Azure

I am Azure Kennedy. I am eighteen years old and I am an only child. I grew up in a really small-town Ukiah, California and have lived there with my parents my entire life. I am so thankful to have grown up in without a doubt one of the most beautiful states in America. I lived an hour from the beach and an hour from the city. That right there explains my relationship with where I want to live someday. I want to live somewhere that is in the city but I can escape to the beach easily. To be honest…

it downwards. The veiled group from above does the same. The magic array materializes a beam with thousands of blades, it swishes through the air, and pierces me. Those pins me to the ground, however, they don’t hurt nor wound me — as long as the Azure symbols forms. The immediate area before me becomes a graveyard of swords. “That was dangerous,” I say. The truck driver folds his arms and rubs his chin. “What a shame. I would have preferred it if you have died. We have started to return this…

Postmodernist writers use skepticism to question the notion of social progress and accepted truths. After World War II, the loss of hope in the world was sparked and it was the beginning of postmodernism. The rise of technology led to a better understanding of the world. Allen Ginsberg makes a powerful statement about the notion of world progress in his poem “Homework” by using post modernist characteristics such as, skepticism and dark humor. The poem “Homework” by Allen Ginsberg is a strong…

Some might not like being second, rather they would like to be the first. Also, Marc’s first wife seemed to be very missterious. Her description was as follows, “The woman is white, whose smooth, lustrous hair reflected the light from the sea in azure patches, was smoking a cigarette with her eyes half closed.” It would be easier to be the other, if the first was something not so special. However, due to this statement the first wife seems interesting. If i were to see a women with this…

white fur. “The Chinese divided the celestial sphere into four quarters” (Green 39). The Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise ruled the South and North, the White Tiger ruled the West that “corresponds to autumn and snowy mountains” (Chia 144) and the Azure Dragon ruled the East. All totems symbolize something different and the white tiger, for example, “exemplifies bravery and strength” (144) it is said to be “the king of all animals and [the] lord of the mountains” (144). Its white colour is so…

The conversation between Montresor and Fortunato went like this, “ ‘I forgot your arms.’ ‘A huge human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are embedded in the heel.’ ‘And the motto?’ ‘Nemo me impune lacessit.’ ‘Good!’ he said.” (Poe, 176). This is a very subtle detail, and it is easily missed, but it may show that Montresor is responding…

you had made up my mind. As you waded into the warm azure water, you began to worry. “What if a shark comes” “are my family still in the boat?” you pushed these worries out of your mind and dove in. the water was warm, and that was a good thing, there was a cold wind standing on the beach. The boat was about a hundred feet out in somewhat deep water, maybe 20 feet. Around the boat there was an oil slick “I’ll have to dive under that” you though as you approached. Suddenly, a great shadow loomed…

that he will soon to be buried there along with them. Another example of foreshadowing using dialogue is when Fortunato and Montresor are discussing Montresor’s family coat of arms. Montresor explains that it is “a huge human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are embedded in the heel” (). This conversation shows the fact that Montresor’s family is known for successful revenge. He states that his family’s motto is “Nemo me impune lacessit” which…

I took a step. Beams of light blinded my eyes as the dense foliage above me turned into ochre as they descended from the autumnal boughs of the sycamore tree. The trees aligned themselves in front of me and began to undress themselves as their leaves pirouetted gracefully towards the ground. The gentle wind fanned my skin as it rushed to hug my legs, acting like a magnet to the hairs of my face. The dewy smell of yesterday’s rain embraced the grass; the leaves kissed the soles of my feet as a…

In the Hawaiian language, aloha stands for much more than hello, goodbye or love. It has a deeper meaning of sharing (alo) joyfully (oha) of life energy (ha) in the present. Vero had taught Doroteya this and Doro kept this close to the matters of the heart. She found it interesting to her, and was engrossed by this inconsequential piece of data that provided no use to her at the moment and unaware of the voice at large. Her cerulean orbs were focused on dislocating the sand from the book as it…