Azure

Although Granny Weatherall acts gruff in her old age, below the surface is a sensitive and vulnerable person who has been shaped by numerous distressing events in her life. She has faced countless trying times and reacted by forming a tough, brash shell to protect her emotions. Granny Weatherall grew up in a small town in Texas, where everyone was on a first name basis and life was simple. Her childhood was unremarkable. She went to school, played outside, and had a picturesque family. There…

yellow, orange, pink, and red are active, eye-catching and have a friendly nature that can prompt a feeling of bravery and vitality.These colors visually amplify objects and making them seemingly nearer. Cold bright colors Lavender, silver, and azure add delicacy and freshness. Harmoniously combined with gray, they induce a sense of modernity and professionalism. Cold dark colors Violet, blue, turquoise, green, and navy enhance a sense of quality and stability. These are often applied as…

Poe, symbolism and the antagonism in “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe published “The Cask of Amontillado” in 1846. The short story is written by first-person narrator, who describes a cold-blooded and carefully planned manslaughter that occurred fifty years ago. The narrator is Montresor a wealthy man from reputable family that educated him well. He lives in the large palazzo that comprehends catacombs; this reveals to the readers that the story took place in Italy. Through Montresor’s…

beginning of the story. Poe utilizes symbolism and depicts the theme of revenge through the Montresor’s family crest which foreshadows the future demist of the antagonist, Fortunato. Poe describes the crest as, ”A huge human foot d’or, in a field of azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are embedded in the heel.’ ‘And the motto?’ ‘Nemo me impune lacessit.” The Montresor family crest…

A small cry for help resonated through the hallway. This singular voice was soft and gentle, and soon followed by many other female voices. A loud popping sound echoed from the room, silencing them. “Shut your mouths, you worthless whores!” an angry male voice shouted, causing the popping sound. Genma nodded to the surrounding shinobi, motioning them toward the room. They nodded in response, moving down the hallway silently. Another earth-shattering pop resonated, followed quickly by a…

Badriah Albesher is perhaps the most controversial contemporary woman writer in Saudi Arabia. She became popular in the last decade when she wrote a couple of stories about women’s struggles to find freedom in a country that sets rules against their own will driven by old cultural norms. Hend and the Soldiers is her first work that was recently translated by Sanna Dhahir, a Professor of English at Effat University in Saudi Arabia. Dhahir has translated several literary works from Arabic into…

race community. I think that the blacks were a source of pride and history for Ruth and her children, but they were also confused and traumatized. “The only white person in the room, wearing a blue print dress and holding my two-year-old daughter, Azure, in her lap” (252). I think that Ruth starts to get accepted into the community because they realize that she is not a racist, and they she is marrying black men because she loves…

UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG Implementing a Body-worn Video 200 Police Officer Deep BAGGA 8/28/2015 “When you put a camera on a police officer, they tend to behave a little better, follow the rules a little better. And if a citizen knows the officer is wearing a camera, chances are the citizen will behave a little better.”- William A. Farrar, Chief of Police, Rialto (California) Police Department Cover Letter This report provides a review of the available evidence on officer body-worn…

My feet slam against the boardwalk as I rush to the scenery that leaves my heart at peace. The brilliant blue waters of the Pacific sea are just a few hundred feet away. The sun is shining brightly against the open, blue sky. I see the sparkling azure body contrasting against the bleached white sand. It is exquisitely breath-taking. I close my eyes as I taste the salty spray and feel the sensation of sand blowing alongside my tanned skin. Nature is simply an art that you experience with…

hopes of gaining its power in order to spread his ideas. He writes of how powerful the wind is and what it can do, like planting seeds. He states that "the winged seeds, where they lie cold and low, each like a corpse within its grave, until thine azure sister of the spring shall blow" which shows how the wind is able to do things as if it was human (Shelley, 1992). He wants the wind to send his ideas out, since it has the power to move things, and hopefully inspire others. He sees the wind as…