In the novel Native Son‚ there is a central idea of the oppression on African-Americans and the psychological effects caused by such racism. The main character‚ Bigger Thomas is the embodiment of this theme as he is a black male who lives on the Southside of Chicago. His whole life has been oppressed by the white male as he has only completed the eighth grade‚ lives in a cramped household with his mom‚ little sister and brother‚ and does not have the means to support his family has caused him to
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Judith beheading Holofernes 1. Painted by the Italian artist Caravaggio‚ in 1598 around the 16th century. During the art movement of Baroque period. 2. It is a history painting 3. The media: Oil on canvas / The method: The lighting in this painting is dramatic‚ as though a single flame is illuminating the entire scene‚ causing the shadows to recede far into the background and the highlights to protrude outwards. This is most evident in the red curtain behind Holofernes. The techniques:
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the Bibliotheca (2.5.2): realizing that he could not defeat the Hydra in this way‚ Heracles called on his nephew Iolaus for help. His nephew then came upon the idea (possibly inspired by Athena) of using a firebrand to scorch the neck stumps after each decapitation. Heracles cut off each head and Iolaus cauterized the open stumps. Seeing that Heracles was winning the struggle‚ Hera sent a large crab to distract him. He crushed it under his mighty foot. The Hydra’s one immortal head was cut off with a golden
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You know that pet you wanted for christmas or your birthday? Well there’s a chance it’s in a lab being tested on. A debate has been going on about how the negatives outweigh the positives or how the positives outweigh the negatives on animal testing. Although some may believe animal testing is valuable‚ in reality‚ it is unreliable‚unsafe and inhuman. One compelling reason to put a stop to animal testing is it’s unreliable. In fact a drug tested safe on animals was released and turned out to
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flesh and blood. With the belief of corn as the source of human creation‚ the Mayans believed maize was a source of scared properties‚ becoming the basis of many rituals. One of the most well-known rituals associated with the food of maize is the decapitation of the Maya Maize God. Just like the physical maize plant‚ the Maya Maize God was decapitated at the harvest time‚ and reborn at the new growing season. The ritual performed during harvest time concludes that the Maya Maize God representing the
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Throughout Mesoamerica‚ human sacrifice was a common practice that was executed by the indigenous people that occupied the region. Although people commonly associate human sacrifice with the Aztec civilization‚ Lopez Austin and Lopez Lujan claim that ritual sacrifices transpired globally. Despite this‚ people continue to label the Aztecs as cruel sacrificers as they consider their ritual practice to be ruthless and inhumane. However‚ Dr. Linda Schele argues that Mesoamerican sacrifice is similar
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I chose Border Patrol Agent Joel Luna as the subject of my discussion. Luna has not been found guilty as of yet of any crime‚ however‚ he has been arrested and charged with murder‚ possession of a controlled substance‚ tampering with physical evidence and engaging in organized criminal activity (LA Times &‚ KRGV News‚ 2015). Luna embodies the worst kind of corruption in my opinion. All corruption is deplorable; but when a person uses a public trust position to further criminal activity at such
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smooth ER and established numerous different proteins including 234 unknown proteins (Song et. al‚ 2009). Male mice were famished for sixteen hours and then had their livers removed (Song et. al‚ 2009). The livers were removed quickly after the decapitation of the mice and then submerged in cold PBS‚ washed‚ cut‚ blotted‚ weighed‚ and finally cut up into tiny pieces (Song et. al‚ 2009). The proteins were then extracted and put through various programs to identify peptides (Song et. al‚ 2009). Many
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The book The Chinese Maze Murders by Robert Van Gulik is written in a Confucian view point. Even though it is written from this view point it does not hesitate to establish other religious views as well. Such as how Judge Dee is indeed a Confucian man. Not an Ideal Confucian‚ but a Confucian nonetheless. Judge Dee is a strict prefect which is not so much a Confucian way of ruling‚ but a legalist way. He uses both Confucian and Legalist teachings in order to run Lan Fang effectively. Also‚ this book
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Introduction When you think of the Aztec‚ what comes to mind? Perhaps you think of the Spanish conquistadors or their beautiful capital at Tenochtitlan. What comes to mind for a lot of people is their practice of human sacrifice. In class‚ we learned a lot about the civilizations of the Maya and the Inca but not much about the Maya. Chapter 13 of the assigned readings talks about the Aztec and how they came to power and their collapse. One paragraph in the chapter‚ although morbid and disturbing
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