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    Pisces of a (Very Young) Man Here was a young man; he was too young to work but him rather work for any position instead of asking money for his parent. He worked as a dishwasher in a steak house. He doesn’t like the job because the heat from dishwasher was extremely hot. Everyone knew he was underage to work but no one treated him like a kid but more like a friend. Sooner he got familiar with the machines‚ he know how to beat the heat and his supervisor always gave him extra salary.

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    The Portrait of a Lady

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    The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James Apparently the fiction of Henry James appears to be about people at the center of high society. On closer examination‚ many of James’s characters struggle to enter high society from less fortunate backgrounds. A repeated theme in Henry James’s fiction is the culture clash between Americans and Europeans. As an American who spent most of his life in Europe‚ he was well-placed to see the contrasts between these two cultures. For example‚ his novels Daisy

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    these successful people are self-made millionaires. Some of them have no tertiary education but that did not stop them from charging forward against all odds. The courage to take calculated risks is a big factor in their success. As a career builder‚ I encourage you to pick one or two of these 6 habits highly successful people practice. Implement them for yourself and see the results over time.  However‚ my first exposure to the idea of compliance was not in a psychology book‚ but beneath a tree

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    First written in the 1880s and extensively revised in 1908‚ The Portrait of a Lady is often considered to be James’s greatest achievement. In it‚ he explored many of his most characteristic themes‚ including the conflict between American individualism and European social custom and the situation of Americans in Europe. James proclaimed that “The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent reality.” Plot was for him but the extension of character. The novel must

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    The Oval Portrait

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    Commentaire de texte : The Oval Portrait‚ Edgar Allan Poe From Selected Tales‚ Penguin‚ Popular Classics The Oval Portrait‚ a short story from Edgar Allan Poe‚ lies in the fact that art and life are deadly linked. The passion for art and painting is described as causing death since the painter’s determination to make a portrait of his wife will cause her death. As in most of Poe’s short stories‚ the setting takes an important place in the story. We could say that it has even an influence on

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    Man I Killed

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    “The Man I Killed” Guilt takes over ones mind and conquers the body because someone thinks constantly about a memory that previously occured. In Tim O’Brien’s‚ “The Man I Killed”‚ he starts with a list of physical features of the man he killed with a grenade in My Khe. He was imagining what the man’s life must have been like. O’Brien thinks of stories and personalities about the man he murdered in the war. He describes his feelings and says‚ “Nothing nobody could do… stop staring” (O’Brien 1).

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    Wilson—the Artist Simple and complicated‚ Fred Wilson is an installation artist and political activist. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Purchase College‚ State University of New York in 1976. Fred Wilson was born in 1954 in The Bronx‚ New York (Fred Wilson‚ Art21.org). He is an American artist‚ with African-American and Caribbean descent (Fred Wilson‚ Artspace.com). Fred Wilson still lives in New York today. He is most known for his conceptual art. He is quoted as saying‚ “I get everything

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    The Academic Arab College for Education ==================================================== INTRODUCTION TO POETRY EXAMINATION A (4) AND A (14) / SEMESTER A 2014 ================================================== Name of Student (1) _______________________________________ ID Number: ______________________________________________ Class : A ( ) Name of Student (2) _______________________________________ ID Number: ______________________________________________ ID :

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    Portrait photography What is portrait photography? Portrait photography is photographs of a person or a group of people that shows the expression‚ personality‚ and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture‚ the focus of the photograph is usually the person’s face however‚ the background and setting may be included to make the image more effective and meaningful. What portrait photographers main aims are to focus on the person’s face. They aim to give emphasis on the face of the person

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    ArtistsReflection on 4 Artists 1 Tree: What important concept does 4 Artists Paint 1 Tree convey concerning the perception and expression of objective‚ observable things? (The tree) The important concept that I picked up on was that though all of these varied views are put onto a tree that the artist’s perspectives and individualistic views are what are important. By the creativity behind how the artists pushed the bounds of how a tree is normally perceived and instead viewed the tree in a

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