Joy Ride

Michelle Cronin Professor Radford English 101 8 October 2012 Begging for an Escape â€Å"Joy Ride† is a short story written by Richard Russo. It features a boy, John Dern, and his mother, who both long for an escape from their lives at the time. This story follows the theme that one key aspect the human condition is the search for an escape. At some point in life, most humans wish to escape their past and present state of living. There may be many motivating factors behind this. However, most attempt to escape for one of three main reasons.These include using an escape as a means of finding freedom, an escape to help another person, or just as a temporary move to solve a problem. In this story, John and his mother have all three reasons in the back of their minds as they see their lives disappear in the rearview mirror. John’s mother wants an escape so that she can be free. Free from stress, free from worry, free from her husband†¦ So she leaves a note with a simpl e goodbye and she is off. She takes her son with her and breaks free from the ties that bind her. She believes that this country is big enough for a fresh start for the both of them.She says, â€Å"It’s not only a free country, it’s a big one. Big enough for us to get lost in. We’re bound for freedom, sweetie† (76). John’s mother is trying to explain to him that this country is huge, and that if the two of them try, they can get lost in the freedom. They have the power and the ability to leave, escaping the lifestyle they are in right now. By leaving, they have the opportunity make anything of their future. John’s mother also explains that she wants to be free from the marriage that is slowly ripping her apart.She says, â€Å"It’s just that living with him – being married to him – is just like being covered with these little cuts all the time. There’s no big gash you can show anybody, nothing they’d believ e would really hurt, but these damn little nicks, they suck the blood right out of you† (92). John’s mother would like to be free of her husband’s ties that seem to terrorize her wherever she goes. It appears that he does nothing to cause her extraordinary pain, but the little problems are the ones that hurt her the most. Just being with her husband leaves her with all of these painful thoughts and memories every single day.It’s the little problems that John’s mother is trying so hard to escape. However, her motivation for escape also has to do with John. He needs this escape as much as his mother. John was growing up and falling in with the wrong crowd, making very bad decisions. His â€Å"friends† talk of a trip they took to Old Orchard Beach in Maine. When thinking about this, John decides that he too needs to get out of Camden. â€Å"This is exactly the kind of adventure I feared and longed for† (78). In this quote, John is conveyi ng his need for escape. His mother sees how necessary an escape is and how desperately John needs a new outlook on life.And this is exactly what his mother intends to give him. As they go on their journey, both John and his mother experience a little taste of the freedom they have hungered for. Years later when discussing the trip, his mother explains the real reason behind the joy ride. â€Å"I’ll tell you what I do remember. I remember that the reason for that trip was you. What I remember was the vicious little monster you were becoming† (110). In this quote, John’s mother is revealing her true motive behind their escape. She wanted to give him an experience that would allow him to change the way he was behaving before it became too late.Her son was falling in with the wrong crowd and she wanted him to get out of there as fast as possible before he did something horrible. Whether the escape is permanent or temporary, it remains a memory that will forever be e ngrained in one’s mind. An escape can last anywhere from minutes to a lifetime, but it will remain a memory throughout one’s entire life. For example, when reminiscing, John says â€Å"This whole trip was nothing more than a joy ride, like the one my junior high friends had taken, and now I could understand their reluctance to talk about it.No doubt it had been a shabby thing, devoid of glory† (108). John is saying that their escape had only been a temporary freedom and that it ended shortly after it had begun. In comparing his joy ride with that of his friends, he claims that both did not end up the way they had imagined and that he did not want to talk about it, just as his friends had not wanted to talk about their trip. However, he goes on to say â€Å"More than twenty years now, as I think back on our joy ride that spring, it seems far more remarkable than it did at the time†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (109).He is expressing his sincere thought on the subject in that ev en after decades have passed. Although it seemed to somewhat fail because he and his mother ended up going back to his father at the time, with time, he begins to realize that the trip meant more than he originally thought. No matter how long or short the escape is, the memory will last a lifetime. The word escape can be defined in many ways. The definition that applies most to this story is â€Å"an act of breaking free from confinement or control. † In â€Å"Joy Ride,† John and his mother were begging for an escape from their life.Throughout the actual trip, John’s mother had him convinced that she wanted to escape from her husband. But at the end of the story after years have passed, she explains that the true reason behind the escape was to change the path he was walking. John needed to escape the group he was in. People attempt to escape for many reasons. For John and his mother, it was for freedom, freedom from John’s father, freedom from the expect ations of John’s friends. And although it was not a permanent escape, it will be permanently engrained in the minds of both John and his mother.

Fashion and Architecture

The organic structure can be seen and thought of as a machine, a vehicle, every bit good as a edifice. Therefore it could be stated that dressing of an single provides a definition of personal infinite as do architectural constructions though they are bigger in graduated table. Manner and architecture have many connexions: they both aim to â€Å" do † shelter for the human being and reflect our gustatory sensation. In this construct, it is widely accepted that manner and architecture relation started with the earliest work forces who used the same stuff for their vesture and for housing/shelter. This relationship has lead closer connexions between the two subjects, such as, both Fieldss have commonalties in their design procedure which makes them portion the same boundaries: Both designers and manner interior decorators aim to make perfect, comfy and beautiful signifiers for the human organic structure. On the other manus, Architecture and Fashion differ in many ways, such as, Fashion is inevitable to decease in shorter clip than architecture, it is related to smaller graduated table, and most significantly, Fashion is more about selling and ingestion while Architecture is monumental and relates to infinity. These differences wholly create a yarn of commodification and commercialization for Architecture. Architecture acts as a maker of infinite, i.e. , it acts as a symbolic metaphor and an agent of the society ‘s cultural values. Since the outer infinite reflects our interior infinites, this commodification and commercialization might take Architecture to lose its mission in the societal life. Therefore this work suggests that Architecture should acquire engaged in human infinites, traditions and cultural values of the society, sustainability, infinity, and integrity of the life, instead than temporalty of manner. This Master ‘s Dissertation aims to research the relationship between Architecture and Fashion from conceptual, imagination, materiality and planetary positions. This survey proposes that in today ‘s extremely globalised universe, it is about impossible to pattern architecture separate from manner since both humanistic disciplines are antiphonal to the persons ‘ and the societies ‘ civilization and environment. In a conceptual sense, both Architecture and Fashion address psychological perceptual experiences, and spacial constructions. From the imagination – ocular position of point, both humanistic disciplines reflect the gustatory sensation of the persons who occupy those infinites, and from the materiality context, Architecture and Fashion have many in common, such as, usage of cloths and stuffs, usage of engineering, and from the planetary point of position, both humanistic disciplines and creative persons in these Fieldss have an chance to interact closely with each other in particularly socially antiphonal, more sustainable, and economical design. The work sets out to research the function of Fashion in Architectural design and visa poetry from exploratory and interpretative positions, showing preliminary findings from the literature study, ocular stuffs, pronunciamento of the interior decorators, and personal observations and readings. This survey differs from the old surveies in the sense that although much of the literature finds out that the relation between Fashion and Architecture is about a must and inevitable happening, and they propose closer relationships, this survey proposes that this fact creates a hazard for Architecture to go from conceptualization and to travel towards commerce and commodification. In this manner, architecture becomes a consumer production, instead than the reading of the infinite. This thesis is further developed to plan our â€Å" Fashionable Hut † . Architecturally, we aim to stand for the timeless architecture tailored harmonizing to the seasonableness of the modern-day epoch.IntroductionThe stopping point relationship between Architecture and Fashion ( hereafter A & A ; F ) is frequently referred to the usage of the same stuff for covering of his organic structure and for constructing shelter of the earliest adult male. The recent exhibition on this relationship Skin + Bones ( 24 April – 10 August 2008 ) has besides explored several parallel patterns between these two subjects from 1980s to onwards. These patterns included digital design procedure, usage of complex geometry, colors, lines, visible radiations, etc. Globalisation, which is widely accepted as the promotions in engineering, peculiarly transit and communicating agencies, enabled b oth A & A ; F to develop more possibilities in design and flexibleness in application. Thus one of the purposes of this thesis is to research the common features and interrelatedness between Architecture and Fashion in a planetary construct. In fact, this thought has arisen from the observation of parallel growing of materiality and designation in manner and architecture designs and executions. On the other manus, as this maestro ‘s thesis chief statement suggests, these close synergisms between the two subjects might make the hazard of commodification and commercialization in architecture and instead than an political orientation, architecture might go a consumer merchandise. The ground for this thought is that manner is marketing of desire while architecture is monumental ; manner is destined to decease in a short clip, while designers aim infinity via their musical compositions ; and most significantly, manner is a tool for fall ining to the society, being a portion of it while architecture provides privateness, i.e. isolation from the remainder of the universe. Our chief statement is that, the stopping point relationship between A & A ; F, could make a hazard for architecture cut downing the architectural political orientation to the facing and exterior image, merely. Sing to the relation between A & A ; F, we take conceptual, visual-imagery, and modern-day – age of globalization attacks to research the synergistic and discordant relation between the two Fieldss. In the conceptual geographic expedition, the constructs of beauty and its relation to architecture will be foremost explored in order to happen out manner ‘s and architectures common purpose to make the beautiful or perfect shelter and home for the human being. From the conceptual point of position, both A & A ; F reflects the gustatory sensation, individuality, and civilization of the person and the society at a given period. However, this period is greatly short for Fashion compared to the infinity of architecture. â€Å" If manner is the linguistic communication of architecture, manner represents the broad – and – swirling-cultural currents that form and direct that linguistic communication † says Rybczynski, â€Å" architectural repute, every bit goo d as architecture comes on the manner ‘s sway. Therefore, at its most basic, â€Å" the mission of architecture is application of a manner on a infinite in order to show our gustatory sensation ‘ . On the individuality side, the manner system, as described by Barthes ( 1983, 277 ) is a â€Å" cultural object, with its ain original construction, and likely, with a new conclusiveness†¦ through the linguistic communication which henceforth takes charge of it, Fashion becomes narrative † . Therefore manner manipulates the ocular linguistic communication as a agency of reflecting the individuality of persons in particular, and the civilization of the society in general while architecture, in a broader sense goes beyond pull stringsing the ocular linguistic communication, but is more sophisticated in footings of pull stringsing the construct of the whole infinite. Manner is slightly a contemplation of the corporate individuality of a given group, such as, same gender, age group, occupational group, and so on, while architecture is for everyone in a given society. While manner is shaped by the persons, architecture shapes the society through the spacial applications. In am ount, manner can be described as the wall of the organic structure while architecture is the organic structure itself and the home environing that organic structure. On the ocular and imagery attack, A & A ; F portion more in common, particularly with the developments in stuff and digital techniques, such as, high tech fabrics, fictile edifice stuffs, computing machine assisted design ( CAD ) package, and all that. One normally ascertained modern-day fact that architecture and manner are both basking the usage of fictile and flexible stuffs which enables designers, such as, Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhass to borrow ruffling techniques from the manner interior decorators and manner interior decorators, such as, Lucy Orta and Yeohlee Teng borrowing from the construct of urban infinite and lastingness from designers However, these adoptions today are observed so often that it holds a danger for architecture to be reduced to come up, and the harmoniousness between the outer and inner of the construction is about lost ( this will be farther explored and discussed in the globalization construct ) . From the modern-day position, several issues will be explored: It can be said that modern-day epoch conditions, such as, computing machine aided designs, flexible and lasting stuffs, engineering and communicating agencies which are available about to everyone in the universe as forcing factors Fashion, Architecture and other scientific discipline and art subdivisions interact better than those in the yesteryear. The modern-day epoch is, of class, non without jobs: environmental issues, limited beginnings ( such as energy and H2O ) , planetary heating, in-migration and civil rights, and so on. Hereof, it is observed that modern-day epoch [ 1 ] interior decorators should be more socially responsible and interact in these issues more. That is to state, design should non be consumed so fast, interior decorators should move more environmental witting and socially antiphonal, sameness in planetary metropoliss might make a calamity, commodification and commercialization should be avoided, t he harmoniousness between the inner and outer surfaces and homes should non be avoided. If these can non be done because of the mass media and mass production, than forging the architecture is inevitable which is represented in our â€Å" Fashionable Hut † . From a simple point of view, the function of manner within architecture is relentless particularly on the surfaces and faades, coatings, and appliqus. The intent of this probe is to object to the typical relationship between F & A ; A. The place of this thesis is that architecture should travel back to its earliest signifier. This thought is further developed with the design constituent which attempts to construct a wearable infinite in order to alter the surface easy in line with vesture manner. The architectural probe Centres on the inquiry: can architecture be fashioned instead than conceptualised? The remainder of the work is catalogued as follows.Dissertation StatementIn today ‘s of all time altering environmen t art Fieldss and interior decorators are influenced by each other. However, when it comes the Fashion and Architecture interactions this relationship goes back every bit early as the Ice Age. This thesis explores three dimensions of A & A ; F interactions with particular involvement on the African influence on Modernity: cultural, visual-imagery and planetary construct where each of these will carry on single subdivisions throughout the work.AimsManner and Architecture have many analogues in footings of their aims and usage of graduated tables in add-on to utilize of colorss, angles, visible radiation, etc. The purpose of this thesis is twofold: to understand the relationship between A & A ; F from the past patterns and to plan a construction stand foring the eternity of the architecture compared to the short life of manner.MethodologyAs for many humanistic disciplines and humanity surveies, the nature of this thesis is a qualitative 1. Therefore, informations will be collected thr ough beginnings, such as interior decorators ‘ plants, web sites, and interviews in add-on to analysis of exhibitions, aggregations, designs, and constructions.Background: BeginningsIn the clich signifier, the relationship between these two subjects back to the earliest adult male ‘s usage of the same stuffs for sheltering himself and for covering his organic structure. At its most simplistic description, building started with the earliest adult male constructing a shelter for him and so did the started when he covered his organic structure ( with the same stuff ) . The development of this interaction, chiefly from Semper ‘s position of point will be discussed in the theoretical chapter of this work. For the clip being, we foremost aim to separate manner from vesture and architecture from building by mentioning to their significances. The word manner comes from the Latin word fascia significance to do or a peculiar brand or form ( Kawamura, 2005, p. 3 ) . Although manner is largely used to show vesture tendencies, particularly, adult females ‘s vesture [ 1 ] nevertheless, in a broader term ( and for the intent of this survey ) it refers to the rapid alterations in tendencies that occurred particularly after the nineteenth-century industrialisation as a consequence of the developments in bring forthing new manner rapidly and someway cheaply. Fashion constructs desire, and it is a fleeting procedure. Architecture, on the other manus, is non merely doing or determining the construction, as Colomina defines it â€Å" architecture is the reading of the infinite † . It is an experiential, interpretive and critical, effect. Therefore architecture is a monumentary conceptual, ideological, and philosophical procedure which constructs vision in contrast to manner ‘s ocular facets. A & A ; F interaction starts in a manner of exposing the individuality of an single and making the perfect spacial surface and construction, both Fieldss portion the thought of â€Å" the human organic structure and on thoughts of infinite, volume, and motion † and every bit good because both are a bed that communicates between the environment and organic structure with the ability to convey individuality on the personal, political, cultural and other degrees within life and society † . In lingual footings, manner could be described as ‘the visual image of the image individuality that the users want to reflect to the society ‘ . This individuality is non needfully to be the existent individuality of the individual ; it is instead about what we want the society to believe about us, but non truly what we are in existent life. Taking architecture as a linguistic communication defined by Jencks, contemporarily, architecture could be both defined as the visual ima ge of our Real individualities, and individuality does non alter every bit frequently as manner tendencies do. However, as we conceive of it today ( and for the intent of this survey ) , architecture is an experiential, critical, and interpretive pattern instead than being about building merely. Therefore it dates back to the Greek Mythology of the Labyrinth ( BC 3 ) where Daedalus who built the Cretan Labyrinth is regarded as the first designer. Nevertheless, be due to the interpretive nature of architecture, contrary to the myth, Daedalus was non the first designer since he built the maze but did non understand its construction, Ariadne who interpreted the construction with the aid of a device ( a yarn ) should be regarded as the first designer ( Colomina, ) . Manner, on the other manus, developed in a different mode, while architecture aimed to determine the society, manner was shaped by the society itself. In fact, apart from vesture as an ordinary definition, manner started merely in the AD 1700s in line with the merchandiser capitalist economy and accelerated during and after the Indust rial Revolution since the working category could attempt to vie with the upper category in footings of vesture and dressing up [ 2 ] . Therefore, from the historical position, we can speak about the links between A & A ; F merely associating the period after the 18th C. But, what drove such a relationship? In other words, how did architecture collide in the kingdom of manner, or vice-versa? Following subdivision aims to reply these inquiries in order to keep a theoretical background to our unfavorable judgment sing to today ‘s status.ConceptualizationArchitectural history, it turns out, was ideally situated to cover with the dual intension of manner as the history of vesture manners and the more specific usage of manner to denominate the procedure of alteration peculiar to capitalist economy. Because designers active around the bend of the last century were concerned straight with dress-either as an attempt to reform modern visual aspect or as portion of the scenography of int eriors-and because they were profoundly engaged with the temporal problematic of making a modern manner, their arguments betray an interesting conflation of vesture as artefact and manner as procedure, which in other Fieldss has created ambiguity. To this they brought a theoretical heritage concerned with the beginnings or aboriginal footing of architecture as a fiction of enclosure, shelter, or brooding ; analogies to covering the organic structure were standard, and fabrics were postulated to hold played a important function. Dress design has been an facet. In fact, the closest relation between A & A ; F might be stated as to make the â€Å" perfectly beautiful constructions and infinites † for the organic structure. In order to construe the infinite, as an designer, one should see it, and the Centre of the experiential universe is the human organic structure. â€Å" Our organic structures and motions are in changeless interaction with the environment ; the universe and the ego inform and redefine each other invariably † . Then, is the mission of manner to supply the most suited and comfy coverings for the organic structure to feel the infinite? While the importance of organic structure ( as proportion, motion, etc. ) was emphasised by Vitruvius in the BC20s, it was merely in 1900s when girdle was abolished from manner, and more recent, in 1960s that ( women's rightist ) adult females argued dressing in a mode of unrestricting their existent motions. While the organic structure and architecture and the organic structure and manner are so near, on the one manus, as Wigley emphasizes, designers tried to get away from the temporalty and futility of manner ( represented as feminine decorations in architecture ) during the Modern Era, by their judgement that manner ( represented in decoration in architecture ) is something feminine and ugly, on the other, many of those ( male designers ) â€Å" Henry Van de Velde, Josef Hoffmann, Lilly Reich, Frank Lloyd Wright or their married womans ( Anna Muthesius, Lilli Behrens ) designed apparels. Others, notably Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, and Hermann Muthesius, wrote about manner † . In order to understand this paradox, Kinney proposes to understand the post-modernism foremost. However, in a reductionist manner, we will follow the historical mode. The metaphor of human organic structure as an architectural infinite is non a new construct ; or it is non a construct that appeared merely in the Modernism intervals, it can be traced every bit back as Vitruvius [ 3 ] who explored the organic structure as a proportion to the construction. Harmonizing to Vitruvius, â€Å" no edifice can be said to be good designed which wants symmetricalness and proportion. In truth they are as necessary to the beauty of a edifice as to that of a well formed human figure, which nature has so fashioned † ( De Architectura, Gwilt Translation, 1826, p. 78 ) [ 4 ] . In order to make the beat, edifices should be designed harmonizing to three correlative elements: utilitas, venustas, and firmitas [ 5 ] ( Rasmussen, 1959 ) . So, as to Vitruvius, architectural design should mention to the unquestionable flawlessness of the organic structure ‘s symmetricalness and proportions [ 6 ] . Even so, The issue of beauty had been debatable for Vitruvius. On the one manus he made allusions to the harmonic ratios of Pythagorean musical theory, proposing there was a higher cosmic order underlying the judgement of beauty. On the other manus he gave architects the right to change proportions if the †eye † calls for corrections, or as the humanistic disciplines make advancement † . As the perfect beauty is seldom found in the nature, therefore decoration, as the interceding component between natural nature ( stuffs ) and the telling lines of the architecture ( Mallgrave op cit ) was needed. This interceding component between the natural nature ( organic structure ) and the perfect expression is dressing and accoutrements in the manner sense. As Ruskin provinces, this ornamentation should be â€Å" whatever God has created † , such as, â€Å" abstract lines and the whole scope of systemized organic and inorganic signifiers † . Nonetheless, after rediscovery of Vitruvius in the 15th C, people interpreted him harmonizing to their ain manner be due to linguistic communication obstructions, the stylish cosmetic ‘excesses ‘ of the Rococo and in the medievalism of the Gothic and particularly in the Renaissance Era, architectural decoration to a great extent relied on the human figures. 18th C is marked as this to a great extent usage of decor ation ( specifically human figures, Laugier ( 1755 ) was responded merely in the Modernist Era. Do n't allow us be profuse in decorations, allow us set much field, something negligent, with the elegant and brilliant, allow us go through in common from the negligent to the field, from the simple to the elegant, from the elegant to the magnificent: Sometimes allow us travel briefly from one extreme to the other through resistance, the daring of which strikes the battle and may bring forth really expansive. This to a great extent trust of decoration should hold been in a manner that would non a quandary between the decoration usage and refute which likely best reflected by Winckelmann [ 7 ] ( 1755 ) . Once he stated that â€Å" sameness or humdrum as defects in architecture which consequence edifice without ornament and is like a healthy individual who is reduced to poverty, something no 1 looks upon as a good thing † , so subsequently he proposed that beauty is represented by â€Å" simpleness and repose, † ( chiefly by the Grecian interior decorators ) . ‘The Greeks entirely seem to hold thrown forth beauty as a thrower makes his pot ‘ ( because Greeks were close to the nature and they had copied it ) which he calls this beauty as baronial ( Lefaivre & A ; Tzonis, 2004, pp. 369-370 ) . While Winckelmann was someway obscure between the ornamented and simplified beauty, his modern-day, and chief rival -Italian architect- Giovanni Battista Piranesi was clear abo ut absolute beauty which came as the construct of â€Å" empyreal † placed above ‘beauty ‘ in the hierarchy. From an architectural position, Piranesi supported â€Å" to a great extent ornamented late-empire Roman architecture in resistance to the rigorists † . Similarly, Owen Jones who is regarded as one of the most influential design theoreticians and designers of the 19th C believes that decoration and proportion should function for the architectural flawlessness. In his words: â€Å" building should be decorated†¦ As in every perfect work of Architecture a true proportion will be found to reign between all the members which compose it, so throughout the Decorative Arts every gathering of signifiers should be arranged on certain definite proportions ; the whole and each peculiar member should be a multiple of some simple unit†¦ every decoration arises softly and of course from the surface decorated. . That is to state, the ideal beauty till th e 18th C was represented by proportion, symmetricalness, and beat which were found in the human organic structure, of course. In the short infinite of a individual subdivision of such a low survey, one can state small about the broad gamut of the whole argument of beauty, decoration, nature, and all the above issues reviewed above [ 8 ] . Rather, we intend to supply a short background to the closer relationship between vesture and architecture with particular mention to Semper ‘s Theory of Dressing, Sullivan ‘s â€Å" bare edifices † , and Loos ‘ absolute rejection of decoration in organic structures and edifices wholly created cardinal alterations in vesture and manner [ 9 ] , excessively in the Modern Era.IdentityGottfried Semper, who broke the Vitruvian high ideals by his Four Elementss of Architecture, could be regarded as the first who straight pointed out the A & A ; F connexion though arguably he might hold led cut downing architecture to the wall and roof by stressing merely the application of the development theory to these constructions. Harmonizing to Semper, thought of t he wall evolved from the sequence of spacial enclosures and the phases of the development were: crude screen or woven mat, so metal overlay and, finally, rugs, whose colorful images were applied to the surface of masonry edifice to arouse a sentiment of monumentality. Further, Semper developed his â€Å" Theory of Dressing † aimed two facets: foremost, to underscore the importance of the fabric industry in the beginnings of architecture and 2nd, Semper was concerned with the trouble involved in the artistic usage of Fe in monumental architecture. . Among them Viennese Architect Otto Wagner examined the relationship between architecture and manner both in theory and pattern. However, his modern-day, Adolf Loos is most known for his involvement in manner ( as taking Semper ‘s ideals further and implementing them ) and absolute rejection and compulsion with the decoration in the human organic structure and in edifices. It must be noted here that, while crudeness referred to simpleness and purism for Semper, nevertheless, Loos took it as barbarian universe ( for him Papuans citing Africa ) . He ( Loos ) stressed that the more ornament the human being utilizations ( such as tattoos and piercings ) the most likely he / she is to perpetrate offense. Architects such as Le Corbusier, Hermann Muthesius and Peter Behrens besides perceived the edifice as a nicely garmented organic structure and therefore appreciated Loos ‘ lessons on dressing and edifice. By making so, Modernism, peculiarly as expressed by Le Corbusier, aimed t o interrupt from the Utopian life by extinguishing the mediaeval inequalities of societal categories, destroy the differentiation between the streets and chevrons, through art, particularly architecture since architecture is the art of life. Among the manner interior decorators, Coco Chanel is best known for her manner in line with Loos ‘ thoughts ( this construct and relationship will be examined further in the following chapter of this survey ) , nevertheless, Loos ‘ chief significance for this survey is that He was the first among those who declared the manner and architecture relationship aggressively. Ever since Louis Sullivan called for called for â€Å" †¦ forbearing wholly from the usage of decoration for a period of old ages, in order that our idea might concentrate acutely upon the production of edifices good formed and comely in the nude † ( we might besides add Adolf Loos ‘ proposition to link decoration with offense and crudeness [ 10 ] ) boulder clay Moussavi ‘s work on the Function of Ornament and Domeise ‘s Re-Sampling Ornament exhibition, late decoration has been a soiled word in architectural circles for decennaries. In fact, decoration was associated with gender, chiefly muliebrity and gender by the Modern Architects and therefore it should hold been omitted and FORM is to FOLLOW FUNCTION. This functionalism, as Loos puts it, for Modernist architecture is that the house does non hold to state anything to the outside ; alternatively all its profusion must be manifest in the inside ( cited from Colomina: 1996, p 32 ) . Colomina farther dec lares that the exterior is merely the screen of the book, it is dressing, it is mask. However, inside it is a speculation between the infinite and the person. While manner is the graphical interlingual rendition of the single human organic structure while architecture is the non-verbal communicating between the infinite and the society. Manner as a Mask is satisfies our quest for individualism within the context of a society while architectural building is a tool for fulfilling the demand for insulating ourselves, it is the existent shelter. While manner performs uniformity in the society, architectural manifest garbages limitations. This disjuncture farther brings out the refusal of fashion-able as in Le Corbusier ‘s statement: What we wished to show in art was the Universal and Permanent and to throw to the Canis familiariss the Vacillating and the Fashionable. [ 11 ] However, with Chanel ‘s response to that functionalism, in her â€Å" small black frock † that can be a party frock with accoutrements, such as, a pearl necklace, and besides it functions as a twenty-four hours frock with a cardigan or worn obviously, it can be said that manner felt in the kingdom of architecture, or looking at Le Corbusier ‘s statement above, we can state that manner invaded architecture ‘s infinite. This sarcasm that on the one manus, while architectural thoughts tried to get away from the manner, manner interior decorators, such as, Chanel, Schiaparelli, and Dior adored architectural ‘ thoughts on functionalism and excluding decorations and applied architectural manners in their designs, on the other manus, while saying how ugly the feminine manner, designers did non maintain off from manner ‘s infinite. Art, trade, architecture, manner one for all The above thoughts summarize Bauhaus ( and, International Style, after the World War II and migration of Bauhaus members to other states, chiefly USA ) farther to make rational societies through rational design. Bauhaus was radical school of art, architecture and design established by the innovator modern designer Walter Gropius at Weimar in Germany in 1919 ( Tate Modern ) . It was a topographic point of acquisition and implementing where the boundary lines between art and scientific discipline and adult male and machine were eliminated. This design issue was non restricted to merely architecture, but included about all subdivisions of art and design, such as, planing mills, their catalogues and even letter papers, or planing houses and offices, their furniture, the pictures, etc. ( from the Manifesto of Bauhaus by Gropius ) . The thought is straightforward: in order to unify the existence, as creative persons we must unify our manners and International Style, could provide a model f or this. The rules are: down with frontiers, up with the grid, no curving lines, so that art will be corporate for the universal, and general grammar of the form would be geometry [ 12 ] . . The phase workshop was an interaction between all public presentation humanistic disciplines, i.e. , music, dance, theater. Led by Schlemmer ( an designer, pigment, interior decorator ) Bauhaus costumes were designed in order to show philosophical and compositional look of cardinal organic structure types: pure, clear, and clean. Costume, architecture, organic structure, and infinite were dynamic and inextricably linked for Schlemmer. â€Å" His individual topic was the human figure. He reduced to puppet-like, planar forms that were expressive of the human organic structure as a perfect system of proportions and maps correspondent to the machine age † ( Bauhaus Archive Webpage ) . Schlemmer ‘s costume designs were playful and riotous, and restrictive for the human organic structure that inhabited his costumes reflecting Schlemmers theory that human types were unreal buildings. The map of costume is to stress the individuality of the organic structure or to alter it. Costume expresses the organic structure ‘s nature or it intentionally misleads us sing it ( extracted from: History of Modern Drama, Emory University ) . The skectches of organic structure and costumes designed at Bauhaus will be farther explored and critised in the following chapter. Meantime, from the chronological point of position, the true beauty of the Bauhaus motion harmonizing to the writer, is that it ‘s pronouncement anounced by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: less is more [ 13 ] The construct is simplicity and clarity lead to high-quality design. From the position of an designer, it is a working method in which aesthetic seeks to amaze in a simple manner and without unneeded elements. The infinites are adapted to an thought of life that is intended to be simple, the walls linear, the floors with smooth texture and as a whole the construction that allows captivation. The virtuousness is absence, absence of decoration, unneeded inside informations that will ensue more esthesis. Since fewer elements mean fewer possibilities, minimalist architecture is more hard to accomplish flawlessness. Thus it represents the aesthetics of the silence, the infinite of civilization. The infinite maps create a dry run with the head and isolates us from the exterior. Modernism and its rules as an architectural motion were good set, as emphasised in the pronouncements, manifests and patterns of the bookmans and interior decorators. However, two paradoxes could be observed here: one is that although its rules were good set and communicated, its deductions diverted from state to state ( chiefly be due to common and homes of those topographic points ) hence a uniformed design could non be implemented, 2nd, although the word ‘modern ‘ refers to modern-day, being modern-day, following the developments, etc. Modernist designers were more Utopian in their rules as the lone acceptable truth in design issues. Skin and Bones, that is architecture, no acerate leafs The undermentioned old ages, with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ‘s revolution, the glass house, the rules of Modern architecture, i.e. functionalism, concreteness, transparence, cleanness and elation all came to life. His pronouncement â€Å" less is more † represented the thought of less structural frame with more infinite. Although the rules of modern architecture remained, Le Corbusier ‘s â€Å" White World † was to be exchanged to the â€Å" Crystal Line † of Mies, nevertheless, the chief thought remained the same: Purism at its bosom. Mies proposed his supreme stuff, as sheet glass which meant elation and transparence. However, Mies ‘ compulsion with his belief that the lone redemption of architecture existed in his glass architecture, led commercialisation, or in other words, inexpensive architecture, which will be discussed in the concluding chapter of this work. Though rules of Modernist Architecture were good determined, nevertheless, Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour in 1968, recognised in a trip to Las Vegas that marks and symbols had taken the topographic point of decoration which they justify as a sort of interruption from the modernist Architecture. In fact, Venturi suggested planing from outside to inside as opposed to the Modernist designers ‘ planing from inside to outside would be better. In his words, â€Å" signifier accommodates map † , by which they mean â€Å" architecture as a common loft is non interesting, surface is interesting, the ornamented surface, allow ‘s engage symbols, iconography, and decoration † . They province that the â€Å" heroic and original † ( Modern ) architecture that is non relevant any more since it did non talk with expressed symbols that most people could understand. They drew two sorts of architectural infinite: â€Å" the small edifice with lar ge mark ( decorated shed ) † and â€Å" edifice as mark ( duck ) † . On the other manus, when ocular pollution became an issue, Venturi Scott Brown stresses that they do non intend the value ( the form ) , but the thought ( iconography as decoration ) is of import. Venturi and Associates ‘ claims are really of import in footings of the circling thought of decoration and iconography in architecture which were omitted in Modernism. However, contrary to the old periods, particularly the classical manner, they say ordinary could be preferred over original. The concern of this work is non a sociological position, nevertheless, since A & A ; F in the modern-day epoch has developed from the sociological phenomenon, it must be noted here that Learning from Las Vegas teaches us â€Å" ( non ) larning from dad † both architecture and manner develop in a response to the shared values of the society, e.g. , political relations, scientific discipline, engineering, etc. In that sense, it could be said that what Venturi and his chaps observed in the Las Vegas Strip could be connected to post-World War II rise of the consumerism and pop art. Venturi ‘s call for marks and symbols as ornamentation was responded by pop art or vice-versa that 1960s and the subsequently decennary were dominated by it. The printed media, the easiness of bring forthing marks, the engineering to reproduce art ( including architectural design plant ) , mass production, consumerism, market consideration instead than inspiration, etc. all produced aggregate civilization. Art became an instant event instead than a advancement and all these were claimed as to be liberty, freedom, or interrupting utopia. sixtiess and 1970s were coined as the age of media by many bookmans, the age of media, mass production, fast ingestion, etc. which wholly led the globalization in the following decennary. Though we do non hold with Venturis ‘ thoughts today, which is the chief portion of our statement, architecture against the manner, specially, branding manner, Venturis ‘ work is really much of import for this survey: First, contrary to the Modernism ‘s purpose to edify the society- learning the metropolis ( and therefore society ) through ideals, doctrine, art instruction, and so on, Venturis manner was larning from the metropolis and milieus whether they represented edification or non. In their words, they preferred larning from the ordinary since it can take you to larn the extraordinary. Second, the mark ‘s going a picture besides means art ‘s being replaced by trade, and if we regard this as architecture in footings of urban infinite, we could so boldly province that feelings are replaced by reproduction since marks can be reproduced easy. Third, are hoardings as they claim to be about right, non the production of mass civilization? If architecture is reduced to hoardings, what will make full the spread between architecture and the life? no-one life in the rock age would cognize he [ sic ] was populating in the rock age. He would believe he was populating in the modern age. Today we believe we are populating in the modern age. Time will state [ 15 ] Yet Venturi ‘s statement is true in some senses, nevertheless, architecture as a contemplation of the societical issues, might besides be impermanent, since societies, excessively change quickly. Sing the changeless alterations in silhouettes of metropoliss, about in every period that the society is depressed ( as in the instance of London in the current fiscal crisis period ) , it can be said that in the modern-day epoch, architecture is besides impermanent. Venturi ( 1966 ) ( who coined the term â€Å" less is a dullard † ) was non the lone 1 who was bored by the less, the economic crises of the 1970s which led to 1980s liberalization besides caused the societal crises. Venturi suggested that edifices which attempted to be non-historical were someway non as rich or every bit interesting as those which gave a witting nod to, or borrowed from, the yesteryear. Similarly, Charles Jencks besides supported the thought that Modernist structures lacked the verve and diverseness which brings psyche to the urban landscape. He said that: Happily, we can day of the month the decease of modern architecture to a precise minute in clip†¦ .Modern Architecture died in St Louis, Missouri on July 15, 1972 at 3.32 p.m. ( or thereabouts ) when the ill-famed Pruitt-Igoe strategy, or instead several of its slab blocks, were given the concluding putsch de grace by dynamite As for the manner, this happily motion was celebrated with Mary Quintin ‘s mini skirts, fancy frocks, disco frocks, colorful frocks, which may be called the ‘total freedom ‘ or ‘complete pandemonium ‘ . Manner, excessively developed in the same mode: formality was abolished and insouciant dressing was promoted The really evident illustration of this fact is the so called Modss, who see Modernism as a life manner. Though occurred in the late sixties, Mod refers to Modernism, and can be taken as a reaction of the immature people against the complex life manners of the sixties. The ulterior decennary, 1970s characterised by societal conditions mentioned above, witnessed more colorful, but non needfully stylish or quality mentality was coined as â€Å" the decennary that gustatory sensation forgot † . The modern-day epoch, get downing from 1980s globalisation moving ridge will be the topic of the 3rd chapter of this survey and the catalogue. In short, Modernity has overcome Modernism as a consequence of mass civilization. Though manner followed architecture ( should we symbolize architecture by Las Vegas ‘ colorful marks and symbols ) , the after-Modernism period paralleled with the Modernism Era in footings of avoiding manner, as Robert Venturi, the most known opposition of Modernist Architecture provinces: Apparels are more delicate than edifices and their design can germinate more rapidly. Clothing is impermanent by its really nature, and architecture by its really nature, is every bit lasting as anything human can be in world. We change our apparels. but architecture is a environing invariable. In so far, from a chronological historical point of position, our literature study could be summarised as follows. The relationship between edifice and vesture started with the earliest adult male ‘s utilizing same stuffs for both sheltering and vesture himself. Harmonizing to the available earliest beginning Vitruvius ( around 25 BC ) the organic structure and architecture was studied in footings of proportion, therefore for a proper architecture human nonliteral ornamentation represented appropriateness. On the other manus, since perfect beauty is rare in nature, decoration was used as a interceding component between the natural and unreal. Initially, this decoration was whatever the God created ( Ruskin ) . However, the stylish cosmetic ‘excesses ‘ of the Rococo and in the medievalism of the Gothic created an architectural lack for a call to order ornamentation. The ornament argument has than continued till the Modernism Era. Gottfried Semper ‘s development theory farther explored the relationship between edifice and fabric in footings of wall stuff, and he so developed his theory of vesture since vesture was seen in close relationship with architecture. Semper ‘s theory was farther progressed by Adolf Loos, and other Modernists to exclude decoration and to manner the metropolis. Initially, for Modernists, manner represented muliebrity, architecture represented maleness and therefore architecture should hold kept off from manner, nevertheless, paradoxically, many Modern designers dealt with manner either by composing on it or by planing it. While architecture refused manner and stylish in the Modern Era, manner interior decorators adored their thoughts and implemented them. Gabriel ( Coco ) Chanel was the most celebrated manner interior decorator in that mode and she was besides celebrated with her esteem to Loos ‘ thoughts . In fact, from the above, we could state that Modernist designers did non get away from the manner ; so, they shaped the manner ( at least worked to make so ) . The following epoch has witnessed rapid alterations in media and mass production, therefore produced consumptionism and mass civilization. As a consequence, the order and edification that Modernism aimed to convey to the society was replaced with the thought of devouring the civilization, instead than bring forthing it. In that sense, architecture and manner developed correspondingly in the sixtiess and 70s. From the low study of this survey, to this point, no stopping point relationship between architecture and manner was observed. However, personally and as a bookman in architecture we observe a really close relationship between these two subjects. Therefore within the model given in the debut portion of this survey, following chapter aims to research these relationships and analyze the results.SemioticssSince manner and architecture are contemplation of the civilization and individuality, the development degree of the societies would surely impact the design constructs and possibilities. In a manner of showcasing the individuality of an person, both profession portion the thought: The human organic structure and on thoughts of infinite, volume, and motion † and every bit good because both are a bed that communicates between the environment and organic structure with the ability to convey individuality on the personal, political, cultural and other degrees within life and society. From the position of sociology, manner, or in a broader pregnant adult females ‘s dressing can be looked as a ocular representation of their aesthetic gustatory sensation while with a few exclusions, such as Le Corbusier ‘s Le Modulor, early twentieth-century modernists ignored ocular mentions to the organic structure ; alternatively, they focused on the actions of the organic structure. The higher intersection between Architecture and Fashion was observed after the Modern Era, or better termed as the â€Å" Late Modern † . While the earlier periods depended on drawings and illustrations, Modern Era has witnessed several developments in imagination, such as, picture taking, cinematography, and telecasting. The great promise of picture taking was that it would state the ‘truth ‘ . Yet the ‘truth ‘ of picture taking is merely a more convincing semblance, choice and ruse lurking behind the looking nonpartisanship of the mechanical oculus. Fashion drawings frequently give more accurate information, yet it is the photographic image that has captured the feel of modern apparels, and in so making influenced them.

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Regular exercise will also keep your body in good health. By exercise it doesnt mean a simple and slow walk. It should be in such a way that your body should start sweating. You can go for running, do cycling, walking faster etc. Daily find some time 30 mints to one hour per day for your exercise. Have a regular checking of your weight and try to control it. Its nice to have Medical checkups and dental checkups by which you can have an idea about your health condition. Apart from these always try to manage your stress. Most people due to stress at work have health problems. By controlling your stress you can maintain a healthy body. Bad habits like smoking, drinking, using of drugs should be avoided. Usage of these items will have a very bad affect on your health. Your body should get enough time to take rest. Make sure you get a sleep of 8 hours daily. Sleep is very important for healthy body and also for mental and emotional happiness. Comparison of health and fitness Fitness and health seems to be same for everyone but they have entirely two different meanings. Fitness can be defined as the physical ability to perform work, sports etc with ease. While health is a condition in which the body should have resistance capacity from all illness and all parts of the body should works fine without any problem. Your body should possess both fitness as well as health. Men and ladies are equally concerned about your body. They want their body to be fit and healthy. Due to more demand for fit and healthy body many gyms and work out centers are opened. To maintain a healthy and fit body primarily requires self control and will power. Many factors can divert us from achieving our goal of having a fit and healthy body. But never deviate and focus on it and try achieving their goal as all knows Health is wealth. Health can be maintained by proper diet, exercise and hygiene. But in the other case to keep your body you need to do proper exercise. Usually sports people will have a fit body. They shape their body in such a way that it will be fit for their respective sport. But coming to healthy body it is just a matter of controlling weight and making your body immune to diseases. Some people will try to make their body fit so vigorously that they will not think about their diet and health. This creates a problem. So always make sure your body to be healthy and fit. Compared to healthy body, fit body needs more exercise and diet. For a healthy and fit body walking is very good exercise which helps in burning the excess fat in your body. A fit body doesnà ¯Ã‚ ¿Ã‚ ½t mean that it should look good from outside. A fit and healthy body should be physically active and energetic and smart enough to accept any tasks given to them. Athletic training This is a program followed by athletes to make their body ready for the respective sport that they are going to perform. Training is mainly conducted by certified professional. It is the duty of the trainers to attend if any emergency comes for the athlete Athletic training also deals about how to avoid and cure the sport injuries through many therapeutic exercises and by providing proper food. Candidates who are interested to become an athlete trainer should first get a degree from certified training curriculum. There are many programs under which certifications are possible. Some of them are nutrition, first aid, emergency care, treatment for injury and illness etc. Class room trainings are available for this certification. Most of the certified trainers are having a master degree. Athletic trainers have got a very important role in taking care of the injured athletes. Quick emergency and reviews of the injured athletes are done by these trainers. They also provide an important communication link between the bruised athlete, his family, his coach and his family and will help them to decide when the athlete should be ready for his next practice session or competition. Never compare athletic training with personal training. Both have got vast differences. Athletic trainers can be seen at places where people with more physical activities are available. Athletic training services are available in Schools, clinics, Hospitals, workplaces. Athletic training is a profession that has got wide variety of career opportunities. Yearly the demand for the profession is growing. They can work in High schools as well in college levels to help the students who got injured during any practice or competition. They have got opportunities in Sports health clinic and also in Health care departments of many companies. In these companies they provide service to the employees who have got any bruises or injuries. They have opportunities in armed forces as well. Tips for a healthy and fit body For a healthy and fit body you need to keep on doing exercise. Many factors will come across us and can divert us from achieving our goal of being fit and healthy. But you should be having strong self discipline and will power to achieve this healthy and fit body. Below given are some methods through which can maintain a fit and healthy body. Most important is the exercise. Make it a routine to move your body. You can do this by running around your home, playing with your kids, climbing up and down the stair case and so on. This will help in increasing your blood circulation. You can also join a gym where you will have an instructor who can guide you to have a healthy and fit body. Try to avoid fatty food and junk food. These foods are not going to give any nutrients to your body. Better stick on to a diet which includes fresh vegetables, fruits, fish and Dairy Products such as milk. Limited number of dried fruits can be included in your diet. Reduce intake of foods which are more salty and food with more sugar. Too much sugar and salt is bad for health. Have food at proper timings .Try not skip any meals. If you dont feel hungry also eat something but dont skip the meals. Avoid all the bad habits like smoking, drinking, using drugs etc. This will make your health more badly. Try to manage your stress by walking in beach or watching any sport channel or by listening to music or anything that makes you relaxed. Keep your hands clean regularly because many diseases can attack your body though you hands. Try to maintain good hygiene which will keep all the sickness away from your body. Do a regular body as well as dental checkups. Maintain your healthy weight and make sure it is under control. Above given tips can help you to have a fit and healthy body. But most important is self determination. If you possess self determination then definitely you can achieve a healthy and fit body. How Can Regular Exercise Keep You Healthy Both nutrition and exercise play a very vital role in the amount of fat stored in the body. All types of exercise will not reduce your body fat. For reducing body fat, first try to increase the duration of exercise rather than decreasing the level of food intake. Studies have proved that there is a significant relation between lack of physical activity and fat build up. Just by being more active generally such as ascending stairs instead of taking the lift, moving in the office instead of sitting still in front of our desktop as well as showing some enthusiasm instead of boredom, are all various means to burn calories and reducing body fat. It seems everyone have forgotten the value of being active. Dieting without exercising will result in getting fatter. One should increase his/her metabolism by exercising regularly to avoid getting fat. The easiest exercise for strengthening your bones, controlling weight, leg muscles toning and improving self esteem is walking. It is advisable to walk at a moderate pace. Walking at high speeds every alternate day will help improve ones system. Walking aimlessly for per hour day will not be effective at all. Exercise and diet are linked to each other when it comes to good health and weight loss. Better than maintaining a balanced diet without exercise, it is better to exercise without dieting. Performing sit ups and crunches alone, the fat in your body will not transform to muscles. You have to do many other activities like active sports, running, cycling that help get rid of excess body fat as it burn lots of calories. Running at full vigor burns more calories than walking at brisk pace. It is very important that you keep in mind to lose body fat; burn more calories and eat less. More calories can be burnt and you can attain your goal quicker if you focus on exercising harder.

The Outsiders :: Essays Papers

The Outsiders One day after school Ponyboy and his friend Johnny took two Soc girls out to the movies, they were walking home when five Socs jumped them. The Socs were mad at them for taking their girls on dates. Bob (one of the Socs) was about to drown Ponyboy in a fountain when Johnny lost it and stabbed him. The Socs ran and so did Johnny and Ponyboy. After this incident they ran to a church outside of town. One day the church catches on fire. Johnny and Ponyboy save the kids that were playing in the abandoned church. Johnny pushed Ponyboy out of the church right as the roof caved in killing Johnny. Ponyboy and Johnny were heroes. They ruled that Ponyboy was just fighting back in self-defense. Ponyboy eventually writes a book about what has happened to him, the book that Ponyboy starts to write, starts the same way the novel starts. Ponyboy is a nice kid that's parents were killed in a car crash when he was young. Ponyboy has light brown almost red hair, and greenish-gray eyes. He has long hair that is squared off in the back. Ponyboy is a skittish kid; he was always worried about getting jumped by the Socs. But when you are a greaser walking on the streets alone, you have the right to worry about being jumped by the Socs. Ponyboy does a lot of growing up in the book that makes him a dynamic character. He has to cope with a lot of frustration with his two older brothers and with the Socs. He handles it pretty well until on e day when he was being jumped by the Socs he spit on one of them that started a brawl that escalated into a murder. Ponyboy has a good relationship with Johnny. Johnny saved Ponyboy's life by killing a Soc when the Soc was drowning Ponyboy. Ponyboy and Johnny have to hide out in an old abandoned church together. They were best friends. Johnny's last words to Ponyboy were "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold_" This says that Johnny thought that Ponyboy was a great person, and that he wanted him to stay a wonderful and great person. The conflict in this story is man vs. man. Ponyboy was born a greaser, he did not choose to be a greaser. He had no control of this but the Socs did not care.

Comparing Marriage in Eveline and The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky :: comparison compare contrast essays

Comparing Marriage in Eveline and The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   At times, a marriage may be motivated by feelings other than romantic love. Themes of alternative motivations for marriage are explored in the literary works, "Eveline" and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky". Also, in each of these stories, the decisions of a principle character is greatly influenced, by the opinions of others concerning marriage.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Sometimes people do not marry to be with one that they love, instead, they marry to flee a place or a person that they dislike. At the age of nineteen, Eveline consented to marry Frank to get away from her job at the Stores and her father.   She thought her comrades at the Stores might call her a fool to run off with Frank to get married and that Miss Gavan would be glad she was gone.   Although she feared her father would become violent because of her marriage, she knew some others would respect her. She planned to explore a new life with Frank in his distant country home, Buenos Aires.   Frank seemed older than Eveline from the stories he had told of his experiences.   Eveline was acting upon impulse to escape.   The more experienced Frank "would save her.   He would give her life, perhaps love, too."   (Joyce 331).   Her mothers life of commonplace sacrifices closing in final craziness (Joyce 331) was reason enough for Evelines sudden need to marry Frank.     Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Eveline weighed questions of her decision up to the last minute.   She struggled with her feelings toward her known life.   As the time for her to leave with Frank approached, she realized that her current life was not all that bad.   Marriage would not be the answer to her dilemma.   She did not go with Frank.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚     The people of Yellow Sky knew Sheriff Jack Potter had gone to San Antonio, but did not know why he went nor when he was coming back.   However, Potter had gone "to meet a girl he believed he loved, and there, after the usual prayers, had actually induced her to marry him, without consulting Yellow Sky for any part of the transaction."   (Crane 212).   Potter and his bride were older than the average newly weds during that time period.   They were self conscious because people in the parlor-car stared at them.   Potter began to feel a greater self consciousness about how his town of Yellow Sky would respond to his marriage.

A Christmas Carol Essay example -- English Literature

A Christmas Carol Stave 1: Scrooge’s character is established early in stave 1. Dickens shows his popularity by showing us his relationships with people in his surroundings. We can tell scrooge is unpopular as the narrator portrays him as a â€Å"Tight fisted hand at the grindstone.† Scrooges name give us a similarity between the word scrounge what is to be tight with money and every opportunity to make money, this automatically helps us launch an understanding that he is tight with his money, what is necessary to associate him as nasty old man. When the narrator is describing Scrooge he uses words that help us negotiate an opinion that Scrooge is an aggressive and is detested by person. It helps us find out that scrooge is a bitter, mean, twisted, moody and selfish old man. The narrator Charles Dickens builds the foundation of our understanding of our knowledge that he is despised by referring to him as â€Å"a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner† that helps us portray that scrooge is tight with his money. Dickens also tells us that he is â€Å"External heart and cold had little influence on scrooge† and also that scrooge says â€Å"no warmth, and no wintry winter cold chill scrooge.† In general scrooge is described to have poor relations with other people and literally he is a loner, but this is what he wants. Scrooge is known by people as a bitter old man, as when he walks down the street people avoid his wicked ways. In a way it as if scrooge wants to stay alone and he may enjoy being despised by others. Dickens goes on to mention how he was avoided on the street, â€Å"No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle† and that no one would dare give a greeting as they would only be ignor... ...d people are beginning to accept scrooge. Extension: The narratorial voice and Christian morality enrich the reading experience of â€Å"A Christmas Carol† by making the play more enthusiastic. On the first page of â€Å"A Christmas Carol† dickens narratorial voice comes across when he describes Marley as â€Å"dead as a door nail.† The Christian morality in this story helps us navigate a decision that Dickens is a very true Christian. The moral of this story is hidden in the depth of the story, the moral is to be kind hearted and to be generous. These shows to be weary of what can happen if you are not generous and that, you will be punished and will feel guilty if you persist on being the same. In the form of scrooge it shows us that you can be happy and the richest man in the world for helping people, maybe not in the form of money but in the form of happiness.

Did Climate Effect Human Evolution

These drastic transformations in the planet's atmosphere have been the impetus of evolution among species and has sparked interest to geologist and paleoanthropologist for years, resulting in a number of hypothesis that â€Å"propose that climate-driven environmental changes during the past 7 million years were esponsible for hominin speciation, the morphological shift to bipedality, enlarged cranial capacity, and behavioral adaptability' (Behrensmeyer 476). For this theory to be properly supported, the antecedent question that needs to be identified is, do species adapt to change?Naturalist and geologist, Charles Darwin, supported this idea, stating â€Å"that living things adapt toa place- a habitat† Ooyce 1). He expressed this theory through the idea that animals and various primates partake in the act of natural selection. In 1997, the National Science Foundation (NSF) supported Darwin's heory by gathering a research team together and running a serious of studies that dem onstrated â€Å"that animals can adapt to sudden changes in their environment with surprising speed† (Dybas, Chery 1). Researchers Frank Shaw and Ruth Shaw of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, and F.Helen Rodd of the University of California used wild guppies from the West Indies island of Trinidad and found that â€Å"fish that were moved from a predator-infested pool to a pool with Just one predator grew larger, lived longer and produced fewer but larger offspring. In the span of seven to 8 generations–between four and 1 1 years–they became more like the native guppies in the relatively predator-free environment† (Dybas, Chery 1). Although studies such as the one above indicates that species do indeed adapt to different environments, there still lies the question of if climate and evolution correlate.Anthropologist Rick Potts challenged this question. For many years, Potts has been â€Å"pushing the idea that climate made us† and that  "habitats kept changing because climates kept changing† Ooyce 1). For scientist to gain more knowledge and research n this idea, they need to get a fuller climate history in places where human ancestors lived. Which, in this case, would be in East Africa. The pulsed climate variability hypothesis states that about every 20,000 years ago, â€Å"the region vacillated between very dry and very wet periods† (Ferro 1).These extreme changes may have played a vital role in driving human evolution and researchers like Rick Potts and Mark Maslin dig and gather sediments from East African lakes by drilling into lake bottoms and retrieving tubes of muck that contain millions of years of climate history; anging from â€Å"the fossils of the plant pollen and the organisms that lived in the lakes that respond to climate, to the chemistry of the sediments that also can give us very detailed information about changes in temperature and precipitation† Ooyce 1).By collecting these tubes of muck, scientists can compare climate timelines to the fossil records ot our ancestors to see now climate attected evolution. Mark Maslin, who mainly focused on the findings form an East African Rift Valley, compared all the lakes that were known to have existed in the East African area over the last 5 million ears with climate and human evolution records. Maslin findings were that events such as when humans first migrated out of East Africa, all happened during the wetter periods found on the climate records.Major events in human history, including when humans first started to migrate out of East Africa, happened during wetter periods. It was found that the appearance of early Homo erectus correlates to when a number of deep freshwater lakes appeared. In a press statement, Maslin explained that our ancestors â€Å"had to deal with rapid switching from famine to feast† and back again. This, he says, was what drove the evolution of new species with bigger brains, and later forced them to migrate out of East Africa, moving down toward South Africa and north to Europe and Asia† (Ferro 1).By having these freshwater lakes that create lush vegetation, early humans would have been practically forced to migrate for the search of food water. Evaluations on lake sediment made it clear that East African lakes did in fact play a major role in the explanation of why and when hominin species migrated out of East Africa but after much speculation, it seems as though â€Å"we may have to consider that climate was not lways the underlying cause and that intrinsic social factors and interspecies competition may have play a significant role† (Ferro 1).

Extradition and Deportation Views of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia-Herzegovina, formally known as Yugoslavia, has been addressing many pressing issues; however, extradition and deportation has been gaining large amounts of attention from Bosnia-Herzegovina’s government. Bosnia-Herzegovina’s government consists of a tripartite presidency which is divided mainly between Croatian, Serb, and Bosnian political parties. During World War II, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia resisted the Axis powers and were overrun. The attacking axis forces: Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, and related regimes, Croatia and Serbia partitioned off the land. Soon after the partitioning, a civil war sprang up between the Yugoslav Partisans and the royalist Chetnik Movement. Not only did this war take place, but there was also genocide committed against the local Serbs, Jews and Roma while Chetniks began to chase the Bosniak and Croat population to perform an ethnic cleansing. With much support given by the U. S. S. R and the United States of America, the Yugoslav Partisans gained more and more power over the opposing forces. Italy and all of the other commanding countries gave up their hold on the partioned land to Germany. After the city of Berlin was captured by allied forces, Germany surrendered and the once axis controlled countries were released to the allied forces. The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia assumed control after World War II. â€Å"This, what you are doing, is not good. This is the path that you want to take Bosnia and Herzegovina on, the same highway of hell and death that Slovenia and Croatia went on. Don't think that you won't take Bosnia and Herzegovina into hell, and the Muslim people maybe into extinction. Because the Muslim people cannot defend themselves if there is war here. Radovan Karadzic, leader of the Serb Democratic Party, said this after hearing talks of Bosnia-Herzegovina separating and gaining its’ independence from Yugoslavia. From 1991-1992, ethnic lines were being honed in for the country of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosniak factions had high tension between them and the two smaller factions, Serbs and Croats. This situation caused the parliament of Bosnia-Herzegovina to become fragmented and worthless. Croatia and Yugoslavia signed an armistice while being supervised by the United Nations. The Serb and Croat powers continued to negotiate over the partitioning of Bosnia-Herzegovina. While talks to keep Bosnia a part of Yugoslavia or totally succeeding continued, no agreement was reached. When the referendum had taken place to decide Bosnia-Herzegovina’s independence, an estimated 64-67% to 98% of the votes were for independence. Shortly after Bosnia-Herzegovina gained its’ independence the Bosnian War began. Post the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, there were many Islamic fighters left in Bosnia-Herzegovina which sided with Bosnians during the war. After nearly 15 years of trouble from these old allies, a harsh policy was unanimously accepted by both the Bosniaks, Bosnian Muslim politicians, and the population of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The population of Islamic fighters have become notorious for the fact that much crime and influence of the young Muslim people. A movement known as the Wahhabi movement, run by a fundamentalist group of Islam prevalent in Saudi Arabia, is continuing to grow more and more from help by these Islamic fighters. The Bosnian Islamic Community banned the Wahhabi movement in 1993 which took place during the war when moderate Muslims were being recruited by foreign fighters for their cause. Since the U. S. – led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, Bosnia has seen a wide spread popularity in the Wahhabi movement. The Bosnian Islamic Community has done nothing since the ban in 1993; although, when the Wahhabis began attempting to take control of the Islamic Community’s administrative units and Mosques, the Muslim leaders were made to react. Mustafa Ceric, the grand mufti of Bosnia, began to take a message on a journey to many capitals of the world. This message entailed that the main leaders and financiers of the Bosnian Wahhabi movement were housed in Western Europe, mainly Austria. Ceric decried that action be taken by world leaders to insure that the radical Islamic groups did not populate Bosnia. This matter has been put off for some time because any attempt against this movement may sacrifice votes for politicians from the Bosniak nationalist vote. In 2006, pressure was put on the Bosnian government in which a commission was formed to review how nearly 1,500 people gained Bosnian citizenship, almost all fighters from different Muslim countries. Deportations were ordered for commencement shortly after. â€Å"Anyone should see that you sell this country piece by piece, Muslim by Muslim; you betray everything that can be betrayed †¦And be aware that Allah has the power and that you will face Him and answer for the betrayal of Islam and Muslims. † After the deportations were nearly in full-swing, a man only identified as Hattab27 said the aforementioned quote in a posted threat on you tube against Sulejman Tihic, Haris Silajdzic, and Grand Mufti. This threat entailed that if extradition and deportation were made against these brothers of the country, that a video would be released to destroy the three presidents politically. Due to the possibility of ill treatment of the deportees in their home country they could not be deported. Only two people were deported to their home countries, both last year. Bosnia-Herzegovina feels that strict deportation and extradition laws should be put in effect immediately. These laws would call for the immediate extradition of a person who has committed or who has been associated with a crime. If the said person cannot be extradited for being associated with a crime, then immediate deportation should take place. These crimes would be interpreted by the International Criminal Courts, if this court system cannot perform these duties for what ever reason then a new sub-committee should be erected to act upon these hearings. This court would be United Nations funded and any country that wishes to devote money to this cause is welcome. Although crimes vary from country to country, there should be a summit and amendment created. The amendment would compile a list of laws and regulations for extradition and deportation and the summits will be used to educate countries about the aforementioned amendment. If a country wishes to abide by the amendment then the laws and regulations will take effect immediately.