Exposition College Essays Samples For Students

What the World’s Columbian Exposition Meant for African Americans and the Role that Commerce Played in the Development of the City of Chicago

The World’s Columbian Exposition, which was a fair in 1893 that commemorated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America, meant much for Chicagoans since it would allow the city to gain much needed revenue for the city which had endured a fire more than two decades ago in 1871. In addition, the fair promised Chicago the exposure that it needed to place much of the aspects of ...

Narrative Structure Outline

General Purpose: To Inform
Specific purpose: To inform my audience about how the narrative structure of A Farewell to Arms is constructed
Central idea: The narrative structure of A Farewell to Arms follows the Freytag Pyramid.

I. Introduction

A. Freytag Pyramid model of narrative structure

1. Elements of Freytag Pyramid
2. Was originally intended for Greek dramas and Shakespeare

B Thesis and preview of main points

Although Freytag’s Pyramid was created to analyze drama, the novel A Farewell to Arms contains the elements of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution/denouement.

1. Exposition
2. Rising action
3. Climax
4. Falling ...

The first movements of piano concertos by J.C. Bach and W.A. Mozart
Mozart’s piano concertos are said to among his best compositions. The Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488 is testament to this. This graceful composition has three movements and uses small orchestra comprised of instruments from all four classes. The instruments are two flutes, two bassoons, two clarinets and two horns as well the instruments from the string section like the violin.
One significant difference of Mozart’s concertos was refusing the harpsichord and clavichord. He started to compose sonata concertos only for piano ...

Introduction

In his Streichquartett, Beethoven takes motivic material generated in Theme Groups 1 and 2 of the sonata exposition, and expounds upon them in the different transitional sections of the piece. By utilizing these distinct motives in different textural and harmonic contexts, Beethoven creates a strong sense of unity within the piece as a whole, while also designing a unique identity for each section.
The plan of this paper is first to identify the different areas where Beethoven borrows the motivic material and thus make explanations of the differences in existence as follows: Structural, harmonic and textural. The paper takes a vital interest on ...

Hard Work vs. Quick Money

Contemporary art is a very complex profession. As in all movements, success is hard to come across, and entails a great amount of luck; thus, artists’ experiences vary. The 2010 film Exit through the Gift Shop is an interesting showcase for these differences, as it portrays many artists and their development in this field. The present essay will study the similarities and differences between the two main characters’ experience in the art world in terms of their introduction to it, popular success and other artists’ esteem. Specifically, while Banksy started out as an unknown doing street art, is world-renowned and has ...

When it comes to classical music, the symphony and the concerto are two of the most recognizable genres. Classical artists like Wolfgang Mozart. J.S Bach, J F. Handel and Beethoven wrote countless symphonies and concertos that are still popular today. Mozart is generally considered a “genius” when it comes to musical compositions and in this essay, two of his greatest works are going to be analyzed and compared. The two works include a symphony and a concerto. The first is the symphony no.40 in G minor, K, 550, (first movement), while the second is the Concerto for Flute for Orchestra in D ...

Find a building or structure constructed –Eiffel tower Art and architecture from the ancient times to date has played a key role that have made many appreciate the beauty in the natural environment. Buildings and structures in many regions and places are designed differently that depict and tell dissimilar stories with varied messages. In the recent times, art and architecture have grown tremendously in many institutions of learning across the globe, and this shows the emphasis and benefits that society has realized arising from the industry. Buildings among other structures made by artists and architects have portrayed different meanings and ideologies ...

World Expositions Can Benefit or Haunt Host Cities

Summary of the Article
The article “World Expositions Can Benefit or Haunt Host Cities” has been written by Goergi Kantchev in New York Times. The basic notion behind the article is the idea that World Expo, which is usually considered an economic blessing for a country can turn into a nightmare, if it is not planned effectively. The author has presented historical facts backed by numerical data that why the World Expo becomes success and why it turns into failure. Historically, the countries that became host nations witness great infrastructural transformation. It gives myriad opportunities for investment and job creation. ...

Exit through the Gift Shop is a 2010 about contemporary art, where the Frenchman Thierry Guetta is seen documenting the history of the street art movement with his camera; nevertheless, he turns this around and starts proposing himself as an artist instead. The film displays many different artists and the variations between them: technique, conception of art, ways to relate to each other, etc. One of the most interesting aspects of the movie lies in the anonymity of the artist Banksy, and Guetta’s relation to him, as it allows him to believe that he, without fame or recognition, could ...

ABSTRACT

In the years 1870 to 1900 the U.S. had become the leading industrial power in the world, with more railroad mileage and a larger steel industry than the rest of the world combined. As it became an urban, industrial society with a rapidly growing population and millions of immigrants, it faced new social and economic problems, which were addressed by an expanding government at all levels. In the Progressive Era of 1900-20, some limited gains were made in the regulation of capitalism, as well as granting voting rights to women, passing constitutional amendments for an income tax and the direct election ...

Booker T. Washington was willing to accommodate to social and political inequality for blacks in favor of a policy of gradualism and improvement through education and economic status, while W.E.B. DuBois insisted on full civil, political and economic equality for blacks. As Washington informed the white audience at the Atlanta Exposition in 1895, blacks should be willing to forgo opposition to segregation or demands for civil rights and voting rights in favor of education, training and advancement in the commercial world. His own Tuskegee Institute was the model for his version of industrial and agricultural training for blacks, and despite ...

Two Views on African American Advancement

The extract written by Dubois is clearly intended as a reply and a riposte to Washington’s account of his Atlanta Exposition Address and the responses to it. Indeed, he systematically attacks Washington’s ideas and puts forward a radically different vision of how African Americans should be educated and how their political and social integration should proceed.
Overall I feel that Dubois is fair to Washington. He calls him “ a useful and earnest man” (Dubois, 774) and states that in the North of the United States the initial reaction to Washington’s Exposition Address was, in some African American circles, that ...

Introduction

In this analysis the writer seeks with some measure of conservative passion to highlight major assumptions posited by Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt and Margaret Jacob describing how pertinent it is to “Tell the Truth about History.” Also, with equal energy similar critique of a fine piece of historic literary evidence would be undertaken as ‘Postmodernism in History - Fear or Freedom’ is espoused by Beverley Southgate.
Evidently, historians have carved the concept ‘Postmodernism’ to bring clarity regarding what is acceptable historical evidence for assumptions created in the past. Precisely,with distinct segments of the society being labeled victims and ...

Thesis

Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles that begins with the deaths of two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices; their deaths are caused by their own swords in a struggle for the throne after their father, Oedipus, dies. Creon, the relative who takes up the throne allows for an honourable burial of Eteocles but denies Polyneices the same respect. He issues a decree that Polyneices’ body be dumped in the wild and no respect to be paid for it. Antigone, Polyneices and Eteocles’ sister, learns of the decree but goes ahead to bury her brother, Polyneices, despite the orders given by the king, Creon ( ...

Abstract – The solar power technology has been under development for a long time. Solar power has been a sure source of energy for many people living in remote places. One area of concern has been the use of solar panels in tapping the solar energy. There is research going on in the way solar cell performance is enhanced. There are technologies that have been developed to enhance the tapping of the solar energy from the sun. One technology that is gaining attention of engineering researchers is the use semi-conductor material to manufacture solar cells. In this area, there are new developments ...

In this essay I will respond to Rifkin and Marshal debate regarding “St. Mathews Passion” by J.S. Bach by explaining their positions about this piece and the way of how modern instruments influenced the sonority in the performance of Baroque Music. To sustained my arguments I will use two articles from “The Musical Times,” the first is called “Bach’s Chorus. A Preliminary Reply to Joshua Rifkin” by Marshall and the second one is named “Bach's Chorus: A Preliminary Report” by Rifkin.
Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the most important composers from the Baroque period who wrote ...

Compare and contrast the first movements of Beethoven’s 1st, 3rd, and 5th Symphonies

This essay will compare and contrast the first movements of Beethoven’s 1st, 3rd, and 5th Symphonies. Furthermore for a better understanding of the pieces, the research will focus on the musical path of the composer and on the way of how personal circumstances influenced his musical way of composing. For good comparisons and contrasts, I will approach in my analysis of the pieces instrumentation, harmonic development, length, and complexity of the structure.
Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest composers of Germany and a predominant figure for the transition between Classicism and Romanticism. He wrote a lot of music ...

The Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220) was built when Prince of Han, Liu Bang, smashed the Imperial Army of Qin in Wei Valley. The success was initially a piece of a mass disobedience that emerged after the demise of the First Qin Emperor. The individuals were disillusioned and miserable with the tyranny of the Qin successors and their distinguished govern in the domain. However, despite the fact that Chinese antiquarians portray the Han Dynasty as a time of changes, there are evidences that the Han emulated a large portion of the tenets of the Qin Dynasty. This was done through logically incorporating ...

“The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson are two extravagant literary works from the America history. This paper is a comparison and contrast of these two suspenseful and dynamic short stories. These short stories are different to each other in terms of their tone and style, but share tragic ironies. Both of them keeps the reader in the dark throughout the short story, but both of them have powerful emotional endings. “The Lottery” is a tale about an annual tradition in a small village where the whole village comes together, and one of them wins the lottery. ...

Martin Luther King Junior’s letter, ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ is without doubt a literary masterpiece. He communicates, implores, argues and criticizes within the bounds of civility. He addresses very grave issues in a very balanced tone such that the reader is able to focus on the message he seeks to pass across all through the letter rather than his personal predicament. This submission will focus on three issues in the letter which in the author’s opinion stood out.
The first item which this article will focus on is how the letter brings out the myriad of challenges that ...

The gospels of Mathew onset with Genealogy of Christ, echoing the Old Testament descend of Christ from the lineage of Abraham and King David and the various miraculous events that circumnavigate his Virgin birth. One of the most important studies in this book is its structural context, which is quite diverse and unique due the complexity of the subject matter it contains. In order to identify the units and sub units of the book to be analyzed and used in teachings Christian religious education, the literature must be studied either in diachronic perspective or in literary synchronic perspective by ...

In his book, A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare uses humor of different types throughout the play making the book rib cracking. The characters are given attributes that make them seem foolish and not everything they do goes according to their expectations. This ere are three different types of humor he employs when writing the book and they ate seen in either the scenes or in the characters themselves. The first kind of humor he applies in his work is the use of oxymoron. This is through their foolishness portrayed throughout the book. The book is full of foolish ...

and “An Account of Peach Blossom Spring" by Tao Qian
This essay is meant to compare to pieces by two of the best essayists of the Chinese literature: Su Shi and Tao Qian. First of all, I will present some historical background of these two authors, in order to better understand their circumstances and, therefore, their work. Then I will expose my thesis about these two wonderful pieces, to end up with the compare and contrast exercise and my conclusions.

"The Poetic Exposition on Red Cliff" by Su Shi

Su Shi (1037-1101 A.D.) was born in Mei-shan-xian city. His father, Xun Su, and younger brother, Che Su, ...

A Comparison of Updike’s Dog’s Death and Dubus’s A Father’s Story
A Comparison of Updike’s Dog’s Death and Dubus’s A Father’s Story
Upon first read, John Updike’s poem, Dog’s Death, and Andre Dubus’s short story, A Father’s Story, appear to have few similarities. In form, genre, disciplinary conventions, style, syntax, and mechanics, it would be easy to claim that the two pieces have nothing in common. Despite having many differences on the surface, after reading the two pieces, it is apparent that the subjects the ...

An industrial city is one whose start-up and growth can be attributed to the presence of industries in its current location. Industrial cities sprung up in many European countries during the industrial revolution in the 18th century. The cities appeared in full development of the industrial capitalism which was the core upon which many of today’s most powerful economies were built (Stave, P. 10). The urban cultural role of the cities augured well with the capitalistic economic order that dominated all the other social institutions (Henretta & Brody, 18). Wherever industries were located people settled there in search of ...

The approach taken in the construction of the argument in this essay is based on the proposition that companies and firms which employ illegal immigrants face more risks than the advantages that are poised by the adoption of this action. There is a thorough exposition into the legal demerits that lurk and have the highest chance of affecting the firms thus causing dire consequences in the overall functioning of the companies concerned. While this consequence will affect the functioning and output of the company, the image of the firms also is placed at stake. The paper observes the consequences that a ...

IMPACT OF DISASTERS ON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OR APPROACH

It is true that natural as well as man made disasters impinge on human existence without warning regardless of how diligent meteorological stations are, internationally. Also, Central Intelligence Agencies are always predicting impending situations, but this can be merely speculations even when scientific evidence supports them. Predictions, do not always accurately determine time and place of attacks and it can entail ongoing tedious investigation processes. In the presence of such uncertainties social service structures concerned with disaster awareness and intervention should always be alert to such eventualities that plague the universe manifesting as earthquakes, tornadoes, flooding, hurricanes, fires, bombings, ...