...Sanil Shah Italian 102 Essay #2 Alessandro Manzoni nasce a Milano il 7 marzo 1785 da una relazione extra-matrimoniale tra Giulia Beccaria e Giovanni Verri. Nel 1791 entra nel collegio dei Somaschi a Merate, dove rimane fino al 1796, anno in cui viene ammesso presso il collegio dei Barnabiti. A Parigi rimane fino al 1810 e si accosta, stabilendo anche forti amicizie, all'ambiente degli ideologi, che ripensavano in forme critiche e con forti istanze etiche la cultura illuminista. Rientrato a Milano nel 1807, incontra e si innamora di Enrichetta Blondel, con la quale si sposa con rito calvinista e dalla quale avrà negli anni ben dieci figli (otto dei quali gli morirono tra il 1811 e il 1873). Dal 1812 lo scrittore compone i primi quattro "Inni Sacri", che verranno pubblicati nel '15; l'anno seguente inizia la stesura de "Il conte di Carmagnola". Egli è famoso per il romanzo The Betrothed ( Promessi Sposi ) generalmente classificato tra i capolavori della letteratura mondiale romanzo è anche un simbolo della italiana Risorgimento , sia per il suo messaggio patriottico e perché era una tappa fondamentale nello sviluppo della moderna unificata, la lingua italiana . Il lungo lavoro di stesura del romanzo si caratterizza sostanzialmente per la revisione linguistica, nel tentativo di dare un orizzonte nazionale al suo testo, orientandosi sulla lingua "viva", cioè parlata dai ceti colti della Toscana contemporanea. La sua fama di letterato, di grande studioso di poetica ed...
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...Questions and Answers: Italian Unification 1. What factors discouraged an early unification of Italy and how were these overcome? Before the year of 1848, the Italian faced a lot of difficulties to urge the unification movement. Until, 1848, the situation had been changed and directly contributed to the unification movement. After 1815 Italy was once again a mere geographical expression. Austria was to control a large part of Italy directly, that is, Lombardy and Venetia, and indirectly through the restored Bourbon Kings in some minor Italian states. Italian unification was once again frustrated ever the Risorgimento was quickly in advance. The explosion of Austrian power in Italy was the main problem which discouraged an early unification of Italy. Moreover, the general political atmosphere in Europe did not allow new concessions to Italian balance when the powers were concerned with maintaining the balance of power and to prevent the setting of French hegemony in Europe again. So a united Italy in 1815 would only mean French domination of Italy, so the powers generally accepted the settlement even though the 1815 settlement ignored the moral principles which first French Revolution and the Romanticism had unleashed in Europe. Even liberal powers like Britain and the mother of Revolution, France did not dare to take the risk of a war which may be caused if Italy was united and this might invite foreign intervention in the young Italy. So foreign aid was generally unavailable...
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...An Italians lifestyle really revolves around the culture of their dishes and all their social gatherings. My husband's side of the family is italian, and when he was younger, he used to go out and shoot a pig in the back yard, then go pick chicken eggs from the coup. The the next day he would be in the dining room next to all his cousins and uncles eating the bacon from the same pig he shot with a side of eggs and black coffee. Then he would go out and ride horses and herd cattle while his grandmother was cooking in their kitchen with steam rolling out the windows and coffee brewing for afternoon espresso. They do this without relying on a fast food restaurant and they do it because they value family and fresh home cooked meals. Italian cooking and lifestyles make it clear that Italians value relationships more than Americans. Each Italian province has its own unique food customs which relate to the close knit communities in each region. I read that in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia they give wine and local ham to guests as a way of warming them up. This shows how Italians emphasize the importance of relationships. Italians...
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...Introduction Italian immigrants migrated into the US together with many of their Europeans neighbors. When they first came to US most of the migrants had a very hard life. Arriving in a new country, the Italian migrants mostly had very little money and had no idea of their new place apart from US being the land of opportunity. The lack of resources and contacts in the new country prompted many of these immigrants to settle down in the place the first set down. These immigrants came from various parts of Italy they were scattered all around the US. This paper will look at the common menu of those Italian migrants and look at how it has involved in the community that is now known as the Italian-American. This essay will mainly try to address the significant issues of the process of ethnic identity. This paper will argue that the role of family is very important in advocating ethnic identity. The influence of a very rigid and traditional family institution helped the Italian immigrants whom in the end were known as Italian American to maintain their identity. This is fascinating because despite undergoing changes from generations to generations their tradition is still very much alive and important to them. The paper will further argue this point by looking, the transmission of ethnic consciousness amongst the Italian American. Last but not least we will look at the maintenance of ethnic group boundaries and most importantly, the role of food in such process...
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...In the argument and analysis writing we have concluded clear thesis statement were made at the last sentence of the intro paragraph every time. When creating my product review under the category of argument writing, a straightforward claim was made after explaining the product that I chose to review. I wrote about Carmen’s Italian ice, a local custard and Italian ice café in Rockville, Maryland and I stated “Carmen’s Italian ice is the best Italian ice café because they have many flavors of ice and custard and the price you pay is very good and the result is amazing ice and custard.” This compelling thesis statement sets up the body paragraphs to write about. As well in analysis writing I was able to institute a clear start with a thesis statement in the introductory paragraph. In the meaningful word essay created this eighth grade year my thesis communicated what I would write about. “The word “dream” in the novella The Pearl, connects to the development of characters and the theme of the story.” This clearly shows what I will be writing about for the rest of the essay. Clearly over the course of all eighth grade year it has not been difficult to write a thesis statement to begin my argument and analysis writing...
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...Introduction Italian immigrants migrated into the US together with many of their Europeans neighbors. When they first came to US most of the migrants had a very hard life. Arriving in a new country, the Italian migrants mostly had very little money and had no idea of their new place apart from US being the land of opportunity. The lack of resources and contacts in the new country prompted many of these immigrants to settle down in the place the first set down. These immigrants came from various parts of Italy they were scattered all around the US. This paper will look at the common menu of those Italian migrants and look at how it has involved in the community that is now known as the Italian-American. This essay will mainly try to address the significant issues of the process of ethnic identity. This paper will argue that the role of family is very important in advocating ethnic identity. The influence of a very rigid and traditional family institution helped the Italian immigrants whom in the end were known as Italian American to maintain their identity. This is fascinating because despite undergoing changes from generations to generations their tradition is still very much alive and important to them. The paper will further argue this point by looking, the transmission of ethnic consciousness amongst the Italian American. Last but not least we will look at the maintenance of ethnic group boundaries and most importantly, the role of food in such process. Overall...
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...Essay #1 Italy For this essay I am going to talk about Italy’s history and what I think makes Italy a great country for the culinary arts. The few things that I will be talking about are culture, ethnic foods, spice profiles, geography and topography. (Italy) (Italy) Geography – Italy is a little bit larger than Arizona, it is a long peninsula shaped like a boot it is surrounded on the West side by the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the East side by the Adriatic. It is surrounded by France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia to the North. The Apennine Mountains form the peninsula's spine; the Alps form its northern boundary. “The largest of its many northern lakes is Garda (143 sq mi; 370 sq km); the Po, its principal river, flows from the...
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...NUMBER: C1420893 MODULE CODE: ML8293 MODULE TITLE: Memories of Fascism COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT: Memories of Fascism Assessed Essay WORD COUNT: 1843 * * * In what ways could it be argued that fascist foreign policy led directly to the fall of the regime? Do you agree with this assessment? This essay explicitly explains the ways in which Mussolini’s fascist foreign policy did in fact lead to the fall of the regime in 1943. The three most significant factors of causation were Imperialism, Italian involvement in the Spanish Civil War and an alliance with Germany. Despite achieving some domestic and foreign short-term success, Imperialism as an Italian fascist foreign policy was truly destructive for fascism. Modeled upon the old Roman Empire, Mussolini strived to ensure that the idea of ‘Romanità’ was deeply engrained within fascist ideology and culture, predominantly through propaganda. He made no secret of his desire to make Italy ‘great, respected and feared’ (Urmila Sharma, S.K. Sharma Page 388), often alluding to the power and dominance of the Roman Empire as a tool to inflame national patriotism. In order to sustain this idea, Mussolini wanted a spectacular foreign policy achievement that would boost the popularity of the fascist regime whilst diverting attentions away from unpopular domestic policies (Page 57, Mussolini and Italian Fascism, Hamish Macdonald). In this way, an invasion of Abyssinia had perfectly logical long-term nationalistic aspirations;...
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...Expecting too much, can disappoint us in the end An analytical essay of Reunion A lot of things in this world are expected in a positive way from us humans, we try to see the good in people, the good in our surroundings, but in the end we either fail and learn from our mistakes, or we succeed, but the main thing is, not rejecting the truth. Reunion is short story that will help us understand the statement mentioned above. In this essay, there will be a short resume of the short story Reunion, an analytical part, and in the end an interpretation where the short story Living with strangers and reunion are compared. The story takes place in New York at noon, where Charlie would be in New York for an hour and a half, so he asked his dad who he has not seen in three years, if they could eat lunch together. He meets his dad and they go to a restaurant, and when his father tries to order something, he fails because he is so rude to the staff, and this happens three more times in till Charlie has to leave for his train, his dad apologizes and tries to buy him a newspaper, but he fails once again and then Charlie leaves. Charlie met his dad after three years, he expected something else by meeting his dad, but unfortunately he got disappointed. This story, as mentioned earlier, takes place in New York, where Charlie and his dad visits four restaurants, and the station in the end. The first place was empty, but the bartender was quarrelling with the delivery boy, so the...
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...He is very vain and does not tolerate any body hair. He is also very obsessed about being clean and washes himself twice a day to be so. His biggest interest is karaoke. Every Friday night he goes to The Brunswick to sing songs by Bob Seger, his big hero. He studies the music videos to do the dance moves perfectly, and when he is singing karaoke, he feels superior. We are also told that he is a racist. It seems very important to him to be as white and as clean as possible. Also, when The Brunswick is being made into a dance club instead of a karaoke club, he talks about “black disco music” being something disgusting. Later on he also talks about the Italian man, Berto, and that he looks like a monkey with all his body hair. He feels that people like Berto, visitors as well as immigrants, are ruining London. Berto is an Italian guy who comes to London to visit Cathy, an English girl he met in Venice. They had a holiday relationship and spend a lot of time together, especially in bed. Berto does not understand a lot of English, and little does he speak it, but he did understand to come visit her in Hackney. When Berto finally comes to London, longing for what he had with Cathy, nothing is what he thought it would be. Cathy has an open relationship with another man, and the fact that the three of them spend a lot of time together confuses Berto even more. On their way home from a party Cathy gets angry at Berto, not knowing what he said to upset her, and leaves him in the...
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...Process Analysis Essay “How to make Chicken Parmesan” There are many people that are interested in Italian food. Today, I am going to teach you how to make a famous Italian dish. The dish is named Chicken Parmesan. There are three very important steps in making chicken parmesan: preparation, cooking, and transfer to a plate. First, you should go to the supermarket to get some groceries. You should buy cooking spray, bread crumbs, fresh parsley, oregano, garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper, eggs, milk, flour, tomato sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese and boneless chicken breast cutlets. When you get back home and are ready to cook, take out 4 chicken cutlets, rinse the chicken cutlets under running cold water, and pound the chicken cutlets into flat pieces about 1/2 inches thick. Then, put them in a bowl. In a medium bowl, toss 1 cup of bread crumbs with 1/4 teaspoon oregano, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon paprika, a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. In another bowl, whisk the 2 eggs and 1/2 cup milk together. In a third bowl stir together 2 cups flour, and a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. Dip each piece of chicken, 1 piece at a time, in flour, shaking off excess, then egg, then bread crumbs, shaking off excess. Now, you are done with the preparation. Now, we are going to cook it. First, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Then, place breaded cutlets in a glass baking dish and spray on each side with cooking spray, about 5 seconds per...
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...AP USA Essay Writing Seven Steps of Essay Writing 1. Read and Analyze the question. • What is the question asking? • What is the question asking you to do? • What type of question is it? 2. Collect and sort the data needed to answer the question. • Brainstorm a list of factual information. • Create categories for this information. 3. Create your thesis statement. • The thesis is your answer to the question. It is the guiding argument of the essay. • The thesis must fully address the question, take a position with regard to the question, and provide organizational categories for analysis. 4. Write the introduction to your essay. • Begin with a broad statement on the topic. • Narrow the paragraph with 2-3 sentences that bring the question into focus. • Conclude with the thesis statement. 5. Write the body of the essay. • Each paragraph must have a topic sentence. • Each paragraph must have evidence, or historical fact. • Each paragraph must have analysis, which may be presented as interpretation or commentary. • Each paragraph must contain a “clincher” sentence. • Each paragraph must contain a transition sentence that directs the reader to the next paragraph. 6. Write the conclusion. • The conclusion must reinforce the thesis, not restate it. • The conclusion must summarize the main...
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...|Analysing an Essay Question | 1. Introduction Common criteria of undergraduate essay writing focus on the following requirements: students need to be analytical and critical in their response students need to structure their writing logically students need to be persuasive writers | students need to answer the question | This booklet looks at, how to analyse your essay question. Other Learning Centre booklets in this series deal with the other aspects: • Analytical Writing deals with the difference between analytical and descriptive writing • Planning and Structuring an Essay deals with logical structures • Developing and Supporting an Argument deals with persuasion Expectations of student assignments One of the difficulties experienced by students, particularly in first year, is understanding what standard is expected in essays at tertiary level. As well as this, each subject discipline has its own ways of doing things and its own conventions about essay structure and writing style. For instance, in some subjects it is acceptable to write very personally and put forward your own opinions and feelings on a topic and in others such a personal response would not be appropriate. You need to find out the expectations and conventions...
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...Darria Nance Mrs. Hake English 111 26 April 2015 Essay 4. Restaurant Review Erio's Restaurant Review Erio's restaurant is located in Woodson Square, 4434 Woodson Rd, St. Louis, Mo. 63134. It is a small, friendly restaurant that is quiet easy to miss except for it's huge sign in the parking lot. It's the perfect place to dine if you like Italian cuisine. It sits just across from Columbia College and is convenient for the campus students and staff. It's interior is gorges with its vintage type theme in the artwork that hangs on the walls. The restaurant buzzed with excitement and energy and quickly filled with seemingly satisfied customers. The noise level was appropriate for the number of guest that were in pleasant conversation. This restaurant was a selection of ours as we were given the task of performing a restaurant review. Our party of guests was a large one of about 10-12 including our English Professor Mrs. Hake. We were accommodated by tables that were neatly joined together with decorative cloths. The waitress introduced herself and offered drinks as we awaited the arrival of the rest of our party. I couldn't help but notice how clean the restaurant was and that the aroma was that of Italian seasoning. Silverware sat at your elbows neatly wrapped besides the menu that was placed at my fingertips. There were several selections ranging from Pizza, soup, salad and sandwiches, stuffed pasta, and baked entrees. My selection was the baked mostaccioli with the...
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...How to Make Penne alla Vodka In this essay I will tell you how to prepare Penne alla Vodka the Italian way. A recipe that has been in my family for years passed down from my grandmother straight from Italy. You must gather ingredients, prepare the ingredients, and then finally serve your finished meal. First step to making Penne alla Vodka is to get the following ingredients, Salt One 35-ounce can Italian plum tomatoes, with their liquid, 1 pound penne, 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, 10 cloves garlic, peeled crushed hot red pepper, 1/4 cup vodka, 1/2 cup heavy cream, 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or olive oil for finishing the sauce. Next we start to prepare the ingredients, Bring 6 quarts of salted water to a boil, Pour the tomatoes and their liquid into a food processor. Using quick on/off pulses, process the tomatoes just until they are finely chopped. Stir the penne into the boiling water. Bring the water back to a boil, stirring frequently, until done about. This takes about 8 to 10 minutes all together. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cut garlic cloves with a knife and add them to the hot oil. Cook, until the garlic is lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Lower the processed tomatoes close to the skillet and carefully slide the tomatoes into the pan. Bring to a boil, season with salt and crushed red pepper, boil for 2 minutes. Pour in the vodka, lower the heat so the sauce is at a simmer, and simmer until the pasta is ready...
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