Vanishing point

Artists Gustave Caillebotte and Clide Hassam are rewound painters who spent their careers depicting scenes of everyday life in various levels of impressionism. Combined, the two provide for an excellent comparison of how specific techniques used for their works elicit different emotions and interpretations. Specifically, Caillebotte’s Paris Street: Rainy Day and Hassam’s A Rainy Day of Fifth Avenue capture similar scenarios in roughly an analogous time frame, allowing viewers to focus strictly…

gluttony and selfishness to which he is the constant prey. To him, your feasts are ridiculous; your thankful humility, just empty words; your giving attitude, bitterly ironic; your television specials, a mockery of his suffering; your holiday spirit, vanishing in an instant; your clamoring for generosity and kindness, painful to his ears; your pumpkins and autumn leaves, your peace and togetherness, with all the Macy’s Parades and cranberry sauce, are, to him mere frivolity, excess,…

Verlyn Klinkenborg, author of “Our Vanishing Night”, explains exactly why light pollution has spread. "We are diurnal creatures, with eyes adapted to living in the sun's light” (Klinkenborg pg.478). He explains that humans have filled the night with light, so we have an easier time adapting to the darkness. However, with this comes consequences with our actions. Klinkenborg is effective when persuading the audience that light pollution is a problem. Therefore, there need to be actions taken…

The Myth of the Vanishing Indian has served a vital function in U.S. history. The removal of the Cherokees indeed illustrates the pervasiveness of this myth. After the arrival of the Europeans to the Americas, the indigenous population dwindled significantly. This myth attempts to explain this phenomena by claiming that the disappearance of Native Americans after their contact with the European settlers was inevitable unless they assimilate because they were “culturally and genetically weaker”.…

Now a days, junk food seems to be everywhere. People buy processed, packaged, and fast foods all the time. Even though the consequences of eating such foods have become publicized more and more over the years, people still continue to consume them. On one hand, junk food is easy to get and is advertised all the time. So, it is convenient for the average citizen and cheap, yet it is unhealthy. Even though, junk food is supposed to be eaten in moderation, society has become used to the lifestyle…

What do Peter Pan and Holden have in common? They both refuse to grow up! In J.D. Salinger’s novel, Catcher of the Rye, seventeen-year old Holden Caulfield struggles with the reality that he is one year away from adulthood. It is a coming-of-age story and describes Holden’s journey as he wanders through the streets of New York after being kicked out of his fourth school. He struggles to accept change and fears that others will change and leave him. He seeks attention, clarity, and sameness.…

an anecdote about an old time friend who once “remembered” and “took me [her] back so tenderly”. As cliché as the idea “being one with nature” may be, Oliver exquisitely records “vanishing at least a dozen times into something better.” She truly appreciates the peaceful transformation she undergoes. The third person point of view in Fog allows anyone to relate to the dramatic mood change that takes place in this poem. Likewise, the use of the word “city” to show who is impacted and defenseless…

Robert Reich claims that more jobs that involve labor are being replaced. Reich states, “Also vanishing are lower-and middle-level management jobs involving routine production” (217). Someone who experienced this was my great grandmother. She worked at factory making hose. She had a boss position while working there. A few years after retiring from…

The characteristics of paintings by important Renaissance artists Michelangelo - Michelangelo is widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. Among his works are the "David" and "Pieta" statues and the Sistine Chapel frescoes. His works are characterized as monumental, muscular figures with reclining, twisted poses in his sculptures and painting compositions based on diagonal lines and curves . Michelangelo did not believe that beauty was guaranteed through the…

at the same time compared to e.g. “The Outsider”, the creeping decay of the Gardners (and maybe even the whole world) which is already clear relatively early on creates much more and better tension which is also relieved in a better point of climax, the sudden ´vanishing´. He also uses a more poetic language than earlier on which can be already seen in his use of chiasmus in the narrators comment on seeing the “blasted heath” after only hearing the name before: “[F]or no other name could fit…