Throughout the Walsh text, several theories of social work practice are identified and explained. I will compare and contrast Family Emotional Systems Theory and Structural Family Theory. This paper will discuss the main concepts of each theory. How the theories would be utilized within different individuals and issues that may be presented as a social worker. The usefulness of each of the two theories in regards to social work practice, concentrating on a micro practice perspective.…
‘Sailing to Byzantium’ is first published in 1928 as part of Yeast’s collection and it contains four stanzas. The poem ‘sailing to Byzantium’ is mainly about different between art and ordinary life. In the poem poet transform himself into work of art and he explores his thought and musing on how immortality art and the human spirit may converge. The poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’in particular is its rich symbolism. Symbols are essentially words which are not merely connotative but also suggestive,…
In the 1920’s there was an art movement that changed the way art was defined, this was known as the surrealist art movement. Surrealism originated in the late 1910s and early 20s as a literary movement that experimented with a new form of expression called automatic writing or automatism. In Paris in 1924 the publication of the manifesto of surrealism by poet, Andre Breton made surrealism an international and political movement. Many artists and poets such as Louis Aragon (1897–1982), Paul…
The Shining Path was established in Peru during the late 1960’s by philosophy professor Abimael Guzman. Abimael Guzman was teaching at San Cristóbal of Huamanga University in Ayacucho, Peru. Guzman opposed the Peruvian political elites and engaged in left-wing politics. Initially appealing to the poor academics that shared his belief founded on Marxist ideology. Following Guzman’s visit to the People republic of China, deriving influences from Maoist theories. He expanded upon those concepts of…
the elections that were believed to be rigged, similar to the 1977 elections depicted in Romero. During the 1980s, when Romero was being produced, the El Salvador Civil War was ongoing and deliberate targeting of civilians by death squads was a common occurrence as depicted in Romero.…
Un Chien Andalou is a silent movie that was produced in 1928 by the director, Luis Buñel, along with the help of Salvador Dali. The idea for the movie came from Buñel, after having a dream that he shared with Dali. Buñel said that he saw the moon being sliced in half by a cloud, while Dali responded that he too had a dream in which he had seen a hand crawling with ants. This led to Dali expressing an interest in creating a movie. The continuous collaboration between the two of them went very…
Salvador Minuchin was born in San Salvador, Argentina in 1921. His parents are Russian-Jewish immigrants and he has two younger siblings. When Salvador Minuchin was a child his family was forced into poverty due to the Great Depression (Miller, 2011). Minuchin is known for helping to establish Structural Family Therapy. In 1947, he got his degree in medicine and shortly after opened his own pediatrics practice. When Israel went to war during WWII, Salvador left his practice to join the Israeli…
Nicaragua From the 500 miles of coastline to the hundreds of baseball fields across the country, Nicaragua is more than just a large country in Central America. Tourists thrive in Nicaragua, enjoying the beaches, the scenery, including the volcanoes, but they tend to keep away from Lake Nicaragua, which is the only lake in the world known to contain freshwater sharks. Nicaragua’s unique history, diverse geography, large population, and various dishes make it one of a kind.…
“The Persistence of Memory” is a surrealist painting. It was painted by Salvador Dali in 1931. It is arguably one of his most popular works. I like this painting because of its’ merging of real and imaginary. Dali utilized actual locations as a reference for many of his paintings’ backgrounds. When Dali created “The Persistence of Memory,” he went to a beach and used the setting as background for his painting. He then proceeded to paint what he could imagine on that beach. Dali’s process makes…
Salvador Dali Masterpainter Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain. From an early age, Dali was encouraged to practice his art and would eventually go on to study at an academy in Madrid. In the 1920s he went to Paris and met some cool dudes like Miro and Picasso which lead to his surrealist stage. He is perhaps best known for his 1931 painting “The persistence of memory”, showing melting clocks in a cool setting. The rise of a fascist leader Francisco Franco in Spain…