SPOLIARVM We had a chance to see for we the larger than life painting of Juan Luna exhibited in the National Art Gallery. Well‚ last February 25‚ 2011 during EDSA 25th anniversary we went to the National Museum Art Gallery for our Humanities subject. The mural I’m going to talk about is the mural entitled “ Spoliarvm” [spo-la-ree-um] by one of our national artists‚ Juan Luna. The basic story of the “Spoliarivm” takes place in the 15th century or something around that time. Anyway‚
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Juan came to this country (N.Y‚ USA) from Ecuador when he was in the First grade. He is the oldest of three children; the younger siblings were born in this country. His parents are both hard-working individuals who have always told Juan that he must go to college. However‚ they only told Juan recently that he is undocumented. Juan has a 95 average and has taken many honor level courses. He studied French in High school‚ maintaining that taking Spanish would have been too easy. He did earn a 94
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Juan Pablo Duarte Born on January 26‚ 1813 in Santo Domingo‚ Juan Pablo Duarte is considered one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic. In 1801‚ his parents left the Dominican Republic when Haitian troops‚ under the leadership of Toussaint L ’Ouverture‚ took control of Santo Domingo. They fled to Puerto Rico and resided there until the Spanish regained control of part of the country in the War of Reconquista in 1809. Duarte loved to learn
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JUAN OSONG (Bicol Literature – Folktale) The mayor of the town where Juan Osong lived once ordered the town crier to announce a new ordinance that no one should be found walking in the street by ten o’clock at night. But as Juan was still in the street by ten o’clock‚ he crawled. He was seen by the policeman who asked him‚ “Why are you still here? Don’t you know that it is prohibited for townspeople to walk down these streets after ten? “ Juan answered‚ “Yes sir‚ I know‚ but as you can see‚ I am
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Megan Wilkerson Andrea Moudarres Italian 110 4 November 2012 Midterm: Ugolino In Canto 33 of Dante’s Inferno‚ the Pilgrim enters Antenora and sees the sinner‚ Ugolino‚ frozen in a hole and feasting on the head of his nemesis‚ Ruggieri. Although the reason for his damnation in the realm of Antenora is the sin of political treachery against Pisa‚ there seems to be something else he grieves and feels the need to explain to Dante: while Ruggieri locks Ugolino and his sons in a tower with no food
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The novel‚ Bel Canto‚ has a similar connection to the poem called The Chambered Nautilus. These two pieces each have a character that has almost similar characterization and appearance. The nautilus from The Chambered Nautilus and Carmen from Bel Canto‚ both explored the uncertainty of the world or life to the afterlife. The nautilus is a sea creature that lives in a gorgeous shell. In the poem‚ it states‚ “He left the past year’s dwelling for the new‚ / Stole with soft step its shining archway
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“strong and passionate kiss” is followed by an intrusion of 18 terrorists. The target‚ the president of the unnamed country‚ has decided to abstain from the party to stay home and watch a highly anticipated episode of his favourite soap opera. With the discovery that the president is
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Anders Magnuson 4/5th hour ELA Mr. McCormick Tio Juan Chapter Back in Guatemala I had everything. I had a farm‚ I had family‚ I had friends‚ but when we moved to America I lost everything. Not really everything‚ I have a family‚ but only my niece can understand me; i can’t communicate with anyone in this country. I just wish that I could go back to Guatemala I remember the days where life was good‚ the air was clear and the sun was shining. I remember and miss when I had the happiness of being part
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Juan Carlos age 25‚ has a profession of CHP officer‚ he is making a good amount of money. With this sum of cash‚ he is going to be using it for investments‚ housing‚ and retirement. This provides an adequate living situation for him in the city of Anaheim‚ California. He is renting an apartment. Which is not too bad‚ leaving him room for activities he likes to do. These activities consist of sports like soccer‚ boxing‚ and golf. Juan Carlos has goals and milestones which he would like to reach
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“Nirvana and the Discovery of all Negating Absolute”‚ is the next Canto which has a self-explanatory title. The term ‘Nirvana’ means the individual seeker’s eternal rest in the highest non-existence. By and large‚ the term is used for liberation‚ though yet upon the earth passing into an‚ unspeakable peace and calmness. In other words‚ Jivanmukti ‘freedom from the vicious cycle of birth and rebirth’‚ Savitri experiences the Nirvana state and undergoes the different nature. It is to find out the
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