The Pianist

To understand someone, look at the way they deal with obstacles in their life. The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, is a kunsterroman novel about a woman named Edna Pointellier that lives in New Orleans in that late 1800s who has an internal struggle because she does not agree with society. Something that could be learned from this novel is to not conform to society if it makes oneself unhappy. Edna’s internal struggle is exploited through her relationship with her family, friends, and her choice of…

moved to San Antonio, Texas where he resumed his studies at St. Edwards College. At this time Silvestre discovers the music of Claude Debussy, and finds a similarity in the style of music he wants to play. Debussy was a famous French composer, and pianist. In 1919 Silvestre moved to Chicago, and enrolled in the Chicago Musical College, where he graduated with a degree in violin, harmony and composition. Although Silvestre was away from his homeland and family, he managed to stay in contact with…

Background Info/ Intro Hi! I'm Julie Andrews! I was born October, 1, 1935 in Walton-On-Thames, Surrey, England, UK, to Barbara and Ted Wells. When I was just a small girl, My parents got divorced. My mother wanted to pursue a life on the stage as a pianist. She remarried to Ted Andrews when I was around seven or eight. My new stepfather, Ted, was a professional singer. He and my other put together a music act that toured all over England. Events At age eight we discovered that I had a…

listen to music, it helps promote our cognitive skill and memory formation. Discussed by Bugos article, that playing musical instruments have a correlation to high verbal memory task. An example, playing the piano displays greater spatial abilities. Pianists have more hand movement, while visual processing the musical notes, this allows to make the cognitive brain to work. The ability to perceive and recognize music brings out our emotions. Playing a musical instrument for many years, can…

Book Review of The Awakening The Awakening is a tremendous novel written by Kate Chopin in 1899. The novel is set in Louisiana and follows the spiritual journey of Edna Pontellier, a twenty-eight-year-old wife and mother living in New Orleans. While in Grand Isle for the summer with her husband, Léonce, and their two children, she finds herself displeased with her marriage and the conventional behavior it demands from her. Edna was very different from the other women residing at Grand Isle…

Anzia Yezierska’s autobiographical novel Bread Givers focuses on the life of a Jewish family facing Americanization. Americanization is identifying with American traditions and culture in its place of prior, former customs. Yezierska represents the act of Americanization in her novel by concentrating on the events of the Smolinsky family encounters. Throughout the novel there are themes, which underline the act and process of Americanization. Anzia Yezierska highlights the meaning of…

There is something I can do for four hours straight without getting tired. I really enjoy in the music of piano. So you can see that I love to play piano. It is the thing I would if you ask me to choose something to do. I started to play the piano when I was in the age of five. I was attracted by the sound of piano. When I was in kindergarten, my sister was learning piano. I learn to play piano by watching my sister. My mom realized that and took me to take real lessons. The thing didn't go…

I believe that John Smith did not hang himself for multiple reasons. Why would a rich, famous pianist suddenly commit suicide in the first place? In the scene it showed a cord taken from a set of drapes was around his neck, and he was hung two feet above his piano stool. Steel wire was also ripped from his own piano and also his diary and wide open on his table. First of all, the first detail that does not fit with the suicide of John Smith is that he was two feet above the piano stool. It…

For Chinese people, it is very important to be better than your colleagues, to be respected and to make sure you are not disgraced in the social nets. In order to achieve this, children should study hard to be the best they can be. However, for most Americans it is the opposite, they do not feel disgraced if they are not the best. Obviously, in “Two Kinds”, the conflicts between Jing-mei and her mother are partially because the intense relationship between them, which comes from her wishing her…

On August 21st, 1904, one of the world’s greatest jazz musicians was born. This great musician was known as William Count Basie. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, where he became a pianist and a player of vaudeville based entertainment. Basie ultimately formed his own big band that had many hits, for example: “Blue Skies” and “One O’Clock Jump.” Basie’s band and music helped to define the ‘swing’ era. He became the first African American male to receive a Grammy Award. Throughout his years…