1924

Through the silent film Buster Keaton Sherlock Jr.(1924) the filmmaker managed to portray Sherlock Jr's vaudevillist roots by imposing a deadpanning persona centered on burlesque comedy. The protagonist Sherlock Jr did not show any emotional reactions instead he performed actions that would alter laughter to the viewers. These actions would be out of innocence, and his unawareness would result in laughter. For instance, when Sherlock Jr. imitated every movement the culprit of the watch did in…

Edward Hopper is a famous painter. Edward Hopper is mostly known for his american realism. One of his famous paintings is Nighthawks. Nighthawks was created in 1942. Edward Hopper and his wife Josephine posed modeled for this painting. in 1915 Hopper took up etching and created 60 plates. Edward Hopper studied for 6 years at the New York school of art. Between 1906 and 1910 took 3 long trips to Europe.In Paris he worked on his own outdoor city scenes and after 1910 he went abroad. Edwards…

Fuhrer. The decision has already sparked off controversy and there has already been a row about whether it is a rabble-rousing racist account or is indeed an important historical account and an educational tool. The book was written by Hitler between 1924 and 1926 was banned by the allied force following the end of the 2nd World War. The 70 year copyright of the book is due to end with the end of 2015, and this is triggered off the controversy about whether to print a critical edition of the…

George Balanchine was born on January 22, 1904, Saint Petersburg, Russia. He died April 30, 1983 in New York City. His parents were Meliton Balanchivadze, and Maria Nikolayevna Vasilyeva. He started dancing at the age of 10. He studied music and ballet in Russia before moving to America. While he was there, he mixed together many different techniques he had learned and created his own signature "neoclassical style".Balanchine was the artistic director and chief choreographer of the New York…

Parr Motherhood In 1924, and with a degree of ill grace, Vyse went around saying that he was too busy even to contemplate his exhibiting at the Royal Academy. Furthermore, it was his opinion that Parr was fortunate the RA committee had considered his work. He disregarded the fact that Parr’s stoneware group Motherhood (RA1548), was accepted for exhibition (Fig. 61). The reason for Vyse’sw jealousy was that the exhibit in question is possibly the liveliest figure produced by Parr, and unlike…

Thursday November 16th, 1924 Dear Senator of the United States, My name is Zonglin Robert Li and I am writing to tell you how I feel about one of the quota system that controls the immigrants in our country. I am a former citizen of the U.S. and in my opinion I completely do not support the quota system. The quota system was unfair to these immigrants because it did not allow them to come into the U.S. in large numbers. In the 1920s, people from there areas were seen as negative influences…

Joseph Stalin was an emerging leader in Russia in the early 1900’s. Soon he would become one of the most powerful, vicious, and terrorizing dictators of all time as he led the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in Russia from 1929 to 1953. Stalin was born in Gori, a small town in Georgia and grew with a rough childhood experiencing both abuse and poverty. In his late teenage years following his mother’s aspirations, Stalin was accepted with a scholarship to the Tiflis Theological…

The style Karen Hesse uses in Witness is her own style that she uses to make her book more interesting. She uses novel elements and threads them into the plot of the novel in her own creative way. The format of Hesse’s novel is a format that uses many novel elements. Hesse’s style is a style that uses creative thinking which helps her to make the plot of the story more understandable for the reader. Her style is also effective because it uses the point of view to show the reader the feelings…

The unjustified Klan What do you think of when the KKK is brought up? Is it hate, or is it racism?Even though the KKK was an underground campaign, it was still well-known. Mostly for its mass parades and cross burnings. The Ku Klux Klan, formed for the idea of white-supremacy,will be remembered throughout america’s history. To start off, the main idea of the Ku Klux Klan was to “execute” the non-natives and to have a non-diverse system. The name “Ku Klux Klan”was formed by combining the greek…

Immigration is often viewed as both the foundation of the United States, and the plague of the United States. The United States was founded by immigrants, officially on July 4, 1776, and expanded by immigrants during the Industrial Revolution. Immigrants have built what this country is today, and that is undeniable. However, laws on immigration have changed substantially since the founding of the United States. From the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 up until 1875,…