...birth to this new movement taking place. One in particular being Augusta Savage. She was an African American artist and arts educator. She was born Augusta Christine Fells on February 29, 1892,in Green Cove Springs, Florida. As a child began to make art by using the natural clay found in her community. She would sculpt animals and other small objects she could find. Though she loved to sculpt her father greatly disapproved. He tried hi best to stop her from sculpting and focus on something more productive. But despite her father's objections, she continued to make sculptures. In 1915 after her family moved to West Palm Beach, Florida Savage found it difficult to make sculptures due to the lack of clay. She then started to use other materials from the local potter in order to make sculptures. She then created a group of figures that she entered in a local county fair. Her work was well-received, winning a prize and the support of the fair's organizer, George Graham Currie. He encouraged her to study art. Savage moved to New York City during the early 1920s to better establish herself as a sculptor. She studied art at Cooper Union College and after one year at school she recieved a full scholarship which helped with living expenses. She excelled tremendously while there, and was able to finish her course work and graduate in three years instead of four. In 1923, while still attending Cooper Union College, Savage had applied to a special summer program to study art in France, but was...
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...What way does Golding present the boys build up to savagery? The main build up to savagery in the book could be the choir. The choir began as boys who accept the discipline of a choir school and acknowledge Jack's position as head choir boy, The boys become hunters, when Jack forces this role upon them. Then, as Jack releases his savage instincts by creating his mask, they become savages. They used to wear identical cloaks and caps, a uniform designed to promote their group identity and hide individuality to make them all the same apart from Jack who was shown to be the 'Leader'. Jack orders the choir to 'take off' their 'togs' this symbolises the stripping away of civilisation. Now their identities are hidden by masks and paint, and they turn into a tribe of savage killers, living in fear of their cruel chief. Earlier into the book when they build shelter on the beach Jack description of a hunter makes him seems like an animal himself. We see him crouching, 'dog-like', and sniffing the air, 'like a sprinter, his nose only a few inches from the humid earth'. He's almost naked, apart from his 'tattered shorts' and he carries a 'sharpened stick' which he uses as a spear. Every time they kill they take a step further down the road to savagery. In the next chapter 'Painted Faces and Long Hair' Jack paints his face with clay and charcoal for camouflage when hunting, but the mask he creates has a powerful psychological effect as well. The sight of his mask...
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...Abbey Jolliffe Lord of the flies essay This essay is going to show the extent of which Jack and Ralph symbolise the struggle between good and evil. As you read further on you should notice that Jack goes to a much larger extent to represent evil rather than good, however Ralph is the complete opposite. Jack uses his talent and skill to become a hunter and Ralph to try and keep order and rules over the Island. Jack is quite selfish but Ralph is more caring towards the other boys. The essay will compare Jack and Ralph and show some of the few similarities that they have; it will also show the competition between them to try and become leader. My first impression of Jack was that he is used to being the leader and he thinks is better than everyone else, he is self-centred and quite arrogant; however Jack does have some good leadership skills as he was head of the choir. I think this because in the book it says, “kid’s names, why should I be Jack? I’m Merridew.” This suggests that Jack thinks that he is higher in authority than all the other boys because he wants to be called by his surname instead of his first name (Jack). I think Ralph gives a better first impression than Jack because he was immediately thinking about organising the boys on the island in order to get them all rescued. This shows that Ralph...
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...portrays conflict through two of the main characters, Ralph, leader of the civilized group, and Jack, leader of the savage group. Golding reveals the growing tension between civilization and savagery from when a signal fire is let out, Piggy’s glasses breaking, and the pig hunts by Jack. The adventure that the boys encounter in Lord of the Flies explores the dark side of humanity showing the civilized versus the savage-like nature of human beings. Golding attempts to unearth the flaws of society back to the flaws of the nature of humans. The first key moment in the rising action that shows the growing tension between civilization and savagery is when Jack and his hunters let the fire die out, causing a ship to pass by without a smoke signal showing and allowing the group of boys to miss an opportunity of being rescued. This key moment is important because it marks the first dispute between the antagonist and protagonist in the novel. Ralph’s priorities are to build shelters and keep a signal fire going in order to get rescued, however Jack’s priorities are to hunt meat for the boys and have fun. Tension is shown in this moment when they argue and Jack ends up taking his built frustrations out on innocent Piggy. Golding writes, “he took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach” (71). This event reveals a clear difference between the savage and the civilized as Jack uses violence, whereas Ralph...
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...Lord of the Flies In the book Lord of the Flies the boys are stranded on an island all alone. They need to make some kind of system to keep order amongst the group. A utopia is formed quite early on, within the first few chapters in fact. The island seems wonderful with no parents around to boss the kids. The island itself is beautiful and free, to them it is like a vacation of some kind. The leader, Ralph, does a great job of keeping all of the kids very happy. He assures everyone that someone will indeed look and search for them. He does this to keep them from being hopeless, and depressed, for he knows that there might not be escape. In the mean time while waiting Ralph tells everyone to have fun and enjoy what they have on the island. They have a bathing pool and they can build huts and play around. At this early stage, a definite utopia is formed within the novel. Of course the kids will stay happy knowing their parents aren’t there to cause stress and bark orders, but the fact that they are stranded is terrible. Ralph does play it very good in keeping order and telling the kids that rescue will come for them. Order is eventually lost when Jack turns rogue on Ralph and decides to do his own thing. There is a constant fight for leadership in the middle section of the book. Both Jack and Ralph go at it nonstop verbally testing each other. This is where the book becomes dystopian, because things are not good at all and tensions...
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...Film review - ‘The Savages’ (Director: Tamara Jenkins, 2007) ‘The Savages’ tells the story of two middle-aged siblings, Wendy and John, estranged from their father Lenny for many years, who are suddenly faced with his physical and cognitive decline in older age. The film explores the different responses of the two siblings to this enforced caring relationship in light of the revelations about their father’s abusive relationship to them both as children. ‘The Savages’ opens in a retirement village in Sun City, Arizona, where Lenny Savage, is living with his partner Doris, who is assisted by Eduardo, in her with her daily living. When Lenny fails to flush the toilet after Eduardo asks him to do so, and writes insults on the wall with his faeces, concerns are aroused. Doris dies and her family call Wendy, to inform her of the crisis. John and Wendy are engrossed in their own lives on the east coast of the USA where John is a professor of drama and Wendy a playwright whose finances are somewhat precarious. Neither have settled relationships and both seem to struggle with a life outside of their work. As they meet in Arizona to visit Lenny, they learn that he has no legal right to live in his Doris’ home and in addition to the faecal smearing there have been fainting episodes,resulting in his hospitalisation for tests. John and Wendy visit Lenny and find him restrained in bed because he was attempting to pull out his intravenous drip and to get up from bed despite being unsteady...
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...On the afternoon of November 4, 2013, at around 5 o’clock, Sasha Fleischman was riding a bus home from school that day. The 18 year old attended a private high school, and for most of his youth, he identified himself as neither male nor female, but rather “genderqueer” because there was a quality of questioning. That day, while riding the bus, Sasha was reading a book, and shortly after fell asleep. He wore a skirt for almost an entire year at that point, and while asleep, three other teenage boys on the same bus began to laugh and make jokes about Sasha and his attire. Suddenly, one of the three boys flicked his lighter, and Sasha’s skirt went up in flames. Sasha immediately leaped up and began to scream. Two other passengers on the bus helped extinguish the fire, and afterwards, an ambulance rushed Sasha to the San Francisco burn unit. He was treated and operated over the next 4 weeks for his second and third degree burns. Richard Thomas, the 16-year-old boy who lit Sasha’s skirt on fire was arrested the following day. Due to the severity and nature of the crime, Thomas was charged as an adult, denying him of his protections, which included anonymity, which is generally allowed for juveniles. He was charged with two felonies, both with a hate crime clause that would increase the time he would have to serve if he were to be convicted. Thomas, at this point, was facing the possibility of a life sentence. Thomas was interviewed by the police, so they could understand why he...
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...Savagery vs. Civilization The civil and savage nature lies in all human beings, each instinct dominant when the other is not. This is the overall theme of William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. William Golding was a British poet, playwright, and novelist, most famous for Lord of the Flies. This novel is about the internal struggles of young boys marooned on a tropical deserted island. They fight to maintain their civil ways, in which each boy learned, isn’t all that easy. When civilization isn’t present in a person’s life, the savage beast inside them takes over. Roger, Ralph, and Simon all have entirely different struggles with the opposing forces within them. Some succumb easier than others. Roger lost the civilized life he was used to and because of that the natural savage instinct inside of him took over, and a bully and eventual murderer was created. In this quote, the sadistic Roger is beginning to blossom, but he still has a stronger civil instinct in control. “Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space around Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of old life Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law” (Golding 56). Roger is so tempted to throw these rocks at Henry, a younger boy, but his socially acceptable standards at home are still burned into his mind, for he reluctantly backs down. The invisible...
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...Collaboration is when a group (two or more people) comes together and works on a project or idea together as a team. During the process of attending school, collaboration could be very useful for you the student, and your peers (classmates). When you are working with a group, you have different ideas, opinions, and views on a variety of topics. Not to mention, you have someone readily available to help you if needed. When you are working within a group, it is up to you to be responsible and do your part. There is no “I” in team, therefore each person needs to contribute equally and fairly. A couple ways to show personal responsibility would be to organize time efficiently and complete tasks on time. If you are working together and doing your part in the team, you may influence others to contribute their part. Failure to be responsible will result in failure as a team. However, if all members of the group work together then everyone can be successful. When working with your classmates, it’s very important to utilize all means of communication as necessary. For instance, when you are attending school online, everyone has different time zones, schedules, needs, and agendas. You may not always be able to reach someone when you need them. This is why it is very important to use all communication resources. Some of the available ways would include email, online chat (through the online classroom or other service, phone, and discussion boards within the online classroom. All of...
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...In Savage Inequalities, Jonathan Kozal addresses the devastating inequalities in the American public education system. He chooses to specifically focus on the massive differences between low and high income areas in New York. The state that low income schools are in is truly dismal, schools are capped at a capacity of 900 students, yet 1,300 kid attend each day. Overcrowding is a massive problem and funding is incredibly low for these students. Due to a lack of space, 63 people are in one room attempting to teach and learn. The average spending per pupil is around $5,000. At one of the schools that Kozal visited, there was a ratio of 930 kids to one computer and approximately only 700 books in the library. These kids share simply one small...
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...Eric Schocklin 4/16/2012 James Mac Avery Unequal America Savage Inequalities: Children In American Schools Jonathan Kozol began a substitute teaching career in 1964 in a Boston public school. The school was extremely segregated, and was also very crowded. In fact it was so crowd Kozol’s fourth grade class did not even have a class room to work in. They had to share the auditorium with another fourth grade class, the school choir, and the kids rehearsing for the Christmas play. Needless to say their environment was not one meant for studying. Later that year Kozol moved to a new fourth grade class. The problem with this class was that they haven’t had a steady teacher since they were in kindergarten. Kozol was their thirteenth teacher that year alone. He realized that their knowledge was not where it was supposed to be, reading at a second grade level, and at a first grade level in math. It really became a noticeable issue after their first test. He really wanted to find a way to spark the children’s interest in school, so he decided to read them his favorite poetry. He noticed that the kids were really drawn to a poem by Langston Huges called Dreams Deferred. When the school became aware of what Kozol was teaching the children, he was immediately fired. When asked why, the school said because some of the poems he was reading were on the “do not teach” list because it was too difficult and went against the curriculum. After some time out of work Kozol was asked to work...
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...My leadership experience - Divyansh Sanghi I did my best as a leader during my Under graduation level. I was in my 3rd year and I was given the responsibility of organizing events in the technical fest of my university. A group of eight students were selected for the job, and I was given the responsibility to lead the team. While organizing the event I faced certain challenges as a leader. Firstly, we all had to contribute equally, and only certain students use to do majority of the work, and the remaining dint contribute much, also some were not confident enough to take up the tasks at hand. So lot of communication was required to motivate them and make them contribute and give their best to the job at hand. For the people who were not contributing I had to make them feel that the event was 'our' event, and we together have to make it successful. Had to inject the feeling of ownership in them, by assigning them certain tasks and making them the boss of that certain task. For people low in confidence, I use to praise them in every little thing they did, to build their confidence. Secondly, in two events the number participants turned out a lot more than our expectations, the situation seemed to be going out of control, as we dint have enough preparation to deal with double capacity of participants, we were short of time, as the event was about to begin shortly. So at that point of time, rather than panicking, and let the situation go out of control, we calmed down, thought carefully...
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...Old Yeller Recently, my class and I read a book called Old Yeller written by Fred Gipson, and also watched the movie version produced by Disney. In it’s simplest description — Old Yeller is a story about a teenage boy and his new dog. To me, though the movie was somewhat different from the book, they were also alike in many ways. I’m going to tell you all about these differences and similarities. Now, when you make a movie based on a book, it should stick to the plot line for a great majority of the time. I could say that this is a necessity, but sometimes, the movie goes so far off from it’s book, that it seems like the screenplay writer just took the characters and wrote a new story, or in some cases, the movie is actually better than the book. Well, I think that the movie version of Old Yeller stuck to the plot line very well. They kept the setting (which I will get to in a few sentences), the kept the characters and they kept basically the whole theme. Which I think was good, because despite what some of my classmates thought — I enjoyed this book a lot. The setting of the book was pretty much dead on. It took place in Salt Licks, Texas, during the time period of the late 1860's. it also kept Birdsong Creek, the name of the place the Coates live. The house still has hills around it, it still has the pastures where the cows, pigs and old Jumper, the family’s mule, live. Though it was not what I had thought of when I read the book, it was a perfect setting. The...
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...Written Assignment 4.1: Old Yeller Lisa Hannigan The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Abstract When people think of the book or the movie, Old Yeller is a great book (and movie) that is often thought of as a story about the bond a boy and his dog, a common topic in many TV shows and books, like Lassie. However, Old Yeller, as it turns out, proves to be much more than that; it is a true coming-of-age story. At 14 years old, Travis Coates lives with his mother and little brother, Arliss, in the hill country of Texas during the 1860s when his father must leave home to work on a cattle drive. He leaves Travis to “act a man’s part” and take care of the family. While working in a cornfield one day, Travis come across Old Yeller and tries to drive him away, but his younger brother, Arliss likes Old Yeller and stands up for him to Travis. When Old Yeller saves Arliss from a black bear, he wins the affection of the family, especially Travis with whom he forms a strong bond. Later on, the family notices signs of rabies in their cow, Spot. As a precaution, Old Yeller must be put in a pen as a precaution in case he develops any signs of rabies. By this time, the reader (or moviegoer) has formed such a strong bond with Old Yeller, that, when Old Yeller does get rabies, Travis is forced to shoot him to end his suffering and learns firsthand one of the most difficult virtues of true manhood-- sacrifice. Keywords: bond, manhood, family, love, sacrifice. Most people remember...
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...Old Yeller by Fred Gibson. Old Yeller is a hero because he saved Arliss, Travis, Mama and Lisbeth. He is a real hero because without him they could have all died. That would be bad so Old Yeller is very brave, strong and heroic this means he is a good dog and he is . Old Yeller saved little Arliss by tackling the she bear and biting it before it bit and probably killed little Arliss. Old Yeller did not let go eathire till Travis,Mama and Arliss was in the cabin, then he flead for the cabin and got in all safe and sound. I wonder still how Old Yeller could keep the she bear of Arliss that long and still survive that shows how strong and heroic Old Yeller really is. Old Yeller also saved Travis. Travis was marking the hogs when the sand slap...
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