Granite

1944, a group of soldiers led forty-seven Dutch, American, and English prisoners barefooted down the flight of stairs and to the bottom. Then, the soldiers began to conduct a game of the prisoners’ labor. The guards would give all the men a piece of granite to heave to the top of the quarry. In “The Stairs of Death”, the author explained that, “On their first journey up the 186 steps they forced the men to carry twenty-five kilogram stones on their backs.” For each successful climb and descent,…

Introduction: I had the pleasure of visiting the Brooklyn museum of art which is located at 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn New York. The reason for going on this field trip was to observe an art piece the Egyptian gallery which is located on the 3rd floor of the museum and chooses a art piece and write a paper base on my observation, for my Introduction to Art 100 class. As a result, this essay will focus on Senwosret III Art piece I will give a clear description on the material and tools…

short as I quickly refocused my attention to the issue of paramount importance: the enormous, looming wall of granite above me called Tenaya Peak. Only a few hundred feet of this dark, gray behemoth were left to be conquered after my last four grueling hours of exertion on the rock. I bore nothing but my nine centimeter nylon rope, rubber shoes, and safety harness as I clung to the slab of granite just below my father, who lead the route up the northwest buttress of the menacing mountain. As the…

Compare and contrast of Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are two great writers, who focused on death and symbols in their works. What makes their writing styles different is more of Dickinson are more in a song format and are short. Frost focuses more on a story in his poems and they are not usually short. Two of the poems that has the theme of death is “If I shouldn't be alive” by Emily Dickinson and “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost. In “I shouldn’t be alive” she…

Claude McKay’s poem “America”, expresses his feelings about the USA and describes he uses negative qualities about the country to fuel his own personal ambitions. Although McKay thinks America is great, he thinks that due to its ignorance, it is losing important factors to make it better. Mckay shows this through the use of symbolism of America 's qualities, the structural choice of a Shakespearean sonnet, and the shift of feeling in the last four lines of the poem. The first line of “America”…

There are a total of ten different landscape regions located within the Pacific Northwest. The rocks that are within each region provide the foundation for the landscape within the region. The study of the rock located in the region tells us about the geologic past and provides insight on the materials and processes from which the landscape was formed. I will briefly discuss each of the areas and provide insight on the types of rocks in which they are formed from. We will start with the Basin…

different scholarly articles and books had provided me with a wealth of information that I will take with me as I continue my pursuit of becoming a teacher. In order to maintain a proficient level of understanding, I plan on taking more classes at Granite State College that pertain to special education. I also plan on taking more professional development classes through my work as a paraprofessional. Artifacts: Research Paper on Cooperative…

made of granite. The mountain can be seen from Kennesaw Mountain (West), Amicalola Falls State Park (North), and Mount Yonah (Northeast). On the northwest side of the mountain, there are currently faces of three men carved into the granite: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. “Stone Mountain Memorial, memorial to the Confederacy, consisting of the equestrian figures of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis carved on the northern face of Stone Mt., a granite…

Neon Vernacular by Yusef Komunyakaa, describes the experiences of African American soldiers in the Vietnam War. These men fought for a country where they were not accepted or treated equally. African American men risked their lives to protect a nation that did not want blacks to exist. The thoughts these men dealt with everyday, the disrespect, the actual war, the inequality, and the hurt left a strong singe of the minds and heart of the men who survived. Komunyaka share his stories through this…

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