The Shape of Things

How do our life experiences shape our values? Values and beliefs are something most people hold dear to heart. We can begin to form the values from experiences as children or adults. The ideology that happiness in life will come from finding your own home, or even making your own. Struggles and past experiences can give us different values as people. Some people have a distaste for the land they were born in, or the situation they were handed in life, but found a home and found happiness.…

word tesseres which means four. Tessellation and tiling are both the same thing, they both are repetitive of patterns of the same shape with no overlapping or gaps. As an art form, tessellation is particularly rich in mathematics, which ties into geometry, topology, and group theory. There are monohedral tessellations, mono meaning one and hedral meaning shape. Monohedral tessellations are made up of one shape, the shape…

your being. There have been several African American authors who have come up with the aspect of bringing about the change and highlighting this fact. It is of prime importance to understand the fact that it is history that shapes our future and it is history itself that can shape our future (Christian, 1985). Through the understanding that can be developed and…

In the novel Out of the Easy written by Ruta Sepetys, one can see that multiple themes are developed through different characters, situations, as well as settings. The theme that is most important to the main character, Josie is “decisions shape our destiny.” Through this theme one can see Josie's development as a character, as well as her own protagonist. This development will henceforth determine the path she takes in leaving the French Quarter. This theme was introduced to the readers in…

Three dimensional objects usually contain a shape; a use of space is being taken up. There is some sort of value to the piece. There is texture that you are able to free in the piece along with lines. The lines in the piece are visible. There is also color that is put into the piece even if it is…

welding was difficult at first but it is a skill that requires a bunch of practice, By the end, I was able to make a proper bead. Metal cutting was a bit more simple to grasp, I started out with the plasma cutter, We used thin metal, and cut rectangular shapes. The process required somewhat minimal PPE, we wore green-tinted glasses, along with lightweight gloves. Using the acetylene torch was a simple process we started by turning the valve on the gas and air, (All the way for the air and one…

a lot of advancements in culture were made in the area of science. Egyptian-civilization The Greeks had a long tradition of rational inquiry, or using their intelligence to make reason out of things. An example of this is the Greek’s rich history of philosophy. East Asia and Persia had an even…

challenges, that will teach her the entire truth behind what is really happening. In Shatter Me, Tahereh Mafi uses cultural, physical, and geographical surroundings to shape psychological and moral traits of Juliette as she tries to escape from the grasp of the reestablishment. In her book, the author uses cultural surroundings to shape Juliette's psychological traits as she sees how the world is after being locked up for seven years. In Tahereh's book, she creates a government which will help…

Idea is how people perceive the world around them. It is a very powerful tool, because it decides how people will live their lives. Some people even think that idea is what separates human beings from animals, because human can think rationally. People often regard their ideas as their own creation. They believe they can think for themselves. Yet, it is not difficult to find out that people who share the same background, such as nationality, age, class, and religion, often have very similar…

the world and sometimes you dont have time to teach your children everything in the world, but that’s where tv shows like Dora come into play. Learning things such as colors, shapes and numbers are one of the most important things for young children to learn, because they are the building blocks to cogonitve learning. While learning these new things this helps improve the childs verbal communication skills and logic skills. Both of these skils are very important because for children to grow they…