dedicates himself to fulfilling the role he's so long avoided after a mysterious encounter in a dream convinces him that the only possible way to see his beloved Lin Daiyu is through living properly. Wasting his life pining for his dead love would be considered suicide of sorts and he would therefore be banned from heaven. His attachment to Daiyu rouses in him a final application to civic studies. Ivan's accident and subsequent decline reveals to him a great unhappiness with the way in which he's lived
In The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin employs rhetorical devices in order to elucidate, the gross cost of the Vietnam Conflict in U.S. lives. The minimalist design used in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial emphasizes the overwhelming amount of human lives lost.On the Wall, a small diamond is depicted next to the names of people confirmed dead, if a person is MIA(Missing in Action) they get a small cross next to their name. The cross can easily be carved into a diamond if the person is confirmed
Maya Lin stated that “I felt a memorial should be honest about the reality of war, and be for the people who gave their lives” (Lin Maya 1). Maya Lin, an undergraduate architect, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for the support of veterans who fought in Vietnam. The 58,000 names on the memorial represent who served in the Vietnam War. The 21-year-old girl’s design caused many controversies towards the memorial. The memorial had a significant impact on Americans that changed some of their views
Britain’s forced introduction of opium in 1825 in China had devastating effects on its population and economy. The people of China express their just displeasure with the British people and its monarchy in documents 1, 2, and 9. In Document 1, a Chinese emperor is addressing the King George of England in 1793 in a letter. The letter states that the Celestial Empire (China) has all the things that it needs in abundance and therefore does not need to trade with the “barbarians” of England. The excerpt
During the 1920s the African American people suffered strong racial discrimination, they lived facing oppression like racism in employment, education and culture, consequently they lived a low quality life. Nevertheless despite all the racism and prejudice, many artists raised exalting their culture with the intention of create a new and positive image of themselves, through art, music and literature, transforming the 1920´s in the era of Jazz, Blues and the Harlem renaissance. Among the entire
were considered good or beneficial, in fact, many weren’t. This is shown by three different primary writings from the time, Excerpt from Latin America: Its Rise and Progress written by Francisco García Calderón, letter to Queen Victoria written by Lin Zexu in 1839 and Travels in West Africa by Mary Kingsley. All of these include one country criticizing another and/or mal interactions. In an excerpt from Latin America: Its Rise and Progress written by Francisco García Calderón, he criticizes the
a tribute which is in Washington DC. Maya Lin entered a nationwide competition to create a design for the wall and won. The wall is made of two black granite walls that form a V-shape and has the names of all 57,939 Americans who died during the war. There was much controversy on the design of the wall. Despite the back and forth arguments about the wall’s design, it is clearly an appropriate tribute to the Vietnam Veterans. In October 1980, Maya Lin was a 21 year old architect student at Yale
Zhichen Zhang Professor Dustin Shaffer Communication 105 14 January 2018 Stephen Sondheim: Into the Woods Into the Woods is a well-known musical which debuted at the Old Globe Theater in 1986. The musical is written by Stephen Sondheim and he is an American composer who has made great contribution to musical theater more than a half-century. James Lapine is the book author and he plays a necessary role to this incredible musical. I watched the musical which brought me enter a brand-new field –
Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin introduces the grandness of the Rongguo House and those who reside in the Rongguo House through the perspective of Lin Daiyu. Through Daiyu, the readers grasp a sense of the luxuries and life the aristocrats, specifically the Jia family, had in the 18th century before the West invaded. Lin Ruhai, Daiyu’s father, sends Daiyu to live at Rongguo House after she is summoned by her Grandmother Jia, the matriarch of the family and from there, she navigates through her family
of love in the “Dream of the red Mansions” contains the trade between aristocracy and the idea of patriarch.In the story, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu is a natural pair of two affectionate, like Romeo and Juliet. But Jia Baoyu did not marry to Lin Daiyu, because Jia Baoyu was deceived by the elders who secretly arranged his marriage to Xue Baochai. In the end, Lin Daiyu died with the hate. From this scene, we can tell that China's society pays more attention to the filial piety of the young generation in
But from the inside to the outside of the aristocratic temperament that Jia Baoyu had presented the forest was a frivolous behavior in her eyes. It should be no wonder she had a prejudice for him. There were so many beautiful girls around him and Lin Daiyu was just one of them. Jia Baoyu’s noble pride and prejudice on the forest that is a collision. In the course of time, they got along well with each other. We find the gem of his love for her that is not the same as others. At that time, as the only
Aesthetics has always been an integral part of the Chinese culture. The topic of beauty made its frequent appearances in many of the infamous artworks, sculptures, architectures, and poems. It undoubtedly guided and shaped beauty perceptions of Chinese women throughout history. For example, the bounded feet culture started in the Song Dynasty was based on the belief that small feet represented beauty. Although beauty standards varied drastically from different periods, Chinese women always have no