Waltz

There have been multiple dances throughout the life of man. Some are used in rituals. These could include the Haka, the Morris Dance, and Rainmaking dances. Others are used to interpret a person’s emotions and feelings. It has more of a modern feel and began in the 1900s. However, that isn’t the dance of focus at the moment. Ballet; an artistic dance form performed to music using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures, is the center of attention. The first form of ballet that was…

The concept surrounding China’s unpeaceful rise is a fundamental complex debate. In the article, Chinas Unpeaceful Rise, one is exposed to John J. Mearsheimer’s subjective view which states that Chinas rise will be one absence of peace and one accustomed to war. In accordance, the United States, due to the theory of international politics, will ensure that China’s attempt to establish regional hegemony will be challenged by the United States. According to John J. Mearsheimer’s understanding of…

stuff in the barn. Today is empty. I turned down a short side-street in order to loop back to my house when I first noticed him. At the far end of the muddy road, on my side, it was the silhouette of a man, dancing. It was a strange dance, similar to waltz, but he finished each "box" with an odd forward stride. I guess you could say he was dance-walking, headed straight for me. Deciding he was probably drunk, I stepped as close as I could to the road to give him the majority of the sidewalk to…

Edgar Allan Poe was a Gothic American writer best known for his unparalleled short stories and poems. He uses many Gothic characteristics in his writings to create suspense, mystery, and ambiguity. In Poe’s short story “Ligeia” he writes about a beautiful woman who dies and how the narrator deals with her passing. In “Ligeia” Edgar Allan Poe brilliantly showcases the Gothic American characteristics of self-destructing characters, a rundown, gloomy house, and an unnatural relation between life…

“I see trees of green, red roses, too, I see them bloom, for me and you, and I think to myself, what a wonderful world.” These are lyrics from “What a Wonderful World” created by a mastermind of jazz named Louis Armstrong. There are many famous jazz composers, including Jelly Roll Morton, Buddy Bolden, and Miles Davis. Most people consider jazz being created in New Orleans, but its roots began from African rhythms. Freed African-American slaves helped create jazz at the end of the 19th century.…

4. I think the best part in The Great Gatsby is when Jay Gatsby lures Daisy to his home to rekindle their five-year long romance. Nick Carraway, who is Daisy’s cousin, is over for tea and Gatsby shows up. They start to talk and Gatsby shows Daisy around his very extravagant home. As she is trying on various beautiful outfits, he tries to impress her by throwing all of his clothes at her and telling her how he has someone pick out every single one of his outfits that he wears. I think that…

In the article titled The Case for Torture written by Michael Levin, his introduction mentions how we perceive torture as barbaric and that ‘enlightened’ societies outright reject this idea. Which I agree with, torturing someone is never okay, under any circumstances. Industrialized societies reject this idea because we have civilized to the point of understanding the moral unjust of torture. As he also mentioned, those who do not comply with this moral righteousness faces the United States…

chance to live through a multitude of perspectives, scenarios and emotions. Finishing a book is a bittersweet moment. You’ve finished that adventure and have to struggle to find the next one immediately. I chase that feeling of being swept away in a waltz like Anna Karenina and being lost in a world that I could not possibly ever live. It’s that escape into my reverie that hooks me. As I read about people's lives I tried to model my behavior after their experiences. I played out my response to…

This literature review is designed to examine the justification of war, from interpretations of scholarly sources, in order to highlight important ideas and opinions. The focus for the review is a case study on the Vietnam War and the perception of this war to the realist theory. It will discuss the implications of war in terms of power and their impact on a state’s independence, while examining the elements of realism and how they reflect the events of Vietnam. There is specific attention to…

The one composer that music today can thank for all of the brilliance and genius he has composed is none other than Ludwig van Beethoven. During the classical era, there was a new sense of subjectivity, proportion, order, and simplicity. It was a time of the Enlightenment, a time of reason and the experimentation with trial and error. All men were created equal, and were given a voice on matters that needed to be handled. This was also the time of the Industrial Revolution, where new machines…