Anti-clericalism

Surrealism changed the way people viewed art and its ideals. While it may seem that Surrealistic art is just a mash of random ideals, Surrealistic art shaped and offered a new view on art. The Surrealistic art style is important in forming future art styles and allowing artist to stretch their imaginations more. Two important artists who practiced this style are Hieronymus Bosch and Salvador Dali. While both artists had similar styles, there are different aspects. Salvador Dali’s piece that was…

Dali once said “Surrealism is destructive but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision” (Salvador Dali). Dali freed his mind of the shackles that are reality, giving him the ability to create his wacky paintings such as The Elephants. His works inspired many painters to join the surrealism movement, one of his more notable pieces being these elephants. Created in 1948, Dali’s painting pictures two elephants walking through the desert carrying two large figures…

I remember at an early age receiving my first cassette tape, which happened to be a gift from my mother. This tape contained the album “Surfin’ Safari” by The Beach Boys and was a life-long favorite of my mothers. I would play this tape over and over again, singing along with the band and dancing around to the sounds of the guitar. This was the earliest memory I have where I can clearly recall when my obsession with music began. From this early point, I began diverging into many different genres…

Irony in Good Country People Good Country People by Flannery O’Conner, touches upon the identities of Christians of Southern America and also focuses on the part played by intellectualism and physical challenges in the development of identity of individuals. The entire plot is spiced with tearing irony. There are four clear sections in the story emphasizing the relationships between four prime characters. The irony of the story encompasses the social and religious parameters and the rude outlook…

the war. The author describes how they become more dehumanized, as they fight endlessly for nothing. Because in many of the fiercest battles of the war, there is hardly any territory won or lost, yet the casualties are huge. Finally, the book has an anti-war message prevalent throughout as strong theme. Once Paul enters combat and has a true understanding of what it is like he can no longer understand the older generation’s perception of it. Starting with the schoolmaster Kantorek, who seemed…

Art is in everything we see, do, and create. We buy it, sell it, display it in our homes, go visit it in galleries and museums. It’s a talent that has been influencing minds for centuries and the tradition is by no means being hampered in our modern-day world. With so much art out there, it is getting continuously more difficult to define “contemporary art”(Kimball). It is making increasingly less sense to discuss avant-garde art or even the future of art, as if all art were going in the same…

Graff then reveals the logical conclusion behind his adolescent story, “I see now that in the interminable analysis of sports teams, movies, and toughness…I was practicing being an intellectual before I knew that was what I wanted to be” (383). Through the analysis of street smart subjects, Graff discovers the basics of critical thinking. Thus, Graff is living proof that street smarts have intellectual depth. This in turn, reinforces the reader’s earlier insights and solidifies Graff’s argument…

Intellectual Property Rights: Music and Movie Piracy With an ever-increasing consumer need for instantaneous media access accompanied with the escalation of the social acceptance of "casual" piracy, it is no secret that file sharing, legal or illegal, is on the rise. For most folks in their twenties today, they may not be aware of a world without piracy. In fact, they may not even be aware that certain kinds of file sharing is illegal and punishable by law. To understand why file sharing is so…

The Articles of Confederation granted significantly less power to the federal government and reinforced a system of strong state governments, resulting in a country divided amongst itself but united by name. The Constitution hailed more federal rights and created a strong centralized federal government while establishing state governments that dealt with less critical issues and more local laws. Under the weak nation formed by the Articles of Confederation states would always argue and never get…

'The law can never keep pace with technological change ' Area of Technology: Digital Copyright and the Law The role of law in regulating your area of technology The role of law in digital copyright is to ensure that the integrity of people’s work is upheld by ensuring their created content is not accessed nor distributed illegally. In the cases where copyright is infringed then it is the role of the law to ensure that the correct punishment is administered to the person or group that has…