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    Farnsworth House

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    MOVEMENT DUE DATE: WEEK 9 FARNSWORTH HOUSE Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Location: River Road‚ Plano‚ Illinois‚ USA Client: Dr. Edith Farnsworth Project Year: 1945-1951  I. CHOICE EXPLANATION After a while of researching on the internet‚ I decided to choose Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House to make my model due to many reasons. Firstly‚ I was impressed by the way how the house float on the surrounding‚ which make it become the iconic

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    Realism is a form of expression that truly boomed in the nineteenths century. In fact‚ realism opened up the eyes of many as it revealed the reality around them‚ specifically the lives of the middle class‚ and allowed the public to draw connections to the social/economic changes that were occurring at the time. Plus‚ in the introduction of the Norton Anthology of American Literature book‚ Nina Baym informs us that realism “took on many forms and exposed readers to a wide range of subjects and perspectives”

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    Native Son‚ by Richard Wright‚ is categorized as a work of fiction‚ but the realism found between the covers sometimes breaches the line between fiction and non-fiction. By utilizing realism‚ Wright magnifies his main themes of Black oppression and fear in the Black Belt of Chicago. Realism in Native Son is found mainly found in the form of news articles from the time‚ but is also drawn from Wright’s own experiences growing up. In Wright’s essay‚ "How Bigger Was Born‚" he tells of the many people

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    creatures‚ whom he views as prisoners of primitive instincts and powers‚ which we can barely control. He states that our purpose is to control these instincts and powers. Freud explained these concepts by comparing the human spirit to an iceberg. The visible part of the iceberg (spirit) is the conscious part‚ which consists of everything we know and remember and the thinking processes through which we function. The unconscious part is made up of everything we have ever learned or experienced‚ including

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    KINDRED SPIRITS HOTEL     Define the problem:   a) -The hotel was successful in previous years of operation   - Revenues are down 18% and profits have decreased 25% over last year   - The town council is considering stopping overnight parking on the road beside the hotel that could spell disaster seeing as the hotel only has parking for 11 vehicles   b) The hotel is suffering from changes inflicted by the town council‚ and the new owner Ms. Kindred has no experience working in the hotel

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    House of Cards

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    craved for a better life for her family. A mortgage broker from her church found the family a house in an upscale neighborhood. She thought she had found her dream house. 

Cynthia Simons says her broker “grossly exaggerated her income and without her knowledge arranged two mortgages... one a loan for her down payment‚ the other an adjustable rate mortgage on the home”. 

Now‚ Simons still has the house‚ but can no longer keep up with her mortgage payments. In this case the conflict of interest is

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    December 11‚ 2012 The Vicarious Experience of Realism and Romanticism The two concepts of realism and romanticism are essentially complete opposites. Realism looks at the facts and gives the reader a vicarious experience through its story‚ making them feel the pain‚ sorrow‚ or happiness. Romanticism sugar coats everything and makes something that in real life is tragic and painful into something beautiful. Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry

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    The author uses realism to show what life is truly like for women in Afghanistan. One example of realism is when Mariam is forced into marriage to a man she has never met. This is an example of realism because in Afghanistan‚ the man of the household can give away the woman for marriage‚ without the consent of the woman. This helps the reader to understand and sympathize with Mariam‚ because of what she must endure. Another example of realism in the novel is when Rasheed‚ husband

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    THE HOUSE OF GEORGE BROWN (George Brown House (Toronto). (2014‚ September 26). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 5‚ 2014‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brown_House_(Toronto)) Professor Name - Benjamin McCarthy Student Name - Dilan Perera - 100904553 What is House of George Brown and where it is located Between 1874-76 there was nice second empire -style house was built by the father of The Globe newspaper (now Globe and Mail) Mr George Brown and he named it as Lambton Lodge

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    Cited: Byrne‚ William F. "Realism‚ Romanticism‚ and Politics in Mark Twain." undefined. 8 April 2003. National Humanities Institute. 14 December 2009. <http://www.nhinet.org/byrne.htm>. Davis‚ John H. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." In Rasmussen‚ R. Kent. Critical Companion

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