Guggenheim Fellows Essays

African Americans had many struggles in previous generations. Many authors such as Richard Wright and Langston Hughes have different perspectives on how they approach these struggles. In works such as Black Boy and "Mother to Son", the authors provide evidence on if they interpret the struggles in a positive or negative way. Langston Hughes and Richard Wright have positive and negative views respectively towards their lives, and they use metaphors and life experiences to show it. Richard Wright

The Function of the Narrator in Slaughterhouse 5 A narrator is an essential element in every narrative, taking on the responsibility of telling the story. This central role is in the control the narrator has over the story, in terms of perspective and pace, as well as the sequence in which events are related to the reader. In the limitations imposed by the view presented to the reader, the narrator is able to address the issues and concerns of the novel. In Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5, the narrator

1.4. Existentialism The mind of the individual does not suffice to any limits of agreed upon knowledge and never stops of plunging into the unknowing to gratify its boundless appetite to know more about its position in the society, therefore; the human mind is preoccupied with questions on many basic matters of existence. Then as the social schools of thoughts started to emerge in higher levels of arguments and understanding, multiple basic questions began to arise

they’ve been set up for failure. The documentary, Waiting For Superman, revolves around children who were born into an insufficient education zone with parents who can’t resolve the issue for various reasons. By utilizing both logos and pathos, Guggenheim effectively causes a call to action in favor of education reform by arguing that there are ways to change these problems, but we need more ‘power’. As a matter of fact, this entire documentary is reliant

In the second part of the IB English Language and Literature course - Language and Mass Communication, I have identified how language in media is used to persuade and make people believe in certain propositions. From my course, I have learnt how people use different rhetorical devices to convince and persuade an audience. As the topic of “World Peace” is a very important topic. I decided to choose President John F. Kennedy’s commencement address as my stimulus. Writing from the perspective of a

Nikola Tesla didn’t exactly become the most inspiring or famous inventor, but with the way he impacted modern life, he certainly seems like he should be the one to do it. His creations were part of the movement to change the lives of many around the world. Tesla even theorized and created the form of electric transmission, which beat that of Thomas Edison and still remains the world’s choice. All said, Nikola Tesla may have single-handedly changed the way we live today with his countless inventions

To continue, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is often referred to as The Guggenheim. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum stands out in its surroundings. A passage in the book How Architecture Works: A Humanist’s Toolkit describes the way the museum looks to pedestrians “The first view for most pedestrians walking up Fifth Avenue is a tantalizing glimpse of a fragment of what appears to be a giant cream colored-colored

When walking by the Molecular Biology Building one can’t help but notice the sculptures that stand atop of it and wonder what they mean. Andrew Leicester, the creator the G-Nomes, likes his art to make the admirer think about what they are looking at and to make their own meaning “In modern society we expect instant understanding….” He did just that with the statues making the viewer think about what they are looking at instead of providing a straightforward answer ("University Museums-Art on Campus")

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect and educator. He is considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, architects of all time and the pioneer of modern architecture. Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Wright’s career spanned from 1885 until 1959. During this time, he created an identity for American architecture, while rejecting borrowed designs such as Neoclassical and Victorian styles. He instead gave America its own identity in architecture, an identity that was unique, simple and

Berlin, Germany The capital of Germany, Berlin is a cultural center that dates back to the 13th century. At one time it was a divided city and today it is well-known for its modern architecture, the art it offers and nightlife. Visitors can still see the graffiti covered remains of the Berlin Wall and one of its landmarks the Brandenburg Gate has become an iconic symbol of reunification. The Reichstag Building sits on the Mauerstreifen, the military zone that was between two sides of the Wall

The Hidden History of the Guggenheim Museum June 8th marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Frank Lloyd Wright, one of America’s most iconic and celebrated architects. Here in New York City, Wright’s famed Guggenheim Museum stands along Museum Mile as one of his most well-known buildings. A masterpiece of modern architecture, the Guggenheim Museum is both an official New York City Landmark and a National Historic Landmark, signifying it’s architectural, cultural and historical importance. Few

The Rape of Proserpina from Ted Hughes’ Tales from Ovid recounts the myth of Pluto, god of the Underworld, who abducts Proserpina, daughter of Ceres, and brings her to the Underworld to live with him. Through this story, the speaking voice that narrates the poem explains that change is a painful but necessary and natural aspect of life by illustrating that stillness is by contrast impossible and unnatural. The speaking voice then illustrates the inevitability of change by comparing it to rape throughout

David Smith sought to provoke curiosity while creating his geometric stainless steel sculpture which measures at approximately 113 x 21 x 20 inches. This piece seems to have been made in a world that does not adhere to the same gravitational laws as ours. Initially, it comes across as a series of objects awkwardly put together that are doomed to fall with the slightest touch. However, eventually viewers will likely realize these objects should not be standing together at all and begin to wonder how

Alwin Nikolais (1910 - 1993) was had numerous of titles under his belt; he was a choreographer, dancer, composer, musician, teacher and innovator. In 1964 Nikolais’ won the Kennedy Center Honors award years later he then won the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts us Canada. With his accomplishments Nikolais soon became the "father of multi-media theater." According to the Dance Collection at Ohio University Alwin Nikolais', “vision and philosophy are represented in over 120 choreographic works

regarded. Mostly because of his installations in the Guggenheim Museum and the piece titled Roden Crater that’s currently in progress. During

co edited a collection of essays and has also released his own volume of essays. Dr.Cronin is the child of a historian and has devoted his life to investigating humans place in nature. He has been a Rhodes Scholar, Danforth Fellow, Guggenheim Fellow, and MacArthur Fellow.

social psychology at Harvard University in 1964. At Harvard she won a Departmental Distinctions award. While at Harvard she met her future husband radical historian Jesse Lemisch. Between 1964-1965 she was a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow with the Committee on Mathematical Biology at the University of Chicago. In 1966 she took a teaching position with Loyola University at Chicago. In 1973 she began teaching Cognitive Psychology and running her own data research lab at State University

Pomeroy was born on March 13th, 1938 in New York City, New York. Susan B. Pomeroy graduated at Columbia University. Susan B. Pomeroy has accepted awards such as: City University President's Award for Excellence in Scholarship in 1995, Guggenheim Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1998, and the Emeritus Fellowship, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2003. Susan B. Pomeroy is an American Ancient Historian, an author translator, a professor of classics, and an author of over six more published

Nathan Englander is one of the United States best-known contemporary fiction writers who has made a name for himself writing about Orthodox Jewish themes. His work has appeared in some of the most venerated publications including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and several anthologies such as The Pushcart Prize, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and The Best American Short Stories. For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, which was his debut collection of short stories, was a winner of the Sue Kauffman

for him the National Book Award for second time and also received the James L. Dow Award. In 1965, he published "The Last Analysis", production of plays on and off Broadway for a short run. He became the professor at the University of Chicago and fellow of the committee on social Thought. Three one-act plays collectively entitled "Under the weather" are produced on Broadway and in London. Off-Brodway production of "Seize the Day", a dramatization of the novella of the same name adapted by Bellow