One Night the Moon Essay

all of history. Who hasn't caught themselves looking up into the night sky and wondering what's above? As time goes on, advancements in technology allow us to uncover some of the mysteries of space, but this was not always the case. Throughout the majority of history people could only look at the sky in wonder with no concrete evidence as to what was above. This idea is reflected throughout varies pieces of art as the idea of the moon, sun, comets and stars was all very foreign. This fascination…

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh (1889) Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 and was a post- impressionist painter whose work was known for emotions, beauty and color (Bio.com). Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, Starry Night (1889) (Figure1) highly influenced the 20th century (Bio.com). Van Gogh lived a life of struggle and grew up poor and his work was not known throughout his entire lifetime but after his death became iconic (Bio.com). Van Gogh developed his love for painting from his…

“Starry Night” is a poem by Anne Sexton that was written to show her own analysis of the painting by Vincent van Gogh which holds the same name. While the painting is a beautiful work in itself, Sexton’s poem provides details that accentuates the painting. Sexton’s interpretation of the painting is completely angled toward a beautiful death experience. Sexton’s poem is filled with imagery, figurative language, and diction that brings more life and understanding to the painting. Anne Sexton…

Within this poem, the author creates a tone the speaker displays so vividly. It’s sad, somber and eye opening in my opinion. A woman had died and yet no one seems to care one way or the other. The people carry on with their lives as if nothing happened. It’s sad in the way that, (#1)“When she died no face turned pale, no lips trembled” (P 474 L 1). No one shed a tear for that woman. She was probably widowed or unmarried so she held no importance in society. The poem continues talking about kids…

ocean, and the Moon’s phases influences our calendar. The Moon takes about 27.3 days to orbit around the Earth. The light that the Moon gives off is only a reflection of the Sun’s light, bouncing off of it. The Moon only reflects about twelve percent of the light that hits it because of its rugged, and dark surface. The position of which the Moon is at while orbiting can also affect the light that we get from it. For example, when the Moon is full it could be up to twenty percent brighter than…

Starry Night was painted by a post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh in the late 19th century. It is one of Van Gogh’s best known paintings and it is hanged in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Van Gogh completed more than 2,100 works and he was notable for his beautiful and delicate paintings. The use of color, vehement brushwork and the silhouetted form of his work greatly influenced Expressionism in modern art. One of his greatest artwork, The Starry Night brought him to an opening of…

Hope in the Dark: A Story of the Stars Long ago, before the night was filled with life and the beauty of the stars and moon, all was dark and empty. When the sun set and darkness rose, everyone would stay inside and hide away. All except for one, Luna, she dwelled in the darkness of the night. When all were asleep, she would go out with nothing but a candle to light her path. She would go down to the river and try to do magic by the candlelight. Luna would try and try until she passed out crying…

Neil Armstrong once said, “That’s one small step for man… one giant leap for mankind.” When man reached the moon, it changed science forever. It all started on July 16, 1969, when a Saturn V rocket was launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, and thus began the Apollo 11 mission. The rocket was destined for the moon with a crew consisted of three brave men: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins. After four days, on July 20, Armstrong made his mark on the moon and planted the American…

The Cross Kesey’s usage of the cross in the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest resembles the classical Roman definition of the cross as a symbol of humiliating execution, not in the literal sense of killing, but in that both the Romans and Kesey recognize the cross as a tool for establishing orthodoxy and achieving conformity. Kesey’s comparison of the electroshock table to the cross demonstrates the cross as not a form of redemption, but of annihilating dissents to achieve total control.…

the stars. The lords of the night. They were constantly fighting, one trying to outshine the other, each one trying to be the biggest and brightest. But none of them could ever be as bright and bold as the moon. In the inky kingdom of the night, the moon was the true ruler. The moon was always the biggest and most powerful. Out of this whole scenery, out of all the beautiful sights around me it was the moon which reached out to me most. I have traveled so far, but the moon, something so plain…