Joining Sentences

1.
Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.


- The classic American novel Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain whose real name was Samuel L. Clemens, lived in Hartford.


2.
Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. 


- Mark Twain's very elaborate and elegant house can be located at Farmington Avenue in Nook Farm, whose neighbor was Harriet Beecher Stowe author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.


3.
Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. 


- Mark Twain's home had windows and a balcony that overlooked a large side porch which reminds people today of a steamboat wherein he piloted on the Mississippi.


4.
Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget. 


- The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven and Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own one, since there was practically no one to talk to he never really liked this newfangled gadget.


5.
Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.


- The elaborate Paige typesetter was one of the inventions that Mark Twain loved thought he loved industrial inventions unfortunately for him this invention was developed at the same time as the Linotype which was much simpler and less expensive and this caused him to lost a fortune investing in them.


6.
Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.


- When Mark Twain's beloved daughter Susy died from spinal meningitis in the Hartford home Twain never felt the same about the house again, he soon left and only returned once for the funeral of Charles Dudley Warner his friend.

Paraphrasing

1. Aristotle: Beauty is a Function of Form
     Aristotle's idea does not coincide with Plato about imitation. He believes that the artist has the freedom to imitate aspects of nature. He also gives emphasis on the unity of form. His idea is all about form and function. Each form has its own cause it has to serve its purpose in order to have unity. Plato's idea on form relates to ideal forms, Aristotle relates form to something inherent in the object.

2. Imitation and Beauty
     Aristotle's idea on imitation in relationship to beauty is another factor that contrasts with Plato's. For Aristotle, beauty is real. Beauty for him is bound to a context, it is the same as saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." It depends on the person viewing the art and seeing its beauty which makes the art stand-out. Plato on the other hand, believes that art is something abstract. For him it is something ideal for the viewer to imitate it and nothing else. It is seen only as it is, as a model.

Berger's Way of Seeing the Art

Berger's Way of Seeing the Art

Main Idea: A person's way of seeing the art depends on his environment.

• It depends on what the person learns from the others.
• It depends on the person's beliefs.
• It depends on the person's characteristics/personality.
• It depends on how he is influenced by his environment.