Essays on Be Cool

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Andrea Palladio is one of the world’s most influential architects. His ideas, known as Palladianism, may be seen in numerous buildings in the world which are styled neo-classically. For example, in Washington, the Capitol, Whitehouse and the John A. Wilson building embody Palladio’s style and motifs. He was born in Padua, Venice in 1508 and became the apprentice to a stone cutter at the age of 13 before fleeing to Vicenza. He became an assistant in the Vicenza masons guild. While at Vicenza, he met Giangiorgio Trissino, an amateur architect, who took care of him. Palladio also worked ...

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The aim of this report is to explain what the meaning Japanese popular culture. In this context it shall be also outlined what it means to be cool in Japan and what the potential implications for spreading of Japanese popular culture into other cultures and distinct societies are. The examples of popular music bands and manga will be analysed. Key words: Japanese popular culture, manga, anime, history, brand, fashion. In the contemporary world with its fast and predictable tempo of development and spreading of globalisation, it becomes quite difficult to distinguish one culture from another or the ...

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Readings: The poems used for the lesson plan are namely: “America” by Claude McKay, “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop and “Coal” by Audre Lore. Objective of lesson: Psychological criticism in literature observes the text and the author. The symbolism used in the writing is scrutinized and observed as workings of the human mind that are for interpretation. These writings are analyzed according to the author and the characters of the literary piece. This kind of approach uses theories of those in the field of psychology. Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis is often used in literary criticism. His theories are ...

Being cool, as how it was used by Alexander in his paper, does not refer to the literal meaning of being cool. It somehow refers to culture, specifically the Black American and the White American culture. For many years, these two cultures have battled, killed, and persecuted their counterparts for the mainstream American throne or as how it was delivered by Alexander, who is cooler? Black or White Americans? I want to commend the way how the author (Alexander) delivered his message. However, since we are talking about race and culture, issues and conflicts are almost inevitable. For ...

The Merchants of Cool is a PBS documentary which deals with how young people are completely influenced by the material culture which surrounds them every day. The principal problem Rushkoff presents is the fact that young people are extremely gullible and will do anything to look cool and please their peers with the resultant fact that they end up purchasing things and gadgets which they do not really need. Under the Radar marketing is continually practiced by several firms who make use of sophisticated marketing techniques to enquire what young people deem to be cool thus then passing on ...

Since the beginning of radio and television broadcasting, the world has had a new and faster way of learning about the world that had never been given to them before. Families sitting in a living room listening to the latest details of an ongoing war or having dinner watching the latest episode of Jackie Gleason, the way technology affected us and our daily habits was forever changed. The same also holds true today. From sporting events to election campaigns of the next world leaders, there has never been a better way of communicating to the masses anything that someone with the money ...