A Game of Chess | Artist: Marcel Duchamp Written By: Chad Jordan | A simple yet complex description from the eyes of a college student newly educated on the arts. | | Marcel Duchamp is most renown for his work‚ Fountain (1917) was displayed and photographed at Alfred Stieglitz’s studio and Nude Descending a Staircase (1912) In the Duchamp’s painting A Game of Chess (1910)‚ he uses a variety of colors. He uses shades and tints of those colors vividly and with balance of the brightness and
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Seminar Discussion And Essay Assignment In “Game theories”‚ Clive Thomson contrasts the differences and similarities between the real world and that of the gaming world‚ through his depiction and analysis of the economics in both environments. To further drive Thomson’s insight‚ As a group we discussed two main points that are integral in understanding his perspective on the matter. One‚ the idea of an “economical pure model‚” a scenario that is present in the gaming world as all individuals are
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Periods 1-2 Book Talk: The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins What the book was about: The Hunger Games is a book taking place in the nation of Panem‚ the cruel‚ superficial capitol surrounded by twelve districts. To keep the districts in order‚ and to remind them how powerful they really are‚ the Capitol makes each district send a boy and girl to take part in the Hunger Games‚ a brutal‚ gory fight to the death live on television‚ made so each person in
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-Collecting stamps 2. Games Hobbies -Video games -Card games -Board games 3. Sports & Healthy hobbies -Fishing -Soccer -Basket 2ball -Badminton 4. Performing arts hobbies -Singing -Dancing -Magic 5. Reading Hobbies -Newspapers -Books -Comics *Are hobbies important? Why? From the time we are little children we decided what amuses us and what does not. Also from an early age some of us start doing certain things more than others. Some of us like to play games‚ others like to
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Fugu Runs in The Family Fugu is a traditional Japanese fish that’s been a part of Japan’s culture for many years. Kazuo Ishiguro’s "A Family Supper" is the story of a family that is recovering from the loss of their mother due to fugu poisoning a few years ago. The boy in the family has lived in California for some time and decides to move back to Japan to stay with his father. Upon his arrival‚ a series of clues lead us to believe that the dinner his father has prepared will be their last
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"The Resplendent Quetzal"‚ by Margaret Atwood‚ is the story of Sarah and Edward‚ a disparaging husband and wife‚ who lost their child at birth and consequently lost their love for one another. This story focuses on the individual way that they dealt with the same tragedy and how it led them to become who they are today. Atwood uses symbolism and descriptive character analysis to show how far the degeneration of their relationship has gone. They both continue with their superficial relationship‚ unable
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The Hunger Games Chapters 1-5 1. I would describe District 12 geographically by being in the slumps. It is a poor place; therefore I compare it to a place of poverty. 2. Katniss crosses the gates to go hunting and she is able to get food to feed her family. 3. Gale is Katniss’ best friend and somewhat of a love interest. 4. The reaping is a lottery where someone is selected to participate in the hunger games. A boy and a girl are selected from each district. Katniss responds by putting her
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Snakes and ladders or Chutes and ladder is a children’s board game. It is played on a square grid‚ each small square is marked with a number from 1 to 100. A player starts from 1‚ roll a single die and then move depending on the number on the die. On the way there are ladders and snakes. Ladders are reward; skip a player to a higher level whereas snakes are penalty leading to lowering in level. Any number of players can play simultaneously and one who reached 100th square earlier is winner. It
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Wesley Bolton Samuel Good Jake Jones JonMichael Lopez Honors English 9-1 January 28‚ 2013 WORK CITED INFORMATION: Card‚ Orson. Ender’s Game. New York: Tom Doherty Associates‚ 1977. PLOT SUMMARY AND THEME OF THE NOVEL: Ender’s Game‚ by Orson Scott Card‚ is the story of Andrew “Ender” Wiggin‚ a third born child in a prejudiced‚ futuristic world‚ as he is recruited to train at battle school to fight the “buggers”‚ an alien species that previously
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The Game of Thrones Once the top is reached‚ there is only one place to go. Mary Shelley‚ author of Frankenstein‚ makes this the underlying theme in her novel displaying the entire life of main protagonists Victor Frankenstein and Victor’s creation‚ The Monster. Frankenstein‚ lost in science‚ discovers the secret to life and begins countless experiments to test his theory. His biggest and deadliest experiment was creating The Monster. The Monster is tall‚ ugly‚ and dangerous. The Monster goes on
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