The following contemporary artists both represent their works in a post-modern frame. Post-modern can include irony and paradox‚ appropriation and pastiche and intersexuality. Gordon Bennett and Fiona Hall fit into one of these categories. Bennett’s painting Outsider‚ Oil and acrylic on canvas‚ 1988 is a violent painting using appropriation of Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork‚ and the treatment of aboriginals in today’s society. Fiona Hall’s sculpture of the Nelumbo nucisera‚ lotus‚ elum‚ thamarei‚ aluminium
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In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the main character‚ Jay Gatsby‚ attempts to recapture his past with his once “love of his life”: Daisy Buchanan. In this novel‚ the idea of time is described in multiple aspects. Time‚ one would say‚ is ever flowing like a wave: rising into form‚ proceeding to crashing into a white fizzing foam‚ not stopping for anything in its path. Like a wave‚ time has many stages like the past‚ present‚ and future. As people we are told to live in the moment and dwell in the present
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“How to Prepare for a Tornado” Tornadoes can be devastating acts of nature. Part of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are rotating‚ whirling winds that appear in a funnel shape. These storms can reach winds of 300 miles per hour‚ and can devastate neighborhoods and towns in minutes and is very dangerous. In order to protect yourself and your family from this natural disaster you will need to prepare before the disaster even occurs. Tornados can be a very frightening disaster and it’s always
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Tana Broadway Mrs. Thomas EN 2000 Intro to Literature March 14‚ 2013 The Theme of Susan Minot’s “Lust” The theme of Susan Minot’s story “Lust” illustrates that in a space where love should be‚ there is emptiness and overwhelming sadness. Even though the girl realizes that happiness doesn’t come from sexual relationships‚ she continues to have sex with the boys anyway. Minot’s protagonists‚ mostly women‚ are in search of love. Romantic love is her aim. The young girl in this short
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A snowflake is winter’s butterfly. When I awakened‚ very early‚ the ground was covered with little pearly snowflakes. They had floated gently from the sky‚ twirling and whirling. Millions in flight‚ blanketing the ground with sparkling little pictures traced in a line‚ and shining whitely. Some magician must have come and by the starlight‚ worked through all the quiet darkness. I must be dreaming‚ after what happened… Daddy told me he had a surprise for me‚ boy do I like surprises! We were
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These points are expanded upon in the following paragraphs. The railway system coming from the east to the west and through Yellow Sky was symbolic. The new trains brought the advancements of the east to the west as stated‚ “The great Pullman was whirling onward with such dignity of motion that a glance
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In writing‚ there are many different ways to recount an experience‚ place‚ or thing. For example‚ one might describe an experience they had thirty years ago. This is much like the two passages‚ by two different authors‚ written to describe a large flock of birds in flight. The first passage is an excerpt from Ornithological Biographies‚ by John James Audubon‚ while the second passage is an excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. Both passages have their similarities when describing
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face this old man‚ who was now holding a cane. The doctor rapidly spun the cane in a circular motion generating a large whirling tornado. Tom‚ frightened‚ stepped back ready to run for his life. Doctor Carter now aimed it in his direction. The large gray tornado sucked up everything in its path‚ hurtling toward Tom‚ who stood motionless not knowing what to do. When the whirling column of air neared him‚ he realized that it was a horde of thousands of black crows‚ all with sharp beaks and pointy claws
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like an automatic reaction for us; we see our beloved partner bursting out in laughter at a joke that some other potentially attractive woman or man made other than us. Suddenly‚ the rate of our heartbeat increases just a bit and our mind starts whirling and analyzing the situation. We sense a fear of losing our mate to the funny person‚ because we think that maybe they are better than us. When that happens‚ we either express jealousy in the form of violence by lashing out at our partner and giving
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consequences that remind us again of the seriousness: Pans fall from the shelf‚ and the speaker’s mother frowns in disapproval. This pattern is repeated throughout the poem‚ and the waltz spins fast and out of control until we can only focus on a whirling sequence of disturbing emotions rather than a coherent overall feeling. Roethke uses meter and rhyme to underscore the fact that there is something “off” about this waltz. A waltz is a carefully ordered and technically precise musical form‚ and this
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