My President was Black Machiavelli defines humanism as the linguistic and literary movement with the attempt to revive the classical Greek. Additionally, Humanism, according to Machiavelli, encompasses a wide range of sensibilities and values that have originated from the language. Machiavelli is one of the humanists who lived during his era depicted by the writing he made. Notably, one of those works down by Machiavelli during his age is the book “The Prince,” which explores the history to provide future princes and rulers with handbook. To approach humanism, the author draws guidelines from his experience with self-ambitious monarchies and politicians. The paper will establish the way Machiavelli, in his book “The Prince,” uses the approach of humanism. The writing of “The Prince” is one of the article that goes through the approach of humanism as Machiavelli write to remind the princes about the history of Italian human glory. Indeed, the book makes a way to guide the princes in the traditions of Italians that should be adhered to gain the fame of the nation. The author, throughout the book, applies…
Analysis of the Novel “Erasure by Percival Everett” The author of the novel is Thelonious Ellison. The author focuses on discussing his personal opinion on the existence of race and racism. The author outlines that, in his opinion, the human race does not exist (Hui & Yuanyuan 2019: 33-37). However, according to the world that he lives in, he is seen as black. The author is encouraged to quite writing articles about the myths of Greek. Instead, write articles that address the situation and circumstances facing the black community in the United States. The author of the novel has taken time to go through articles written by other authors. He is disturbed by the issue of authors who write articles that support racism can be successful, yet he does not. The author, the Monk, writes a parody version of a particular novel from a different author. He is, however, very ashamed of himself, such that he does not put his real name on the parody of the book. The parody talks about a young African-American man who lives in the…
Film Adaptation Analysis: Mildred Pierce (Film 1945) In the adaptation of a written text to a film, certain alterations are usually made to fit the new audience, platform, and literature requirements. However, these alterations ought not to interfere with the ultimate message; otherwise, the movie would not be an adaptation but a different literary work[1]. Basically, Novels, are usually long a wide range of events relative to movies. Thus adaptation usually entails contraction where the film director eliminates several aspects of the novel to fit the new time frame. The film Mildred Pierce of 1945, directed by Michael Curtiz, exhibits a distinct difference in character development, plot, among other aspects of literature relative to James Cain’s novel from which it was adapted from. Film in the 1940s not only focused on strict codes but similar to date had a strict consideration of the target audiences’ cultural and moral values. For a movie to sell, it ought to be relatable with the beliefs of the community at that particular time, and in a way, address pressing issues as well as avoid…
Police brutality against African Americans The initial interactions between the urban police departments and the African Americans happened at moments surrounding the significant shift of the African Americans between the years 1916- 1970 (Moore, L). The African Americans shifted from the country South to the North and the Western parts, which a little bit more urban; this is especially following World War II. As this was happening, the white communities who carried around the belief that the African Americans tended to possess criminal behaviors started to segregate the African Americans. While the police departments believed that they needed full-time surveillance as they were not to be trusted. Around the mid-1950s, the police started to put upon tight security for the African Americans when, in a real sense, all they were doing is protecting the whites from the black people. This behavior brought about the issue of segregation. The police engaged in several forms of brutality, which was harsh and uncalled for. For example, they engaged in emotional harassment, slanderous language, unlawful arrests, sexual assault among the women, and even worse,…
Liebestraum No. 3 Love Dream composed by Franz Liszt Liebestraum is program music composed by Franz Liszt. It is in the genre called Lieder, which means a song in the German language, and i retrieved it from the following link https://youtu.be/IKfe1TtBd6w?t=50. The music got published in 1850. It portrayed Liszt’s romantic and program music. The music was a key example of program music, and it was derived from the various poem which had a firm reference to love and death. However, our music of interest was from poem number 3. Liszt was born in the kingdom of Hungary empire, modern-day Austria, in 1811. He was one of the classical Hungarian Viutoso and composer. His father, who was an officer in prince palace, raised Liszt from there. The most exciting part of the Liszt music career is that he demanded attention by force. Later, Liszt’s music career got influenced by the likes of Adam Liszt, who used to visit his father’s residence. At the age of five, Liszt was very interested in the piano, something which prompted his father to…
Analysis of Themes in Night by Elie Wiesel ‘Night,’ a book by Elie Wiesel, is a comprehensive memoir denoting the experiences of the author during the holocaust. Wiesel was barely eighteen at the time. The story, which is a word by word manuscript, details the inhumanity that the officials in the Nazi displayed towards the Jewish people during the holocaust. It also denoted their struggle to triumph over these challenges. The book embraces an inspirational approach by prodding audiences to aim to learn from their past in their effort to enhance their future experiences. This situation is imminent through the denotation of the author’s triumphs over his adversities. Overall, Wiesel’s memoir denotes mostly the pain and horror of his past, which help to bring out themes such as inhumanity, violence, and death that transcended the period. On the upside, however, it also conveys the message of hope through themes such as religion and faith. Finally, it embraces the theme of family and friends to denote the relevance of the human social engagements, in enhancing their living experience. This paper aims…
The power of character An actor is a person who performs in an imaginative play or film while a character is a person involved in an action of a story. A character actor may play characters that are very different from the actor’s off-screen real-life personality or may specialize in minor roles. Actors role on the production team is crucial and requires the actor to be exceedingly attentive to director feedback, and actors or characters do enhance production. The character Frankenstein in the movie Frankenstein with Luke Goss, Dan Stevens, William Hurt, and July Deeply; was used to question the far that science can go as a result of experimentation of physics and chemistry going beyond human understanding, symbolism and allegory such as mad scientist, acting god, and Adam. Victor Frankenstein is the oldest son of Alphonse and Caroline. Victor receives a present in the form of Elizabeth Lavenza, from his parents. Victor was inspired by the death of his own mother, and he began a project to bring the dead back to life or make life from what is…
Leadership characteristics and values Leadership is the process of influencing others towards achieving specific set goals and objectives using tailor-made strategies. Leaders are important because they set organizations on the path of obtaining their vision and mission. According to Northouse (2010), a leader must be effective and skilled to guarantee the achievement of quality results. Some of the characteristics and values of a leader that catalyze their success include self-belief, courage, reliability, humility, honesty, loyalty, empathy, and result-orientation. Others include fairness, justice, kindness, creativity, and ability to inspire. The global leader that I admire most is the former US president Barrack Obama. Obama has unique and captivating qualities, values, and characteristics of a leader. He is a leader who has inspired many, including me. He is loved globally because of the values of integrity, confidence, and risk-taking, among others that he stands for. Indeed, Barrack Obama has continued to exhibit solid characteristics and values of leadership even after leaving the office. The characteristics and values became pronounced when he was the US president owing to the achievements he realized. The…
Tales of the City Tale of the City was the original book that gave birth to Tale of the city series. It was written by Armistead Maupin, an American novelist in 1970, initially in the San Francisco chronicles. Its set was an apartment complex at Barbary Lane, which includes the landlady, Anna Madrigal. The book looks at the juxtaposition of various segments of life and society in New York. This novel explores American cultures and the complex relationship between sex and sexuality. At the time this novel was being written, sex and sexuality were not viewed at the same angle as we see today. Sexual diversity was there, of course, but not as open as it is now. Maupin brought in a topic where people explored their sexuality without fear. During those times, the 1970s, it was challenging to come out and proclaim yourself as a gay or a lesbian or a bisexual. But Maupin, in what will become his signature for his novel and TV series, brought out the matter in a clear way – a way which everyone…
Emerging Theme Spring 2019 Emerging themes are explanatory ideas, which are identified from the data in the initial stages of the analysis. These data are given codes which define them, and the concepts with similar meaning confined into a category to form a theme. Such ideas are present in today’s world of business. The world of business is evolving, and is under constant changes. New economic policies, and advancements in technologies have put the business world at radical transitions. The complacent business leaders in this type of competitive environment risk extinction from the global market. There is also a shift in the various political concerns, matters of globalization, social equality, and workplace diversity. For purposes of maintaining or improving under such a competitive environment, the organizations must adjust to remain viable and maintain their competitive advantages. This maintenance requires the companies to apply the four pillars of emerging themes, which include organizational culture, innovation and technology, industry relevance, and the emerging society. The organizations must critically evaluate the current impacts of the emerging industry and market using the four pillars…