Robert Wesley “Wes” Wilson was a designer in the 1960s whose main clients‚ like most self taught poster designers of the time‚ were that of rockandroll concert and dance promoters. Wilson however was more of an innovator in his creations. The pieces resembled that of Alfred Roller’s art nouveau style and incorporated a psychedelic style and mashing letterforms that seemed to blend into one another. As a youth‚ Wilson was mainly focused on the natural world‚ starting off on mostly forestry and horticulture
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In Thuy’s book “The Gangster We Are All Looking For‚” the narrator’s older brother drowned in Vietnam. Later‚ the narrator and her father immigrated to California when she was still a young girl‚ leaving her mother behind in Vietnam. Her mother eventually joined her and her father in the U.S. As the narrator grew older‚ she watched her parents as they faced difficulties adapting to their new lives in America and remained haunted by memories of her dead brother. The narrator’s father was especially
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For the second reflection paper I chose to write about the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. When I started reading this book‚ I had no idea what I was going to read about. I learned many new concepts on the culture of Hmong and their views. A brief section of the book also was about how they came to America and the experiences they had while doing so. I learned that there was a secret war in Laos that caused a tragedy among the Hmong people leaving them to abandon their homes in the
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Epistemic Justification is an important factor in regards to the possibility of knowledge and to whether one has proper grounds for believing in some proposition of knowledge. This paper is concerned with the necessity of Epistemic Justification theories to have some sort of non-inferential clause‚ and seeks to make it clear that Coherentist and Infinitist theories of Epistemic Justification fail to provide a level of sufficient justification necessary to exempt Coherentism and Infitnism from epistemic
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civilians on your hands and the President of the United States is demanding the names of the soldiers responsible. Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy‚ realistically and suspensefully depicts how something so simple as a protest over a new federal law can bring down the United States. Although labeled as a young adult novel‚ Divided We Fall can easily be recommended for those of all ages. The storyline is not the only
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and You Fall Down: Cultural Clash This book focuses on the “clash” of cultures that occurs between the Lee family‚ immigrants to the US from Laos‚ and the doctors that treat their daughter‚ Lia‚ who has been diagnosed with epilepsy. Lia’s parents‚ Foua and Nao Kao believe that Lia has fallen ill because she has “lost her soul”. This clash of ideas highlights one of the problems that the Lee’s faced when dealing with the medical community in the US – the Lee’s believed strongly that all of life
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Your reputation determines the respect people give you. In All Things Fall Apart‚ Achebe exhibited a character named Okonkwo‚ who was extremely concerned with reputation. He reputation was ruined when he killed Ezeudu’s son. In this society‚ reputation is solely based on merit. Men gain reputation and respect through bravery in battle‚ skill‚ and hard work. Okafo build a reputation doing wrestling. He was know as the best wrestler out of the nine villages. Bravery In Battle Okafo demonstrates
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of Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July’s independent movie Me and You and Everyone We Know is very cute and a little bit bizarrely funny‚ which mainly observes of how modern people struggle to connect with each other in an isolating world. Through the usage of film techniques such color and the camera distances and angles‚ views get a better understanding of how the central character Christine‚ a lonely artist who operates a cab service for the elderly‚ falls in love and holds hands together
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about "Shut Down Your Screen Week?"‚ I have decided to support the idea. Even though I really enjoy playing on my electronic devices‚ spending more time with family is more essential to life. Electronics also distract someone if they are used too much. Even worse‚ too much electronic stimulation can dull the brain. Numerous scientists have studied how electronics affect our everyday lives. We need to analyze our lives and see if electronics is taking up to much of it. The first reason why we should promote
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The spirit catches you and you fall down Introduction: “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down’’ by Anne Fadiman represents true story of the epileptic Hmong girl and her family displaced from China to the USA. She suffers severe grand mal seizures and eventually becomes vegetative for the rest of her life. Lia Lee’s story was a poignant example that emphasizes the cultural barriers between modern and traditional cultures through their approaches to the life‚ which results in complete destruction
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