Title: THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
1THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
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7 8American History
- The press on the Statue of Liberty
- The press of course played a very important role
in the plan of Bartholdi. The American press
revealed the statue as a necessity to represent
American freedom. Thanks to this , the American
people donated for the building of the
pedestal. As for the French people, they donated
for the building of the statue, the list of the
donors stretched out but unfortunately the
necessary sum was not obtained. - It is indeed thanks to the action of Joseph
Pulitzer, boss of "Le Monde", that the American
people discovered the statue. - Joseph Pulitzer published grotesque drawings,
emotional letters of widows, retired men and
immigrants. More than 100.000 were harvested in
five months. - The press related as a series the wonderful
building of this colossal statue, taking in each
of the stages of its birth pose of the first
rivet, the workshop in Paris, exhibition of some
parts of the statue in France and in America,
official delivery in the United States, taking
down and transfer by boat, arrival at New York,
the final unveiling.
9Now, a step backwards The Statue of
LibertyThe Statue of Liberty is located in New
York in the United States, its not far from New
jersey.
- Its history
It is Gustave Eiffel who was hired
to accomplish the massive metallic pylon which
supports the Statue, as well as the internal
secondary skeleton which allows the brass "skin"
of the statue to take after itself in upright
position.
It was inaugurated in 1886, The statue
original name was Liberty enlightening the
world. - They chose to put the Statue here because it was
the first vision of the United States fir many
immigrants. After a long crossing of the Atlantic
ocean. As for architecture, the statue recalls
the giant of Rhode that was one of the seven
marvels of the ancient world. It is one of the
principal national monuments which are managed by
the national park service. - The Statue of Liberty is a present from France to
the United States that was offered in 1886 to
celebrate the centenary of American independence
and to symbolize the relationships between the
two nations.
10- Characteristics of the Statue of Liberty
- The statue represent a women who is standing,
wearing a dress and a crown that is composed by
seven points that represent the seven continents.
Arctic, Antarctic, Atlantic north and south,
north Pacific and south and Indian) It is holding
a torch in its right hand which represents the
Lights. The Lights marked the domain of ideas and
literature by their taking a new look (founded on
" lit reason ") on the human being and on the
idea of freedom. - The bar evokes the law. When they speak about
the statue of freedom, they speak about " broken
shackles".
11 Americans preference for old immigration rather
than new immigration reflected a sudden rise in
conservatism. Many Americans subsequently became
unhappy with this development. They came to the
new urban America, where disease, overcrowding
and crime festered. As a result, relations became
openly hostile, with many Americans becoming
anti-immigrant, fearing the customs, religion,
and poverty of the new immigrants, considering
them less desirable than old immigrants. This
perceived difference did not actually exist the
new immigrants, although seeming different,
brought about the same sort of values as old ones
did.
- How the "old immigrants" and the "new immigrants"
were opposed and why?
- The term Old Immigrant was used for someone who
came to the United States from Northern or
Western Europe during the first wave of
immigration in the history of the independent US
(1776-1890). Many of the Old Immigrants were
attracted to America because of the availability
of free land, and the promise of personal or
religious freedom. New immigration was a term
from the late 1880s when there were many
immigrants coming from southern and eastern
Europe.
12This is the last sentence of a poem by Emma
Lazarus is graven on a tablet within the
pedestral on which the statue stands.
- "Give me your tired, your poor,
"Confié moi vos pauvres
exténués, - Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
Qui en
rangs serrés aspirent à la liberté, - The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Les
rebus de tes rivages surpeuplés,
- Send these, the homeless,
- tempest-tossed, to me
- Envoie les moi , les misérables , que la
tempete m'apporte - I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
De ma
lumière , j'éclaire la porte d'or!"
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 The Statue of Liberty by
- Capron Mélanie
- Deschamps Axel
- Gauthier Marine
- Ilsen Laurène
- Madak Ummuhan