...David Smith A Piece of String The short story of A Piece of String was written by Guy de Maupassant in 1883. It is a short story based on in my opinion the theory of “guilty until proven innocent”. The moral of the story is that you must tell the truth to maintain a reputation of honesty and gain trust from others, because a reputation of deceit and dishonesty will make people believe you are not trustworthy, so even when you're telling the truth, it is hard for others to believe. The main characters in The Piece of Strings are Maître Hauchecorne, M. Malandain and The Mayor of Goderville. Maître is a peasant, who picks up anything he sees as useful off the ground. The story begins where he is walking through the market and comes across a piece of string. He picks the string up and keeps it for himself. Later, in the Market, Maître Hanchecornes enemy accuses him of stealing someone else's pocketbook. This soon gets around Goderville, and people begin to distrust and dislike Maître Hauchecorne, despite his claim of innocence. Maître Hauchecorne already had a bad reputation with the citizens of Goderville due to his previous lying and over exaggerations and telling unbelievable stories. This is the main reason for the people's reluctance to believe Maître Hauchecorne, although he is telling the truth. The pocketbook is eventually returned, however the town still doesn’t believe his innocence. The pain and heartache that Maitre Hauchecorne suffered because of the...
Words: 267 - Pages: 2
...When you read a story, you must realize that the point of view that the story is written in can help you learn more about the story. It can also create more excitement, and create more mystery while you read. Both “The Necklace”, and “The Piece of String” stories, are written in a Third Person Limited perspective. This means that the narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters. This is a major factor in determining how the stories make you feel about themselves, and how interesting the stories are. In a third-person view story, the reader can see the story itself from different points of view, and not just one. He or she can learn more, and know more than the individual characters themselves. In a first-person view story, the reader sees from the point of view of the narrator, so he/she may see more dialog including feels, thoughts, and ideas. In a third-person view, the reader will see more facts, such as what all of the other characters do. However, they will not see as many of the inner-feelings or thoughts of the characters, unless it is third-person omniscient. In addition, a third-person view is often more easy to figure out if it is a mystery, or similar plot structure, because the reader learns more facts from concrete reading, then having to think about whats going on in a story. In a first-person view, it is harder to figure out, generally, the plot details and story, because the reader only gains the facts of what the narrator...
Words: 369 - Pages: 2
...Adagio for Strings is a timeless 20th century string orchestra piece that exudes immense sorrow. Written by Samuel Barber in 1938 and broadcasted across the country, this piece evoked strong emotion in anyone who heard it and continues to today. The piece was originally a movement of a string quartet of Barber’s in 1936 but later he wrote Adagio for Strings as its own string orchestral piece. The piece was first performed in November of 1938 by the NBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Arturo Toscanini in New York. During this first performance, Adagio for Strings was radio broadcasted across the country allowing for the piece to have a profound impact on Americans at this time. In 1938, America was recovering from the Depression but also on the verge of World War II. Samuel Barber did not provide the people with a piece to pick their spirits up and fill them with joy but a musical piece that was relatable and expressed sorrow and...
Words: 608 - Pages: 3
...Throughout the story “A Piece of String” by Guy de Maupassant, Hauchecome works tirelessly, but is still not able to convince people he is innocent of a crime. In the story, Hauchecome picks up a piece of string off the ground, thinking it could be of some worth. While doing so, he is spotted by his enemy, Maitre Malandain, who reports him for stealing a missing pocketbook. Later, the pocketbook is returned, but the townspeople still believe Hauchecome is guilty. They believe that he is at least an accomplice in the crime, if not directly tied to it. Also, they do not believe his excuse of picking up a piece of string on the ground seriously, and think that it is just a bad cover up story. Hauchecome is not able to convince people that he is innocent of a crime because they believe that he has a part to...
Words: 619 - Pages: 3
...The characters that are in "The Piece of String" and "The Necklace," both by Guy de Mauspassant, are very alike and yet very similar in certain aspects as well. The main character in "The Piece of String," Maitre Hauchecome, resembles Madame Loisel from "The Necklace" in a number of ways. Both are the protagonist of the story. Maitre Hauchecome was accused of stealing a pocketbook from someone and Madame Loisel lost her friend’s expensive diamond necklace. In both cases, the characters do not have an item they should have had in their possession or accused of having. Nevertheless, Maitre Hauchecome is angered when he realizes that nobody believes him for not having the missing item with him, while Madame Loisel feels deep distress and anxiety about loosing her item. Maitre Hauchecome also somewhat acts like Monsieur Loisel because he appears to be a caring, gentle, poor man who tries to please people. The characters reacted to their situations differently. In "The Piece of String," Maitre Fortune Houlbreque resembles Madame Forestier in "The Necklace" because Maitre Fortune Houlbreque lost a pocketbook and Madame Forestier’s friend lost her diamond necklace; both characters were missing an item. Also, Maitre Malandain from "The Piece of String" and Monsieur Loisel from "The Necklace" are characters who are quite different; Maitre Malandain told people that Maitre Hauchecome was guilty of the crime against him; he didn’t want to help him at all. Monsieur Loisel bent over backwards...
Words: 1766 - Pages: 8
...name: | Piece No. 1 | Your Paper Title: | Cheerfulness and Regality | Course number, course name | HUM 2510, Understanding Visual and Performing Arts | CRN | 11029 | Semester | Spring 2013 | Date submitted: | 3/22/13 | Preceptor Name: | Parker Hathcock | Instructor Name: | Corie Montoya | Total Word Count (excluding cover page and any list or chart you may include) | 1,044 | 2. Introduction / response / statement of over-all effect Upon first hearing this piece, I was completely uplifted in mood. The sharp and fast paced strings instruments gave off a cheery and lively vibe that resonated very well with me. When I first heard this piece, it reminded me of weddings, both ones I’ve attended and seen in movies. It also invoked images of a regal castle or kingdom. The common thread between those two images is the sacred or regal feeling involved in both, cheery, yet with a serious underlying feeling. The horns in the background also remind me of a kingly or royal vista because they have a sound so similar to the bugles played in the courts. The more subdued middle section of this piece altered the mood, but not completely. It was still the same friendly tone and cheer, just softer and less distinguishable. It was the calm in between the bouts of revelry insinuated by the first and last section of this piece. The transition from the soft, calming sounds back to the fast-paced parts was abrupt and helped show the air of spontaneity this piece has. I...
Words: 1120 - Pages: 5
...8 P.M. when the St. Lawrence String Quartet came on the stage and blew my mind. The St. Lawrence String Quartet performed an ensemble of classics from Haydn, Verdi and Dvořák at the Twenty-third Annual Souren L. Chamichian Endowment Concert. The ensemble was triumphantly dramatic and emotionally rich with graceful phrasing, smooth transition and beautiful sound. The Staples Family Concert Hall was ecstatic as the St. Lawrence String Quartet showed their passion for the music. The concentrated silence showed me that the crowd was eager to hear the ensemble. The St. Lawrence String Quartet did not disappoint, resulting in a standing ovation that was much deserved. The St. Lawrence String Quartet performed 3 pieces during the concert. String Quartet in C...
Words: 541 - Pages: 3
...Orchestra preformed at the College Avenue Baptist Church. The ensemble preformed three pieces throughout the concert, first being the prelude from “Parsifal” originally composed by Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Secondly “The Unanswered Question” composed by Charles Ives (1874-1954) and lastly “Karfreitagszauber from Parsifal” composed by Wagner as well. Throughout this paper I will be evaluating each of the three pieces in the manner in which they were preformed. While preforming the prelude from “Parsifal” the orchestra did a wonderful job in reiterating the musical story that Wagner was trying to convey by reflecting the same fluidity and timbre of the instruments. The string instruments, mainly the violinists were very pronounced throughout the entirety of the song, and through such spotlight were able to maintain Wagner’s vision on how it should be preformed. Along with the string instrument players, the woodwind performers did an excellent job complementing the violinists, matching the harmonies between the two. However, when the composition really wanted to grab your attention the after effect of the vibrato from the brass section combined with the string and woodwind musicians really gave an added emphasis to the overall power of the ensemble as a unit. The next piece, “The Unanswered Question” was my favorite out of the three performances. The slow and quiet timbre from the string groups set the perfect stage for the off pitch non-tonal phrase coming from the solo trumpet...
Words: 531 - Pages: 3
...Romantic Era. He composed in most genres of Romantic Era including songs, ballets, overtures, string quartets, chamber music, instrumental, operas, and symphonies. The ballet Swan Lake, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, his last three numbered symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin are his most well-known works. 2. Title of the piece Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 includes 4 movements: 1. Andante sostenuto 2. Andantino in modo di canzona 3. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato 4. Finale. Allegro con fuoco 3. The conductor The conductor was Sey Ahn. She was born in 1986 in Seoul, Korea. She finished her master’s degree in conducting in 2012 at the Thornton School of Music of The University of Southern California. 4. The orchestra Diamond Bar High School Symphony Orchestra includes 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 4 clarinets, 5 bassoons, 4 French horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 harp, 4 percussion, and strings. II. The way the orchestra played All of the players sat on a chair when they performed. The string players produced the sound through their string instruments by dragging a bow against the strings. Sometimes, they made playful, as well as unique, sounds by plucking the strings. Accompanying with bowing or plucking the strings, they used their left fingers pressing upon specific places on the strings so that they were able to change the pitches. Using slightly different bowing and plucking skills...
Words: 2016 - Pages: 9
...10 One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. —John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism OBJECTIVES In this chapter you will learn: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ General propositions do not decide concrete cases. —Oliver Wendell Holmes A philosopher of imposing stature doesn’t think in a vacuum. Even his most abstract ideas are, to some extent, conditioned by what is or is not known in the time when he lives. —Alfred North Whitehead The concept of polymorphism. To use overridden methods to effect polymorphism. To distinguish between abstract and concrete classes. To declare abstract methods to create abstract classes. How polymorphism makes systems extensible and maintainable. To determine an object’s type at execution time. To declare and implement interfaces. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? —Psalms 42:5 ■ ■ © Copyright 1992-2007 Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. Chapter 10 Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism 307 Assignment Checklist Name: Section: Date: Exercises Assigned: Circle assignments Date Due Prelab Activities Matching Fill in the Blank Short Answer Programming Output Correct the Code YES YES YES YES YES YES 1 NO NO 1 YES NO NO NO NO NO NO Lab Exercises Exercise 1 — Payroll System Modification Follow-Up Question and Activity Follow-Up Question and Activity Debugging Exercise 2 — Accounts Payable...
Words: 4624 - Pages: 19
...the harp has endured many changes. The earliest form was the arched harp. It was bow-like in shape, which leads many to believe the harp was invented based on the structure of an ancient weapon, the bow and arrow. One most likely realized the string on their bow made a sound when plucked and so they created an instrument with more strings to create different pitches. The rest is history. The earliest type of harp was arched, known as an ‘open’ harp, which made way to the ‘framed’ harp. The framed harp did not become in existence until the Middle Ages. It was stated in the work of Roslyn Rensch, The Harp: From Tara’s Hall to the American Schools, “the [open] harp of ancient civilizations lacked the column, or fore-pillar, that is an important part as we know it [today]” (4). As Rensch has pointed out, the open harp only consisted of a body and neck, between which were strung various lengths of gut, the primary material used for strings in ancient times along with other animal parts, such as leather and horsehair. This construction likely made the strings fairly loose, creating low pitches. The framed harp uses the addition of a column connecting the neck and body creating the famous triangular shape we know today. This extra piece adds rigidity to the whole...
Words: 1825 - Pages: 8
...Right as I began to dive into Kim’s biography, the lights dimmed and the trio took the stage. After tuning and preparing themselves, the trio began the first piece, Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke”. The piece begins in Allegro Moderato with the piano leading an already powerful ranged melody on top of a powerful low range rhythm. The strings seem to slowly creep in for the few seconds, but soon the intensity builds. The piano strikes twice and then rests while the strings play a beautifully haunting melody on top. This persists three times with the piano seeming to descend chord wise. The same feeling is felt throughout the piece, but in a different kind of sense. This can be seen in the development section as the piano does not come to full stops, but rather evokes the feeling of a short stop with high ranged notes being played. The development begins to unravel into a beautiful scene of descending dissonant notes contrasted with accessible melodies from the strings. Although it was interesting to see themes come back again and again in a piece, at...
Words: 1943 - Pages: 8
...opposed to being transmitted orally, by rote, or in recordings of particular performances.” Classical music had a clear tune in contrast to the music composed throughout the Baroque era’s music, which consisted of different tunes merging together. Since the Baroque era came before the classical period you would think it would’ve influenced classical composers to continue with the same sound but instead decided to make their own. Baroque music is more know to be heavy as classical music has a much lighter sound to it. What’s most interesting about classical compositions is the how the different sounds are used to express the mood in a piece. Music made during the classical period usually contained one melody that all instruments played together; this made any song sound much more powerful. Each instrument would contribute its own range to a piece as whole. Classical concerts usually take place in more of a serious atmosphere and the audience is silent to prevent any distractions to the performer and to any of the audience members. One of the greatest known composers in the classical era is Ludwig Beethoven. Although he did begin his career with classical music he ended it with romanticism, he was known for having long, complex compositions that were more pianistic than...
Words: 1236 - Pages: 5
...Juilliard School. Three pieces were performed, each played by different students. The first two pieces, Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor and String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 “Rosumovsky”, were composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven in 1795 and 1808, respectively. The performers of the first piece were Lisha Gu on the violin, Nan-Cheng Chen on the cello, and Han Chen on the piano. In the second piece, there were two violinists, Matous and Simon Michal, a violist, Matthew Sinno, and a cellist, Patrick Hopkins, who performed this piece. The third piece was the Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, which was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1887. This was performed by Charles Yang and Julia Choi on the violin, Jenni Seo on the viola, Jennifer Choi on the cello, and Jie Yuan on the piano. The concert was held in Morse hall, which was a small concert hall for small performances. This provided a comfortable experience for the audience and the performers. There were many different people in the audience but mostly comprised of elderly people. Most of the audience wore business casual for their attire. Before each piece was played, the piano was adjusted as well as the seats on stage. People were only allowed to come in or leave the concert hall between pieces. All the pieces were from the Classical or Romantic Era. The pieces all had no vocals making them instrumental music. All the pieces had strong and emphasized dynamics ranging from pianissimo to fortissimo. All the pieces were very rhythmic...
Words: 1009 - Pages: 5
...Concert Report 1 I attended the Musica Viva string quartet on Sunday February 23, 2014. The Quartet included Susan Doering and Daniel Jang on the violins, Claudia Shiuh on the viola, and Dieter Wuldhorst on the violoncello. This concert was made possible by the Friends of Orpheus and is dependent entirely on donations The concert hall was quite small and seated about 200. Attending the concert was about 65 people. That consisted of children, students, and older community members. When I came into the hall the lights were on in the entire hall. As I began to sit down the lights started to dim. Excluding the stage where a light was laminated the four seats for the quartet. The director came in and began to introduce the quartet as to give a little detail on the program. The director excited the stage and the quartet entered. As they took their seats they began to tune there instrument’s. There first selection was Aaron Coplands Two Pieces. It was a very soft relaxing piece. Susan Doering took the position of first violin. Her movements were very soft and graceful. The harmony was consonance and made a feeling of being relaxed and sad at the same time. There next piece was Phillip Glass string quartet No. 5. I have to say that the pace was just a little faster. In this piece I really enjoyed the plucking of the strings. It made the piece fun and light. At the same time it was so relaxing to sit there and listen to. It almost put me to sleep. Thank goodness for brief intermission...
Words: 446 - Pages: 2
