In an "Overview of Jules (Gabriel) Verne‚" the unknown author detests many of Verne’s works‚ even The Journey to the Center of the Earth. This unknown author claims that in the story‚ Verne “describ[es] unlikely or impossible events in the most plausible way.” For instance‚ in the final conclusion of this story‚ our protagonists‚ Axel and the professor ride a volcanic eruption on a wooden raft to make their last minute escape. Indeed it is dramatic‚ but it is very much unrealistic and adds boredom
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"Joan of Arc‚" was painted by the French realist artist Jules Bastien-Lepage in 1879. "After the province of Lorraine was lost to Germany following the Franco-Prussian War in 1821‚ The Frenchmen saw in Joan of Arc a new and powerful symbol. In 1875‚ Bastien-Lepage‚ a native of Lorraine began to make studies for a picture of her. In the present painting‚ exhibited in the Salon of 1880‚ Joan is shown receiving her revelation in her parents garden. Behind her are Saints Michael‚ Margaret‚ and Catherine
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Brooklyn Ferry " - Walt Whitman " Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " is a poem told from a man on a ferry between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The journey begins with the man leaning over a railing look into the water. The man ( Walt Whitman ) sees the clouds and the sun set reflected in the water and personifies them as "you". Throughout the poem Whitman will personify many other things in the poem. The business people and workers on the ferry a reflectively "curious" to him. As the ferry carries
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life is a physical and spiritual journey—from birth to death. Each person’s experience is unique‚ yet very similar to those that came before and those that will come after. Whitman talks about the journey of life in “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”‚ as he is taking a ferry ride. He illustrates the similarities of his life to those that will take the same trip through the visions and emotions that he ponders while on his voyage. Walt Whitman speaks to not only the physical aspects of going through life
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Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry John Brown’s beliefs about slavery and activities to destroy it hardly represented the mainstream of northern society in the years leading up to the Civil War. This rather unique man‚ however‚ has become central to an understanding and in some cases misunderstandings about the origins of the Civil War. The importance of Brown’s mission against slavery was colossal to accelerating the civil war between the North and the South. His raid on Harpers Ferry in1859 divided the
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In this essay I will be discussing French artist Jules Cheret’s art work: La Loie Fuller (1893‚ figure 2.3) and American artist Will H. Bradley’s art work: The Chap Book‚ Thanksgiving no. (1895‚ figure 2.24) in a compare and contrast exercise‚ looking at both the similarities but also what makes these two works very different. The art works are both dated by the end of the nineteenth century. Around the same time‚ the Industrial Revolution brought a huge boost productivity‚ but also changed the social
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“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” is a nine section poem written by Walt Whitman that was originally published in 1856‚ then revised and republished in 1881. The poem seems to be an attempt to address the future to an audience that is composed of people from the future. Whitman’s first section opens with imagery of what the character is seeing in his immediate vicinity. Whitman begins to consider the other people on the ferry with him and those that are on the other ferries on the river. With the words:
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John Brown’s efforts to keep slavery from spreading westward are heroic. If one is in the Southern region of the country you might have the viewpoint that Brown was nothing more than a terrorist that acted unjustifiably with his actions at Harpers Ferry. Brown himself obviously felt justified in his actions and that he was working through God‚ “I believe that to have interfered as I have done‚ in behalf of His despised poor‚ was not wrong‚ but right.” The fact of the matter is that today while his
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Wright’s "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry‚ Ohio" The poem’s title seems to depict a harvest scene with foliage falling from the trees‚ the end of summer‚ preparation for winter‚ Autumn Begins. But this seasonal change in nature’s life cycle occurs metaphorically in Martins Ferry‚ Ohio‚ Wright’s hometown‚ which already gives an introduction in itself to the changes‚ which occur there. The feelings and emotions which affected him. He was born In Martins Ferry‚ Ohio on December 13‚ 1927. His father
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connected to the other passengers on the ferry in his poem Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. “It avails not‚ time nor place – distance avails not‚ I am with you‚ you men and women of a generation‚ or ever so many generations hence‚ Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky‚ so I felt‚ Just as any of you is one of a living crowd‚ I was once of a crowd” (p. 1070). He feels connected to the other people that have in the past and will in the future ride the ferry on their commute home from work. It
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