Azure

only make a wish for something very important. Yeh-Shen kept the bones safe, until the spring festival was near. The step mother and sister left Yeh-Shen behind, till she wished upon the fish bones. Turning her rag clothes into a beautiful gown of azure blue with a cloak of kingfisher feathers draped around her shoulders, along with solid gold slippers. She was told not to lose the slippers. While at the festival, Yeh-Shen was nervous that the step mother and daughter would recognize her, so she…

A Final Chapter This novel is designed in a disconnected manner, it doesn’t simply tell the story of a man on a ship. Meandering thoughts and disconnection is at the start of any process. Melville has used this part of the process in his favor, his book is full of meandering storylines and disconnected threads. In the beginning of the novel Melville writes “Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down a dale and leaves you there by a pool in the stream. There is magic in…

A clear cloudless day-time sky hung over Las Vegas, a bright azure sky, matching the water in the pool as Ava waded away from the steps to splash herself. She spotted a new couple, setting up a portable gazebo just beyond the fenced pool area, as she swam alone in the pool. Something she had never seen anyone in the complex do, before. She was immediately fascinated by the couple and stationed herself by the side of the pool to watch them. The man opened a camping table and carefully…

My father was lecturing me about how I was forgetful, how I couldn’t pay attention and how my concentration was lacking. I knew I had a condition called ADD, and that my family loved me, but my father didn’t have to jackhammer my flaws into my brain all the time. This happened often, and he said these things knowing full well about how badly I felt of myself. “A slow worker,” “You can’t keep up,” “You have to rely on others.” Those were all the statements he said to me. With each one it felt…

As I scrutinize the azure abyss and its infinite cotton balls, I respire gradually and contemplate my existence and my purpose. I am surrounded by colossal, emerald trees and feel the invigorating breeze down my back. Perhaps, I am not an F. Scott Fitzgerald, when it comes to describing and recounting the scenery around me. However, I am anything but ordinary, I am a seed! I live with an everlasting hope and desire to sprout and impact the world. Meanwhile, I depend on innumerable elements like…

in a fantasized world. Dan McCall, author of "The Self-same Song That Found a Path": Keats and the Great Gatsby, discusses the idea that Madeline is constantly in the dream like mindset. Quoting John Keats’s The Eve of St. Agnes, he states, “…in a “azure-lidded sleep, / In blanched linen, smooth and lavendered” when her suitor “from forth the closet brought a heap”(McCall, 524). This idea that Madeline is a dreamer parallel to the idea that Gatsby, too, is a dreamer and wants more than anything…

How do women in Daoism practice internal alchemy? Daoism is the indigenous religion of China. The school of Daoism is originated from the teachings of Laozi and Zhuangzi. The teaching and practice of Daoism emphasize living life in harmony with the Dao. Daoist teaching focuses on understanding the reality of nature, increasing longevity, and practicing immortality. Daoism is related to women in many different ways. Daoism provides alternatives for women in a Confucian-dominated society where…

The sun was coming down hard as mid-summer day dragged along, with nothing to see for miles but outstretched dessert. A silhouetted man, beaten by the very path he traveled, continued to walk until he found the only place in the world where he was at peace. It was a marvelous yet mysterious place in which he found himself. Surround by miles on every side, the garden seemed more like an island which stood in the middle of rustic brown sea of sand. How fitting that the only place the man found…

Brent Weeks stated, " I think that fiction is an excellent place for us to struggle with question of good and evil and humanity and inhumanity." Throughout time the words good vs. evil always have an affect on history. Why do humans battle good and evil? In fiction we read of some of the most famous battles with good vs. evil. Two of the most classic stories that we read in this course are The Cask of the Amontillado, and Othello. Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare’s are two of most…

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). PaaS allows customers to build and run their own applications on the provider’s infrastructure so that they do not have to build and maintain their own infrastructure to host the application. An example of this would be Microsoft Azure. While the provider bears the most burden for security in PaaS, the user must also ensure that the applications they build are secure. The third and final model offered by providers is Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). IaaS allows…