...Jackson. Michael Jackson was a great pop artist, but he couldn’t have did what he did without the influence of James Brown. Michael Jackson was one the best artist ever to step foot in the music industry. He was a pop star, R&B artist and soul artist. He did it all when it came to music. He also knew how to dance and people loved it. It was like another James Brown possibly better. Jackson couldn’t have...
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...Introduction This book is written by Mitch Albom inspired by his real life uncle, Eddie Beitchman . From him , Mitch gets the first name of the character in the story. The Eddie in the story and his uncle shared the same thing, they both serve during the World War II as a soldier in the Philippines and both died at the age of 83. The book also is inspired by the idea that Mitch Albom’s uncle told him after he survived his surgery .According to his uncle when he was already dying inside the operating room he’s soul float above the bed and he see those relatives of them who’s already died are waiting for him. This idea leads to the creation of the book “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”. The book talks about the life and death of Eddie. His journey to heaven. And the five people he met before reaching his own heaven. This book will let us think what is really heaven and the thing that we need to face before we reach our heaven. Eddie is the head maintenance at Ruby Pier fter the success of Tuesdays with Morrie,[1] Albom's next foray was in fiction. His follow-up book was The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hyperion Books) published in September 2003. Although released six years after Tuesdays With Morrie,[1] the book was a fast success and again launched Albom onto the New York Times best-seller list. The Five People You Meet in Heaven sold over 10 million copies in 38 territories and in 35 languages. In 2004, it was turned into a television movie for ABC, starring...
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...Thomas Paine was one of the many Founding Fathers in the time of the Revolutionary War. After arriving America, he worked with Benjamin Franklin. That led to him to journalism and writing the pamphlet Common Sense, which inspired the colonists to act out against the British. Later, during the Revolutionary War, Thomas wrote the Crisis Papers. They helped to influence the American revolutionaries and led to them defeat the British. Thomas was born 1737, in Thetford, England. His parents were Frances Cocke Paine and Joseph Paine. Thomas Paine was a sailor and a tax official before he moved to America in 1774. He settled in Philadelphia, the same place as Benjamin Franklin, another founding father. After he moved, he started to write. He used his writing to have a great impact on the colonists. He wrote Common Sense, a popular pamphlet in the Revolutionary time. Common Sense included how the...
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...“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” -Helen Keller All through our lives, we are forced through hard times. Helen Keller once stated, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” She is trying to convey the point that, even though we see these problems and suffering as ubiquitous, these struggles make us better people, and allow us to become who we truly are. Both Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin support Helen Keller’s view through their use of conflict. The main character in Great Expectations is Philip Pirrip, better known to everyone as Pip. Pip is an orphan, both of his parents being dead; he lives with his sister and her husband, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Gargery. Joe is a blacksmith so the little group is not very well off, but pip and Joe are comfortable with their lot in life, Pip’s sister is not happy with their economic standing but does not hate it. Pip’s sister is very stern though, and is quite mean to her husband and young brother. Joe and Pip find a strong bond in this fact, seeing themselves as allies, Pip even hopes to one day be exactly like Joe, and wishes to become a blacksmith. One day, Pip is summoned to the house of Miss Havisham...
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...by many of the same things. Michelangelo showed David as a symbol of courage in the face of the enemy while Donatello depicted David as a symbol what can be accomplished by even the smallest entity. His character and story have been interpreted and re-interpreted by many artists in different mediums. Donatello was was born in Florence in 1386. He was an early Renaissance artist who lived at the end of the Dark Ages. He is known as the artist whose work officially began the Italian Renaissance (“David”). Donatello was first introduced to Roman sculpture when he visited Rome with his master, Brunelleschi (“Donatello”). It was there that he carefully studied classical Roman sculptures. The studies he preformed in Rome greatly influenced him the rest of his life. He is known for making the first sculptures with classical influence after the Dark Ages. The influence of his Roman studies is shown in the natural flow of the statue, something which is not seen in any art of the Dark Ages. Michelangelo was born to a middle class banking family on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy. When he was still a young man, his mother become deathly ill and was sent to live with stone cutters where he later stated, “"With my wet-nurse's milk, I sucked in the hammer and chisels I use for my statues." (“Michelangelo”). He was a famous late Renaissance sculptor and painter. He originally was apprenticed to a painter but soon found himself studying sculpture in the famous Medici gardens...
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...Stephen Ripley May 27, 2013 The Harlem Renaissance was a period in history of the United States in which a group of individuals such as, poets, authors, and artists came together to express themselves. Two of the poets that I would be talking about are W.E.B Du Bois, and Claude McKay, and how they contributed to the Harlem Renaissance era. In the social roots of the Harlem Renaissance can be tracked back to the Great Migration during the First World War, the philosophical roots reach back to the turn of the century and the work of black historian and sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963), whose The Philadelphia Negro (1899) was the first sociological text on a black community published in the United States. In 1903, in his book The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois had proposed that the identity of African Americans was fraught with ambiguity. (Sayre, 2012, pg. 1174) When in 1909 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded to advance the rights of black, Du Bois became editor of its magazine, The Crisis. Du Bois sense of the double-consciousness informing African American experience (a double-consciousness that informs the very term “African American”) was often expressed in the magazine’s pages. In this role he wielded an unequaled influence among middle-class black and progressive whites as the propagandist for the black protest from 1910 until 1934. (Rudwick, 2013) He resigned from the editorship of The Crisis and the NAACP in 1934...
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...was one of the most inspiring artists history has ever seen. He possessed many extraordinary characteristics that made him into the imagine he is today. He was a perfectionist and hard-working. He communicated in his art and created things that no one else had created before. Most of all, he put his heart in everything he did. The Sistine Chapel, probably rated the most beautiful chapel, not only in Europe but also in the whole world, was painted by Michelangelo at the beginning of the 16th century. Michelangelo took four years of non-stop working to complete it. During those four years, Michelangelo started having serious health issues. He started having bad eyesight and his neck started having some issues from his awkward standing position. These health issues forced him to change body positions while painting and ended up lying down while painting. Despite these problems, he continued painting and two years after, the Pope attempted to convince Michelangelo to rush the final part and be done with it a year or two early. Michelangelo plainly rejected the idea and took his time. His product was magical. During his long, long life, Michelangelo suffered from many health problems including becoming slightly blind and having...
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...that appropriate worship styles are difficult to universally define because of complex cultural differences. Musical worship comprises a God-centered activity entirely focused on Him. In order for music to fulfill this purpose, inspired perspectives, musical linguistics, and a synthesis of current implications must be considered. An inspired perspective of musical worship Throughout the Bible, inspired writers conveyed their messages through the avenue of song. Moses and the children of Israel lifted their voices in inspired adoration to the Lord after being delivered from the Egyptians at the Red Sea. In Deuteronomy 32, Moses again uses music to impress the minds of his audience in a historical and prophetic utterance.1 The entire book of the Psalms presents a mixture of musical meditations clearly fixated upon the Torah and the Messiah. Clearly, God uses music as an avenue to impress truth upon His people. In addition to the impartation of biblical truth, inspired writers recognize music’s ability to turn the thoughts of worshipers toward God. Within the school of the prophets, “Music was made to serve a holy purpose, to lift the thoughts to that which is pure, noble, and elevating, and to awaken in the soul devotion and gratitude to God.”2 The psalmist purposed to sing praises to God, praising Him as long as he lived with all his being (Ps. 9:2; 104:33). Isaiah entreats us to “praise the Lord in song, for He has done excellent things” (Isa. 12:5, NASB). As a response to...
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...DOCTOR FAUSTUS – A PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAGEDY Spiritual Combat: Tragedy is regarded as the highest aspect of the dramatic art as in it our emotions are more profoundly stirred than in comedy thereby rendering it more universal in it appeal. And conflict is the essence of or soul of tragedy. All previous dramas including Tamburlaine had dealt with single-minded individuals. If a struggle in the heart of the hero was introduced, it was like that of Morality plays. It was external as in the Jew of Malta because it was between the hero and his adversaries. Doctor Faustus attempted something different. It is a drama of spiritual combat within the soul of man. This struggle is certainly somewhat primitive in its expression but it is a foretaste of those inner characteristics towards which a drama in its development inevitably trends. Faustus in this respect is unquestionably the greatest tragic figure in sixteenth century outside the work of Shakespeare. It is also a modern tragedy because Marlowe broke away from the old Aristotelian concept of tragic hero as being a royal figure of some very lofty stature. He introduced Faustus who is not a prince or a king but a common learned man whose parents are base of stock. Tragic Flaw – cause of his tragedy According to Aristotle, the tragic hero must have some inherent weakness – a tragic flaw which he referred to as Hamartia. He should be neither totally vicious nor good. As per Doctor Faustus, he is puffed with pride and his wisdom....
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...unlimited materliastics progress. His dramas also show the love of physical beauty and the desire of fulfilled sensual appetite. He was born on 1564; it was the age of renaissance. So his dramas possess all characteristics of renaissance plays. First characteristic of renaissance that is found in Doctor Faustus is thirst of gaining knowledge. Faustus was presented as a scholar. He was the master of different subjects including science, medicines and divinity. Faustus had a wide knowledge but still he had a longing to increase his knowledge. He renounces god and pact his allegiance to Lucifer only because of his hope of earned knowledge of all universe. He wanted to know till the end. His gluttony of acquiring more and more knowledge leads him to his downfall. Doc Faustus being the product of renaissance is dissatisfied with the limited sphere of knowledge. He says, The end of physics is our body’s health Why, Faustus hast thou not attain’d the end? Renaissance praised individualism instead of society. Faustus being a man of renaissance also possesses the spirit of individualism. He showed no concerns with society; he wanted to be his own man and set...
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...puts man at the top of the hierarchy. Man is also the only creature that possesses the privilege to provide a response of faith and love to his Creator, as opposed to animals and plants which cannot do such a thing. In what way is the existence of man constitutively related to God in the most profound manner? The human persons exists, not only to feed and breed and learn. But the human person exists because God himself, the Creator, made the human person such that he will look for Him during his entire life. More properly said, the whole of man's life is a quest and search for God. The human person was created by God to be in a relationship with Him, whether now or later in our life. That is a natural tendency of man; to look for God. That is the reason why ancient people worshipped nature and why modern people practice institutionalized religion: because there is always a need to look for God in a man's life. Some people may ignore or refuse to have a relationship with God; to look for him. But such a longing for this relationship can never be eliminated. Why is man a social being and not a solitary being? -The answer stems from the cliché statement that no man is an island. The text given to us provides that man cannot live and develop his potential without the intervention of other human beings as...
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...The Odyssey was a book that changed life for the people of Ancient Rome. It gave them lessons to live by, and taught them the importance of believing in their gods. The main character was able to show this important message in the book, because of the plot following his return home. He was captured, and lost many of his crew member’s lives, because he did not trust the gods like a man of that time was supposed to. This book also inspired the movie ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’, a movie where a man escapes from jail and is in need to return home before his wife gets remarried. Religion is one of the major themes from the book that showed up in this movie. The people around Everett (the man who represented Odysseus in the movie,) are very religious and sensitive to Everett’s lack of belief. The Coen brothers were able to use events inspired from the book to show how strong the idea of religion is in any given society, including the modern society shown in the movie and the ancient society represented in The Odyssey....
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...puts man at the top of the hierarchy. Man is also the only creature that possesses the privilege to provide a response of faith and love to his Creator, as opposed to animals and plants which cannot do such a thing. In what way is the existence of man constitutively related to God in the most profound manner? The human persons exists, not only to feed and breed and learn. But the human person exists because God himself, the Creator, made the human person such that he will look for Him during his entire life. More properly said, the whole of man's life is a quest and search for God. The human person was created by God to be in a relationship with Him, whether now or later in our life. That is a natural tendency of man; to look for God. That is the reason why ancient people worshipped nature and why modern people practice institutionalized religion: because there is always a need to look for God in a man's life. Some people may ignore or refuse to have a relationship with God; to look for him. But such a longing for this relationship can never be eliminated. Why is man a social being and not a solitary being? -The answer stems from the cliché statement that no man is an island. The text given to us provides that man cannot live and develop his potential without the intervention of other human beings as...
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...Elvis was making for his mother’s birthday. Elvis’s voice and singing style pleased Phillips so much that he believed Elvis was a black man! The public would also have this theory about him until they actually saw him. Of course, when Elvis Presley walked into Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, even he could not predict that he was about to change the course of music history forever. “Elvis Presley is the true definition of a rock star. He has basically had music all around him his entire life. From first hearing the depressing blues from the Mississippi...
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...Humanism is the belief in the bringing back of the classics and in the greatness of man. Humanists believed in the importance of this life; they believed that if someone had a talent it was a gift given to them by God and they should use to create beauty. Their hope was to of gain fame and grow closer to God. It was this idea, that inspired the Renaissance. Even though humanism was considered a Renaissance idea there were many writers in the late Middle Ages that helped create the basis for future humanist. One of the most important writers was Dante, who wrote The Divine Comedy. Some of the Humanistic concepts that he includes in his Inferno are the revival of the classics, putting an emphasis on the divinity of humans, and the desire to...
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