Sargent Shriver

a sense she reaches for excellence. She will stand for nothing else. She shows how she is brave and will not back down. Excellence is something that comes natural to her because if she did not believe in herself, she would utterly fail. She is standing her ground, especially when she states “You may shoot me with your words, /You may cut me with your eyes,/You may kill me with your hatefulness,/But still, like air, I’ll rise. She shows excellence well just like excellence is shown in The Good Man. In The Good Man he shows excellence because he was a not only a father, but he was a Sargent. Excellence become key when having such a high ranking as a Sargent. Without excellence, nothing would get done and no one would look up to him for guidance. Even though excellence is clearly shown between the two readings it is shown differently. Sargent Shriver shows excellence in two ways as a father and a Sargent. He receives excellence for the roles he plays. While, in Still I Rise she shows excellence within herself. She shows that she does not need approve from anyone. Lastly, the final core value that is shown between the two readings is respect. Respect is highly important within the readings because it truly shows who they are. In Still I Rise, she shows respect, but she shows respect to herself. She will rise no matter what any harsh words comes her way. She knows that another person’s opinion really does not matter. The only opinion that matter is her own. The Good Man shows…

to the dates of the letters, allowing readers to understand that her memories may be slightly incorrect. Shrivers use of chronological order from the past to present. The statement is a very accurate description of the unreliable narrator, Eva Khatchadourian, in We Need To Talk About Kevin. Right from the start of the novel, it is clear that Eva is confessing that she was going…

Given the title of Lionel Shriver’s novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, one would assume that the book would in fact, talk about Kevin. This is not the case. Shriver highlights the character Kevin, but he is far from, what some would consider, the “main character”. She addresses the obvious blatant thought in our minds, that is we want to talk about Kevin, through the title then steers the audience towards a novel of consequential actions and healing amidst pain from people like Kevin. This…

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver chronicles letters between Eva Khatchadourian and her dead husband Franklin as she recounts the childhood, adolescence and eventual imprisonment of her psychopath son, Kevin. While at first, one may believe that the novel would solely be about Kevin, its namesake; the novel also follows Eva. Shriver brings great attention to detail and outlines extremely specific events to portray Eva’s progression as a mother coming to terms with her antisocial…

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Gassed is a painting by John Singer Sargent, an American artist. Sargent was among several artists who were commissioned by the British War Memorial Committee of the British Ministry of Information. These painters were commissioned to create a large painting for the Hall of Remembrance, Sargent himself was asked to create a piece depicting Anglo-America co-operation. Sargent therefore traveled to the Western Front to gain inspiration for an epic piece which depicted many people; however, he…

Renaissance palaces of Venice (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum). Isabella was very particular about the design. This lead to Sears making every aspect of the museum the way she wanted it (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum). Her passion for collecting and sharing fine arts was proved within the aspects of how the museum was designed. The building is surrounded by a garden courtyard, which is one of a kind in America (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum). She intended the second and third floors of the…

intrigued me a hundred times more in real life then it did in my book. I wanted to know the story, who are the girls, where are they and why is there no certainty in the painting? Are the girls in an insane asylum, a museum, a house? The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, captivated me, it is like no other piece of art that I have even written about, I wanted to challenge my artistic ability and try something different. Throughout this paper I will be analyzing the story, the girls and the overall…

Judith Sargent Murry is not a well-known name in everyday life, but to women activists and historians she was a key part of the women’s rights in the eighteenth century. She was an advocate for women’s right to an education. Judith’s upbringing had a lot to do with her work toward equality. She was raised in a wealthy household where her brothers had an excellent education and she was not given the same opportunities. Judith wrote many manuscripts, essays, and poems throughout her life. One of…

renowned portraitist John Singer Sargent. Both in its composition and artistic elements, it is, truly, an exceedingly good example of a work of art by its artist, for it depicts many of the stylistic characteristics that Sargent used so frequently that these elements became a part of his distinctive style. This double portrait portrays, as noted in the title, a husband and wife. Interestingly, both husband and wife are shown wearing rather casual attire, as opposed to the significantly richer,…