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For many people Christmas is an important holiday. By the time it hits September angel decorations start filling the store aisles and “Jingle Bells” plays on repeat but it is not the only one filling up the store. Ghouls, candy, and spiders all crouch on the side waiting for Halloween; a holiday that some look over when it does get to September, although they should not. Halloween is a major holiday that is more exciting than Christmas in terms of history, traditions, and in lower expenses.…

In the film, “Ordinary People,” the Jarrett family suffers from several problems due to a fatal accident in which they lose their older son, Buck. The death of Buck causes several problems in their relationships, turning them into a highly dysfunctional family that constantly struggles to get along. Throughout the film, Beth, Calvin and Conrad engage in acts of “silence or violence,” barely attempting to address most of their problems, which could have been fixed using conflict management skills…

“Under the Christmas tree over there!” You point to the tree that was to your right. Rebekah really outdid herself this year with the party. From what you have seen of the Mikaelson mansion, it’s fully decked out with Christmas decorations and not to mention the tree was just the frosting on the cake. Marcel nodded and strolled on over towards the massive pine Christmas tree, decorated with red, gold and white ornaments. There was easily over a hundred presents under the tree, all mostly from…

‘Performances mark identities, bend time, reshape and adorn the body, and tell stories’ – Richard Schechner, Performance Studies: An Introduction. Human life is drenched nowadays with ritual and traditions and Christmas Day comes under that very heavily, it is a greatly celebrated event, especially in our Western society. Naturally, we will adopt restored behaviour and focus into our ‘second reality’. Schechner’s ‘Performance Studies: An Introduction’ gives an insight to the various concepts…

Prez Mike called the meeting to order at 2:05 pm. Prez Mike asked that the minutes from the last meeting be read to the Brothers. As the minutes from the last meeting was being read I, along with the Prez noticed that there was some things that needed to be change. So the Prez informed the Brothers that we would revisit the minutes from the last meeting. Prez then asked for the financial report from Brother Money. Financial report at this time is $2234.15 in checking, 1509.84 in saving.…

Silverstein’s The Giving Tree tells the story of unconditional love offered by a tree to an individual. The Giving Tree revolves around a boy’s extraordinary dependence on his environment throughout his life. This paper demonstrates that the boy’s overdependence on the tree is…

Art Appreciation FA2330 Written Assignment Houghton’s The Miner The Miner (1979) is a bronze statue by Elizabeth Biesiot in the city of Houghton, Its body is of bronze and its base is of stone: the Miner’s left hand takes a pickaxe. The right hand, take a barrel. Also on his head with a miner 's hat. The miner statue reflects the history of the Houghton city. In the other side, it does the same thing as the Vietnam War Memorial: the miners do a good job of the art should do: It not only…

The culture of Ukraine is unique and different from each other, but among years it has been affected by its eastern and western neighbors, which is shown in its structure. The geographical conditions influenced the Ukrainian culture, curiosity of the historical procedure, as well as relations with other ethnic cultures. An important historical period in the Ukrainian culture was after independence. Ukrainian national identity exist from personal self-determination shared with others in the basis…

My first time at the Art Institute went better than I anticipated. My friend went with me and we had a great time. We started off with Folk Art and then went to European Art. We ended up in the Doctrine and Devotion exhibition, and it was really interesting how the religious art from different parts of the world such as, Germany, France, Italy, and Peru were very similar to each other. I thought it was pretty cool how art can be very similar, when it comes to the same themes even if it has to do…

return coming up the dirt path and showed that there was still a sense of optimism for all slaves. During Acts 1 and 3, the characters were gathered around a slave cabin that was located on the Boss Master’s grounds. The cabin was surrounded by a few tree stumps and a chair or two. There was also a large rock off to the side. The run down cabin was set in place to depict the treatment of the slaves during this time period. They were deprived from adequate living and working environments. The…