The disciplinary area of Arts deals with a wide variety of topics. Some typical examples include paintings, sculptures, music, and literature. This paper most directly deals with the literature aspect as it compares the themes featured in the two novels that were introduced in the HC 100 class. While both Robert Kurson’s Pirate Hunters and A.G. Riddle’s The Atlantis Gene contain similar themes such as choices, fear, persistence, and exploration, they differ due to the fact that Pirate Hunters focuses mainly on personal discovery, whereas The Atlantis Gene emphasizes on more generalized and important themes like power, secrets, and making sacrifices to help others.
The two novels are similar in the aspect that they both include themes of fear, persistence, exploration, dedication, and making choices. In Pirate Hunters, Mattera searched as many files as he could in the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, Spain, but he still could not find any mention of Bannister and his ship, The Golden Fleece. At this point, Mattera said that “now it seemed he was running out of light” (Kurson 110). This is one example that expresses the themes of dedication, choice, and exploration in Pirate Hunters. Mattera felt inclined to give up; he was stumped, and he had to make a choice. Mattera’s dedication to the cause of exploration is what influenced his decision to remain on his quest. His perseverance shines through this decision and shows the readers how truly dedicated he is to
Our cohort is nearing the end of its secondary education and therefore it is important that we reflect on the ways in which it has shaped our attitudes, values and beliefs. For example, over the past five years, we have read, analysed and evaluated various literary works such as novels, plays, poems and films in our English studies. These texts have expressed various ideologies, explored interesting themes and introduced us to fascinating characters. These elements have left a lasting impression on our attitudes, values and beliefs. In addition to this, English literary texts have provided us with historical knowledge as well as a thorough understanding of the role that aesthetic devices
It is unrealistic that a teenage boy could survive upwards of 200 days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean alongside a 450-pound tiger. But literature does not reflect ordinary life, therefore it is important in the study of literature to separate the two, because literature is not about being practical or realistic, it is about being imaginative. The unreality of Life of Pi allows the Hero’s Journey archetype to be easily identifiable, for example, as literature provides the extremes of scenarios, stretching the capacity of the imagination to the very heights and depths of what the human mind can conceive. Literature provides us with an experience that reality cannot, because in reality, the imagination is limited to what is physically possible, but in literature, the imagination is able to be free. Through understanding the conventions of literature, the individual, in studying more complex works, is able to appreciate the use of the imagination to reach beyond what reality offers us and is able to refine his sensibilities as he recognizes the partition between life and literature.
Beautiful imagery laced amidst a wondrous storyline, accompanied by memorable and lovable characters are all elements pertaining to enjoyable works of fiction. Tales that keep one up late into the night forever reading just “one more page” forever propelling the intrinsic imagination for a novel enthusiast. Yet, at times there are deeper meanings hidden between the lines. Symbols, analogies, and latent parallels all connecting to real life events and situations being portrayed by the author. Using literary theory can bring a more profound understanding of the reading material at hand, as well as unique insight as to what the author was feeling or intending to portray at the time of writing.
Theater is the activity or profession of acting in, producing, directing, or writing plays. It is that of escaping the real world and going into a new one. Not only does one go more in depth into their mind, but they also go into the mind of others.Theater helped me find out who I really am. Growing up, I always enjoyed the idea of stepping into someone else’s shoes, but I never got the chance until I was in the sixth grade.
In an age where the printed novel has been somewhat on the decline, and the necessity of readable fiction has almost faded into obscurity. I believe that literature still harbours a crucial part within our society; from the very foundations of most theatrical adaptations, to preserving the culture and encapsulating the feelings of generations past. In this case literature cements itself as one of the most decisive elements of our civilisation, and combining it with history makes it become a testament to who we are as people, as well as the conservation of both our progression and degradation. I have always enjoyed reading literature, from reading J.R.R Tolkien’s classic ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy within my childhood, to perhaps more sophisticated,
The course Survey of Literature I not only explored, but analyzed a wide range of texts from different eras. Each text allowed students to critically analyze different factors, including what time period it was written during, why it was written by the author, who the audience was and other literary components. The texts entitled Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella Regarding the Fourth Voyage (with the aid of Letter to Luis de Santangel Regarding the First Voyage), Clotel, and Fourth of July were critical texts in the course because they helped readers challenge their point of view with regard to common historical perspectives.
History has had an inarguable and behemoth impact on the trajectory of art and literature that it surrounds. Quite often, these mediums are a mere reflection of the artist's or author’s existence, and can be viewed as heavily autobiographical, regardless if the artist acknowledges this or not. In fact, many artists and authors will deny that their work is influenced by outside events, and wish to attest that their productions are sporadically born out of the creative abyss of their minds. However, this is absolutely false, since that mind is undoubtedly affected by external stimuli. Consequently, it is an undeniable premise that history changes the course of literature.
What do you remember about related arts classes? Which ones did you particularly enjoy and why? Were there related arts classes you did not want to take? If so, which ones and why? Do the related arts classes you took in PreK-12 impact how you spend your time now? If so, how?
The world is an enormous place of wonder and beauty. The world contains multiple cultures, languages, people, values, and beliefs. These are the things that make the world a wide, wide place. Literary works can display these qualities of the wide, wide world that can be discussed and analyzed. Discussing and analyzing of these works is beneficial to any student, teacher, or one willing to learn because the wide, wide world is a place that is always changing.
I’ve been involved in Fine Arts since the beginning of my middle school career. Since that first day way back in fifth grade when I picked up that alto- saxophone, I haven’t been able to put it down. Today I would consider myself advanced when it comes to music/band. I currently play the alto and the tenor saxophones. I feel good about myself when I tell people about being involved in band and all of the different things that the band does. Playing an instrument is a talent and I would consider myself very talented. I have lettered in band all my four years of high school. For the past two years I have attended The All-Star Masonic Marching Band Camp. I was very honored to be a part of something so big like that.
My standing in the popularity contest known as high school was never that great but that did not disturb me. The stories of Tolkien, Jacques, and my first encounter with the Robert Jordan and the Wheel of Time allowed me to escape the pressures of teenage life. During this time I came across a new genre, Science-Fiction, starting with Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. A straight to the point author for the most part Heinlein gave me the stars wrapped in the positivity of fifties and sixties America. Mr. Heinlein was just the start of my journey into the future, Isaac Asimov, Piers Anthony, Greg Bear, just to name a few began to orbit my free time. It seemed that the world was my literary oyster and I loved nothing as much as cracking a good book and losing myself in its
An art teacher is an educator of the fine arts. This category includes painting, sculpture, design, drawing, crafts and more. On the daily basis, teachers are responsible for demonstrating techniques, grading work, having classroom discussions, selecting classroom materials. In addition, it is very important to help the students grow, unlocking their potential and artistic style. Each class would have around 20-30 students. Another thing to keep in mind is that though teachers have to work long hours, it may be necessary to stay after or work at home if they’re are behind on tasks like grading. Teachers can spend around 12 hours on average doing class related tasks outside of school. Its also important to have a drive to help people.
A pluralist art curriculum explores issues of social equity by bridging the individual with the world, which is essential because misconceptions about minority populations can lead to ineffective school cultures, disengagement in learning, lower standardized test scores, and weakened relationships with others (Chappell & Cahnmann-Taylor, 2013). Conversely, social equity issues are not recorded in the CCSS statistical achievement gains documents, leaving educators few valid tools of measurement for marginalized populations, and this project could help raise awareness and provide documentation of measurable growth (Chappell & Cahnmann-Taylor, 2013, p. 245). Therefore, in order to help address the achievement gap, create a sense of belonging in
The arts graduate performances are link with the practical things of the arts management and self promotion. These types of mixed disciplines are for the good preparation in the world of the artistic performances. There are plenty of the job opportunities are available for the studying of the arts degree. The job opportunities are directly linked with the arts degrees such as community artist, dancer, actor, music therapist, theater director, actor, arts administrator, educational based teachers, theater manager, secondary school teacher and other type of education abased teachers. The important point is in the all the fields the basic degree will be very important. For most
Do you imagine a school without fine arts? Well, many schools want to cancel fine arts so that they could have more time in doing other activities like math, Social Studies, LAL, and other important subjects.Fine arts is a very important and special subject to have in school life.Many people have jobs based off what they learned in school from fine arts.Fine arts is a simple way on how kids may get their mind off of other classes. Schools have always been strict from other subjects so to let them free a little they would be able to enjoy the class without the other situations.