La Rochelle Essays

  • Communal Affiliation and Conflict: Brittany's Religious Turmoil

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    contemporary documentation, primarily Jean de Léry’s “History of the City of Sancerre”, exhibiting the minister’s interactions and displaying the status of the inhabitants during the period of Sancerre’s siege and Simon Goulart’s “Mémoires de l’État de la France sous Charles IX”. Both are evidently related to their specific topic, and evidence is derived from a more apparent source as opposed to Phillipe Hamon’s citations, which do not demonstrate precisely where his information is

  • Ragtime

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    Jordan Marendino Professor Ruiz-Velasco English 300 10 April 2014 Accepting Change in Ragtime Edgar Lawrence Doctorow, named after the famous Edgar Allen Poe, has been recognized in literature for his “overwhelming critical and commercial success of Ragtime,” published in 1975 (“Doctorow, E.L” 427). Critics raved about Doctorow’s success to capture post World War I zeitgeist with the help of historical figures such as Harry Houdini and J.P Morgan. The novel was later turned into the film making commercial

  • Joseph Christian Leyendecker: An Influential Illustrator

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    One of the most prolific illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration (1880’s to 1920’s) was a German born artist named Joseph Christian Leyendecker. The talented man illustrated more than four hundred magazine covers from 1896 to 1950. Joseph Christian Leyendecker illustrated for publications, magazine covers, men’s fashion, and advertisements for automobiles, soap, and Kellog’s cereal. His distinct style and productivity served as inspiration for future illustrators, including his friend Norman

  • The Cultural Revolution in E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime

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    Americans with different social classes. People in the novel either welcome the changes and complete the transformation or hang on to the old social norms and become deserted by society. Mother, one character from an upper-class family living in New Rochelle, belongs to the former and experiences many changes throughout the story as a wife and simply as a woman. The most significant change Mother undergoes is her awareness of her sexuality. From a rather shy and conservative wife, Mother becomes a woman

  • Analysis Of Ragtime By E. L. Doctorow

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    In his 1994 novel Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow presents a representation of American society at the start of the 20th century. The novel explores the tone of the turn of the century like notes on a keyboard, sometimes loud and vital, sometimes hardly audible. Doctorow arranges each event and character as they would function in real society, with no one part separate from the other. Each part is reliant on and linked to another, showing how within the rhythm of our quickly moving nation, everything is interconnected

  • Tamarack Industries Summary

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    Motorboat manufacture Tamarack Industries has a summer student hire program. The program is designed to backfill the permanent employees while they take vacation time, primarily during the summer months. The majority of Tamarack Industries permanent employees do not care for the summer hire program due to the students’ lack of skills and unprofessional behavior. Supervisor Dan Jensen decided this summer he would try a different strategy and put all the summer hires on one team. Mark Allen the

  • Diego Velázquez – Las Meninas (1656-57)

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    Introduction Las Meninas was Velázquez’s largest oeuvre measuring 3.21 m by 2.81 m (Umberger 96). Velázquez’s masterpiece is one that draws sharp criticism ranging from those who find this work as a complete piece with its pictorial features prominent in the artwork, to those who find it hard to interpret its content conclusively (Ancell 159-160; Snyder 542+; Steinberg 48; Bongiorni 88). Despite such disparities, Velázquez’s masterpiece was able to project a day in the life of the royal family while

  • Ballet Analysis: La Sylphide

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    My first choice was a ballet piece named La Sylphide. La Sylphide is a story about a young Scottish man named James who is soon to be wed. He falls asleep and has an intricate dream about a beautiful sylphide, which is a spirit. In his dream they dance and he soon falls in love with the sylphide. When he awakes, he soon forgets about the sylphide and focuses on his fiancée. A witch soon arrives in the castle that reads palms and tells James he would betray his fiancée on their wedding day. He doesn’t

  • Like Other Cultures, Soccer is Being Ruined By Money

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    In July of 2000 Luis Figo shocked the world with what was then a world record €60 million transfer (a transfer is when a player moves teams), the equivalent of almost $82 million. Back then, as one of the greatest in the history of soccer, the record transfer fee was understand. Just this summer, Gareth Bale moved to the same team as Figo had just 13 years before, Real Madrid, for a world-record €100 million, more than $135 million. Tottenham lost their star player, and Real overpaid by tens of millions:

  • mega disasters

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    middle of paper ... ...ntries ( http://www.jucelinoluz.com/2013/08/08/mega-tsunami-caused-by-volcano-in-canary-islands/). According to Jucelino, “deaths of people and destruction of property will be immense.” In 1950, Cumbre Vieja on the island of La Palma started to attract attention. Its western side collapsed and sank four meters below the ocean a year earlier (1949) Experts believe that boards of land are still slipping slowly into the sea . And that the next eruption, should make all the west

  • Fiercest Rivalries in the World of Football

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    Football the beautiful game, can sometimes become a matter of life and death for some clubs amd its supporters. Cultural, as well as regional differences contribute to the fierceness of these clashes and performances of players in such matches decide whether they will be eternally loved or hated. A mistake or a moment of magic can create history, but can also result in mayhem, brawls, fights, clashes & riots. These are the 10 most fierce and important rivalries in the world of football. 10.

  • Theme Between Good And Evil In The Pearl

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    In the novella, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the main theme is the battle between good and evil. Throughout the story, evil will enter the lives of a certain Mexican-Indian family. This evil is represented in different symbols. Alongside evil were the voices of reason. Though prominent, good still did not overcome evil. As the story unfolds, evil enters into the lives of Kino, his wife, and his son. In chapter one, the evil that enters the family first is the scorpion. The scorpion enters the home

  • Greed In The Pearl

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    Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness When a man gets into a cycle of work, food, and family, anything that disrupts this cycle can be detrimental. In the novel, The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck, the Pearl of the World causes this crease in Kino’s cycle. Kino does everything in his willpower to protect the magnificent pearl from harm 's way and to ensure the glamorous future of his family, even though evil and death is concealed around every corner. The Pearl explores the theme of effect of money and

  • The Pearl John Steinbeck Analysis

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    of greed and selfishness from wealth can impact and destroy a once content family. An example of how John Steinbeck became an advocate for the oppressed and social reform by addressing the societal differences and class struggles among the people of La Paz is in a parable he wrote called The Pearl. John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, in 1902. Enrolled in literature and writing courses, he left Stanford

  • Character Analysis In Antonioni's La Notte Moreau

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    In Antonioni’s La Notte Moreau uses this mastery, which previously brought a new love life, to end a dying one. The film’s final sequence again finds Moreau, this time as Lidia, walking away from a love interest— Giovanni. Like Jeanne, Lidia refuses to look back at the man that trails behind her, but Lidia’s gaze is level, and focused on what’s ahead. She turns only momentarily to respond to Giovanni, matter-of-factly, and as she walks off screen she seems content to leave Giovanni behind. When

  • The Role of the Catholic Church In The New World

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    detrimental to New World. Through men such as Cortez and Las Casas accounts of the conversions have been recorded. One of the reasons for this was the alliance of the Catholic Church with the Spanish monarchy. The status of the Indians was disregarded as the Christian conquers and missionaries who wanted to convert them subjected the... ... middle of paper ... ...d to work toward goals that they did not fully understand. Through the writings of Las Casas, it is seen how the Indians were slaughtered

  • The Pearl : Appearances Can Be Deceiving

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    John Steinbeck's The Pearl tells the story of Kino, a poor pearl diver who lives in Mexico with his wife, Juana and his baby boy, Coyotito. One day Kino finds a huge pearl worth a great deal of money. Kino dreams of being rich and buying all that he wants after he sells the pearl. The one thing that Kino doesn't realize is that there are many people who will do anything to steal the pearl from him. No one ever suspects the pearl's power todeceive, corrupt, and destroy. Hence, The Pearl depicts the

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

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    with the audience. It was as if the black artists were not fit to talk to the audience. Sammy changed this at a nightclub in Hollywood. He “touched the audience”. This got him a record deal with Decca. When Sammy was a rising star, he was driving from Las Vegas to L.A. He had an accident that took away his left eye. This gave him publicity and boosted his career. After this, he converted to Judaism and started to refer to God as “The Cat Upstairs”. Sammy worked hard. You already know he had many talents

  • French Essay

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    parents. J'ai quatorze ans et mes passe-temps sont la lecture, jouer à l'ordinateur et jouer de la musique. Ceci est un journal des vacances de Noël en France pour une semaine. Vendredi 20 décembre Aujourd'hui, c'était la dernière journée de collège. Les cours ont fini à douze heures et j'ai reçu des cadeaux de Noël de mes amies. Le collège était très amusant- voilà qui change! Je suis parti en vacances avec ma famille dans la voiture pour voyager jusqu'à nôtre maison de

  • Book Analysis: Book Review Of 'The Pearl'

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    Name : Dewa Nyoman Orik Udayana NIM : 1412021193 Class : 5G Course : Advance Reading The Pearl The Pearl mostly takes place in a small village near the beach, and begins with a description of family life of Kino, his wife Juana and their infant son, Coyotito. Kino watches Coyotito sleeps, and then he sees a scorpion crawl down the rope that holds the hanging box where Coyotito lies. Kino attempts to catch the scorpion, but Coyotito bumps the rope and the scorpion falls on him. Although Kino kills