Dbq Monument

Many say that a person is only dead when they are forgotten. As a way to commemorate a person, event, or object, people may feel the need to get a tattoo, frame a picture, or create a monument. Monuments are built for several reasons; as the prompt stated, some honor moments of great achievement, while others pay homage to deep sacrifice. When designing the monument, details such as the location, material, and size are crucial to the process and should not be determined carelessly. The location is one of the most important detail when planning for the creation of a monument. If chosen unwisely, it is likely the monument won’t be recognized for its true meaning. Source B depicts a photo taken by Jim Deegan of a monument of Christopher Columbus,

Included in Source A is an excerpt by Kirk Savage regarding the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., home of the monuments. Although it is simply a large marble statue and the text of the Gettysburg Address on a panel, countless people make visits to the monument daily. This is the result of the size and mere existence of the work. By using a monument, visitors are able to share and experience a richer understanding of the significance and message. In addition, mentioned in Source E, written by Christine Musser, the size of the National Holocaust Memorial Museum built in Washington, D.C. was a considerable part of the designing process. Albert Abraham, the original architect of the National Holocaust Memorial Museum, had to downsize his model after the Commission of Fine Arts disagreed to the size of his design. They claimed his design should memorialize the Holocaust victims, but not “overcome The Mall and take away the main purpose of the museum…” The Commission of Fine Arts argued that although the victims of the Holocaust should be given the appropriate amount of remembrance, it is not necessary for the monument to overpower the National Mall. This showcases that although the location and material of a monument are the first details to be considered in the planning process, the sizing of it might possibly require for the entire design to be revised. There are many things

Anaphoras include the repetition of keywords in order to emphasize an idea. They attract emotional appeal, give the writer rhythm, and make the phrases more memorable. This can be exemplified with lines 62 to 73. In these lines, the author, Louv, repeatedly begins his phrases with “We,” following it with pieces of what he saw when he looked out the car window during a ride. “We stared with a kind of reverence at the horizon, as thunderheads and dancing rain moved with us. We held our little plastic cars against the glass and pretended that they, too, were racing toward some unknown destination. We considered the past and dreamed of the future, and watched it all go by in the blink of an eye,” wrote Louv. His use of anaphoras generates an immense effect on the audience. By continuously beginning his sentences with “We,” Louv reminds the readers to think back to when they were younger, and forces them to bring themselves back to childhood, when they might have also watched the rain pour down from the inside of a car, or maybe pondered about what the future would be