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Martin Luther King Jr Equal To Men
1,020 words
It is not uncommon for one to pursue their dreams.
For example, students incessantly work with the
objective of academic success. Frequently, these
students have set certain goals for themselves and
strive to reach them. The American dream can be
compared to a grade that a student works
relentlessly to obtain. This is evidently a goal
that one sets for himself / herself . The dream is
a grade, not always being easy to achieve, yet
attainable through keen determination and hard
work. As people mi...
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Vallon Pont D'arc Pont D'arc Cave
415 words
At the foot of a cliff in the Apache Gorges, in
south-eastern France, amateur speleologists
discovered the world's oldest painted prehistoric
cave. Discovered on December 18, 1994, this cave
features art that dates back thirty-one thousand
years. Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette
Brunel-Deschamps and Christian Hilaire, were the
amateurs who discovered the cave that has come to
be known simply as the Chauvet cave. The explorers
were in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France some thirty feet
below ground. While expl...
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Piece Of Art Early In The Morning
918 words
Throughout time there has been at least one
constant that I am aware of. That constant is art.
One particular piece of art stands out and catches
the eye. That piece of art is The Shepherdess and
Her Flock constructed and perfected by Jean
Francois Millet. When one makes a certain judgment
on a piece of art, one must be precise and certain
about that judgment. When observing Millet's piece
I will take in to consideration three things to
make my judgment: use of color, theme, and
meaning. The She...
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Sweet Success Again The Volkswagen Beetle Advertising
1,065 words
The Complete Advertising and Marketing Handbook
says, The average individual in the United States
is exposed to 1500 to 2500 selling messages
everyday (Lewis 2). That number of advertisements
adds up to more then $ 70 billion dollars earned
for newspapers, magazines, television, and radio
according to Jean Kilbourne (35), and Automotive
marketers are whats behind $ 12. 8 billion in
media spending every year (q. in Kilbourne 96).
One of the most successful ad campaigns of all
times happened to be...
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Chief Executive Officer Los Angeles
832 words
The Marciano brothers were the founders of Guess
Incorporated. They grew up in the South of France,
a region which created a passionate understanding
of French design and the essence of style. The
Marciano's combined their European sensibilities
with a love fof classic American trading and
created Guess? Inc. During the 1970 s fashion had
no direction, it was a time when people did not
like to wear denim, they thought it was outdated
and they thought of jeans as a fashion statement.
Well the Mar...
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Jean Paul Sartre Freedom Of Choice
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.".. No fate, no bad luck, no excuses, simply man,
his choices, and the situation in which he finds
himself... " The concepts of existence and human
freedom have been presented by Jean-Paul Sartre in
his book entitled Being and Nothingness. However,
Sartre also presents other related concepts, such
as bad faith which has been referred to as a
device that protects us from the anguish of
realizing that we are freer than we like to think
we are. Analyzing his examples and my own,
Sartre's bad faith...
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Jean Jacques Rousseau State Of Nature
1,601 words
The idea of consent is a key element in the works
of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In the
Second Treatise of Government, Locke puts forth
his conception of the ideal form of government
based on a social contract. As Locke develops his
theory of consent, he also incorporates theories
of political obligation on the part of all
citizens of his state as well as his theory of
revolution and the conditions under which
rebellion is permissible. Though Locke may appear
to have explored the notio...
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Miss Maudie Aunt Alex
1,620 words
The Maycomb ladies provide an excellent example of
racial prejudice, and a failure to see what it is
like in someone elses skin. They believe they are
doing well by making money for missions, failing
to see the hardship on their own doorsteps. Aunt
Alexandra is very important to the novel, To Kill
a Mockingbird, as she is a representative of these
viewpoints, disapproving of Calpurnia and
disassociating herself from the black community
entirely. Miss Maudie however is the counterpoint
to Aunt Al...
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Robert Burns Red Rose
567 words
This is the loveliest lyrical song of all time for
Robert's wife - Jean Armour. It is widely known
for not only its emotional significance bur its
perfect form as well. Robert Burns opens this poem
with a traditional comparison: "Oh my love is like
a red red rose" Up to now, "rose" is considered
the symbol of love. In this case, rose "is newly
sprung in June", we can understand that his love
is always at the starting point. Robert uses his
rose with the meaning that it is very strong and
passion...
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French Literature In The Age Of Reason
435 words
The Age of Reason, or the Enlightenment, was a
period in France during the 1700 's following the
classical age. Within this time, philosophers
placed the emphasis on reason as the best method
for learning. It explored issues in education, law
philosophy, and politics. It attacked tyranny,
social injustice, superstition, and ignorance.
This time produced advances in such areas as
anatomy, astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, and
physics. These were the ideals taken up for both
the American and Fren...
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Believes That Man Good And Bad
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Jean-Paul Sartre says "man is nothing else but
what he makes of himself" (762). This
existentialist view depicts the idea that one is
not based on the essence of a soul, but rather,
based on decisions made throughout life. Sartre
also believes that every man is responsible for
all men. One may choose his marriage partner,
however, in choosing to marry, one chooses
monogamy. Decisions that individuals make will
collectively create a set of principles and
beliefs for all of man. Many people believ...
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Les Miserables Theme Forgiveness Self Sacrifice And Courage
997 words
It is precisely of him that I wished to speak.
Dispose of me as you please; but help me first to
carry him home. I only ask that of you. Upon
examination of Les Miserables, it is clearly
evident that the elements of Forgiveness, Self
Sacrifice, and Courage are only a few of the main
themes Hugo wanted to develop. First off, is the
element of forgiveness. In a book of mistrust,
poverty, and hate forgiveness thrives in the world
of Les Miserables. The first example of this was
at the very beginnin...
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Shiloh A Story Site Of The Battle Norma
540 words
Shiloh, a story Shiloh Shiloh Shiloh, a story
about a family broken apart because of
differences, is set in the south. Kentucky or
Tennessee, a young woman, Norma Jean, and her
husband rent a small house. Norma is not used to
having her him around the house, but because of a
trucking accident, he is forced to stay at home.
Shiloh, a Civil War battle town, happened to be
one of the bloodiest, most heart breaking battles
throughout the entire war. Over 3500 men were
killed. That makes more than 70...
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World War Ii Humphrey Bogart
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Film noir is one of the most beloved and popular
34; period 34; film genres of the late
twentieth century, although at the time that the
movies comprising the genre were made, the term
film noir was unknown. Essentially, it mean 34;
black film 34; a variation on the
nineteenth-century French critical term roman
noir, or 34; black novel 34; referring to any
number of doom-laden, deeply psychological crime
dramas of the 1940 s and 1950 s. At the time they
were made, the movies were ...
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Freud Theory Sigmund Freud
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Freud? s Seduction Theory During 1895 - 1896
Sigmund Freud practiced psychoanalysis by
listening to his women patients weave cryptic
trails down memory lane, as well as trying to
decipher them. What he uncovered was that
something awful and violent lay in their past. The
majority of psychiatrists in this era would have
deemed their patient as a hysterical liar,
dismissing their memories as fantasy. Freud
strayed from the norm in the sense that he
believed that these women were telling the
truth....
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Hundred Years War John Of Gaunt
2,618 words
Known as the Father of the English Language,
Geoffrey Chaucer, after six centuries, has
retained his status as one of the three or four
greatest English poets. Throughout his assiduous
life as a courtier and civil servant under the
royalty of Edward III and Richard II, Chaucer has
written many famous pieces that are still admired
and praise today. His life serving royalty in
which he undertook multiply positions that allowed
him to engage with various people of difference
statuses has greatly sw...
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Good And Evil Victor Hugo
835 words
How Society Effects Human Nature (Examples From
How Society Effects Human Nature (Examples From
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables) How Society Affects
Human Nature In Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
portrays human nature in a neutral state. Humans
are born with neither good nor bad instincts, but
rather society affects our actions and thoughts.
Hugo portrays the neutral state of mind through
Jean Valjean and Cosette. The two extremes of good
and evil are represented through Th napier and the
bishop. Good...
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Jack Kerouac Beat Generation
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Born: Jack Kerouac Jack Kerouac Born: March 12,
1922 Place of Birth: Lowell, Massachusetts Died:
October 21, 1969 Place of Death: St. Petersburg,
Florida Jack Kerouac was born Jean-Louis Kerouac,
a French-Canadian child in working-class Lowell,
Massachusetts. Ti Jean spoke a local dialect of
French called journal before he learned English.
The youngest of three children, he was heartbroken
when his older brother Gerard died of rheumatic
fever at the age of nine. Ti Jean was an intense
and seriou...
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Jacques Louis David Prix De Rome
2,167 words
David was the virtual art dictator of France for a
generation. Extending beyond painting, his
influence determined the course of fashion,
furniture design, and interior decoration and was
reflected in the development of moral philosophy.
His art was a sudden and decisive break with
tradition, and from this break modern art is
dated. David studied with Vien, and after winning
the Prix de Rome (which had been refused him four
times, causing him to attempt suicide by
starvation) he accompanied Vien...
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Jacques Louis David Prix De Rome
2,167 words
David was the virtual art dictator of France for a
generation. Extending beyond painting, his
influence determined the course of fashion,
furniture design, and interior decoration and was
reflected in the development of moral philosophy.
His art was a sudden and decisive break with
tradition, and from this break " modern
art" is dated. David studied with Vien, and
after winning the Prix de Rome (which had been
refused him four times, causing him to attempt
suicide by starvation) he acc...
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