I chose to create a floor plan of Melinda’s bedroom because she was the main character, and I felt that the setting was an important part of the book. Although the author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson, didn’t give readers a complete description of what Melinda’s bedroom looked like, I made some mental pictures of what I thought her bedroom and some of the decorations looked like. Melinda was described as a very creative girl who was very artistic. Her best grade on her report card was in art class, and it also seemed to be her favorite class.…
The pleasing scent of freshly ground coffee wafted through the apartment, infiltrating Tom’s dream with its aromatic fragrance. Opening his eyes, he found himself alone on the sofa, the blanket he’d had draped around his shoulders now neatly tucked around his boxer-clad body. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes, and stifling a yawn, he threw back the blanket and looked around his apartment. “Hey, sleepyhead.” Booker stood leaning against the kitchen counter, a cup of coffee in his hand.…
On October 14th, 1894, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rebecca Haswell and Edward Cummings gave birth to Edward Estlin Cummings. However, the world would ultimately know him as E. E. Cummings, the poet that wandered away from the norms of modern society and made astonishing innovations in the realm of poetry through his experimentations with syntax, grammar, punctuation, spacing, and typography. Like every notable literary figure, E.E. Cummings applied his life experiences and influences to his work, helping establish him as one of America’s most distinguished modernist writers. Cummings grew up in a wealthy family that held strong liberal and tradition opinions that influenced his early works. Edwards Cummings, a Harvard professor and Unitarian…
Martin begins to tell her she ruined it but realizes he has regained the ability to taste. Her…
[She] ran over and looked up in his face and asked him if he knew.” Rosa wasn’t scared of her likely abusive boss at 7. She was the same age as the modern-day 1st grader, and yet, she could talk to him like he was a good friend. Her mother did not like this, so she sent Rosa to a convent to learn manners. In the convent that Rosa spent much of her childhood in, she supported the orphans in way that the sisters could not, like how when the sisters didn’t allow the girls to drink water after a long day, but when Rosa found some spare water, she “drank until [she] wanted no more...but [she] couldn’t sleep thinking how thirsty the other girls were.…
There were candles in the kitchen drawer, bought a week ago for just this thing. They were black, the outsides of them slippery and waxy, and they all had a faint aroma that reminded Angela of black licorice. She placed them around the kitchen and around the Ouija Board, lighting them each in turn from a long kitchen match. A chill breeze wafted around the kitchen, guttering the flames, but not blowing them out.…
We read literature to gain knowledge and some perspective. It also serves as an example for us to learn to be nicer and kind to others. For instance, the writers reveal truths that we are often oblivious to, we can also see the perspective of others, as well as learning from exemplary figures, and we often learn from the mistakes others make. We can witness the consequences of the actions taken by some people from reading about it and thus making us more self-aware. In the graphic novel Darkroom: A Memoir in Black & White written by Lila Quintero Weaver, the events that transpire are an example of this knowledge and perspective that we acquire just from reading it.…
While Cummings started writing poetry at a young age, his first self published work was an autobiography. The Enormous Room was published in 1922 and contained Cummings’ experiences in jail during WWI. His next work, Tulips and Chimneys,was published in 1923 and contained numerous short poems. Cummings published more poems at around that time. (Biography.com).…
Liia closed her eyes tight but held her body even tighter, bracing herself for the rush of fear and desperate panic. Surrounded by cold darkness and thin, dusty air. Metal ground against metal; a lurching shudder shook the room around her. The door slid open, liia expected the worse she knew it was time to die. She rose up onto her knees, peeling her sweat soaked shirt from her stomach, all she could think was relief.…
If I were to teach just a one hour course on muggles to wizarding school students I know exactly what I would teach. I would teach them all about the way muggles dress and why. Things like what types of clothing are appropriate for men, what for women, and boys and girls. Along with a brief explanation about different seasonal clothing. For example sandals in summer, boots in winter.…
The next morning, Mercy surprised Surina by joining her for breakfast on the sunny terrace in the backyard of her cottage. They enjoyed the leisurely meal to the sound of honey bees buzzing around an assortment of flowers in full bloom lining the edges of the garden. Indeed, the fragrance of the rhododendrons, chrysanthemums, foxgloves, roses, and lilies of the valley intermingled to create a unique heavenly perfume. In the past, Surina’s kinetic pace never allowed her enough time for breakfast other than a hasty granola bar before frantically rushing off to the hospital. In contrast, today she luxuriated in a proper full English breakfast.…
The eighth conflict featured is Laertes blaming Prince Hamlet for the deaths of his family, Polonius and Ophelia. Laertes is greatly enraged at Hamlet for the pain he has caused his family and him to endure, because of this enragement he now plans to slay Hamlet. But Laertes has a backup plan in case he can not defeat Hamlet by himself, “I will do’t, And for that purpose I’ll anoint my sword. I bought an unction of a mountebank So mortal that, but dip a knife in it… It may be death,” (Shakespeare 4.7.141-149).…
Reading the heartbreaking story of William Shakespeare’s would-be sister, Judith, in Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, was equal parts intriguing and enlightening. Despite the fact that Judith did not actually exist, her situation is one that jumped directly off of the pages, and will no doubt immerse any reader into the history of women’s rights. Even today, her trials will have the ability to resonate with any woman who feels as if her intelligence and skills have been written off as inferior for no reason other than that she is a woman. Although the modern western woman does not necessarily suffer the same discriminations as Judith, overwhelming empathy will burst forth from their hearts as they read about her dealing with the preconceived notions of how a woman should act in proper society.…
Being able to experience the artwork The Bedroom by Vincent van Gogh was truly incredible. A person should take the opportunity to be able to experience a visit to an art museum because it is incredible to see so many different types of artwork. A person simply can not get everything out of a piece of artwork by simply look at their phone. There are many important visual and design elements that are incorporated to this piece of artwork. Each of them have a specific role on what they achieve to the viewer.…
Rupa Luitel Business Law I Prof. Jerry Sep.10 2016 Drop Box 1 Stella Liebeck vs. McDonald 's case become one of the hot news in 1992, When Stella sued McDonald 's for serving excessive hot coffee. Because of extreme hot coffee she got third degrees burn in her lap. In this case, Plaintiff has mentioned all the consequences and factual information to prove to jury that she got third degree burn from excessive hot coffee.…