Jerome David Salinger was born in New York on January 1st, 1919. His father was a rabbi who ran a cheese and ham import business. Even though Salinger was smart, he flunked out of McBurney in 1934. His parents then shipped him off to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Once he graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy, he returned to his hometown. He decides to become an aspiring writer and goes to New York University. However, he was forced to drop out of New York…
1. Explain why The Starry Night is such a famous painting. If you think it should not be so popular, explain why. (1-2 ¶s) The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, is a famous painting because he is using abstract art which makes it look different from other paintings. The painting is interesting because there’s a tree or giant bush object to the left of the picture, a town with rolling hills and the night sky. The night sky is very bright with the yellow crescent moon, the bright stars and the…
The most powerful weapon came from the mind of Albert Einstein. He advanced our way of thinking and introduced new concepts for the world. Albert Einstein was born in the town of Ulm, Germany. He was born into a middle class family; his father was a salesman and engineer. His mother ran the household and took care of his sister, Maja. During 1880, his family moved to Munich, Germany. His uncle and Father owned a company that produced electrical equipment. Einstein was a keen young…
Albert Camus wrote The Plague using several literary devices to further the novel. It is often said that an author inserts their own character traits and beliefs into the characters of their novels. Camus is no different in this aspect, especially when it comes to his protagonist Dr. Rieux. The event of the plague which is the main focus of the novel is a catalyst that shapes and changes the characters, some for the better and others for the worse. With the rest of this essay Dr. Rieux, Cottard,…
Albert Camus once explained that “Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic” (“Albert Camus Quote”), and the latter is certainly true for the protagonist, Meursault, of his novel The Stranger. In the novel, Camus uses his protagonist, through characterization and diction, to support his absurdist philosophy. Absurdism is the concept that humanity must survive in a world that is constantly hostile or indifferent towards them (Absurdism). Although Camus is famous for…
As writer-director Tarsem Singh (these days, just "Tarsem") explains it, he first had the idea for The Fall 14 years ago, but was unable to secure funding for a dark, miserablist fantasy shot in more than a dozen countries, based on a Bulgarian drama (1981's Yo Ho Ho), and largely written by the improvisational choices of a 5-year-old girl. And no wonder. The Fall ranks up there with the collected directorial works of Crispin Glover as an impossible-to-sell act of creative love and insane…
Two pieces of art that I chose to compare and contrast would be, “Starry Night”, by Vincent Van Gogh and, “Road to Happiness”, by Victor Figol. These two paintings share characteristics and qualities that are alike and that differ. “Starry Night”, by Vincent Van Gogh, is a post-impressionist oil painting that was finished in 1889. This piece of art displays the beautiful night sky out of a window at an asylum where Vincent Van Gogh spent the last of his later life. He was able to spend…
“Meursault is a body without a soul. His pleasures and discomforts are purely tactile and sensory, with no admixture of emotion or spiritual awareness.” Meursault is the narrator and main character of Albert Camus’s novel The Stranger. Looking into the title of the novel deeper, one can refer to “the stranger” as Meursault. Referring to Meursault as a body without a soul is a very accurate description of him. He does not show any emotion to the people around him and his feelings are very…
“Soup” in the class. “Soup” was published anonymously in a 1989 issue in New Yorker magazine. This article is about the words and phrases the writer uses to describe Mr. Albert Yeganeh and description of Soup Kitchen International. 2. “Soup” was published anonymously issued in New Yorker magazine in 1989. The Soup Kitchen is run by Albert Yeganeh who says that, “Soup is his lifeblood” and “He is extremely hard to please” (20). He cooks about eight to seventy soups every week. He uses fresh…
autopilot and then had to ask myself how I arrived there, my mind so focused on other things that my driving habits just automatically lead me to my physical location. Another theory of personality is Social-Cognitive Learning Theory, established by Albert Bandura. It states that individuals’ personalities are shaped by other people’s actions plus individuals’ own expectancies about learning. Some parts of the Social Cognitive Perspective are similar to Behaviorism, the Social Cognitive…