... and craft, may not even have a word for "art," and may not separate art from everyday life. To understand the art and aesthetics of Japan, it is necessary to investigate a Japanese worldview, ideas about the nature of art, and influences brought about through contact with other cultures. The aesthetics of Japan developed in a unique fashion, partly because of its geographic location, a string of islands about 100 miles from Korea and 500 miles from China. Its isolation by the sea helped protect Japan from foreign invasion and allowed its rulers to control contact with other nations. During long periods of self-imposed isolation, art forms and aesthetic ideas d ...
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... being pushed into adulthood too quickly. Yet, they recognize that pre-teen relationships often resemble child’s play more than teenage romance. Pre-teens pair up to impress their friends. Within a group of pre-teens, they might constantly trade boyfriends and girlfriends because it doesn’t really matter as long as each other has someone. These couples traditionally would not go out for more than a month and they may do little more than talk a few times on the phone. Fortunately, pre-teens take break-ups in stride which later prepares one for the possibility of hurting and being hurt by someone in one’s future teenage and adult years (Hoose 56-63). ...
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... and spectating, cautiously observing everything, fearing that which life has to offer. He’s watching this ride Phoebe’s on, go around and around, and every time he sees her she’s wearing the same thing. This makes him extremely happy knowing that although she’s experiencing the different things in life and moving on, she still is going to stay the same. The ducks: The ducks symbolize Holden. He’s at a point where he doesn’t know where to go. Like the ducks, his lake has frozen over and his time has come where he can’t stay in the same period for the rest of his life, he has to move on, yet he doesn’t know where to ...
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... 'proper' way to write a book, for example, but just a 'standard' way everyone uses. This may be thought of as the 'proper' way but rebels will use no periods and have one long paragraph in a 400 page book. Maybe the culture says it is mandatory to have everything in one continuous sentence, while others more civilized or advanced will follow the rules to the very letter. Accents also have different languages linked to them. Different letters, phrases, and even a whole new language may be created in the process of learning the language, over time and a metamorphosis to keep up with the changing world. Letters are called graphemes, meaning the 26 lette ...
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... the island-municipality of Vieques, right off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico, for military practices. In 1941, during the height of WW II, the Navy initiated a campaign of forced expropriation of territory, which ultimately ended in their possession of over two thirds of the island’s most arable land, thereby displacing thousands of families and seriously jeopardizing their basic means of subsistence. The Navy arbitrarily set the price for the expropriated land giving the island residents very little say, if any, in the matter. Resistance became an exercise in futility, for the Navy issued the following ultimatum: Either you accept the price set by the Navy ...
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... into our troops. The first Core Value is integrity, which is being honest with yourself at all times, even when nobody is looking. Military personnel with integrity will always do what is right, and not just out of fear of being caught, but because they know it's wrong. The second Core Value is service before self, is putting your needs and wants aside to get the mission accomplished. Your needs may conflict with the interest of the government, but our job is a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We must be ready at a moment's notice. Last, but definitely still important, is excellence in all we do. America's trust the military to protect out national security ...
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... important to the team because when the team is down by two the floor general will always make the basket to pull the team ahead. He also keeps the team focused and helps bring the younger players around. The leader is Michael Jordan, a player who everyone knows. Michael Jordan is the most recognizable athlete in the world. He is not only the top player of his era but is quite possible the best player ever to wear the uniform of an NBA team. What amazes me about Michael is he was not good in college. He worked harder then any other player to become great, and his career stats prove that fact. Michael walks on the court and leads by example. Ninety percent of the ...
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... that many of us take for granted. Having to make this choice you are expected to make the responsible decision. The only person that it would hurt if you don’t take this type of thing seriously is yourself. Along with this privilege of voting on whom you want to run our country, you are then expected to take the responsibility to fight in war if ever needed. This is just a small price to pay for the right to decide of whose running the country. J Rockefeller Jr. describes this good in this quote, "I believe that every right implies a responsibility: every opportunity an obligation: every possession a duty.” Being an individual is very important wit ...
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... within the lifespan, that is turbulent for some and inanimate for others. Considering the approach of Jean Piaget, the period of can range between the ages of ten or eleven spanning up to the later teen years of seventeen or eighteen, and potentially later. Many people can confuse the pubescent stage to be the centre of an adolescents development. But as it is seen through Piaget's work with children, adolescents and the developmental stages they encounter, there is a great deal more to than mere physical changes a growing person go through. The Cognitive Development is of equal importance, and could be considered to play a superior part in terms of overall con ...
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... the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you will eat of it you shall die." From this passage we find out about two more thing that what make man different from other creature and they had before they were expelled. First is that they will be immortal if they will not eat from tree of knowledge. Immortally is also another similarity between God and man. Second is that man didn't possess knowledge, that make man different from God. Another aspect we can point out from the passage above and other passages. That was said to man and to all other creatures. "Behold I have Give you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of a ...
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