that I saw‚ but the one that touched my heart was a painting called Mother and child by Mary Cassatt. When I saw the painting the first thing that came to my mind was my three-year-old daughter. The painting Mother and child is The ‘Mother and Child’ theme in art began with stories based on the Old Testament and has been interpreted by modern artists as well. There is nothing as tender as the love of a mother for her child. It is a natural instinct to love‚ nurture and protect her offspring
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Music 101 Professor Coppola 11 May 2010 William Grant Still’s Mother and Child Composed in 1943 by William Grant Still is Mother and Child‚ a beautiful classical piece that consists primarily of string instruments with brass undertones. While listening to this piece‚ one can almost imagine themself on a picnic with their mother‚ as the song unfolds a story that most depicts the loving bond between a mother and her child as each measure of the piece progresses. This makes the piece instrumental
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A Characterisation of the setting in Lessing’s short story; The Mother of the Child in Question “The mother of the child in question” is a short story by Doris Lessing‚ where a social worker (Stephen) is going to visit a family in their apartment. “Stained gray piles went up in the sky‚ and down below lay grey acres where only one person moved among puddles‚ soft drink cans and bits of damp paper” In the text‚ the setting is described as an area of tower blocks with cement everywhere. In
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importance of a child ’s bond to his mother has always been recognized as a topic that has fascinated people for hundreds of years. Among psychologists and sociologists‚ there is much debate about exactly how important this attachment is and why. At the turn of the century‚ the treatment of new-born babies was regarded as having little significance for later life‚ because babies were thought to be immune to influence. Such idea was attacked by Sigmund Freud. He believed the relationship a child has with
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Refugee Blues – W.H. Auden ------------------------------------------------- Poet - Wynstan Hugh Auden‚ born as a doctor’s son in February 1907 in York‚ United Kingdom‚ counts as one of the greatest English poets of the twentieth century. Theme - abuse of human rights experienced not only by German Jews but by other Jews and by refugees anywhere. Structure - The poem contains twelve stanzas of three lines each. The first and second line of each stanza rhyme. The two rhyming lines of each stanza
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Mel Carter In “ The German Refugee” by Bernard Malamud‚ we have character named Oskar Gasnerr‚ who is a German- Jewish refugee‚ escaping from German Nazis and comes to America‚ where he has no kins and he can not speak the English language properly. He is supposed to give a lecture in English‚ which is too hard for him to do. Apart from having to talk a language he can’t‚ he is also detachted from her own counrty and family‚ and have economical and social difficulties there. No matter
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Working Mothers: The Effect on a Child’s Development Introduction What is working mother? Working mother is defined as women who are married or not participating in the labour force for income to raise their children. Women start to be active in the labour force once they open the opportunity to the women to work and it is shown that there were a increasing rate of women in the labour force which is 71.3% at the year of 2010 compare to the year of 1990 (66.7%). It also happened because of the
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The Little Refugee – Multimedia Text 1. The Little Refugee is a multimedia text. This book is a great example of belonging due to the representation of Anh Do and his family moving from Vietnam to Australia and belonging into the Australian culture. I chose this article because of the several aspects of belonging represented in this text. These aspects include social belonging‚ cultural belonging and just the overall acceptance in a new country. Anh has many difficulties during his life in Australia
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Mother to Child Transmission of AIDS in Africa G.T. English Composition II A.L. Jan 26‚ 2010 How do you tell a child they have AIDS? How many kids are born with AIDS in Africa? Due to the epidemic of AIDS in Africa should the United States assist in supplying mothers who test HIV positive baby formula to discourage breastfeeding? HIV is not spread through pregnancy‚ but in breast milk. It would make a difference if mothers who are HIV positive in Africa did not breastfeed
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Personal Reflection “The Happiest Refugee” – Anh Do. English Communications 3 – Line 6 Renee Hall. Teacher – Amanda Williams. Renowned comedian‚ Anh Do’s award winning autobiography The Happiest Refugee is a heart-warming and touching journey that leads the audience through Do’s experiences from his early days as a child in Vietnam‚ to his successful career as an influential television personality and well know Australian stand-up comedian. Throughout the text‚ Do explores many ideas and
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