Museum Tour of Louvre I decided to take a virtual tour of the Museum of Louvre located in France. The web site can be found at http://www.louvre.fr/llv/musee/visite_virtuelle.jsp I took the tour place on May 28‚ 2006. I was introduced to this web through my step father who was raised in Paris. The tour consisted of many different aspects of arts such as Islamic arts‚ paintings‚ Greek‚ Etruscan and Roman antiquities‚ sculptures and decorative arts. The tour was very quick and precise. They gave
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Majority of our personality is shaped by nurture. It is the environment you grew up and how you interact with people that help you adjust to what your character will be. Every day we communicate with others and in each interaction‚ we give meanings to things and sometimes adapt what others feel about it. We take time to think about what we would like to be. I often envision a person that is strong and independent as my role model and goal. It is true that when you are surrounded by people doing the
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A tradition is an inherited belief that it is passed from one generation to another generation throughout time. The Author in the Story “The Lottery” gives us a good lesson about how traditions and rituals can absorb human beings to follow a pattern without questioning if what’s put in practice is right or wrong. The lottery story written by Shirley Jackson characterizes various symbolical elements; one of them is the black box which represents tradition‚ death‚ and loss of respect
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Irony in ’The Lottery ’ Shirley Jackson wrote the story ’The Lottery. ’ A lottery is typically thought of as something good because it usually involves winning something such as money or prizes. In this lottery it is not what they win but it is what is lost. Point of views‚ situations‚ and the title are all ironic to the story ’The Lottery. ’ The point of view in ’The Lottery ’ is ironic to the outcome. Jackson used third person dramatic point of view when writing ’The Lottery. ’ The third
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Jimenez debates issue of lotteries that are used to bait people around us. Furthermore‚ from the interface of this problem‚ she describes what problems we face nowadays then how come we are going to overcome this bad situation. The author’s thesis is appeared strongly in the first paragraph and it explicitly reflects the effects of our society and government. “Thirty – nine states and Washington‚ D.C operates lotteries that the states probably will never get out of the lottery business.” (1). The
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COLLEGE TOUR EXPERIENCE One of my main goals in life is to be successful. Becoming successful is a lot of hard work. There are a total of twelve grades needed to be completed in this lifetime‚ just to be able to gain acknowledgement and education of what will occur in life. Well I’ve made it to my junior year in high school and it’s been a rough road but I’m still pushing through. One of my major goals is to make it to college to start my career and have a successful future. The current high
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we do what we’re told‚ but never questioning why we do things could lead to disastrous events. In The Lottery Shirley Jackson warns us about the dangers of blindly following tradition. Jackson’s use of foreshadowing‚ symbolism‚ and irony admonish the public of what could go wrong if we never question tradition. The story starts off with the town gathering around for the annual lottery. The men talk‚ the women gossip and children run around playing and gathering rocks. The gathering of
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Reaction Paper (BSBA MANILA-TAGAYTAY TOUR) “It doesn’t matter where you go‚ what matters is what learning you will gain from that place and what adventure could you do to make it another one memorable chapter of your life‚ together with the people you are with and the experiences that you will have.” Great Fun! Friendship! Expectations! Smiles! Excitement! These were the words that best describe our 3 days tour. Fact‚ more words could describe what we had in Manila and Tagaytay but these
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Within most movies and television shows‚ symbolic gesture or interaction is present but its not as important as it is in Dream Works “Shrek.” In this amazing children’s comedy‚ most of those who would watch this film (under the age of 16) would probably miss the symbolism or innuendoes unlike those who have come to a mature adult age and have come to see what is being represented within the film. if you were to watch this movie‚ you would find four important characters that are key source of the
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