Sunset College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction

The landscape has often been used as a descriptive element and to create an atmospheric perspective in art work by different artists since ancient times. Beautiful landscapes are believed to detoxify the spirit and mind, and carry a healing power as stated by Andrews (1999, p.53). They are an effort by the artist to capture the fleeting moment of nature in time on the canvas.Thesis
“The Shore at Trouville Sunset Effect” by Courbet, who is known to initiate the Realist movement in 19th-century that bridged the Romantic Movement and the Impressionists (The Shore at Trouville Sunset Effect, 2016). The ...

“Winter Evening” by Archibald Lampan is sometimes a difficult poem to grasp. In short, the poem uses dramatic imagery and flowery vocabulary to describe the change in time of day. Literally, the poem is a theatrical representation of a winter’s day fading into night. The paper will discuss several things such as the poem type, the speakers, the speaker’s attitude, and tone. The paper will also discuss methods and techniques used by the author to convey meaning throughout the poem.
The poem is one simple stanza. It is free-flowing, void of any rhyming poetry. It is not a particular type ...

Astronomers and researchers have different presentations and assumptions of the Stonehenge. However, one major assumption made by people is that the Stonehenge showed the presence of ancient astronomy. As per its location and positioning, the site aligns with the sunset direction during the winter solstice and the sunrise direction during the summer solstice. Dr. Gerald Hawkins was one of the astronomers astonished by the rocks and came up with his interpretation of the Stonehenge. According to him, the Stonehenge shares similar qualities to an IBM computer and it may be the blueprint for computer technology. Despite his descriptions, Richard ...

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Islamic Fasting

Introduction
Fasting is a term used to denote the age old practice of abstaining from food. In general, it is defined as the conscious or willing abstention from all or some foods for a certain period of time. Scholars believe that fasting is an ancient practice that has been observed in the earliest history of human civilization and is universal in scope. Fasting, for instance, has been observed in the culture of Native Americans as well as in the natives of New Guinea and in almost every culture and civilizations around the globe (Piper 31). Fasting has ...

Shakespeare, Hughes, and Blake to

Evoke Strong Feelings in Their Readers

Good poetry should tantalize the senses; the reader should be able to feel, see, and taste as the poet does. In their poems, the following poets, Shakespeare, Hughes, and Blake write tributes to someone dear and use figurative language to bring their poems to life and hold their readers in the same realm as they when they penned their poems.

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day,?” is how Shakespeare begins sonnet eighteen, with a simile. Clearly Shakespeare is addressing someone special, someone he really cares about and admire. Shakespeare uses a question ...

The use of cityscapes in cinema began in the mid-1920s with Berlin being the birth city of these new types of movies. Since then, cities have provided a production site as well as consumptions and distribution sites. The usage of cities in movies also assists in explaining different emerging issues within the modern urban society. Using cities as sites for shooting movies allows an understanding issues of the public sphere and social space (Mennel 32). Employing city landscape when shooting movies also help in promoting an understanding of modern aesthetics. Linklater’s movie Before Sunset tells a romantic story ...

Reflection Paper

The main feature of Muslim religion at the beginning was its simplicity. For instance, to become a Muslim was enough to pronounce the formula: “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad - his prophet”. Despite this, religious practice and rituals in Islam are not so simple. Moreover, every Muslim must follow them strictly, without any doubt and irresponsibility. Islam, unlike other religions, does not have an aim of self-perfection for people; it requires only an act of absolute devotion to Allah. Therefore, complicated system of rituals is one of the main characteristics of Islam.
There are not so ...

In every successful business, a company must have a plan in place that outlines their plan of action with their available resources. The purpose of a budget is to provide a blueprint or a plan of action that helps to show the master financial plan. The budget typically contains the cash flow budget, the operating budget, and capital expenditure budget. The budget is the purpose with providing a formal estimate of present and future costs and revenues. Costs and revenues need to be broken down in detail in order to attain profit goals of the company. Companies conduct budget analysis of their operations in order ...

Summary of The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Summary
Part I of the book The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson contains poems pertaining to the nature of life. Poem I talks about how those who feel defeated all the time cherish success much more, as the first two lines state, “[s]uccess is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed”. Poem VII states the maladies of missed opportunities, which is undoubtedly a part of life. Poem X emphasizes on a book that recounts details on history, with the following lines signifying the identity of the subject: “[a] precious, mouldering pleasure ‘t is to meet an antique book”. The ...

An Analysis of Langston Hughes’ poem. “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”
Langston Hughes and “The Harlem Renaissance” are synonymous: he is hailed the greatest writer in African American Literature. His poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is his most famous poem; this short poem is loaded with figurative language and feelings.
The name Langston was Langston Hughes’ mother maiden name; Langston Hughes has a rich heritage; his ancestors are white, African American, European, and Native American. He was born February 1, 1802 and died in May 22, 1967. He began writing in high school and was class poet. ...

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Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death"
Emily Dickinson is one of the significant contributors to American Literature and her poems are known for their theme of loneliness, and recollection of life changing inspirational moments. Lot of her works was indeed published much after her demise, and the earlier publication had many alterations done by the editors of the publication houses. This was due to the fact that Dickinson’s style of writing, broken rhyming meter and use of punctuations, showed a mark detachment from the traditional styles of that era. ‘Because I could not stop for ...

William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” is one of his easiest to read and, simultaneously, one of his most interesting poems. It covers several themes but the main theme is of aging, and the passing of time. The unhappy speaker muses about his impeding old age, and how this reminds him about the importance of love. Shakespeare uses many literary and stylistic devices to convey and enhance this theme. As the title suggests, the poem is in Shakespearian sonnet form, with fourteen lines and a rhyming scheme. The speaker and setting are inextricably linked and are central to the poem. ...

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Introduction
As a child, the mind is easily in awe and wonder about the simplest or most basic experiences. Experts argue that this may be the case because children’s brains are wired differently compared to when they grow up as adults. When children grow up, their brain physiology and chemistry change so as to accommodate other sections of the brain that are necessary for adulthood. Consequently, individual loses her child-like wonder when experiencing ordinary events as an adult. Therefore, childhood is a time when the brain focuses on allowing the child to develop by ...

Climate Change

The world is now facing a problem about climate change, which is a main environmental issue that creates many other problems. These problems are affecting the urban areas. This essay will list three of these problems like the rise of sea level, the rise of temperature, and abnormal weather that are caused by change in climate in urban places. This essay will also evaluate the mitigation efficiencies as well as the adaptation when it comes to resolving this problem. Mitigation means different actions that reduces the effects of greenhouse gases. On the other hand, adaptation means reduction of the ...

When life gets tough, find that special happy place where you can relieve the stress and depressing feelings. Zadie Smith calls it “Find your Beach.” The beach does not necessarily have to be real. It can be a particular area or even just inside your mind (Smith, par. 4). Owing to the challenges and strenuous activities that affect urban folk in towns such as New York, there is the need to develop a calm and isolated dream or place that one can go to let go or forget his or her worries for a brief moment. “Find your Beach” ...

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There is no doubt that adventure fiction books are popular nowadays. A large number of readers, both young and adults, are expressing their fascination about such books. In fact, because of their popularity, most of these books are being adapted into films and motion pictures. However, some people may not know that these adventure books captivate the attention of children and adults equally although most of them are being classified and labeled as children’s literature. In 1978, Ellen Raskin published The Westing Game, a children’s novel showcasing the adventures of Sam Westing’s sixteen ...

Introduction

Interactions between atmospheric energy and matter and with the surface of the earth play an important role in remote sensing. There is a constant interaction between the surface of the earth, electromagnetic radiation and the atmosphere. This interaction determines the spectral areas through which remote sensing can be done (Bucholtz, 1995, 2769). Electromagnetic radiation is propagated via the earth's atmosphere at the speed of light once it has been generated. Since the earth's atmosphere is not a vacuum, it has a different impact on the wavelength, spectral distribution, speed and direction of radiation.

Scattering

One of the results obtained for ...

Music provides a unique reflection of different issues in the society by use of both lyrics and videos. Music videos help to reinforce the main theme of the song, which may include issues of ethnicity, sexuality, gender, class, and religion. The different elements and styles employed in music videos tell a sort of visual story, which is the case with Grimes’ music video titled Genesis. Directed by Claire Boucher, the video is part of Grime’s 2012 album titled Visions (Battan, 2012). The video, which involves both a suburb and desert scene ties into several ideologies including those about ...

ABSTRACT

In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress and President Bush drafted, passed and enacted a number of laws that were focused on improving the nation’s security from terrorist attack and upgrading its ability to search for, identify, and eliminate terrorist threats at home and abroad. Two to the most important and far-reaching laws to come from the political and legislative action of the Fall were the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001(USA Patriot Act) and the Homeland Security Act of 2002. While the ...

My life has not always been full of adventures and events, and I have never considered myself to be special in any terms, as I led a normal life with my parents and friends. But the life started moving quicker as I grew up; the landscapes and the environment were changing, the friends were coming and going, and I faced several losses. These events influenced my life greatly, as they caused the dramatic changes to my personality and lifestyle. It does not matter if they were a part of the transition from careless childhood to adulthood or were triggered ...

Introduction

The art and architecture pieces selected for comparison are Ruscha's "Standard Station" and "Randy's Ballroom" by Joe de la Cruz, a local artist. Edward Ruscha is known to create vibrant signature styles by mixing words, images, objects, and he has been associated with Pop art in the 1960s and Conceptual art in the 1970s. The gasoline station remains one of the most iconic images from the artist. Joe de la Cruz, a local artist, is inspired by the series of screen prints and roadside markers that inform drivers of gas stations, eating joints and any other information. The Standard Station sign ...

For the purpose of these written questions, “AA” denotes Ahmad Abdallah and “TV” denotes the Advocate for the Thames Valley District School Board.
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TV: Can you please tell us how you were able to write many English language papers during your studies in Austria? Did you write these papers yourself?
AA: Of course I write these papers myself. I already have level 5 in English before I came to Canada and take the English as Second Language (ESL) studies. My English was already good enough to write papers.
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TV: If your English ...

Introduction

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown, like all good stories, has all the ingredients that keep the reader interested. The Story starts off when an innocent young man goes on a journey across the forest. He is a married man from the village of Salem who takes pride in the community and its leaders. His illusions regarding his society are refuted when he realizes that many of the people in his town, including his wife and the religious leaders are going to attend a Black Mass. Although one is not able to tell whether the story is a nightmare or a true story, it ...

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Kate Campbell

On a chilly night at Mary Hospital, a new baby girl is born. Her mother, Kate Campbell, is wordlessly lying on her bed in the maternity ward as the midwives hold up the baby to her. Kate is happy for the safe delivery. While filling out the birth forms, a nurse asks Kate, “What is the baby’s name?” Immediately, another nurse asks, “By the way, where is the father?” Kate stares at the nurse for a second and then stares at the blank wall behind her, going into a pensive mood. She starts to shed silent tears. At this point, Kate’ ...

In this paper, I will discuss the present-at-hand and the ready-at-hand in Heidegger’s philosophy. Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is a German philosopher who is often thought of in terms of the Existentialist movement in Continental philosophical tradition, but who did not prefer to be classified as an existentialist (McBride 131). Heidegger concerns himself with the deep metaphysical question of being in his book Being and Time — a job he never completed in his lifetime (Blattner 9). Heidegger has an ambitious project in his book — that is fundamentally to investigate being, a project he feels has been forgotten by philosophers (Heidegger 1). Theologians ...

Christianity and Islamic Teachings

As directed by their holy scripture, Christian and Islamic prayer traditions reveals how both believe prayer not only brings them in the presence of God, but also, that prayer is essential to living life that best honors Him. This scholarly enterprise looks at the historical comparison and contrast of prayer in Christianity, and Islam as the foundation of living a life honoring God.

Comparison

Living the life best honoring God in both Christian and Islamic traditions in the correct act of supplication remains fundamental to their profession of faith in God and faith in the power of God helping the believer ...

Religion 100

Islam is the obedience of oneself to the Will of the almighty Allah. The obedience comes from within, a genuine belief to the almighty Allah. Allah is the Creator of all creatures on earth including humankind. Muslims believe that Allah is a Creator, not just an extraordinary god. The messenger of Allah is Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and accepted the holy word of the almighty Allah through Gabriel, the archangel or the Holy Spirit. The revelation consists of the Islam religion. The genuine revelation is recorded in a book form, the Qur’an. The Qur’an is the accurate word ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the comparison and contrast of two specific poems. The poems which will be presented in this essay are ‘Dreamers’ written by Siegfried Sassoon and ‘Before Action’ written by Lieutenant William Noel Hodgson.
Both poems are considered to belong to the group of those poems which were written within the socio-historical context, which was created during and after the World War I (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918). The aim of this essay is to present you with the analysis of the thematic core of each poem, the literary ...

Caspar David Friedrich was a German painter of scenes depicting people at natural landscapes and moments before the sunset or sunrise. For me, his painting called “Woman at a Window” is very similar to many of his works in that it features a single figure that requires you contemplation about life.
This oil in canvas work was finished in 1822 at Greifswald, Germany. The woman in the painting is no other than Friedrich’s wife, Caroline Bummer, who married him in 1818. We see her from behind looking out of the small window of his studio in Dresden. Reflecting on this ...

A Comparison Essay

Four Poems: A Comparison Essay
The four poems that I must compare are "Life" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Life Through My Eyes" by Tupac Shakur, "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson. There are many similarities and differences between all of the poems. They all have different structures and styles, but the themes are similar. They also have different settings. The main thing that is the same in the poems is that they all deal with life and death.
Each of these poems has a different structure. The ...

Created at the start of 20th century on the basis of a primitive Bedouin society, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has rapidly developed into one of the leading countries of the world. The country embraces traditional aspects of Arabic civilization, as well as major achievements of modern cultures, bound together by Islam and traditions in cultural sphere and by the state in socioeconomic sphere.
- Economy
- Oil Industry
The economy of Saudi Arabia is to a large extent based on oil-and-gas industry with an overwhelming part of oil industry, in particular crude oil exports. It is also ...

Islam is the submission of oneself to the Will of the almighty God or Allah. The submission comes from within, genuine belief to the almighty Allah and without any doubt. In addition, if a person submits himself to Allah, it comes from heart full of faithfulness. Allah is the Creator of all creatures on earth and that includes humankind. Muslims believe that Allah is a Creator, not just an extraordinary god. The messenger of Allah is Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and accepted the holy word of the almighty Allah through Gabriel, the archangel or the Holy Spirit. The revelation ...

There is a man ploughing on land with an ox plough. This man is visible at first sight because he has been painted with bright colors and he is surrounded by dark colors of the sea; blue and green. There is a man also guarding his sheep and another who appears to be fishing. The other man looks like he is swimming in the sea. At the far end of the horizon the sun is setting and the ships are docking on the land. It looks like a society that is carrying out its activities normally before the day comes to an ...

Introduction

Five basic tenets of Islam that set the foundation of Muslim life are called five pillars of Islam. They are called five pillars because these basic principles of Muslim encapsulate Muslim people of different language and different countries comprising the Umma into a holy union of brotherhood based on religious devotion. A Muslim is not a Muslim unless he observes these five pillars of faith. The five pillars include Shahadah, Salah, Zakat, Sawm and Hajj. Similarly, in Christianity too, there are five basic pillars of faith followed in order to provide an ethical framework for all the true Christians to follow.

Shahadah

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Introduction

As any other religion, the Islamic confession consists in a set of dogmas, norms, rules and values that must be obeyed by the people practicing it. The Quran, the book that comprises the Islamic learning and religious texts teaches Islamist about how they should behave and act in order to achieve a moral character. By respecting and continuously practicing the exercises imposed by the “five pillars of Islam”, respectively believing, praying, giving, fasting in the month of Ramadan and making at least one pilgrimage to Mecca in a lifetime, Islam believers fit in a moral and ethical framework and achieve a comprehensive lifestyle.

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The purpose of this memo is to propose an adoption of Energy Watch program to reduce energy used in buildings for San Jose County. This memo is organized problem-method-solution format. The Energy Watch program is a local government partnership to help reduce energy used in buildings and develop better building efficiency, it is to ensure the reduction will provide benefits to reserve the natural resources and minimize the greenhouse gas emission to the environment. The memo recommends that San Jose County adopt Menlo Park's Energy Watch approach to reduce energy usage.

Energy consumption has been a big issue during the past ...

Polarized Sun Rays

Light wave has two components, the magnetic and electric components. These components are mutually perpendicular. The electric component forms the plane of oscillation for the wave. When an atom emits light wave in a single event, such wave has a fixed plane of oscillation. When several atoms emit light waves, the waves may not have same plane. Sun ray consists of various light waves, each with different planes of oscillation, and there is a random change in the light’s direction. This kind of light is unpolarized.
When light is polarized, the waves come in with the electric and magnetic field ...

Emily Dickinson is well-known for writing on a variety of themes, death being major contender among them. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “I Heard a Fly Buzz” are two strong examples of poems with death as their overarching theme. The former introduces a woman narrator who appears to go on a journey with a gentleman, only revealing to the reader near the end of the piece that the man is Death and that the woman has been dead for some time. The latter poem depicts a woman attempting to die peacefully when a fly interrupts her tranquillity and her very passing as well. While ...

SeaWorld Adventure Parks (SeaWorld) is a chain of oceanariums, marine mammal parks and animal theme parks in the United States. The first SeaWorld Park was opened in San Diego in 1964 and since then, more than 100 million people have visited the famous parks (Malloy). SeaWorld currently operates parks in California, Orlando, San Antonio, Texas and Florida in United States with the three main parks located in San Diego, Orlando and San Antonio.

The experience of being at SeaWorld is breathtaking. Gigantic water-filled tanks, the numerous monstrous sea mammals, spectacular underground exhibitions and the constant water splashing conjure feelings of ...