Kiss

“V-J Times Square Kiss” The photographer of the famous Times Square kiss between the sailor and the nurse is known as Alfred Eisenstaedt. The photo took place in Times Square, New York City after the ending of World War 2. August 14, 1945 is the day America gained a victory over Japan. During this day there was a variety of emotions being felt all around the world, however Americans were joyous. This photo reflects the feelings people were feeling. In the photo you have two people kissing and…

It depicts “a U.S. Navy sailor grabbing and kissing a stranger, a woman in a white dress,” later identified to be a nurse named Greta Friedman (V-J Day Kiss). When asked about this iconic kiss, she states “That man was very strong. I wasn’t kissing him. He was kissing me” (Daily Mail). After more analysis of the photo, the forceful nature of the kiss becomes evidently clear. The firm grip of the man’s hands around the petite woman, making it impossible for her to escape, the woman’s fist…

them, there would not exist any story worth telling. In literary works, introduction takes the form of exposition, which, as the name suggests, sets the scene and often the mood for the events to follow: for example, Kate Chopin’s short story “The Kiss” opens with a lengthy exposition that includes a description of the setting and indirect characterization of the protagonist (Pratt 19). On the other hand, an orienting statement in a spoken anecdote provides “who, what, where” information, often…

random toys for entertainment. After Buzz finds himself trapped in Sid’s bedroom following a misunderstanding at Pizza Planet, Woody organizes an elaborate scheme to rescue Buzz from this unescapable dungeon. In Lise Birk Pedersen’s documentary Putin’s Kiss, journalist Oleg Kashin describes Nashi — the controversial political youth organization active in Russia from 2005 to 2012 — as another unescapable dungeon: “Nashi cripples young people’s morality. Many of those I know in these movements are…

Five Reasons to Read The Book- ‘Kiss of Life’ by Emraan Hashmi Five Reasons to Read The Book- ‘Kiss of Life’ by Emraan Hashmi Seeing the title of the book, we are sure you might think that the book would be a biopic of Emraan Hashmi, but no folks this is an emotional book about the superhero in Emraan’s life who fought cancer. The superhero is none other than his cute munchkin Ayaan, who is Emraan’s son and was diagnosed with cancer. Emraan shares the book with the world, which is about the…

installation/sculpture in my area is among one of my favorite pieces of art. It is located in the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, the outdoor sculpture museum near Barton Springs pool and Zilker Park, in the Zilker neighborhood of Austin, Texas. Titled “The Kiss,” this sculpture was created by Charles Umlauf in 1970 and is assumed to be officially installed around 1991. After Charles Umlauf and his wife, Angie, gave the city of Austin their home, Charles’ studio and 168 pieces of sculpture…

Written during the Dirty War in Argentina, a time of political and societal unrest, Kiss of the Spider Woman is a novel placed in a category of its own. Developing a connection between the hearts and minds of a revolutionary and a romantic, this text challenges the machismo culture and accentuates the volatile nature of morality. Incorporating an array of art forms, this work by Argentinian author Manuel Puig, has managed to obscure the lines of genre, gender, and wrongdoing. Through the use of…

first painting The Kiss was created by a man named Gustav Klimt in 1907. This painting is oil and gold leaf on canvas and is about 5’ 10”- 5’ 10”. The Kiss was created in Vienna, Austria and was a reflection of his own personal life and that of his lover (Janson 921). The painting is now currently located at the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna, Austria. The second painting being compared to Klimt’s The Kiss is Edvand Munch’s painting which is similarly named The Kiss and was created…

Do you ever feel like you have to leave the world without saying goodbye and you want someone else to live life for you? “Kiss Me First” by Lottie Moggach took place in an internet world which people were connected through the internet. Leila often struggled to connect with people, particularly with girls at school, but when she was on the internet people understood her. One website she discovered was the Website Red which she had met Adrian the Website’s founder. Adrian asked to meet Leila and…

and don’t judge others because of that . “A new place to begin our search for the meaning of the word woman” she states this because they learned a new meaning of the word woman in a different cultural way of defining woman. In the short story The Kiss I can relate myself with…