Clement Virgo Essays

"Hey - What's up - Hello" may have been the most notorious greeting of the year. Shortly following those few words of this eminent rap song, any young adult would grow an enormous smile on their face, and a euphoria in their heart. With a beat so inspiriting, and such an exclusive artist, the troublesome lyrics of the song are almost completely overlooked. Becoming one of the most popular songs in the nation, this was a young artist's ultimate admission into the world of rap and hip hop. Specifically

A Rhetorical Analysis of “The Education of Dasmine Cathey” Writer, Brad Wolverton, in his article “The Education of Dasmine Cathey” first appearing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, conveys the journey of a former University of Memphis football player who was poorly educated and how he struggled to be academically eligible. Wolverton’s purpose is to illustrate the widespread of educational shortcomings of NCAA athletes and the complicated ways athletes struggles gets brushed under the proverbial

Introduction: My essay will examine Surrealism and how it influences early and modern film. Surrealism is a cultural movement that originated in the early 1920s. André Breton expressed Surrealism as "psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express - verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner - the actual functioning of thought." Surrealism is founded by Andre Breton in 1924 and was a primarily European movement that fascinated many members of the Dada movement

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill was born on November 30, 1874 and was many things, including the prime minister of Great Britain from 1940-1955 and 1951-1955. He led Great Britain in its dark days in World War II and shaped the Allies’s strategy to win the war. Winston Churchill was a risk-taker, a communicator, and knowledgeable. Winston Churchill was a risk-taker. According to Hillsdale College, “When Churchill went to

Helen Frankenthaler’s Mountains and Sea is often treated like a bridge, the half-way point between Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Abstraction. But there is so much more than meets the eye. Frankenthaler pioneered the soak stain technique. But this accomplishment, and her very artistry, is often qualified with statements about her gender. Abstract Expressionism was undoubtedly a male-dominant artistic movement. The immediate cause is to now theorize how performance in Abstract Expressionism

Identifying All Verbs and Specific Terms A) Technical-Use First While reviewing the word wall the words that stand out the most are assemble, build, fix, just do it and write briefly. The words listed are words that I often use with a do it yourself project. I often assemble the project using the tools I have on hand.I am the one that builds it up from scratch or I fix it to make it run smoothly. I have a jump in and do it attitude when it comes to making nothing into something and I love to

The Best Ways To Respond To Conflict The best ways to respond to conflict is to talk it out, and take time to think about it. Conflict is a serious disagreement between two or more sides. In “The Diary of Anne Frank” she responded to conflict by, staying in hiding while being positive and believing that everything will be okay. In “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”, Winston Churchill responded to conflict by keeping his country and himself confident and fighting for what he believed in. “The Diary of

The Olleson’s are a family of four, Tess Olleson, 45, is the mother. Carter Olleson, 46, is the father. John Olleson, 16, is the oldest son, he is a junior at White Station High School in Memphis Tennessee. Aiden Olleson, 10, is the youngest son, he is a fifth grader at Richland Elementary School. We chose our jobs based on location, salary,interests, and ability. The father works as a college sports recruiter . He makes $100,000 per year. The father enjoys playing and watching sports. The job is

Power can be the ability to both demand or request that people do something, and to say how a task should be done or organised. People yearn for qualities that make them feel powerful over the rest of society, aching to be smarter, faster, and stronger than their peers. While trying to be the best, the value of humility is overlooked or forgotten, because it is in our nature to be prideful and in control. What is power? Power is control, and the inclination to act, in either a good or bad manner

While Machiavelli advises a ruler to be feared by his people in order to best consolidate his power, I argue that the best way to live a political life depends largely on the circumstances: with different situations calling for the prince to employ different characteristics that would be most effective to each circumstance. Machiavelli’s call for vigilance and distrust may be valuable to a prince and the state he governs in some situations, but toxic in other situations, as it hurts the society he

Criticisms of established ideas and practices are is most effective when it is specific, objective and directed towards the subject. Whether it is an editorial attacking the way a president is running the country, or a movie reviewer negatively rating a movie, addressing the issue directly allows for the most powerful delivery of criticism. In Canto XIX of Dante’s Inferno, Dante travels through the Third Bolgia of the 8th circle of hell. In this Bolgia, Dante attacks the practice of simony, the act

Criticisms of ideas and actions are is most effective when it is directed towards the subject and specific about the issue. Whether it is an editorial attacking a politician, a panel of judges grading a performer or a movie reviewer negatively rating a movie, criticism is most effective when it directly addresses the issue. Dante is not shy to challenge sin in The Inferno and his rebuttal of sins is most apparent in Canto XIX where Dante travels through the Third Bolgia of the eighth circle of hell

to the outskirts of the city in the dead of winter where they were left for dead. The Monoceros by Suzette Mayr and Clement Virgo’s Poor Boy’s Game elaborate how Canadians use violence and racism to discriminate minority groups. Clement Virgo’s Poor Boy’s Game