Sky

In this essay, I’m going to examine precession, its effects on the night sky, and other questions pertaining to this subject. First off, technically speaking precession is the slow change in the direction of the pole of a spinning body (Earth and its axis). Pretty much what this means is that the Earth wobbles as it spins about its axis and the axis changes directions slowly. This precession of Earth is caused due to the combination of both the gravitational pulls of the Sun and the Moon.…

The Book “Half the Sky” written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn a husband-wife team that won the Pulitzer Prize award and is listed as best selling authors because of their eagerness to discover and understand the truth as journalist. They have collectively described stories of their travels pertaining to women, which throughout their careers of investigating the lives and struggles of women in great depth and their discoveries can be seen throughout “Half the Sky”. In the book Kristof…

As the representative work of the 1985 Fine Arts New Wave, Xu Bing’s, Book from the Sky, aka. An Analyzed Reflection of the World: The Final Volume of the Century, made between 1987 and 1991, incorporates long scrolls and four volumes of books with 604 pages, filled with about 4000 entirely meaningless glyphs. Xu Bing designs them to make no sense, whereas in the form of Song and Ming style, representing the orthodoxy of Chinese culture. Since firstly publicly exhibited in 1988, the installation…

part of human nature. Sometimes we forget to feed our pets, or maybe we didn’t finish our chores. But in the end, most of the mistakes we make won’t alter our lives too drastically (although it may seem like it at the time). In “The Other Side of The Sky”, an autobiography by Farah Ahmedi, shows the life of a young girl growing up in a war torn country and how one “false step” changed her life forever. Violence and hardship are found in both Afghanistan and in the United States (US). In the US…

After seeing the play, Silent Sky, it opened my eyes to all of the inequality that occurred during the time of the early 1900’s. During this time, women didn’t have equal roles as men did when it came to work and opportunities. Silent Sky is an educational play that teaches the lesson on how a person should follow their dreams, never stop fighting for their rights, and not give up on their dreams. The play had five actors, with one actor playing only one character. The main character, Henrietta…

Octavia and [the] Phoenix At first glance, the two stories A Worn Path by Eudora Welty and The Sky Is Gray by Ernest J. Gaines and the characters in them may not seem to be so comparable. Phoenix Jackson from A Worn Path and Octavia, mostly called Mama, from The Sky Is Gray, are actually quite similar in character but also different in other ways. They are both strong and compassionate, although Phoenix is more friendly than Mama. Both Phoenix and Mama display strength in their actions and…

Eye, The Sky” utilises symbolism throughout the entirety of the novel to express key ideas. The novel is written from the perspective of young protagonist Morton “Ort” Flack, and explores the state of his family while they cope with the once man of the house, father Sam Flack’s devastating accident. Upon the arrival of a mysterious individual the family drastically changes, as Henry Warburton introduces God into the lives of each individual. Symbols which have been used include the sky, hair…

The film October Sky, is a true story based on the main character Homer Hickman, following his journey of obstacles and setbacks as he aspired to work with rockets while being pressured by his dad, a miner, to follow in the family tradition of coal mining. Despite his different aspirations, Homer unfortunately ends up in a mine channel because he did not have a more effective plan if constructing rockets was not a success. But in 1975, Homer dreams finally became a reality for him with the…

vehicle would be a 2039 Lily Sky Searcher. This vehicle is a large gull-winged fast car that is built like a luxury SUV. My vehicle would be a rose gold chrome finish vehicle that could hold eight people including the driver. The car would have many specialized features including a Bluetooth radio, reclining seats with heating and cooling capabilities, an outstanding navigation system, and a self-driving wheel that you can use if you choose. All the…

similar and different in many ways even though they`re known to be created in different time periods. Some of these documents are Sky Tree, the Book of Genesis, The Bill of Rights, “The Iroquois Constitution,” and the Ten Amendments. While most of the cultures are different, they all have a set reason of why they were created, similarities and differences that show…