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The Most Striking Period of the Year: Mardi Gras Krewe Remember those bright vivid colors that only show up once a year. Those floats decorated with all different types of creative theme, knowing that as they past none were the same. Those eye-catching outfits, “wild and spunky”, as some would say while some just reminded you of a favorite cartoon character growing up. Music from all different times of the musical era from hip hop and r&b, those classic sounds that you could only get from a…

Reframing-the conceptual core Cluelessness is a fact of life, even for smart people (Bolman and Deal, 2013). The business environment is ever-changing. As times have changed and industries have evolved the forms of management and organizations have changed and evolved to meet their needs. While new organizational models have flourished and thrived failures are still too common. Products are tainted, programs are bugged, chemicals are dumped, and relief efforts are flawed. Leaders often get…

The female character’s search for love is akin to Janie Crawford’s in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie is a woman who experiences two unsuccessful marriages and dreams for a passionate love, which she finds later in the novel with a man named Tea Cake. Both of Janie’s past husbands, Logan and Joe, treated her poorly. After Joe’s death, Janie does not…

One lady, three husbands, and only one husband survives. Janie always thought of her life as a part of nature. Janie always pictured her life like a peach tree in leaf with things that suffered. Janie always knew there was dawn and doom within her branches. Janie was an orphan who was taken in by her grandmother, Janie’s nanny was her only family and wanted the absolute best for her. Nanny wanted a man who would forever care for Janie once she passed on from earth so that Janie would always…

Tea Cake asserts his dominance over Janie with violence. Out of jealousy Tea Cake slaps Janie, the ability to physically dominate her reassures “him in possession” of her (Hurston, 147). Tea Cake also does not want Janie to think that she has more “influence” than he does, he wants the marriage they have to be one of equality. Despite Tea Cake beating Janie, he encourages her to express herself. The beating allows Janie to…

American Dreams Offered to Janie The American Dream can be defined as many different things. The definition of the American Dream depends on who you ask; it differs from person to person. For example, if you ask a farmer what their American Dream is they may say it is caring for their crops and livestock and living a stable life. However, if you ask a corporate executive what their American Dream is they may say it is rising to the top of the corporate ladder and making a lot of money. The point…

The book I read, which is called “THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD” by Zora Neale Hurston is one of the best books I have ever read. The story is set in southern United States, during the early twentieth century when racism, freedom, and sexism were major struggles that the U.S. was facing at the time. Along with that the story is mostly told through first person, but is sometimes narrated to clarify certain events considering the dialect the people of that time spoke ion. The book has a timeline of…

Whether it be a movement, an essay, or a novel, motifs in literature and in life are significant and deserve deep investigation. Due to a motif's ability to reinforce themes through symbolization, imagery, and recursion, it is a common sight in today's most famous works. A prevalent motif in American literature and movements is that of the animal. Two exceptional examples of pieces that use animal motifs successfully are, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston and The Yippie…

scientists study people and that they are always right. Soon after, when Willie offers the begging man a piece of cake, just like his mother, he measures an exact ½ piece of cake. When the man asks him why he was doing that, he tells the man what his mother told him about the box. However the man insists that the writing on the box are lies and that Willie should give the man the amount of cake that he thinks the man should have. So Willie cuts the man a bigger piece and he literally learns how…

In this article, David Brooks talks about a gay couple who were denied a wedding cake. He discusses there are two paths to follow when this happens- the neighborly way, or the legal way. The neighborly way would be for the couple to say that they understand the bakers don’t agree with same sex marriage but to offer them a chance to get to know them to see if they could change their mind. The legal way would be to take it court, and of course they did take it to court. Brooks near the end of this…