when the French government did not agree to go to war in Irak with the American forces in 2003. Rip Van Winkle is a short story wrote by Washington Irving written in 1878 and published in 1819 in the The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Here we are going to discuss the different ways of representing freedom in Rip Van Winkle‚ a story written during the first years of the American society. For Rip Van Winkle‚ the main protagonist‚ freedom means no responsibilities. He constantly runs away from his
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1. From Van den Bosch’s point of view‚ what was his intention in sending the email? The Van Den Bosch case shows issues in different responsiveness and cultural values and cross culture communication. In the case‚ Johannes van den Bosch‚ the Rotterdam office representative of Big Four Firm‚ is having problems communicating and getting the expected actions and results from his partner in Mexico‚ Pablo Menendez. As the result of this Van den Bosch has been receiving a lot of verbal abuse and pressure
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I chose to write about Van Gogh’s Starry Night‚ because I think that this painting is one of the greater pioneer forms of abstract art. Van Gogh’s rendering of the world the way that he perceived it‚ blended with his own stigmatic emotion‚ is evidenced by his abstract depiction of this small village in the south of France; Starry Night is aesthetically‚ artistically‚ and technically unique. Starry night is a depiction of an actual village that Van Gogh visited during his lifetime. At the risk
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characteristics in his story “Rip Van Winkle”. First‚ this story was set at a time in the past. Second‚ his story was very well written and has many over the top characters. Third‚ his story has many mysterious‚ magical events and the aftereffects of them. Also‚ his story is not real‚ it is fiction‚ and is a myth. (A myth is a traditional story‚ especially one concerning the early history of people or culture and typically involving supernatural beings or events.) “Rip Van Winkle” is set at a isolated
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Vincent van Gogh displays a large transition in the composition of his works towards his late career. While his early works were composed of dark colors‚ with a focus in browns and blacks‚ van Gogh developed a more colorful palette‚ larger painterly strokes‚ and a more diverse array of content towards his late career. Julie York states in her article‚ “His penetrating self-portraits… lend insight to human character and to van Gogh’s uncompromising vision.” Between 1886 and 1889 his self-portraits
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the outcome of a story. In Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle‚” Irving incorporates exaggerated characters‚ magical events and their consequences‚ and places the setting in past times to create an American mythology. With these characteristics‚ Irving impacts the entire story and how the ending resolves. In the story‚ Irving uses mainly Rip Van Winkle and Dame Van Winkle to show exaggeration in the characters. The townspeople see Rip Van Winkle as a whole-hearted fellow who loves helping everyone
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Vans: Skating on Air | Marketing Case Analysis | | MBA 516 | Staton | Statement of Central Issue In the spring of 2002‚ the Vans brand had reached monumental success that outpaced most brands within their industry and transformed them into a $350 million business. The rapid growth of the company and increase demand created a need for a new strategy to guide the brand’s future growth plans. Van’s CEO and president‚ Gary Schoenfeld‚ felt strongly that the brand was at a crossroads
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catalyst for his psychological collapse. Van Gogh himself voiced feelings of regret at the physical and mental disintegration that he believed were the fault of his neurotic creativity: "The more I am spent‚ ill‚ a broken pitcher‚ by so much more I am an artist‚ [A] kind of melancholy remains within us when we think that one could have created life at less cost than creating art" (L 514‚ July 1888). In other words‚ we should not miscalculate the effect Van Gogh’s breakdowns had on his artistic side
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Van Orden v. Perry 2005 Thomas Van Orden‚ an American Lawyer‚ challenged the State of Texas claiming that the placement of the Ten Commandment monument on state capital grounds was unconstitutional because it symbolized government endorsement of religion‚ violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment (Van Orden v. Perry Case Brief). The Supreme Court held the monument constitutional as it was merely a recognition of the Ten Commandment in American history and served no religious purposes
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Katrina Van Tassel is considered as pretty and rich women in the town. She is the object for both protagonist and antagonist. The only thing she does in this story is that she dumps Ichabod Crane. In the story‚ it is said that she is a flirt and wore a “pink skirt” (Irving‚4). In the early 1800’s people were so much fashionable. In fact‚ there was nothing like a mini skirt that time. Women started wearing mini skirt in 1960’s. In the town‚ she is known as a tough lady to be impressed. According to
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