Nina Simone

Nina Simone was a famous blues and folk singer from the late 1950’s up until 1999 during that time she used her music to address the inequality that African Americans were facing at the time. Many of her songs in the mid-1960’s was addressing the attacks and inequalities that African Americans were facing giving her the title voice of the Civil Rights Movement. After having enough of this countries racial politics she ended up moving to the south of France, but not before making a lasting impact…

The Nina Ricci print advert is bright and smartly done. It has a young model in the mid-ground on the left holding a bottle of Nina Ricci perfume wearing a light pink dress looking straight towards the camera. The model has a red lipstick on, light make-up and blonde hair. In the middle of the print it has the ‘Nina Ricci’ written in Black In contrast to its white background with the perfume name which is Nina L’eau. Underneath the Brand’s name it has the perfume tagline/slogan written in…

Jacques Cousteau was born on June 11, 1910 in Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac, France. His father, Daniel Cousteau,was an international lawyer, and his mother, Elizabeth Duranthon, was the daughter of a wealthy wine merchant. At just the age of four, Cousteau learned how to swim and at the age of 10, Cousteau and his family moved to New York, where he learned to speak English. In the U.S., he improved his swimming and snorkeling, and learned how to dive. After two years Cousteau and his family returned to…

20 million dead and one man responsible. That one man would be known as Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party. One question arises when discussing the immoral things that this one man did to humanity and that is was Hitler born with the mindset that he had to kill off all those innocent people or was he 100 percent in control of choosing his destiny? This brings up a very controversial issue as many believe that man has the freedom to do what he pleases and to define himself by his own…

Tanya Singh Mrs. McAnaney Block F 9/30/15 Second Wave of Feminism in France Revolutions have been taking place for centuries now, and are acts of rebellion used to initiate change in society. A revolution is usually when a group of people disagree on the ideas and thoughts of the government and want change to better their lives. A revolution, or to be more exact, one (or some) political revolt or protest that has occurred post 1950, is the group of feminist revolts in the Second Wave of…

are learning that women play a significant role in our world today. With that being said, why are women still not as prominent as men in society? Simone De Beauvoir was a philosophical writer in the twentieth century. Today, many people consider…

In the beginning of Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder when I read the questions, “Who are you?” and “Where does the world come from?” I answered to myself the first thoughts that came to mind. When I asked myself, “Who are you?” I simply answered with “Jack Kennedy. I am a 15-year-old student at La Salle College High School and I live in . I did not really put too much thought into my answer, and answered with the surface of who I am. My answer changed by the time I arrived at the end of the…

The distinction between autonomy and dependency is one of great importance in the field of philosophy and in answering the question of what it means to be human. Autonomy is the state of functioning independently, and it is known that the idea of autonomy is central to how human beings are understood. The rules of autonomy state that we can influence our own life and that we are shaped by our own decisions— by who we are and how we live. Therefore, it is difficult to think without any notions of…

racism, secularism, individualism, and sexuality. These themes are seen in several documents. Abbe Sieyes, "The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”, he defines what a nation is and indicates the rights for citizens. The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir, talks about gender, how women are considered secondary, and how society has identified thinks that specify as masculine and feminine. Discourse on Colonialism, Aime Cesaire, tries to describe the impact of colonialism on the…

Sometimes it is easier to blame other for our wrongdoings, than to admit to oneself and taking full responsibility for our own actions. In the book Existentialism and Human Emotions, the author, Jean-Paul Sartre address the statement, “existence precedes essence” and makes two logical conclusions such as freedom and responsibility that ties to the concepts of anguish, forlornness, and despair. The understanding of “existentialism precedes essence” is an awareness that there is no predefined…