Jean-Claude Duvalier

Elliott Meeks Jean-Claude Duvalier was a corrupt Haitian president who ruled with absolute power. He used fear to control and manipulate the entire country of Haiti. While he was president he tourcherd and killed everyone who got in his way; nothing stopped him from keeping his power. The use of fear to manipulate and stop at nothing attitude is a central theme in Card’s novel Ender's Game. Card suggests the dangers to society of having a win at all costs attitude when it comes to power. He illustrates this through the adults in IF, as well as Peter, whose pursuit of power leads them to control and manipulate others. Elliott Meeks Jean-Claude Duvalier was a corrupt Haitian president who ruled with absolute power. He used fear to control and…

A major issue at the center of Danticat’s novel, “The Dew Breaker” deals with the brutal military dictatorship of Haiti. There are numerous chapters in Danticat book where she expresses how brutal the Presidents army, the Tontons Macoutes, were to the citizens of Haiti. Danticat depicts the misery, violence, and suffering of the Haitian people under the hands of President Jean-Claude Duvalier and his military personnal. The novel showcases how the supreme power of Duvalier was exercised, through…

always speak up about this and ask teachers in her school why things couldn’t be different. When she got older, she was offered a job at a radio station called Radio Cacique that was “different than other radio stations, Radio Cacique; it was a station of struggle” (Bell 68). Lelenne made it her life mission to make sure that people were informed of what was happening in Haiti so that the government could not sweep anything under the rug. “Through this radio, we waged a battle for the poor,…

willing to accept their new ways of life, sometimes they coupled with their masters and from that come out a new category, the mulattoes (Arthur 1999, 19). Those were the free men, they were given land but they couldn’t run for office, nor be physicians. The black slaves then decided to join the Creoles because of the abuse and the harsh punishment that was going on. This struggle between the Black and the Mulattoes later known as the Creoles will determine the fate of the country and most…

of things divides us from each other. What if because of social division one is stopped from getting to know her true self? What if the people or the thing that was once looked down upon is exactly what is needed to see life in a different perspective? Mrs. Turpin in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Revelation, is a prejudice and judgmental woman who spends most of her life prying on the lives of everyone around her. Mrs. Turpin judges people based on their social and economic class, and ethnic…

The art movement impressionism took place in the late 1860’s. Its characteristics is small, thin visible brushstrokes. The significance of impressionism is the perfect illustration of the effects of light. Impressionism was originated by a group of Paris based artist. As impressionism evolved it was faced with resistance from conventional art community in France. The name of the art style Impressionism came from the title of a Claude Monet painting, “Soleil Levant” (impressionism, Sunrise). The…

plainly see that the use of a single color in many shades and the lack of overt, or obvious, detail in some rooms was, in and of itself, a reference to the art of the Edo period and Ukiyo-e artists. While his gardens were their own floating worlds, the ponds and architecture suggests a way to move beyond our limited perspective and to be a place of quiet meditation. The bridge over the water garden quietly leads us to forget our troubles of this world and walk in elevation through a place of…

Artists Gustave Caillebotte and Clide Hassam are rewound painters who spent their careers depicting scenes of everyday life in various levels of impressionism. Combined, the two provide for an excellent comparison of how specific techniques used for their works elicit different emotions and interpretations. Specifically, Caillebotte’s Paris Street: Rainy Day and Hassam’s A Rainy Day of Fifth Avenue capture similar scenarios in roughly an analogous time frame, allowing viewers to focus strictly…

"Impressionism": The development picked up its name after the antagonistic French pundit Louis Leroy, investigating the main significant Impressionist show of 1874, seized on the title of Claude Monet's work of art Impression, Sunrise (1873), and blamed the gathering for painting only impressions. The Impressionists grasped the moniker; however, they additionally alluded to themselves as the "Independents," alluding to the subversive standards of the Société des Artistes Indépendants and the…

My aesthetic experience at the Museum of Fine Arts and the art work with the biggest emotional reflection on me was, “Dance at Bougival” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1883). This piece is often noted as “one of the museum’s most beloved works.” The open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, just outside of Paris, was a popular spot of recreational activities for city dwellers. The Impressionist painters would often visit these areas, seeking inspiration for their paintings. Renoir, utilizes fierce color…