After reading and learning about the History of Modern Architecture as a product of Industrialization, now I can identify what type of process in history some cities and neighborhoods had gone through. Still, this new knowledge brings me many questions: What is the architectural style of city where I live? Is my old city a modern city? The City of Los Angeles is one of the largest and most expanded metropolis in the USA. It is a city composed of many neighborhoods that overlap their limits by
Greene and Greene are renowned for their contribution to the arts and crafts evolution of architecture and have created a “native California” style that is widely recognized. Their work has influenced the high-arts aesthetics of the American Art and Crafts Movement to this day. Charles and Henry Greene were two brothers whose love for tools, materials and craftsmanship flourished into one of the most well known architectural forces of the 20th century. In high school, the two delved into carpentry
In his essay “The Monument and the Bungalow,” Pierce Lewis advocates for his readers to consider the importance of landscape as a visual history that is as equally important as a written history. He encourages the cultivation of skills necessary to understand and participate in the informatively rich landscapes of our everyday lives. Pierce uses as example his own past experiences within teaching the ability of reading landscapes and makes a poignant observation of the commonality within American
the movie and the bathroom scene. At the start, instead of meat Rikki eats a banana, which he eats later in the story. While the bungalow family’s son is taking a bath, rikki explores the bathroom, which he did in the book. Rikki, in the film, seemed to explore the bathroom a lot more in the movie. Rikki even checked out the bath itself. Rikki decides to explore the bungalow and confronts the bird family, who seem to be afraid of Nag, but no details are given if they ever even had a child to begin with
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in an English bungalow. Both the book and movie describe the setting as “ ...the big bungalow”. The movie also exhibits the big bungalow and gives the audience a general idea about bungalows. In addition to, the different mediums describe the setting as “in Segowlee cantonment”. If researched one will find that cantonments are British army bases in India that existed in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The movie, too, portrays the setting as an army base as it shows other bungalows in the background
Rikki tikki is an amazing mongoose who saves many animals and his human family in a story, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, written by Rudyard Kipling, an amazing writer. The story takes place someplace in India. More specific, in a bungalow and garden some place in India. A bungalow is a type of house in India and a garden is a yard. A few of the main characters are Rikki-Tikki and the cobra snakes. The cobra snakes are Nag and Nagina, a cobra is a type of snake in India. With all the amazing plot twists in this
Famous for its over-the-water bungalow, Bora Bora is the best island to visit for a relaxing vacation. The beautiful island’s white sandy beach and warm, blue lagoon are such wonderful attractions that Bora Bora is also known as the romantic island for many tourists. Visit Bora Bora and experience the beautiful scenery of this island. Background: Bora Bora is a volcanic island that is in the Leeward Island group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The Leeward Island group contains 9 islands
through their houses. The homes of different characters in The Great Gatsby reveal and reflect characteristics of their owners, as seen through Nick’s bungalow, Gatsby’s colossal mansion, and Tom’s elaborate mansion. Nick Carraway’s small, simple bungalow found on West Egg reflects characteristics about his personality throughout the story. Nick’s bungalow is described as being an eyesore, and completely overlooked between other vast estates on West Egg. The fact that Nick lives on West Egg, which is
The definition of premeditation is “A design or plan to do something; a conscience decision to commit an offense” (Hendrix, Experience Criminal Justice, p. 389). Which means that Meursault had a plan or had thought through killing the Arab man. I think that Meursault shows the reader many obvious thoughts that he wanted to kill this man. All these thoughts show the reader that Meursault had premeditation when he was walking on the beach before killing the Arab man. Meursault shows the reader his
"Ranvali," a young lady goes back to her father's old holiday bungalow and begins to discover new feelings toward her beloved Communist father. The story is set in an idyllic bungalow in Ranvali, by the coast of India. Theorists such as Roland Barthes would argue that setting in modern narratives "no longer need meaning: they simply are: that is their meaning." (qtd in Chatman 145). However, in "Ranvali," the storm that besieges the bungalow while the young lady is there clearly mimics her thoughts and
two cobras, Nag and Nagaina at an army base in India. He saved many lives by killing the villainous snakes in the garden. Although was sometimes very curious which got him into a little trouble from time to time. He was proclaimed the hero of the bungalow, a strongly deserved title. I believe he has a right to be proud of himself because he saved the family’s life, he prevented further killings of the animals at the garden, and he strategically thought out a solution for each problems calmly and
characters, Nick, Gatsby and the Buchanans all have different kinds of houses and we can discover their social positions, lifestyles and personalities by their homes. Nick is the narrator of the whole book. He lives in the West Egg and he rents his bungalow in eighty dollars a month. He comes from the Middle West and wants to learn bond business in here. “My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked, so I has a view of the water, a partial view of
Rikki Tikki Tavi put himself in a very dangerous position to save several other lives, making him a true hero. Without the small, but powerful, mongoose the two cobras would have seriously injured or killed the family, and members of the garden. The cobra snakes were threatening Rikki and his family, and he did not want any of his family members getting hurt by these powerful reptiles, so he had to take them down. Rikki put himself in danger to provide safety for his family, making him a brave hero
setting, characters, and conflict. The setting in the book and in the movie is close to identical. They both take place in the Bungalow, and in the garden near the Bungalow, In India. “There is a more to see here, than my family could see in all of their life!”( Kipling pp. 144) The Bungalow is described as a beautiful place in India, and Rikki loves it in the bungalow. There is a bathroom sluice, in which Nag goes into the bathroom through later on in the story (movie). There is also a Nursery
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 Introduction This chapter is started with the discussion on the definition of “house” and “housing”, “priority”, and “middle income group”; followed by discussion of the types of housing and influential factors of priorities for housing choice by the potential home buyers. When Maslow (1970) presented the theory of Human Needs Hierarchy, that a house forms the foremost important basic needs, in addition to safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem
escape, plan a weekend getaway to California’s Crystal Cove State Park Historic District, the location selected for the final beach scene in the 1988 film adaptation of Iris Rainer Dart’s Beaches novel. The meticulously restored 1930s to ‘40s era bungalows offer both seaside and bluff ocean views with private and dorm-style cottages. Twenty-four of forty-six structures in this historic, seaside colony are completely renovated and available for year-round rental. Enjoy weekly movies on the beach at
by the sound of its engine. It must have been a van, he thought, as he could still hear the roar of the engine. He raised his rifle, and took a concentrated look at the house, in order to make an accurate shot. The house was a small detached bungalow in a state of disrepair; belonging to a middle-aged lady, afraid of the outdoors. The curtains were drawn, and the nets were extremely discoloured. Strangulating vines of ivy twisted and turned round the house, clenching it tightly in its possession
snake killer. A mongoose? In the short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi written by:Rudyard Kipling. His story takes place in India,when a mongoose gets flooded out of his home in a storm, he ends up in a garden. A family finds him and takes him into their bungalow. He goes around their garden and meets all the other creatures and introduces himself as Rikki-Tikki-Tavi when Nag starts threatening Rikki-Tikki. Rikki barely has time to jump when Nag’s evil wife,Nagaina come whizzing under Rikki. This starts
Similarities that were noticed were the bungalow, the garden, and the bathroom. Even the melon bead at the edge of the garden were the mischievous cobra eggs were so carefully hidden. Tiny details like where ‘Nagin had mourned over the loss of Nag, and where Darzee's wife had come to pretend that