In The Last Samurai protagonist Nathan Algren grows fond of his Bushi captors sympathizing with their supposedly “simple” ways like the Natives he had fought in the Great Sioux War. The film’s message is clear‚ like the Natives the Bushi were a relic doomed by industrial modernization and the triumph of western norms. This Eurocentric and sentimentalist understanding of the emerging Meiji period results in a portrayal of the samurai as rusticated and anti-modern‚ fundamentally misrepresenting Bushi
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This article explains how portion sizes grew over the past centuries through different versions of paintings of The Last Supper. On March 23‚ 2010‚ an article by Melissa Healy was released that explained portion control over the years. She researched and realized that in different depictions of The Last Supper the amount of food grew. She gathered most of her research from two brothers. They found fifty-two different paintings of the meal. They figured out about how much food they ate by the
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A Tainted Perception of a Beautiful Duchess In Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue‚ “The Last Duchess”‚ the Duke portrays himself as a prideful‚ eloquent‚ man who is impassioned by his art. Throughout the poem‚ the reader soon learns and observes his jealous‚ possessive nature that is concealed within his character. The Duke subtly reveals characteristics of “ruthlessness‚ cynicism‚ contempt for human life” within himself and has an uncontrollable “lust for power”. (Joshua Adler‚ 223) Art possesses
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people had experienced during the Western Expansion. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait painted a painting called The Last Shot. The picture represents how they felt and what they did. The Natives weren’t pleased with the encroachment on their land. They weren’t glad that all the americans were on their land. The painting The Last Shot shows the Native trying to kill the American. It was called the last shot because the American only had one shot left in his gun and if he couldn’t kill the Native then he would
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Words From the Last Generation is a 25-minute-long short-documentary available on YouTube and focuses on the younger generation and their view on climate change. Unlike other documentaries on the topic‚ this one includes several students of the local high school
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Last Lecture Don’t judge a book by its cover. You hear that expression all the time. However‚ it couldn’t be applied greater than the book titled‚ “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch. When I first looked at the book‚ I expected to encounter a story filled with nothing but sadness. However‚ after reading this National Bestseller‚ I found that I had discovered a tale of life. “The Last Lecture” documents the life of Randy Pausch in the form of short stories that exemplified the kind of man
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the cards we are dealt‚ just how we play the hand.” -Randy Pausch The Last Lecture can teach a lot about the importance of life. Randy Pausch found out he only had so long left to live and through his last lecture and this book he shows how important it is to live every moment as it is the last because it just might be. He was asked to give a last lecture as many professors are‚ except he wouldn’t need to pretend it was his last because he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Throughout the book
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Summary Essay #1 January 22‚ 2013 The Last Supper Dear Sarah‚ I know you missed class last week‚ but I would love to explain one of the important pieces of art we went over‚ The Last Supper‚ painted from 1495 to 1498. That day‚ we went over the history that led up to period of Modern Art. As Leonardo da Vinci painted this huge piece of art‚ 15 by 29 feet‚ he had purpose and meaning into every detail‚ which I will explain to you. The subject around Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is
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child forever. The development from a child to an adult is an extremely sensitive and tough period. The things you used to know suddenly change and become something completely different. It is this kind of development we see in the short story “The Last Circus” which is published in 1980 and writhen by Ray Bradbury. The development is shown through the main character and is brought up in many various ways. The short story is based on the main character‚ Douglas‚ who lives with his father‚ his mother
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Paragraph #1 The Last Olympian is written by Rick Riordan. It was published in 2009. It is the continuation of The Titan’s Curse. It is the final and fifth novel in The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. It is a fantasy and adventure novel on Greek mythology. The story takes place in modern day New York. Percy knows that as soon as he turns 16 he will have a choice in which he will have to decide to save the world or not. So he leaves with Camp Half-Blood for battle. Kronos is wanting to take
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