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honest, what is the definition of perfect in a society or in a person? Being perfect or having perfection can be seen in many variations. Some girls had told America that they see her as annoying, while other girls see her as a threat. They don’t know that America doesn’t want any of this. She doesn't want anything to do with The Selection. America wasn't fighting for the crown, she wasn’t even fighting for the prince. When she met the prince, without a doubt or a care in the world told him that “I was here by mistake.”(Cass, 2012,116) This is basically an example how every competition is in life. Either people are more or less competitive. The only difference in this competition is, this is a fight for true love and a fight for the royal crown. Perhaps, it would help them understand the background story of why they put their name in the Selection. Also, knowing more about how their lives were before. Maybe instead of being kids and picking fights, they can act like mature girls and play it calm. But it varies on who they are dealing with and how you play your cards in this competition. Kiera Cass used “read knows more than the character” to create suspense. During the whole story, it talks about how the girls in the Selection face suspense because they aren’t sure what will happen next, or who Maxon is leaning towards. After the girls made a conclusion on where they stand in the Selection, it impacts another suspenseful moment. “Who will get kicked out next?” In the…

printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Over the course of his long career, Goya moved from jolly and lighthearted to deeply pessimistic and searching in his paintings, drawings, etchings, and frescoes ("Francisco De Goya (1746–1828 par. 1) . When Goya was about fourteen years old he began to study painting. He started out by imitating and copying the great works of the masters. One of the masters that he copied was Rembrandt. After several years of…

Las Meninas painted in 1656 with oil on canvas, is a depiction of everyday life of the royal Spanish family where Diego Velazquez was able to show a real moment in time, avoiding idealism and capturing truth. Velazquez was a court painter of the royal family, King Philip IV and Queen Maria Anna, which he worked hard at to achieve, and wanted to show this achievement to others. When viewing the painting the obvious focal point is Princess Margarita who stands out from the center, dressed in…

LAS MANINAS is one of the world’s most famous paintings and perhaps the most talked about through history. Las Meninas has long been perceived as a standout amongst the most imperative pieces in Western craftsmanship history. The Las Maninas was done in 1656 by the famous Spanish leading artist of the Spanish golden age “Diego Velazquez”. This painting was created in Spain in the Alcazar palace in Madrid. In this naturalistic western masterpiece the artist used the oil on canvas. He was…

On October 30, 1991, in the Salon de las Columas at the Royal Palace in the Spanish capital, the Madrid Peace Conference was held. Hosted by U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, attendees included Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad, King Hussein of Jordan, and the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat. Bush stood before the delegates of the Middle East, in an unprecedented meeting that many…

Romanticist’s characteristics of shadowy and gloomy oil painting techniques. After his marriage with Josefa Bayeu in July 1773, “under Francisco Bayeu’s direction, [Goya] produced large oil-on-canvas cartoons from which tapestries destined for the royal palaces could be made” (Muller). After Goya’s death, his son reported that “Goya’s early ‘extraordinary’ facility in painting tapestry cartoons astonished the Neo-classical painter Anton Raphael Mengs” (Muller). 1780 was a huge life turning year…

since Astana is full of lights that gives pleasure to everyone. Secondly, the most beautiful part of Astana is the area near the water green boulevard, along which skyscrapers tower over the gardens and yards, whimsical fountains and sculptures are located in the centre, where I usually spend time with my friends and my family members. Thirdly, the monument “Kazakh Eli”, “The palace of peace and reconciliation”, the newest mosque “Khazret Sultan” and the palace of art, where I prepared to…

The road to Marrakesh The night before their departure from Anfa, Antonio lay on the creaking bed, staring at the ceiling of his room in the house in the Alt Baha. He wondered how Carolina would be managing without him and whether she and Lupita were still working the streets of Madrid as a duet. He missed Carolina more than anyone else, including Francisca, who still badly wanted to marry him. He liked her but remained unsure of a future with the woman. He wondered whether Carolina had sent…

INDEX 1- Philippe II Introduction 2- Territorial Expansion 3- Foreign Policy 4- Bibliography Introduction. The first and only son of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, Philippe II was born in Valladolid 1527 (CYL) and died in El Escorial 1598 (MAD). He ruled in Spain from 1556 to 1598. He has the fame of a solitary and hard worker even though he was not able to reduce the Netherlands revolt, also lost the whole Invincible Spanish Armada because of bad planned strategies of war and…

formation. As the 20,000 Canadian men attacked, they had precise line of artillery fire supporting them. This allowed them to take over German positions. Most of the heavily defended parts of the base were captured by noon. It wasn’t until April 12, 1917 where the significant parts of the ridge was captured, them being Hill 145 and “the Pimple”. The Germans retreated three kilometres resulting in the end of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Battle of Vimy Ridge resulted in approximately 11,000…