This is a fictional narrative piece of work based on the events of the French Revolution. The French Revolution, like many revolutions throughout history, embodied the duality of change and continuity. It began with a...
Read MoreYears of lavish spending by the monarchy, disjointed taxation systems, the tax-exempt status of the clergy and nobility, and France’s totally LOGICAL decision to fund the American Revolution steered France head-first into...
Read MoreI am making an app for a client. Below is my process journal for this experience. Follow along and see how I create it. This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office. *No Alicias were harmed in the...
Read MoreTypically, stories about wars describe the contributions of men and how their bravery and loyalty served their countries. While these tales of masculinity are much appreciated, the tales of feminine involvement are also needed.
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy is about the work and contributions of the women who did cryptanalytic work for America and its allies during WWII. This book’s themes highly resemble the themes of Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly as they both chronicle the stories of meritorious yet under-acknowledged women who played a significant part in warranting America’s success in WWII. In Code Girls, each chapter follows the journey of a key figure in breaking a putatively undecipherable code. I enjoyed the book for providing a much-needed feminist relook on WWII, whose narratives are not only usually written by the winners but also by men.
To best understand the European Renaissance, we explored the assets of an important philosophy/intellectual movement that shaped people’s minds during the time: Humanism. I agree with most (about 88%) of the ideas provided by Humanists.
Read MoreThis found poem was created with the words of the short story “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Téllez. During a Colombian civil war, a barber struggles with internal conflict between his desire to kill his enemy while shaving him and his reluctance to become a murderer. This quote shows a climax of this internal struggle: “I am a revolutionary but I am not a murderer. And to think how easy it would be to kill him. And he deserves it. Does he? No; … No one is worth the sacrifice of becoming a murderer” (Téllez, par. 31). I chose words that highlight the conflict from the beginning to the end of the plot and used blue and red highlights to show the barber’s dilemma between his ideas of right and wrong. The words “Jekyll or Hyde” show on the black background to represent the connection between this plot’s conflict and Stevenson’s classic, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, where both protagonists have to choose between “good” and “evil.”
Read MorePart 1: Develop & Plan I planned to make a design of a robot on the bag. When the right hand (A5) is touched, its eyes (A4) light up; when the number (A3) is touched, its left hand (A2) lights up. When button A or B(on CPX)...
Read MoreOriginal Plan: The original plan was to have both the positive and the negative ends of the circuit to be connected to the snaps. However, if that is the design, the circuit can only be completed when both snaps are snapped...
Read MoreWhen you blog you create posts and posts are categorised according to your subject. Some categories have already been set up for you. If you need more categories you can add them as needed. It’s important that your posts...
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