Chairs

A house is a symbol of a home and comfort. However, it’s also composes of constraining walls inside of other walls, that can become a barrier to the outside world. The short story “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin, hints about Mrs. Mallard’s celebration for freedom after the news of her husband’s death, and her sudden death on seeing her husband again. Did she die because she was overjoyed or was it fear of living in bondage? Story of An Hour tells a story about a middle aged woman who…

because he is a colored man. Even his own public defender tries to vindicate him by lowering him and calling him a “hog,” and asked “What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this.” (Gains 8) The defense attorney is stating that there is not even a need to execute Jefferson since he is inferior to a human being. As a result of this unfair treatment, Jefferson loses his dignity and sense of himself as a “man,”…

arrived at the house Mrs. Wright was just sitting in her rocking chair rocking and pleating her apron. When he asked to see John she laughed. When Mr. Hale asked why he couldn’t see John Mrs. Wright replied “Cause he’s dead” (Meyer 1387) and when he asked what he died of she replied “He died of a rope around his neck” (Meyer 1388). At this point she knows that her husband is upstairs in their bed dead but continues to sit rocking in her chair for who knows how long. Her laughing when asked where…

“A Jury of Her Peers”, published in 1927, written Susan Glaspell, is a short story based on the 1900 murder of John Hossack. The short story was originally written as a one-act play in 1916. In 1950, the short story then became an episode of the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Years to follow, in 1980 the short story became a short film that was nominated for an Academy Award. Growing up in a town that did not believe in women’s rights to employment and education, Glaspell still…

I was in the garden again. The damp soil running through my fingers. The water soaking through the knees of my jeans. I weeded around my beans, feeling the dirt under my fingernails and in the creases of my palms. My first few days here I just watched, unsure of the unspoken rules that hovered over the garden. Then, one day, I walked over to a girl. She was almost my age and tended to 2 rows of lima beans. I don’t know if it was the way not only she but her plants seemed to tremble in the wind…

HEALTH BENEFITS OF ROCKING CHAIRS Rocking is an activity performed while someone is swinging his body with a rocking chair or rocker. Through personal insights, medical research, health articles and other opinions offers insights into the therapeutic benefits of rocking in a rocking chair. Sitting in a rocking chair is relaxing, rejuvenating and calming all at once, and there is science to prove it. There are few health conditions that can benefit from some rocking chair therapy. 1. Dementia…

Brown’s Landing, Part 2 What Makes Brown’s Landing, ‘Brown’s Landing’ For us at ICI Homes, one of the fun parts of being Florida’s Custom Builder is the uniqueness of our communities. We’ve helped folks find or build their dream homes all over the Sunshine State for more than three decades, and we’re privileged to work with some spectacular natural canvases. One of our newest communities — Brown’s Landing in Port Orange — is a perfect example. Located two miles west of Interstate 95 and…

“I am going to do it,” I whispered. “I just know I’m going to get first chair.” I opened my eyes and stared at the clock again, not really seeing it, as I thought back to all of the time and energy I had dedicated to this one goal... At the end of my sixth grade school year, I received an audition packet for chair placements. I knew I had a shot at getting first chair, since all of the flautists above me last year had graduated, so I resolved to work as hard as I possibly…

Under a relatively free political environment, the Bauhaus collaboration adventured in the domain that focused on the functionality and realism. The “Wassily Chair” designed by Breuer exhibits simplicity while comfort. It utilizes the cheap and normal mental as material and has a straightforward combination of color--black and silver. The chair is not an abstract work of “art” but a realistic product for commerce. Comparably, “Haus am Horn” by Muche masterfully arranges the living spaces…

I am a Windsor chair. I saw many troubling events while sitting in one stationary place for most of my life. I vaguely recall being born somewhere in Berkshire, England. Judging by my name, my origin must have a great symbol for I am stationed in the castle walls of Windsor. Specifically, I was placed by the roaring fire in the great hall. A day does not pass when I am being sat on from a tired young woman who is resting from a dance or from a diplomatic man who is conversing with the king. I…