Reading this poem is really amazing to me because The Statue of Liberty is still important till this day in this generation. This poem is great because the author wrote this to raise money for the construction of the Statue of Liberty. Seeing how it really helped on raising money made me believe that I can conquer anything. I believe that I can raise money also for doing something important to help the society people are in need for. First of all it’s not just a statue, behind it has an important significance of freedom. It’s amazing to see how people constructed this statue taking years for it to be built to make New York and people to feel welcomed. Building this huge statue of Mother of Exiles for a good reason. This reason made an important impact of …show more content…
Immigrants go through a rough life that’s why many of them from other lands came here and felt a good spark from seeing the Statue of Liberty. When people including immigrants come to a city or country they should feel home and comfortable where they are at. The more and more people that come to New York should feel in peace because this is a way to start your freedom with a good start of motivation. It’s like a new chapter is entering in your life. I find the Statue of Liberty important because there’s tours boats now that drive by it explaining the background information of this statue. And when you drive by it on the boat, it just makes you feel happy as a person and you definitely feel different. Immigrants have a positive and better mindset for themselves to have a better life because they are free. The statue meaning to me is to give away your poorness, negative behavior, and the lack on what’s affecting in your life because you’re in a better place now. Mother of Exiles makes a stand for people to feel free, peace, and protected. Right now not many people will understand the Statue of Liberty because people don’t talk about
I believe people lack respect for the flag and what it stands for. Although most people are proud to be an American, some don’t understand what it truly means to be an American. The flag has a history, and should be respected because of that history. Although most believe that respect should be earned, our flag has earned this many times over. And I believe that our flag is taken for granted.
As if the light from her torch was helping them find the way to be united with her and America. Once the first sight of the Statue was seen “their hearts became easy: “I know nothing bad could to me.” They believed in her like in a kind of goddess.” (Bashevis) “ To many observers, however, the statue represented the United States as the fullest embodiment of the ideal that free people living in liberty, would be cable of the greatsest achievements and the most perfect form of government that would enable their freedom.” (Perea 46-47) Although the Symbol of Statue of Liberty speaks unity and hope throughout our common history as immigrants to this land, her feet planted firmly as if on “separate” shoes rather than her torch shinning the way to Ellis Island which speak more accurately and imagistically of her complex
Many New Yorkers believe that the waiting period of a year was not enough time for the American citizens to grieve and rebuild their lives. This allows us to conclude that there is a respectable amount of time needed for healing of the mourners and respect of the dead before creating a memorable monument. Fischl’s Tumbling Woman is possibly one of the most scrutinized pieces of artwork surround 9/11 because of its release date on the first anniversary of 9/11. Many other artists and American citizens created sanctum like memorials with pictures and candles. These representations of 9/11 did not receive scrutiny like the Tumbling Woman monument, which leads me to believe that the timing of the release of the monument may not have lead to the scrutiny of the
In the end, the poem is looking to show what actions can do in the long run. It teaches us to be very cautious with everything we do since it can affect the people around us. It can have good or bad
Washington, DC is a spectacular place. This being my first time in DC, I was in awe of everything and all the historical places I encountered. The presence of the monuments and history is what made the capitol so magnificent. Having only read about the Lincoln memorial, I never had the chance to experience the sensation of being inside such an honorable place of importance. The imposing white marble walls of the memorial and the many people surrounding it could be seen from afar. Arriving at the location, an unknown feeling came over me. I was experiencing history in a whole different level. When I think about a memorial, the term remembrance comes to mind. Seeing the statue of Abraham Lincoln brought pieces of memories from history class and evoked thoughts of what it might have felt like to be in his shoes. I was astonished by the statue’s enormousness and how grand Abraham Lincoln looked in his chair. The size of the statue compared to pictures from books and elsewhere was surreal. Abraham Lincoln was a very “powerful and prominent individual” in the history of our nation, the statue’s design and size reflected upon that. Looking around me, I wanted to know what the others thoughts were on seeing his statue and how they felt in that building. I finally had the courage to ask one or two people what they thought; they all had the same appreciation as me. Hearing about an important person or learning about them in a history book gives you vast knowledge but it doesn’t evoke the feeling of utter appreciation as the memorial does. When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, many people wanted to build a memorial in honor of him. They wanted to be able to show how important he was to shaping our nation and to “honor his existence”. Ce...
Following the steps of the Dutch who first came to Lower Manhattan, we embarked on the Staten Island Ferry on Sunday, Nov. 10, and we could see one of the world’s most famous figures: The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the French to the U.S. that was put in such a strategic and historic place. The view of the green icon from the boat that was transporting passengers from Staten Island to Lower Manhattan, with the skyline of New Jersey in the background, and New York to our right, was a delightful experience. Not one person on the ferry was like the other, one could see people from all over the world, joined together and representing New York’s diversity, trying to relive the same experience that the Dutch had centuries ago. Some people take this ride every day for work; others were simply tourists or inhabitants of the New York metropolitan area.
The speaker of the poem compares the Statue of Liberty to the Colossus. She says that unlike the giant statute
"Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal [but] which the reader recognizes as his own." (Salvatore Quasimodo). There is something about the human spirit that causes us to rejoice in shared experience. We can connect on a deep level with our fellow man when we believe that somehow someone else understands us as they relate their own joys and hardships; and perhaps nowhere better is this relationship expressed than in that of the poet and his reader. For the current assignment I had the privilege (and challenge) of writing an imitation of William Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 87". This poem touched a place in my heart because I have actually given this sonnet to someone before as it then communicated my thoughts and feelings far better than I could. For this reason, Sonnet 87 was an easy choice for this project, although not quite so easy an undertaking as I endeavored to match Shakespeare’s structure and bring out his themes through similar word choice.
This poem “ Read from the Bottom up” has every element to be consider a great poem, it inspires to think different the diction of words seem weird but yet it accomplished it point to go beyond a normal point of view and see things further then are. The purpose was accomplished the central theme is challenging to understand, but that was the whole of the poem to challenge traditional thinking and think beyond ourselves.
What we should all try to remember is that despite the fact that immigrants sometimes look different from the natives or have different cultures and ways of live, they still deserve the same respect as everyone else. America is a free land which offers equal opportunity to all. Let us stick to these principles and lead a peaceful life.
However, surprisingly, this poem serves as an inspiring speech to the hopeless soldiers in the war. The speaker stands up and analyzes the situation to the soldiers, but he refuses to be defeated. Then, he elicits the soldiers’ emotions and picks up their
Many people feel a strong sense of patriotism and nationalism when they view a monument. Pride in one’s country is a great feeling. Monuments help bring out those feelings of nationalism. Homeland monuments such as the Statue of Liberty and Madison Square Garden makes one feel special. Millions of people from all over the world come to where you call home to view something that is special to you. We take such things for granted too often.
The Statue of Liberty stands in the New York Harbor and has greeted many immigrants into Ellis Island. At the time, Lady Liberty was letting them know that their journey to find freedom, democracy, and a better way of life, was officially over. The Statue of Liberty is very important to many Americans because of what it represents. (Statue of Liberty National Monument)(Immigration)
This is a great symbol of art because The Statue of Liberty is magnificent in every way, and serves its purpose to a superb level. Like I mentioned previously, “location, location, location .. “ the statue’s location was perfect back in the days of Ellis Island and is perfect now as a tourist site. Shortly after the immigrants on the boats first spotted the land of their new homes, they came into the Hudson river to see this grand statue, and to most people it wasn’t just some lady who was standing in the middle of a river, it was the lady who was going to free them or help them from their inadequate lives.
In 1886, a statue arose in the harbor of New York City, a statue taller than any skyscraper in the city at the time. The statue’s official name was Liberty Enlightening the World, later known as the Statue of Liberty. (Karwatka) The statue was a gift from the people of France to United States, to commemorate the friendship between the two nations. This magnificent work by by Fré- déric Auguste Bartholdi is design to be a neoclassical art style statue representing liberty of people.