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Section 1 – Understanding key ideas and issues After viewing this film I understood the importance of preserving natural resources. In the film, Man of Steel, the idea of preserving, against exploiting natural resources is dramatized. Clarke’s birth world Krypton was driven to the point of destruction due to the overuse of natural resources. Kryptonians exploited all of the planets natural resources and the planet couldn’t function correctly and the world exploded from the inside. This came after

The Night in Isla Nerga Poem Analysis From the time we were born, humans have learned to appreciate and admire nature. However, as our lives become increasingly complicated and convoluted, it is easy to forget about it. Usually, to help us appreciate nature, poets write about nature in a peaceful, calming way. However, poet Pablo Neruda flips this style on its head and explores the more chaotic, unforgiving side of nature. This was the main point of Neruda’s poem, “The Night in Isla Negra”, where

suffering on his adventures and matures over the course of the novel. If he had stayed in the castle where he grew up, Candide would not have learned about extreme pessimism. In the middle of Candide’s adventures, he finds his way to the perfect kingdom of El Dorado, where his belief of blind optimism was restored. Towards the end of the book, Candide finds out his true love Cunegonde is still alive. This event shows Candide is in the middle of believing in blind optimism and in extreme pessimism. He experienced

Tintoretto had great influence on Venetian painting, but the artist who most fruitfully absorbed the visionary energy and intensity of his work was El

it happens. That was how much of the population of El Salvador used to feel when the government could not control the big coffee corporations. These out of control corporations, highly feared that the people would want to revolt against them so they hired murderers to kill innocent people to spread fear in the minds of the people of El Salvador. Fear, hate, and sorrow were the common feelings felt by the poor and innocent major population of El Salvador caused by the evil wrongdoings of the government

Learning a New Language I’m from El Salvador, Central America. Although I grew up speaking Spanish, taking a language class was a requirement at the schools in this country, so I chose to learn English. Taking an English class was an excellent decision because it helped me practice abundantly before moving to a new country with my family. It was a great experience, but also a challenging situation at the same time. In addition, I did not actually start speaking English daily until I moved to the

All through the motion picture Superman, the names and the activities of the characters were like those of the Holy Bible. Two of the significant name references to the scriptural form manage Superman (Kah-lel) and his dad, Jor-el. In the Greek dialect, the name Jor-el signifies "God," while the name Kah-lel signifies "Little God." Another occurrence where the name diversion is played is on account of Superman's folks, Martha and John. It doesn't appear as though there is some other approach to

Commentary on The Poem of the Cid Poetry played a vital role in the dissemination of information during the Crusade period. It provided a compact, easily memorized way of spreading news in a time bereft of the benefit of mass printing. According to Michael Routledge, who penned a chapter on Crusade songs and poetry in The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades, poetry was not only a way of recording and spreading news of current events, but also served to record and extoll the virtues

El Greco (“The Greek”), also known as Domenicos Theotocopulos, was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco was born in Crete in 1541, which was then a part of the Republic of Venice, and the center of Post-Byzantine art. He had trained and become a master within that tradition and an icon painter. Among his great artworks, I would like to draw attention to “Pietà (The Lamentation of Christ)”, an oil painting. El Greco had painted this masterpiece about c.1565-70 in

A Day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art I. Jan van Eyck’s “Last Judgment” Jan van Eyck was active since 1422 and died in 1441. He was the most celebrated painter of the fifteen-century in Europe. One of his famous works is “The Last Judgment”. At first sight this work immediately attracted my attention. The painting’s stunning colors and the fact that it reminded me of a previous similar work I have seen, triggered in my mind. The material that is used is oil on canvas, transferred