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Solomon Northup illustrates in agonizing detail the atrocities he endured during his twelve years of enslavement through an autobiography. Assumably, the details of this text are historically accurate and shed a light on the cruelties committed against the African-American population during the slavery era. This text was adapted and released in the form of a…

The difference I see between real life and virtual is that in real life you can see the paintings up close in person and somethings guides can give you more information about the painting and the museum alone. In virtual tour is more challenging because you have to do more research on the museum and…

Throughout history, art has been a means of expressing emotions and stories. From ancient times, people would use walls to depict hunts and express their beliefs. Vincent van Gogh is widely recognized as one of the greatest artists in history, particularly after Rembrandt. Unfortunately, Van Gogh was underappreciated during his lifetime. One notable work by…

Genre theory refers to a cumulative term that describes the categorization of other films that have similar aspects such as characters, narratives, filming techniques, etc. Goodykoontz (2019) states that ‘For most of us, genre is the first way that we learn to engage with film.’ In other words, a film’s genre can stimulate and pave…

“Blurred Lines”, a song produced and sung by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, quickly ranked as a number one hit song in multiple countries. These well known musical artists then directed and released two differently rated music videos for this specific song. The unrated version of the music video was promptly removed from YouTube, a…

Johannes Brahms was born May 7, 1833, in Hamburg Germany, the son of Johann Jakob and Christina Nissen Brahms. Brahms fathers an innkeeper and an impoverished horn and double bass player, a musician of moderate ability at best; his mother was a skilled seamstress. Brahms’ parents married in 1830, his father was 24 and his…

Imagine a world in which your childhood was stripped away from you. One that forced you into slavery, the military, or even marital trades. In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, this is exactly the kind of world the main characters are living in. Ender was taken to become a member of the…

The drama The Silent Light (originally called Stellet Licht) is the director’s, Carlos Reygadas, third movie. It’s an unusual story of a crisis of faith and a love-triangle between a man, his wife and his mistress, set against the background of a Mennonite community in Mexico. Silent Light tells a story of devote people who…

Home, the word itself puts images in our heads about what we personally call our home. Home is different for everyone in which we all live in separate houses, have separate families, and we all have different things that make our homes unique to us. Yes we all have our own so called “homes”, but…

“Some people think I am a bloody Maori… a typical pakeha… a blasted asian… a flaming coconut. ” These are examples of stereotyped identity. Identity is the thing which makes people unique. It is the thing which separates individuals from other people. It also brings people together and makes the bond between them stronger. Although…