In her book, From Out of the Shadows, Viki L. Ruiz argues the contributions to history that was made by farm workers, activists, leaders, volunteers, feminists, flappers, and Mexican women. She explores the lives of the innovative and brave immigrant women, their goals and choices they make, and how they helped develop the Latino American community. While their stories were kept in the shadows, Ruiz used documented investigations and interviews to expose the accounts of these ‘invisible’ women, the communities they created, and the struggles they faced in hostile environments. The narrative and heartfelt approach used by Ruiz give the reader the evidence to understand as well as the details to identify or empathize with.
Individuals sometimes keep hurtful, embarrassing situations and memories as secrets from their loved ones for their own protection. In the book titled “ The Color of Water.” James McBride writes his life story as well as a tribute to the life of his white Jewish mother. In the story, there are many secrets that exist and the burden of them tears people and relationships apart. The theme of the burden of secrets is displayed throughout the novel in Ruth’s inability to openly discuss her past to anyone because she is hurt and wants to protect her family.
Beginning in 1420, Filippo Brunelleschi, an Italian Renaissance goldsmith and architect, commenced construction of a dome almost 150 feet across and 180 feet above the ground for the cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy. After 16 years, the dome was completed. The intriguing part of this particular production was the fact that an architectural work like this had not yet been accomplished. It was through Brunelleschi’s genius and scientifically active mind that he created one of the greatest architectural structures of all time.
There is one force in this world that is constant which is change, stagnation gives way to degradation and death. Nothing is safe from change, not even people, every day we change whether it be physically, spiritually, or mentally. Our ideals and morals change throughout our life, but some people do not want to change and try to hold onto their past glory days. Hundert is one such character. He is a bastion of static in a world of change, and Sedgewick Bell uses this to his advantage.
Females in the Holocaust In the Holocaust, Hitler not only killed people,but made them work till their death in severe conditions. Hitler put people in “Work Camps” where they crushed rocks, built huts for other prisoners to stay in, and dug ditches for dead bodies. During the holocaust, Hitler created certain areas of concentration camps designed for female prisoners. The information given in the book “The Hiding Place” contains facts and research about Female prisoner work camps.
Immigrants represent a worthy proportion of population in the United States. The immigrants took part in the First World War when the United States entered it in 1917. It was quite subtle that one out of the five soldiers belongs to the immigrants who sacrifice themselves to serve the nation. In the book, The Long Way Home, David Laskin represents the heroic character of dozen immigrant men. These men were born in Europe who got emigrated to the United States in search of faith and liberty, and ended up fighting with American armed forces in The Great War.
In Saul McLeods, “Robbers Cave” experiment he explains the details behind his study, does conflict between groups cause prejudice attitudes and discriminatory behavior? I agree with McLeosds when he states that it does in fact cause prejudice attitudes and discriminatory behavior. Prejudice is bound to happen in this experiment, each team is going to take each other’s side because they are loyal to them. This goes with most things in society for example. If your best friend is in a fight with someone you are going to take your best friends side and help them out.
The traumatizing scene of a boy named Brian that experiences being on an island with nothing but thousands of miles of trees with many dangerous animals and plants in his visual surroundings and the chance of not being found for a long time . Through Brians front hand experience he finds a way to manage himself in the woods all on his own and uses all the survival skills he has in order to survive. When Brian first approached in the story he is on a plane staring out a window at the numerous green northern trees. Brian was on his way to visit his dad in Canada through a plane, because his parents are divorced from a “secret”.
Most people envision a perfect place as a place peaceful and secluded. However, this place may not always seem perfect. A canyon that is a perfect, untouched place is the setting for the short story All Gold Canyon by Jack London. This story has a human vs. nature conflict in it that is the basis for the whole story. To truly understand this story one must know that symbolism of nature, the conflicts, and why Jack London probably wrote this story.
Giambattista Piranesi was one of the greatest printmakers and famous Italian artist for his famous etchings of Rome, such as the ‘ Bath of Diocletian’ and his other very famous work called ‘Prisons’. He had a great influence on many other architects of the 18th century and their work. Giambattista’s, had dynamic compositions and elements of fantasy, but his influence of technical drawings in publications was often overshadowed. The Prisons, which was one of the most famous of Giambattista’s etchings, was a series of prints that showed vaults with stairs and machines and use of shadowing having an ideal impact on the 18th century and its architects at the time. The etchings Giambattista can be described as dramatic, emphasized and elaborated.
06 Activity 06 I chose to learn and write about the breakthrough design and construction Filippo Brunelleschi accomplished on the Florence Cathedral. In 1296 The City of Florence began construction of a Cathedral that would represent their city. Hoping to have a better cathedral than their enemy Milan, they spent a great deal of money. For decades, the cathedral was complete except for the hole in the roof, 150 feet wide. Some of their biggest problems were, getting enough wood from the local forest to make the scaffold to do the work, and getting enough money to pay for the hundreds of workers and supplies just for the scaffolding.
The Buried Giant Essay THE BURIED GIANT: WISTAN Abhijit Naskar, a world known neuroscientist once said, “Progress of the human society is predicated upon the proper functioning of a key element of the human mind, that is reasoning.” The novel, The Buried Giant written by Kazuo Ishiguro, is set in the 5th century, where two neighboring villages, the Britons and the Saxons peacefully coincide. Axl and Beatrice, a couple of Briton heritage, leave town to go on a journey to find their son, whom they have little to no memory of. Along the way, they meet a Saxon warrior, Wistan, a boy who wants to become a warrior, Edwin, and the nephew of King Arthur, Sir Gawain.
Amidst the gondolas and waterways of Venice, Italy lies an iconic and historic center of worship. Saint Mark’s Basilica, built over a thirty- one year span from 1063 to 1094, has been used for Roman Catholic mass services for almost 1,000 years. Home to extensive mosaics and stunning architecture, Saint Mark’s Basilica stands as a testament to the splendor and religious importance of the eleventh century. The complex architecture of Saint Mark’s Basilica blends techniques from three different cultures/ eras. One can identify elements of both Byzantine, Gothic, and Italian architecture in Saint Mark’s Basilica (San Marco Basilica).
Architecture in Europe experienced an unexpected and thrilling change from the Gothic of the Late Middle Periods to that of the Renaissance. The word ''Renaissance'' itself was once utilized to designate European architecture from the rebirth of the classical tradition in fifteenth century Florence, through some four hundred years, to the emergence of Romanticism and Industrialism at the end of the eighteenth century. It is significant that the invention of Renaissance perspective should be credited to Filippo Brunelleschi. To him and his fellow-artists order was a vital basis of fine art, and not merely order but demonstrable, recognizable order. It is this that lies behind Renaissance architects' desire for symmetrical arrangement and proportioned
The style of the building and the purpose it is built give a brief and thoughtful storybook about the culture of the architect as art, generally, and architecture, particularly, is a language itself. Thus, buildings narrate the stories of the people among the history and tell their traditions and habits to the next generation through its design, inscriptions, and details. In this essay, I will discuss how both the style and function of the Greek Parthenon and the Roman Pantheon served as typical examples of their cultures in Athens and ancient Rome. In addition to the similarities and differences between these two cultures through the two buildings. Both the Greek and the Roman architecture inspired the cultures and architects until these days due to the diverse meaning they carry and symbolize in astonishing ways through the different orders, columns, roofs, friezes, and domes.
