character (Scruton 123), and then he deals with two areas where a lack of beauty has desecrated that which is sacred. The first is pornography, suggesting that it reduces the human to an object – a body – and thus loses the embodiment that makes humans beautiful. The second is kitsch in relation to religious images. Scruton would disagree with Freeland and consider the “religious” art piece of the Virgin disgraceful and unethical. As Scruton notes ‘images are of enormous importance in religion, helping us
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will not be any motorbikes or cars riding around the hood, which is when they are back in their home. Walking down the streets in the center of the city, just simple walking around the city, puts my mood into a whole new level. Ho Chi Minh City America has been nice, but I rarely feel the world “home” after almost three years staying here. Except when I am with other Vietnamese people, I feel comfortable and bonding than ever. I am glad there are other Vietnamese people around, makes me feel I am
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Race in Obama’s America 1. Give an outline of the different attitudes to the situation of African Americans presented in text 1, 2 and 3. Outline of text 1: Text 1 is a commentary publicist on USA Today website on August 14, 2009, and it is written by lawyer and columnist Yolanda Young. Yolanda Young’s main statement is that there has been a paradigm shift in the culture and that Africa American women now are being noticed. In her commentary she comperes her own experiences of being
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more beautiful. Before, men were seen more beautiful. Thus women buy more to make themselves more beautiful. Men started to go shopping, as a fun activity. This was not the case before consumerism came along. 3. The growth on consumerism Uneven geographically- consumerism more in urban areas than rural areas a) changes in retailing(shops) changes in retailing boosts consumerism = department stores advertisement boosts consumerism = first in America
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classical choreographers. I brought standards of excellence and quality performance to the American ballet culture. I had a school, a company, and a permanent theater. I also had developed the New York City Ballet into the leading classical company in America and to some critics,
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Junior started Stanford that following October, a beautiful campus left him speechless and a magnificent girl took his breath. Daisy was her name, and she was the human personification of perfection. Her blond hair that curled by her ears, her glowing skin, her stellar blue eyes, and her luminescent smile all made her shine as if a drop of sunlight fell onto the Earth. When her rosy lips stopped smiling long enough to form words, she revealed a beautiful warm voice and an intelligent humor. It simply
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now (with two stores in NYC), but it's still a homegrown brand at heart. Aritizia has something for every girl: sporty, classic, and trendy. Aritzia is an innovative women’s fashion boutique that cherishes excellent design and quality, offering beautiful clothes and accessories that no one can match at its price point. Providing unparalleled customer service and a personal shopping experience both in store and online, Aritzia curates a collection of fashion brands both exclusive and non-exclusive
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feel pain, in order for us to survive the food chain has to be respected. 2. Although America does have enough domestic issues that we could tend to, defending other countries or invading other countries can lead to alliances of sources the country may need. We have a whole government in place to decide whether war would be beneficial or harmful too us as in end result. So I believe in most cases America has gained assets as a result of world policing. Other countries depend on us and we depend
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Jimmy Santiago Baca, the narrator explains in immigrants come to America and try to take make living for their families but society discriminate against them because they are different .American Dream” by Arnold Schwarnegger is an interview with Schwarzenegger detailing how a man tries to pursuit his dreams as a bodybuilder, never giving up no matter what. Even when he placed second times in competitions, he became successful in America. In other words, these two narrators give examples of how immigrants
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2013 An assimilation and multicultural society that we are living in is taking on new meaning of what was, is, and will be to be an American. At one time, North America was the land of Native Americans who had their own customs that eventually was invaded by the Europeans. A set of people that when they came over to North America, had to be led by the Native Americans and the ways of their land to survive. Once the Europeans began to master the land, they took the land little by little from the
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