André Le Nôtre

This year I studied four texts, two of which were autobiographies, and the other two were documentaries. The texts are “It’s not about the bike” written by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins, “Open an Autobiography” written by Andre Agassi, “Kevin’s Sentence” presented by Bob Carty from the Canadian broadcasting company and “Over the edge” presented by Linden Macintyre from Canada’s Fifth Estate programme. All four of these texts share the significant theme of overcoming adversity which can…

Salvador Dali finished The Persistence of Memory in 1931at Port Lligat, north of Barcelona, Spain and housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1934. This painting was a symbol of Dali’s work and defined surrealism, breaking many of the norms previous and unique in its own way. The painting itself reflects a lot on the way Dali viewed a life and giving it a deeper meaning that others may interpret differently. Dali created a three dimensional experience that was never seen before by…

1. Did Rizal supported the 1896 Philippine Revolution of bonifacio? Why or why not? - I don’t think he did. If I were to tell based on what I understand in his point of view, he don’t want Filipinos to revolt yet, because he knew that this will not succeed. But on the other hand, I think that he supported it on his own ways. He wanted Filipinos to be free, one of the reason why he build the group “La liga Filipina, it’s because he wanted too, to revolt but I think he is still waiting for the…

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” (Andre Gide). This quote describes the main character, Paul, in Edward Bloor’s novel. He has trouble not only with what he sees and how to cope, but what he doesn’t see. Erik is Paul’s older brother and he finds great joy in agonizing him. Erik is one of the characters that contrasts to Paul and his eyesight. He sees what Paul does not and vice-versa. What the author is trying to provide the reader with with…

Artist Salvador Dali has been a major contributor to several artistic movements during the 20th century. Throughout his life, he contributed many wonderful pieces of art that belonged to the Surrealist movement, and also created works using Futurism, Dada, Impressionism and Cubism. Most notably, Dali produced the famous painting “The Persistence of Memory” and designed the Teatro-Museo Dali (or the Dali Theatre-Museum) located in Figueres, Spain (Salvador Dali Museum, Inc). Salvador Dali…

This Metamorphosis of Narcissus’ genre is a figure within a landscape. This picture is an open composition. What is surrealism? Surrealism is an artistic movement that started in 1924 when the Surrealist Manifesto was published. A French poet named Andre Breton (1924 through World War 2) led surrealism. Surrealism started in Paris and then spread internationally. Salvador Dali Quoted “Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.” There…

Killings is a short story written by Andre Dubus. It was first published in, The Sewanee Review, in 1979. The story was also later turned into a film called, The Bedroom, by Todd Field in 2001. The story is based on love, murder, revenge and morality with an interesting twist. Dubus tells the tale in a flat, calm way. The setting of the story takes place in a small blue - collar town in Massachusetts. It opens with a gloomy August morning with the burial of twenty-one year old, Frank Fowler.…

Salvador Dali is one of the most famous surrealism artists of the twentieth century. Born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain, Salvador started creating art at a young age. His parents encouraged him to peruse his artwork and even built him a studio at their home before leaving for college. Aways being able to peruse with his art, it prompted him to experiment with sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and some filmmaking with Luis Bunuel and Alfred Hitchcock later on in his…

Roger Federer, the greatest tennis player ever, was born on August 8 of 1981 in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Federer grew up in the municipalities of Birsfelden, Riehen, and Münchenstein which all are close to the French and german border. He is an authentic, modest, and loyal man as he describes himself. Many describe him as a class act man and he is also very humble. Not many know the impact he has outside tennis but he believes in the potential of everyone. Federer is married since 2009…

Is Roger Federer the best tennis player in history? He is currently number nine in the world, but he is one of the best tennis players of the history. He has a lot of titles on his career, including Grand Slams. He also is a good person and a positive player. He has played tennis all his life and he always had shown that he is the best. Roger is one of the best players of all time because of his game statistics and his personality. Federer is the player with more Grand Slams in history. Grand…