Lisa Lu Essays

Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds,” written in 1989, captures the relationship of a mother and daughter from China that has just relocated to America. So, in the beginning of the short story Tan expresses the mother’s beliefs of America by saying “my mother believed you could be anything you wanted in America” (Tan, Two Kinds, www.rtsd.org). then going into examples such as “You could open a restaurant. You could work for the government and get good retirement and of course, you can be a prodigy, too” (Tan, Two

Language Arts: Poetry Assignment - Lost Sister by Cathy Song Erinn Lee (10) 206 The difference between the life experiences of the two sisters is their vastly different lifestyles. The main difference is the amount of freedom they had. The first sister lived in China. The women brought up in the Chinese culture “never left home” and had freedom “stolen from them at birth”. This shows us that the first sister led a very restricted lifestyle under the influence of a strict culture. The ability “to

The human brain. Such a creative and wonderful part of the human body… but could it be responsible for the death of two boys? Yes it could. The Lord of The Flies is a realistic fiction novel, written by William Golding, about a group of young school boys that are stuck on a island untouched by mankind. There are three main characters of the book: Jack, Ralph, and Piggy. Jack is where the immorality on the island originates from, and it spreads to the other boys. Jack is very reckless and careless

Cú Chulainn in The Táin is depicted as a gifted warrior who accomplishes heroic deeds with his legendary strength. However, The Táin is full of violence, death, and bloodshed, and Cú Chulainn is the perpetrator of a great deal of it. The depictions and stories of Cú Chulainn as a young man in particular are telling of the The Táin’s message that violence is senseless and often meaningless. The almost farcical nature of the violent acts that Cú Chulainn commits is indicative of the text’s desire

American's Lady otherwise known as Wynette, Texas series is a series of novels by Susan Elizabeth Phillips the American bestselling contemporary romance author. The debut novel in the series was the 1987 published Glitter Baby that was first published in 1987. Since then the author went on to write several more titles in the still ongoing series. As a writer Phillips has been writing contemporary romance with her unique combination of emotion and humor since the early 1980s. Susan was born to John

My Favorite Trip to Lagoon... This memory was the first time I have ever been in Lagoon. This was around when I was about in 5th grade.The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the flowers were blooming; ‘Chirp, Chirp, Scream!’. During Summer School, in the middle of the day, my best friend Antonella didn’t come to school because she decided to take a break, and go to Lagoon. I was on the computers playing some games along with some of my other friends. All of a sudden, I was called down

I would never have guessed that a little dehydration and heavy lifting would lead to a night in the hospital. Our freshman football season just got over with, and it was time to start lifting hard for next season. We hadn’t lifted much during football, so when we started up with heavy weights it made you sore. After our second week back into lifting, my arms were dead. We had just done an extremely intense triceps workout before the weekend started. The whole weekend my arms felt like they had just

For all of you who want to hear about my comical yet embarrassing experience in the Norwich Backus Hospital, well here it is. It was a glum Monday morning like any other Monday or day in general in New England. Birds were crying, skies were churning as the day went on preparing to brew another Noreaster. However, it was not the only thing churning that day. For the past few days, I have been having severe abdominal pains. Pains that would stab my stomach, twisting and turning every which way. What

Donatello, the famous Italian sculptor’s real name was Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi. As an expert of sculpting bronze and marble, he quickly became one of the greatest Italian Renaissance artists of his time. There is a lot to be known about his life and career but there is little to be found about his personality. It is said that Donatello never married, and he was a man who lived a simple lifestyle compared to his peers. His friends often found him hard to deal with, and he also demanded a

The cartoon Spongebob Squarepants is an American classic; premiering in mid-1999, the show has since become enormously popular and a widely-recognized cultural staple. The show’s content resembles the American cultural standards in a similar way– take the episode Snowball Effect, for example: the nation’s civilization is oozing out of Spongebob, Patrick and Squidward’s misadventures. The episode demonstrates the common draw to conflict and competition that is buried deep within the American identity

Mantegna was born in 1431 in a small town called Isola di Carturo, Republic of Venice, close to Padua, which is now Italy today. At the age of eleven, he started to work for a local artist named Squarcione. Mantegna grew up to be a well-known artist who was skilled in having a linear sharpness and thorough attention to detail of his paintings, mostly frescoes, and engravings. Mantegna stands out among Italian Renaissance painters for his complete dedication to classical ancient times. Mantegna

To start off, Leonardo da Vinci’s, “The Last Supper” contains elements of art that make the piece a magnificent artwork. The artist, da Vinci, used lines to portray the room in which Jesus Christ and the apostles are in by shaping out the walls, windows, doors, and even the table in which they are sitting. Implied and lines of sight are also present in this painting since Thomas is seen pointing upwards, with a stern look on his face, representing his questioning of Judas’ betrayal. The way the other

Sandro Botticelli Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter born in 1445 in Florence, Italy. From an early age, he had been trained originally as a goldsmith, a specialist in working with gold and metals. His father, then settled him in a studio taught by Fra Filippo Lippi, one of the greatest Italian artist during the 15th century. At the age of fifteen, Botticelli had his own workshop, this helped to contribute to his distinct art style, which incorporated with Neo-platonism. After his tutor left

actually a painting done by one of the greatest painters of all time, Leonardo da Vinci. The Salvator Mundi or the Savior of the World was said to be pained by da Vinci around the same time he painted the most famous painting in the world, The Mona Lisa. Believe it or not, this said painting was actually sold for $60 in 1958 because no one really knew of checked at that time if this is actually worth more than that. It turns out that it is actually a classic painting from one of the greats, that is

Animation is among one of the most important medium of creativity in the twenty-first century. Animation or can be defined as a form of animate display is derived from the Latin verb "animare" which means "to give life to". In other words, it means an illustration of something and make it look exactly like the subject of the origin of life. Animation is an art approach used to deliver a message or implicit value. Animation has aesthetic value and involve many aspects of visual culture. Animation

There were probably three personalities in the book series which Sherlock Holmes took seriously: his closest friend and companion Dr Watson, femme fatale Irene Adler, the so-called Holmes in female disguise, and his archenemy and the chief competitor James Moriarty. Dr. John Watson became closer to Sherlock than even his elder brother Mycroft who was always trying to change Holmes and insist on his authority. Although Mycroft Holmes held a very important governmental position, Sherlock never took

Perspective is considered one of the most important aspects of Renaissance art. Artists such as Masaccio, Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael made the use of this device in many of their work. Thanks to Filippo Brunelleschi, who ‘invented’ and developed this technique called one point linear perspective. The intention of perspective in Renaissance art is to depict reality, reality being the ‘truth’. By simulating the three dimensional space on a flat surface, we in fact incorporate this element of realism

In the short story “Mirror Image” by Lena Coakley, “The eyes are the mirror of the soul” symbolizes a greater meaning than what meets the eye. Alice, the first human survivor of a brain transplant attempts to reclaim who she is in a new body. At the core of a media frenzy Alice has troubles gaining self-acceptance, and doubts that her identity is still intact. The short story exemplifies the meaning of identity pertaining to every aspect of it. The quote “The eyes are the mirror of the soul” is used

There are many Muslim inventors, some of them are : 1- Abulqasem khalaf ibin alabbas alzahrawy (He lived from 936–1013), (in Arabic spelled : أبو القاسم خلف بن العباس الزهراوي‎), He was a famous Arab Muslim medico and surgeon in the olden times who stayed in Al-Andalus. He was and still considered as the greatest medieval surgeon all of time who have shown from the Islamic World, and has been designated afore as the father of surgery for his sizably voluminous contributions. Al-Zahrawi was born

Cummins Logo: Cummins had used a red and black logo in the 1940’s. The company first engine was red. The Cummins "C" was designed by world-renowned visual artist Paul Rand. He was Cummins' design consultant for over 35 years. Rand’s first logo design included only a third of the S on the end of the company’s name. On this proposal, the management reacted saying the company would be called as the “half S”. On further iteration it was called to cut off a very small part of S. Rand then presented Cummins