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A Contemplative Look At Henri Matisse
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2120

.... Matisse in his decisions to pursue art as a career. His father on the other hand was more of the average hard working class. He was a local grain merchant. Matisse's father perhaps played a less influential role, but never the less, a significant one. He was stricter and more disciplinary, but for the most part he also supported his son during times of financial and emotional hardship. On a personal level, Matisse was a kindhearted and mischievous person. He never gave in to doubt, despair, or impossible ideas, although he often had good reason to do so. He never hesitated to .....


The Conversation, Directed By Francis Coppola
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1396

.... Caul is. He even is surprised that someone knows it's his birthday. A birthday is something that almost every normal person wants shared and know. This fact emphasizes how he is a loner even more. His secrecy is even greater emphasized when he travels to see his girlfriend, Eve. When he arrives Harry mentions it's his birthday and she didn't even know. This fact triggers Eve's curiosity even more and she tries to find out more about him. Harry won't tell her where he works or where he even lives. He becomes upset with these questions and tells her to stop. Someone b .....


New Jersey During The Revolution
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1292

.... skirmishes, raids, etc. involving regular troops, militia units and loyalist units, and many actions off the coast of sea vessels. Washington's troops crossed NJ from NY in 1776, chased by the British after the fall of NY to the British. In late December 1776 to mid Jan 1777, he in turn chased the British out of most of NJ. This period of time is called the Crisis of the Revolution because it seemed the American army could not stand against the British, and the support for the Revolution came to a low ebb, until Washington reversed the military and political situa .....


Saving Private Ryan
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 866

.... with it, and the work of journalists like Michael Herr and filmmakers like Oliver Stone and Francis Ford Coppola, Vietnam flickers in and out of our imaginations as a minor piece of hell, a torn-out fragment from a Bosch painting. But World War II, the Good War, the Heroic War, the war that saved the world, is different. Yes, we know it was dreadful, but we don't really want to know: We'd rather cling to the image of jutting-jawed John Wayne firing his machine gun at a collapsing line of Axis dummies. After "," the myth of World War II will never be the same. Usi .....


Events Of The Civil War
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2411

.... General, and the war continued. This paper will follow the happenings and events between the winter of 1864-65 and the surrender of The Confederate States of America. All of this will most certainly illustrate that April 9, 1865 was indeed the end of a tragedy. CUTTING OFF THE SOUTH In September of 1864, General William T. Sherman and his army cleared the city of Atlanta of its civilian population then rested ever so briefly. It was from there that General Sherman and his army began its famous "march to the sea". The march covered a distance of 400 miles and was 60 .....


Woodstock
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 338

.... terrible, (Lack of food, sparse sanitation facilities, drugs and alcohol, mud, to name a few) there were no violent acts at the festival. DRUGS Drugs were a problem at the festival, nearly ninety percent of the people there were smoking marijuana. There were no violence problems though. Approximately one hundred percent of the 33 people arrested were charged with drug-related charges. FOOD Food shortage was a problem since so many people showed up who the festival organizers wree not prepared for. Only 60,000 people were expected to attend, yet on the first day alone .....


The Three Great Compromises
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 487

.... on a plan where they would have two governmental houses, one being the House of Representatives and the second being the Senate, with the Senate being the stronger of the two houses. The House of Representatives was based on each state's population, that is the more people in the state the more representatives that state would get. The Senate said that regardless of the state's population each state would get two representatives all with equal say. The 3/5 Compromise was mainly about slaves. The issue in this compromise was should slaves be counted for determining .....


Charlie Parker At Storyville
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 565

.... This piece is in a 12 bar blues form. There is a short intro by Charlie Parker on the sax. Then Herb Pomeroy and Parker play once through the chorus. The trumpet and sax together here sound really fabulous. The two match each other with amazing accuracy. Following the chorus Charlie launches right into a solo. This solo shows Parker's command of his instrument. He is able to pack his solos full of information. He is double-timing through most of the set. He slides up and down pitches, is all over the range of his horn and uses a stop time to build tensio .....



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