The Holocaust left a lingering hurt with many of the survivors and perpetrators of the war. As a result, victims often suffered from post-war trauma. Traumatic responses, by first generation Holocaust survivors, were often projected onto their children. Authors Art Spiegelman and Hans-Ulrich Treichel illustrate the above in their memoirs Maus I and II and Lost. Both the parents in the memoirs re-enact their repressed emotions, regarding their experience in the Holocaust, through their children.…
Facts: The appellant, John Sansregret and the complainant lived together for about a year. Their relationship had been violent: “slapping” or “roughing up” in his description and, “blows” in hers. Sansregret broke into the complainant’s home on September 23, 1982, few days after the complainant ended relationship with him. He stormed at her and terrorized her with a file-like object. Because of fear and to calm him down, the complainant had intercourse by holding out hope of some sort of reconciliation.…
The way in which composers convey their ideas dependent on their use of distinctive visuals. Amanda Lohrey’s vertigo and Bruce Dawe’s homecoming show how composers use their distinctively visual themes and ideas presented in their work. Amanda Lohrey and Bruce Dawe utilise strong images to convey an understanding of the themes of loss and grief and personal identity. The purpose is achieved through the distinctive visuals used by the composer to challenge the different perspectives the readers have on life and to allow them to experience the journey first hand with the characters.…
I chose to create a floor plan of Melinda’s bedroom because she was the main character, and I felt that the setting was an important part of the book. Although the author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson, didn’t give readers a complete description of what Melinda’s bedroom looked like, I made some mental pictures of what I thought her bedroom and some of the decorations looked like. Melinda was described as a very creative girl who was very artistic. Her best grade on her report card was in art class, and it also seemed to be her favorite class.…
Analyzing the first chapter of your novel. 1. Read for 20 minutes or until you finish your 1st chapter (whichever comes first). 2. Choose four different colors and assign them to the following categories: theme, setting, characterization, point of view.…
The historical context of “The Murder in Rue Morgue” is that this story was around during the age of exploration. Many explorers found animals that look extraordinary and recount stories of their adventures that seem improbable. In “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, the historical context was that the country was changing. The railroad of England were just built and industrial revolution was occurring. People were more curious about science and the world around them.…
As Michael Morpurgo once said, “Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it’s through writing, drama, or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self worth.” In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino feels that her voice is taken away after being raped by Andy Evans which he is referred to as IT, and Andy Beast. She goes into high school as a young teen, depressed and silenced. Melinda grows stronger throughout her freshman year as she struggles to find her voice again.…
Melinda’s Coming of Age In the novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, a girl named Melinda gets raped during a summer party before starting high school of her freshman year. After getting raped by Andy Evans, Melinda quickly calls the police. However, when they arrive, she is at such a loss for words, and not a sound comes out of her mouth. The police shut down the party and began to arrest a couple of the kids. As Melinda’s freshman year approaches, all the kids in the school hate her, even her best friends abandon her.…
Looking at the Peplos Kouros and the Kouros, one can tell that the time span between the two sculptures had a lot to do with how people would have perceived them. In a today’s more modern society, Huffington’s Kouros is seen as the representation of the female body with the comparison of the Archaic Peplos Kouros given its similarities of medium and style. These two pieces have many similarities, but one thing that sets them apart is the own artist’s intentions for the sculpture in each of their own time eras. While the Peplos Kouros shows the start of curiosity of the female body, Huffington’s Kouros shows it’s audience the pure naturalistic elements of what is the female…
All Who Wander May Truly Be Lost The process of curation is often seen as a process involving the molding and forming of a work of art, the dynamic behind curation is usually looked at backwards in the sense that the process is building something up rather than what it truly is which is tearing something down. Curation into beauty consists of shaping something by taking things away, and in The Lost Wax by Jericho Parms, the author shows this central theme throughout the book that a person is made and formed by the losses in their life. This theme is accentuated by stories in Parms’ life that implore love and loss, but these stories that on the surface may seem miscellaneous, at the same time they all point back to a metaphorical idea of curation.…
The artwork Self Portrait As a Nice White Lady by Adrian Piper has influenced my own artwork Timeline in that the concepts, meanings and metaphors found in her artwork are not immediately identifiable. Although there is no influence of Pipers work on mine in terms of process, media or presentation, in this essay I will be discussing the confrontation that viewer experiences when faced with Pipers artwork Self Portrait As a Nice White Lady, my own artwork Timeline, and the ways in which both artworks have underlying concepts. My artwork Timeline are a group of photographic film negatives which have been manipulated by use of paint, sand and tape and further editing in photoshop. The theme of my artwork is Self and Other and my concept is based around memories and volatile nature of them.…
Dominick has noticed that several issues have been developing lately in his life, which are impacting him in multiple ways. Dominick works as a cashier and bagger at a large grocery store chain. He is on his feet all day. He has a gym membership, but it hasn't been used in over six months. He has noticed that his jeans have been fitting tight around the waist, but he has been too tired to get out to the store to buy bigger ones.…
Anne Dillard’s “The Death of a Moth” is a representation of her view on death. Dillard puts the reader in her shoes when she explains the settings and events that go on around her. Anne Dillard lived a single life with her two cats which were yellow and black. Dillard first opens the reader to a single crustacean, the spider, which she says is intelligent because he is somehow managing to survive as opposed to the bugs that become trapped in its spider’s web under the toilet. Eventually, Dillard comes across multiple corpses on the floor, however, one particular corpse catches her eye.…
The development of public schools provides children of all ages and from all social classes a free education and a positive environment. Lynda Barry unfortunately came from a family of lower class, and did not have much growing up. In her article, “The Sanctuary of School”, Barry illustrates a time in her youth when she felt the need to sneak out of her house filled with financial stress, depression, and misery. After sneaking out one morning extremely early, Barry felt the need to walk to school.…
Experiences and people influence the way we see life. While some people perceive their world in a different way, others accept the world presented to them. There are people who dream and see the world as fantasy; everyone has different ideas and thoughts because of their experiences. Jacey Choy’s “Red Cranes” and Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s “The Firefly Hunt” are two different short stories which center around the idea of a child’s imagination. For Mie, she is a realist.…