Winter Sonata

The definition of betrayal is- “to be unfaithful, or to disappoint the hopes or expectations of someone.” In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, you encounter varying degrees of betrayal. From a forbidden love affair, Daisy and Gatsby fight for their lost love until a sacrifice has to be made. While Myrtle is unhappy with her lower class life and hard working husband George, she admires Daisy’s lavish life, more specifically her husband Tom. Lastly, we come to Tom and Daisy; they are

In the 1960s, the Civil rights movement faced many challenges, a lack of media was one of them. The media managed to cover a lot of the events that happened during the movement. However, the media coverage still failed to bring the right amount of attention to the issue at hand. T.V. shows and advertisements did not change or show any support. Even though a change was taking place, the messages were not being shown to the American public. With that being said, the black power movement had a saying

Britannia James Macmillian is a modern Scottish composer who tends to write in a minimalist style. This piece was composed in 1994 as part of a commission from British Telecommunications and was premiered in the same year. Macmillian’s works tend to be based off of his Scottish heritage, his Christian faith, or other political motivations. Britannia is one of Macmillian’s more well-known pieces that has gotten him to become one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious composers that is currently

in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg. She is surrounded by friends, foes, lovers, and allies and must navigate the vicious royal court in order to gain the Grand Duke Peters hand in marriage. Sophie must gain the respect of the Empress Elizabeth and the love of her beautiful, but harsh, nephew Peter, all while quickly climbing the social ladder of the Imperial Court. This novel is classified as Historical Fiction and Young Adult,

house he was thinking I am almost home I cannot wait to see Ann again. John had been walking for what felt like an eternity but was just a few long hours. Generally, John didn’t mind the walk from his father’s homestead to his but it was currently winter and a deadly blizzard was taking place. The unforgiving snowstorm began as John bundled himself up for the long walk to his father’s place; as the day, the storm had progressively gotten extremely worse to where it was white out conditions, as he

Band of Brothers Biographical/Historical Event Analysis Stephen E. Ambrose’s book Band of Brothers was an historical account of the U.S Army’s 506th Regiment, Easy Company. The book focuses on Easy Company, an airborne infantry unit in the 101st Airborne Division from training camp all the way through the European Theater of WWII. The content of book was heavily based off interviews that Ambrose has conducted on each Easy Company man to ensure that the reading experience is authentic as possible

gods. Today December is the month to celebrate holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah and kwanzaa but in the ancient Pagan Kingdom they celebrated a holiday they called Yule. According to Zoe Mintz, Yule marked the winter solstice and celebrated the rebirth of the sun and the beginning of winter. To celebrate Yule the people made a yule log and set it on fire to burn in order to “conquer the darkness”. Some people also celebrated by feasting until the log died out which usually took around twelve days

Before there were planes and trains and automobiles, rainbows shot straight up into the sky. They would still be that way today, if it weren’t for Iris’s daughter, Gyneth. Gyneth was a selfish half-blood who thought she was better than all of the gods. She was given golden hair by her mother, which was said to give her good luck. One day, Gyneth was sitting on a rock next to a rainbow, pouting about how it didn’t arch over her head and cast colors on her hair. She complained to her mother, but Iris

The sport that I chose to do is 4-man bobsleigh. The goal of bobsleigh is to get the fastest time out of 4 runs over two days. The courses are 1,200 to 1,500 meters long and the minimum curve radius of 20 meters. The slope is an average of 12 to 15% steep. The winner is decided by adding up the 4 times from the four heats, and then the fastest time overall is the winner. The times are recorded on a stopwatch in hundredths of a second. 2018 bobsled track The first category I’m going to cover is the

The assigned portrait is a work by Anthony van Dyck that dates back to 1621, presumably finished before the artist left his native city of Antwerp for Italy (Genua). From the title, we gather that Van Dyck is depicting a family of three. The father is sat on the right, while the mother is sat on the left; they are both facing the viewer. Their young child is positioned on the mother’s lap, its head turned towards the father. The colour scheme includes rich, dark colours for the attire of the couple