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    Girl with a Pearl Earring is an excellent example of pictorial virtuosity of Vermeer. The face is modeled with velvety softness‚ so that the chiaroscuro blend; turban and clothes are painted with an infallible and expressive brushwork. Rendered with the utmost delicacy are the small light reflections in the eyes of the girl‚ on her lower lip and the corner of the mouth‚ where just a few touches of pink overlapping enough to produce the right effect. The blue band around the head is painted with the

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    #1 When they find the pearl Juana and Kino try not to “anger the gods” by showing their eagerness to open the oyster. The pearl will pay for Coyotito to get an education‚ it is ironic that superstition is important here. During chapter three the news spreads throughout the town‚ no one has good thoughts concerning Kino’s pearl except Kino and Juana. When the priest hears it‚ he thinks of all the repairs the church needs and wonders how much the pearl would be worth. When the doctor heard it he was

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    Lastly‚ the opposing morale and school atmosphere between Pearl Cohn and Hume Fogg can be considered a result of each of the schools’ composition as well as goal. Pearl Cohn’s presentation seemed as though they were attempting to battle stereotypes and prove themselves. The ambassadors were well put together and articulate. The tour was formulated and somewhat closed off. However‚ the math class was quite poorly behaved. On the other hand‚ Hume Fogg was very natural and carefree in terms of its presentation

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    In the novel‚ “The Pearl‚” John Steinbeck presented a universal message about human nature‚ perseverance. Perseverance is the steadfastness and persistence within human nature due to stubbornness. Human are determined to achieve success despite obstacles and difficultly. Human’s perseverance can oven lead to catastrophic destructions‚ disasters‚ great damages and even loss of life. Kino’s perseverance to find a better life for his family had led Kino and his family walked all night to go north to

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    Steinbeck’s The Pearl is the undying cruelty of nature. Sending a small‚ yet extremely deadly soldier from it’s dispensable army of creatures‚ nature begins it’s attack on Kino’s young son‚ Coyotito. After this devastating scorpion attack on her family‚ Juana still has faith in Mother Nature compensating for her wrongdoing‚ so Juana prays that Coyotito may miraculously recover. Not helping the child straight away‚ Mother Nature attempts to make amends for her actions by sending Kino a pearl‚ but not

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    Pearl Harbor was a big attack that the U.S was not expecting and it was very sad that the enemy had won and a lot of people died. Thousands of people died in Pearl harbor. President Roosevelt said that this attack was a scarfull attack. The Pearl Harbor Attack started In December‚7‚ 1941. In Arizona‚ Honolulu in the ocean in the morning. It started in the morning and the U.S actually knew it was gonna happen. Because they cracked the japanese code and the warning was sent from washington. But

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    Pearl Harbor Bombing Pearl Harbor took place on December 7th‚ 1941. Japan had surprised the United States when they attacked one of our military bases in Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. They had attacked the US without warning. The Japanese had destroyed 21 American ships and almost 350 aircraft. They had attacked Pearl Harbor around 7:55 on a Sunday. The Japanese Commander yelled out “tora‚ tora‚ tora!” (“tiger‚ tiger‚ tiger!”) Which means they caught the Americans by surprise. The United States declared

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    the Conspiracy Involving the Japanese Bombing of Pearl Harbour. The idea of the American government ignoring the threat of an imminent attack in order to create an excuse for war prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour has been widely regarded as a conspiracy. It is argued that prior to the infamous attack on December 7th 1941‚ US intelligence revived a large amount of substantive evidence showing an imminent attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbour‚ in Hawaii. It is believed by some that

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    2:30-4 "Day of Infamy" On December 7 of 1941‚ Japanese airplanes attacked the naval base of Pearl Harbor with a horrendous attack. With this‚ the 32nd president of the United States‚ president Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ gave his famous speech. Shortly after this‚ the British and United States declared war on Japan. Not so long after‚ Germany declares war on the United States. The attack of Pearl Harbor is to be said as the starting mark of America into the war of World War II. Now technically

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    Jolene Ortiz May 10‚ 2014 Sociology 1010 LD05 Pearl Harbor Attack For tens of thousands of Japanese Americans particularly those living on the West Coast‚ life was about to change dramatically. At 7:55 AM on Sunday‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ hundreds of Japanese warplanes‚ launched from aircraft carriers far out at sea‚ attacked the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. America was attacked by the Japanese during Pearl Harbor. This killed more than 2‚300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona

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