The story "All Quiet on the Western Front" centers on a young man named Paul Baumer narrates the story. ... He sends them to the front line to face the enemy. ... After his leave he is sent back to the front. ... When Paul went back to the front, he watched his friends die one by one. ... Remarque's war novel has spanned time to make each generation understand the reality and agony that each soldier, regardless of nationality, suffers on the front lines of battle. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

What is so important about lines? People often dismiss the significance of lines in artwork simply because there are supposed to be lines in every artwork. ... Lines can be used to determine the message of the artist in his or her piece and at the same time lines can also be used to trigger emotional responses from the viewer. ... Liu paints three birdcages each projected in front of the Fujins representing their spiritual captivity. ... Liu is able to depict this by using contrasting lines. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In lines 1 through 5, the narrator first describes their reflection on the memorial and allows the reader to identify him as an African American. ... In lines 8 through 13, the narrator describes such triggers as "depending on the light to make a difference" (Komunyakaa 12-13). In one light the narrator sees himself standing in front of the memorial and in another light he sees himself as being one with the memorial, almost like a ghost. ... Lines 20 and 21 give an example of healthy trigger for the narrator. ... In lines 28 and 29, Komunyakaa acknowledges this statement when the na...

• Word Count: 1099
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Susan Farrell's "Vonnegut and Postmodernism", Farrell explains the postmodernism period as an era that is characterized by de-canonization; blur lines between high and low art., irony, indeterminacy, and metafictional; self-reflexivity. ... In these lines the speaker repeats the word "black" twice, "My black face fades,hiding inside the black granite" (1-2), in connection both to his own skin tone and the memorial's color. ... It is the deeper meaning that motivates his passionate response in the next lines: "I said I wouldn't/dammit: No tea...

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• Has Bibliography

Edvard Munch was born on December 12 1863 in Loten Norway. He moved to Christiana (Oslo) and spent most of his childhood there. Both his mother and his oldest sister suffered from tuburculosis and died before he reached the age of fourteen. At eighteen he became more serious about his art and sta...

• Word Count: 733
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• Grade Level: High School

In the last stanza the poet and some more people (which can be deduced from how he uses plurals in this and the next few lines) are sitting in front of a fire, the poet and other people are now feeling afraid because of the storm and can't do anything except sit gripping their hearts in fear and wait for the inevitable. ...

• Word Count: 788
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Reaction to War Letters" I am really glad that I was introduced to this book called War Letters. The book really gives focus on the emotional side of males. It has been long known that men, on many occasions, have trouble expressing their feeling, and ultimately what they want. In this extraor...

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• Grade Level: High School

I get sent into a trance by the bass lines and the guitar solos. Before I know it my foot is tapping to the beat of the music on my brake pedal at stop lights or I"m singing out loud as I spin wrenches at work (embarrassing myself in front of my co-workers.) ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As a child, I was taught to color in the lines. I began attempting to imitate those lines that I was supposed to be coloring in. ... Every single detail had to be within the lines and in the right place, or it was declared wrong. ... I feel that the reason for such big interest in art is due to the simplicity of comprehending the pictures put in front of me. ... When I look at a drawing, I see long flowing lines, emotions, but overall, I see a story. ...

• Word Count: 2005
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• Grade Level: High School

In the poem, the Iliad, many of the evens that are shown are based on honor and pride. The warriors in battle seem to base their decisions on how much respect would be given unto them if they act in a particular way. Two of the prevalent figures that possess this attitude are Achilles and Hector. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Art: The Ultimate Expression Essay written by Unknown Before the portrayal of the human body can be critiqued, you must understand the artist's culture. As man evolved over centuries, his views of the body also transformed. Our tour definitely showed the drastic changes in different cultures' art....

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Later in the story, a man arrives in a squeaking wagon appears in front of the house and converses with Elisa (248). ... Steinbeck introduces this turn in direction of their conversation with the following lines: "What's them plants, ma"am?" ...

• Word Count: 1566
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School