Mountain pass

her house and go milk the cow but risk attack, or second, stay where she is although the cow needs her. Eventually, she chooses the only route she sees, which is to request that the Sheriff’s office come to help her, but they end up shooting the mountain lion. Abruptly, the story ends, the gorgeous animal is dead. In that situation, was the best decision made? The speaker discards this account. “It is a tiny part of the history of the Valley, and I want to make it part of the Valley outside…

The book of Exodus reveals God as a character capable of an array of dispositions, yet glory is the aspect illustrated with the most distinction and frequency. It is in Exodus that while God is stilled explained using anthropomorphism, the Israelites develop a less individual relationship with God but more of a respectful, fearful association. They must have this perspective as well as an intermediary, often Moses or sacrifice, because of God’s overwhelming glory. His magnificence is depicted as…

hold during the war and this had diminished its standing in the newly formed nation. In 1810 Dewitt Clinton, the current mayor of New York City, had the insane idea to connect New York to Lake Erie via the Mohawk Valley the only western pass in the Appalachian Mountains. This seemingly delusional idea would require four surveyors to learn to build canals by building canals. Required the re-invention of hydraulic cement, and create the foundation for New York State to be the largest port in the…

time of the civil war with his carefully chosen reference: “…let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!” (King) The battle of Lookout Mountain was a three-day battle during the larger battle of Chattanooga. The three-day siege was a pivotal move towards ending the war by breaking the Confederate lines and cutting off the supply routes. Stone Mountain, GA the site of many battles during the civil war was also a monument to the leaders of…

Father Returns from the Mountain by Luis Alberto Urrea the most poetic of the stories. It had many poetic elements in it, including a great deal of imagery. The detail used in describing everything from the car after the accident to his father's body laid bare on a table at the clinic was astounding. Urrea used metaphors like, “The truth is a diamond, or at least a broken mirror,” dreams are also “diamonds” and “broken mirrors,” “His mouth is a traitor,” as well as his description of his…

space in the 2D space of the picture, and in which forms and objects distant from the viewer (Adams, 2003). This atmospheric perspective can be seen in the sky of the painting, the viewer cannot see anything distinct pass the mountain, but it is implied there is something beyond the mountains. The atmospheric perspective stretches the landscape of the painting, and makes the painting seem bigger than it actually is. Highlights in paintings are the points that have the highest value in the…

I chose to listen to Scheherazade composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, consisting of four movements. I had never listened to music in this type of manner prior to this assignment, using my imagination helped me fall in love with the piece. This experience was so beautiful, a pure fantasy. The music was just so vivid and it was perfect for the makings of my own personal adventure through imagination. Right from the start of the piece, during the first movement, I picture myself surrounded by the…

Tomorrow is spring season, tomorrow is a another day. The first day of spring season in America come in tomorrow March 20, but the cold weather winter still not exited. I came back to the United States on Feb 15, 2016. I have living in San Jose, California past two month. California the weather changing, bringing in many rains days and nights. California has worse drought history in the past eight years since I left this state on Sep 09, 2008. California has water shortages because drought, but…

the storm against my father’s wishes. He feels I am defying him yet the need to be with Agnes in her last few days outweighs his insistence on prioritising my health. I head towards the stables to collect my able horse to guide me through the mountain pass that connects to the valley where the Jonsson family resides. The wind is harsh upon my frozen body that reeks of sickness, I feel myself becoming lightheaded with each step I take towards the old wooden stable that has been upheld for many…

The romantic period was all about the experience. People in general were tired of the old ways of government, art, and many other occurrences. There were rebellions, wars, huge changes in society and many more. Therefore, there were especially dramatic changes in art. Artist began to stray away from classical method and instead started to experiment more with new mediums, methods, and subject matter. The Romantic period was described as an intense experience because the work was done to impose a…