Pico Iyer

Character Development of Minerva Mirabal The Mirabal Sisters were Dominican Republicans who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. They were well known for their patriotic actions. They were four sisters, three of which were active in the revolution, Minerva, Patria and Maria Teresa. They were known as the “Mariposas”. Minerva was the most active in the revolution against Trujillo. She was the third child of Enrique Mirabal and Mercedes Reyes. She was considered the brave one, or at…

Specific Analysis: As Dedé is the only one of the four sisters still alive, she feels responsible for making sure that they are remembered correctly as opposed to being glorified. She contrasts the women they actually are to the heroines that the public sees to show that they, too, are ordinary humans with strengths, weaknesses, and morals. However, she believes that even her own nieces and nephews stereotype her sisters as heroines because of their fame, only knowing the courage and…

Transformation of Patria and Maria Teresa – Literary Analysis In The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez takes the reader through the lives of the Mirabal sisters as they are living in the Dominican Republic under the rule of Trujillo and leads up to the death of the three sisters, which, was ordered by Trujillo on November 25, 1960 (“In the Time of the Butterflies”). Trujillo was a dictator who controlled his country in every aspect and exterminated those who opposed him including three of…

Beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th was the Renaissance period, which was a movement that happened in Europe according to the production of literature and art. The word Renaissance itself means the rebirth of visualizing art, architecture, politics, science, literature, in one word, culture. This movement started in Italy and later showed itself all over Europe. From this period of time a lot of artistes appear with great artwork growing the perspective of this movement. Jan…

spread throughout first Florence and then western Europe was greatly due to men with common convictions of human potential and achievement such as Ficino, Pico, and Alberti, while men such as Machiavelli contributed to humanism’s idea of freedom of expression with the acceptance of immoral and unlawful conduct. Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499),…

Throughout the course of Cultural Perspectives, many texts and authors who have contributed to the Great Conversation have been discussed. Ultimately, each author is attempting to find his or her summum bonum or “highest good.” Although each author has a different definition of summum bonum, the majority agrees on the method required to attain the highest good: balance. Whether that balance be implicitly or explicitly accredited for the summum bonum differs for each author. Lao Tzu’s thoughts…

work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god!”(page 50, lines 319-321), Hamlet’s amazement with man coincides perfectly with Pico della Mirandola’s, and other Humanist thinkers, ideal that man is an equal to God. Man is no longer considered the scum of the Earth, man is now praised and compared to angels and gods. Hamlet is not the only play in which Shakespeare reflects…

In the book, Iyer explains a lot about his past and where he has come from. He explains what a global soul is to him. Global soul can have different definitions from different people. Is someone who purchases items from a global supply chain, a global soul? Iyer defines global soul as a citizen of this International Empire made of of fusions. In other words, someone who does not fit perfectly with one culture. Pico Iyer adds on to that definition throughout the chapters…

“The Inner Climate” by Pico Iyer and “Touching the Earth” by bell hooks both share the idea of connecting to the nature. Pico Iyer argues that in order for one to externally change, they must first internally change. Similarly, bell hooks argues that the individual spiritual change affects the external environment. Though both the essays show the importance of the nature and how one should connect to it, they both go in a different direction and have their own perspectives. The use of…

The book “Falling Off the Map” by Pico Iyer explores the eccentricities of “less traveled” places, revealing their hidden treasures and cultural wealth, but focusing on their lack of intellectual development and world involvement. Pico Iyer is known for describing his travels to unusual places and publishing his discoveries around the less-known world. In this book, Iyer describes his travels to eight countries: North Korea, Argentina, Bhutan, Vietnam, Cuba, Paraguay, Australia, and Iceland.…