Antonio De Curtiss Influence On American Culture

In “A Mystery of Heroism” he gives the readers the perspective of what being in the war is like. Some people assume that being in the war means that they always have a plan,

He remains to be a very influential figure in Spanish culture and music. The key to Paco de Lucía’s success was a mix of persistence, natural talent, high-profile collaborations

He was always placed in a situation that, it can be alleged that in order to stay alive, or at least survive emotionally sane, one has to think that there is a validation for war and that skirmishing in it is more than an responsibility, but an opportunity, chance, and a necessity. For the person it has to be mentally fulfilling and for a nation it means that it sharps one of its blades. Ernst informs us, "...all success springs from individual action, while the mass of troops give impetus and weight of fire."(301)

Remarque’s use of diction creates an honest and very real viewpoint on war, which bolds the anti-war aspect of the novel. Remarque too fought in the war, so he was very candid with the subject, which is portrayed quite clearly in the novel. In the novel it states, "we were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war" (88).

Foremost, it is imperative to note that many soldiers fighting in WWI were around the age of 20 if not younger. This is crucial when the fact that many studies have shown the human brain does not fully develop until the age of 25 is considered. This means that many of the soldiers were still immature and gravely unprepared for the horrors of war. Being thrown into the war requires them to mature quickly and leave their youth behind. Remarque depicts this in his piece where he states, “We are youth not youth any longer…The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in war” (Remarque 46). Nonetheless, the only thing they believed in betrayed them in the end. With the innovation of new forms of weaponry in warfare such as mustard gas, tanks, planes, machine guns, etc. and

The story of Martin Guerre shows how easily families were disrupted during the course of foreign wars. Guerre grew up in a small town where he eventually was betrothed to his wife Bertrand. After an argument with his father, Guerre decided to leave for Spain where he served in their army during the war. After 8 years away at war, much happened to Guerre and his family back home including the death of his parents, and a man pretending to be him that had nearly the entire village fooled for a short period of time.

He was optimistic and idealistic about his job, he was a positive person and alway had been confident about his career and future. He grew up listening to his father music at a very young age, he then grew up loving instrumental music. At the age of fourteenth, he wrote various hymns and songs for the church, he

In All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, the main protagonist, Paul Bäumer, enlists in the German army of World War I with his classmates. At the age of twenty, he knows nothing of life but death, despair, and fear. As the war unfolds and the fighting continues, Pauls true character comes out. The war shaped him into a perceptive, selfless, and trustworthy soldier who will fight for his country at all times. At the beginning of the war, Paul is very familiar with living a normal lifestyle. As time progresses, he becomes perceptive with life as a soldier and learns to forget prior knowledge he once relied on, and relying on basic instinct and everything he has been taught in training. Bäumer’s insights have reminded him that what matters is “not the mind but the boot brush” and prior knowledge can be forgotten because it “is not the intelligence, but the system [that matters]” (Remarque 22).

Edward Sheriff Curtis, was a famous photographer and the creator of one of the most renowned publications on the subject of North American Indian culture. His massive collection of photographs, illustrations, and writings become a 20 volume encyclopedia covering over 80 different tribes entitled “The North American Indian”.

     It is always said that war changes people. In the short story 'The Red Convertible', Louise Erdrich uses Henry to show how it affects people. In this case, the effects are psychological. You can clearly see a difference between his personalities from before he goes to war compared to his personalities after returns home from the war. Before the war, he is a care-free soul who just likes to have fun. After the war, he is very quiet and defensive, always watching his back as if waiting for someone to strike.

Once a pon a time, there was a man named Skylar. He had the authority to do anything he wanted because he was king. He even evicted someone. In Skylar's culture, it's important to be impartial with everyone but Skylar does not believe that. Every so often others get infuriated by Skylar. Skylar enjoys devastating others property as well.

The American media has had a substantial influence on the Italian-American stereotype, especially that regarding mobsters. The American cinema has created movies and TV shows such as The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Sopranos, and more. The media has the power to influence how people think and see things, including ethnic groups and races. This was seen extensively in the 2016 United States Presidential election. Hollywood has always had the strength to have ethnic groups be seen in a positive or negative light. In the twentieth century, the media had a negative portrayal of Italian-Americans that has evolved as time passed. The reason for the views changing with each passing decade is the fact that foreigners and their future generations became more “Americanized.”

Paul Berlin feels the necessity to imagine chasing Cacciato, as a result of he fired the shots that killed him, accidentally. Cacciato, who is seen as an irresponsible reasonable person by Berlin and his comrades in arms. His actions are seen as those of an individual who isn't that smart, however, he's not involved with the war occurring around him, nor can he have queries of the war itself.

The renowned baroque composer, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, was born on the 4th of March, 1678, in Venice, Italy to Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchio. During childhood, he found himself surrounded by his five siblings, Margarita Gabriela, Cecilia Maria, Bonaventura Tomaso, Zanetta Anna, and Francesco Gaetano Giovanni Battista. Francesco, like Vivaldi, would find music to be his calling. He would later teach a young Vivaldi the art of the violin. Vivaldi’s younger years were hard for him; he suffered from strettezza di petto, tightness of the chest; in other words, he had asthma. His asthma would prevent him from playing any wind instruments for the rest of his life. When Vivaldi became a young adult, he pursued priesthood, finally being ordained in 1703 when he was 25.

Giuseppe Garibaldi was born in Nice in 1807 (Garibaldi, page 173). He spent his life working towards not only Italian unification, but that of France and South America. He is considered by many to be the “Hero of two worlds” (Chastain). He spent most of his complex life on the run from