly struggling to balance their external and internal demands. The Most common external demands that individuals have is the desire to achieve a loving marriage‚ own a home‚ have a decent job that provides respect‚ to be financially stable and to be proud of oneself‚ within family and community. On the other hand‚ the most common internal demands are to have happiness‚ love and strength to cope
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UVA-C-2183 Eugene Decker hung up his office phone and frowned. As part owner of the Squeaky Horn‚ a musical-instrument repair shop‚ Decker was responsible for setting the charges for various types of repairs. A potential customer had just called to inquire about the cost to repair the bridge on her cello. After Decker quoted an estimated price for the job‚ the woman had remarked‚ “Thank you for the quote‚ but I’ll be going to Best Instrument Repair. I’ve heard they give good service‚ and
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Jack‚ Andrew and I presented on Fog of War. The documentary on Robert McNamara gives us his perspective on the situations the American government faced in the 20th century. Along with that‚ the documentary provides us with 11 lessons that could be taken from McNamara’s life. I myself focused my presentation on McNamara’s first lesson in the movie which was “Empathizing with your enemy.” In this lesson I learned how beneficial it could be to see from the enemy’s point of view. In the movie McNamara
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In the film “Fog of War”‚ one of Robert S. McNamara’s lessons of war was “Proportionality should be a guideline of war.” This means that the ends do not always justify the means; the means used to achieve the end should be reasonable. However‚ even in the movie‚ this is not the case. Unlike the other lessons‚ lesson # 4 has the word “should” in it‚ meaning that McNamara has not seen this lesson used yet. Proportionality is still not seen in the world today. It was also not used in the past‚ such
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of techniques such as body language‚ symbolism‚ lighting‚ music and photographic background slides create distinctively visual images same with themes that are being used within the texts such as truth which is evident in the dramatic text ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ by John Misto‚ the song ‘Lose Yourself’ sang by Eminem‚ and the film ‘The Eye’ directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud featuring Jessica Alba. These three texts demonstrate how the responders are impacted and what is interrupted within the
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Los Angeles Times states that “The most rending kind of war is not between two hatreds‚ but between two hopes”. Correspondingly‚ Andre Dubus III introduces two hopes in the novel House of Sand and Fog written in 1999. Behrani and Kathy‚ two determined yet fragile individuals‚ come from different backgrounds that meet in the California hills struggles to gain social stability. The competing desires for the house leads to Behrani’s ultimate downfall. His obsession with the house comes from the ambition
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My ear rings. My eyes‚ I can’t see anything. A thick dust fog blocks my vision. “Cough! Cough!” The dust fog settles. A huge hole in the ceiling becomes visible. Through it‚ I stare at the clouds‚ flat on back. My arms and legs are numb. They won’t listen. They won’t move. I’m afraid rather. Rust‚ this familiar scent in my nose‚ my lips‚ everywhere. It reeks. It can’t be! “blood…” softly‚ I mutter. I can’t even look‚ down there. No‚ I don’t wanna look. Thump‚ thump! This can’t be? Calm down
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