Belle Isle Park

When I was a child, every night before bed my mother would read to me. She would lay next to me on my little bottom bunk, while the snow fell in the Maine woods outside and the dog slept at my feet and she would read. The stories she read to me were almost always historical fiction, a favorite of both of ours. We read about medieval Europe, ancient Greece, victorian England, the roaring twenties, the world wars, anything before this century really. One day she read me a book called Brighty of…

The poem “Bilingual/Bilingue”, by Rhina. P. Espaillat describes how a young girl is struggling with her combined cultures and two separate languages. The girl was born in a Mexican family who speak Spanish, but she is bilingual(bilingue) and speaks both Spanish and English. The girl must must struggle with the fact father fears that, because she is bilingual, that she will lose the part that connects them together, that being their shared language. The poem utilizes language, imagery, as well…

Throughout my academic career I struggled to find a sense of my own identity. In high school, and early in my college career, I wasn 't sure what I really wanted to pursue in life. I 'd always felt a pressure to succeed from my family, my community, and my peers. I 've never had a strong ethnic or cultural identity, my ancestors come from all over, but I 'm given the sole label “Caucasian”. When I was younger, I felt that it was a disadvantage not having a strong cultural or ethnic identity. I…

Long ago, there was no light. Only darkness and cold tempatures filled the empty void. Then, a drop of water appeared. Over time, many droplets stuck together to form a large water sphere, the Great Water Drop. In this sphere, there bubbles formed and stuck together to form the first God, Islara.Islara ruled the great waters as a great sea creature with a sleek streamlined lower body with silver scales, and no legs, only green fins. Her upper body on the other hand was formed in the shape of a…

In the 19th century women’s role in society was strict and generally non-negotiable, their place was in the household, and they were expected to be loyal to their husbands. As the century started to end, women increasingly questioned their part in their community. Independence and self-reliance were key aspects to the new mindset that encaptured women, and helped to begin their questioning of the way they could live their lives. In the novella, The Awakening, Kate Chopin portrays the way that…

All acts are about making a decision for yourself. Whether it’s a positive or negative act is your decision, and your decision alone. Edna dies giving her life, but not herself. She chose, for the first time, her own Fate. That’s what makes her final act freeing, and not an act of despair. In The Awakening, the sea in particular is a critical factor in Edna’s awakening and death. The sea is full of uncertainty for many, but for Edna, it represents empowerment, opportunities, and freedom from…

"Search of Self" is one of the main themes that developed throughout the novel. "The present alone was significant; was hers, to torture her as it was doing then with the biting conviction that she had lost that which she had held, that she had been denied that which her impassioned, newly awakened being demanded"(Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.). The text supports the theme by explaining how Edna is finding a sense of self. Edna's "newly awakened being" describes her new…

How can international student overcome culture shocks in the UK The UK is one of the most popular countries among the oversea students. From 2013 to 2015, the numbers of oversea students coming into the UK in average are just over 218,903 per year and more than 200 nationalities (HESA 2015). The reason that they choose to study in the UK may not only because of the high standard of education or the qualification is recognized by all over the world, but also the UK 's unique culture and…

into “Go away! Go Away! For God’s sake! That’s all right!” The idea was that the birds spoke a language that people didn’t understand and Edna was misunderstood as well. Another symbolization that was presented was the ocean. When the ocean of Grand Isle was mentioned, The Awakening describes, “Or else she stayed indoors and nursed a mood with which she was becoming too familiar for her own comfort and peace of mind.” (Chopin, 1997). Edna felt free when she thought about the ocean as the…

and in the face of imminent invasion: “In late 1939 after the outbreak of the war, the MOI (Ministry of Information) was appointed by the British Government to design a number of morale boosting posters that would be displayed across the British Isles during…