Cheek kissing

I attended a Candle Lighting Shabbat at the Temple Israel of Brevard on August 26th. I found and chose this location because my friend has been a member of the temple for years and had invited me to come in the past, but I was never able to go. My expectations were that the people of the temple would be very nice and welcoming. I also felt that I would feel out of place since I had never been to a temple before. I also was convinced that I was bound to do something incorrectly. Additionally,…

It can be inferred that Fan simply adores and yearns to help Scrooge. Fan, the sister, did not directly come out and holler, “I love you, brother,” but instead addresses him as “dear brother”. Her actions, such as clapping her hands in delight and kissing him, shows that she deeply cares for her brother and is a good person with a good heart. The little girl expresses excitement, and can be seen as such a pure and innocent child, which proves the category of childhood innocence. The positive…

Every man had gone through a different method of torture. One bloody man is strapped onto a chair with an eyeball hanging out of his skull. One man is strapped to a table with all his legs cut off. Another is shackled to the wall with his balls cut off. All of these men seem to have been left to die bleeding in one way or another. They must've been that close to dying because they didn't seem to react to the yelling further down and some of them were even twitching oddly. It wasn't until we were…

In addition, such historical events opened doors for the Korean people to unite while preserving their shared culture by maintaining “their own distinctive language, culture, dress, and cuisine” (Stone, 2005, p.117). Following, there were three major waves of immigration to the United States respectively in 1903, 1950, and 1965 with the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act. Reasons for the accelerating number of Korean immigrants are many, mainly driven with hopes of a better education and…

and with a hand over his heart, asserts that Pearl keeps her mother from the “blacker depths of sin” (Hawthorne 117). The perceptive Pearl recognizes the connection between the reverend’s hand and her mother’s letter, so she places her cheek against his hand. Kissing it, the minister discreetly recognizes Pearl as his child. Suddenly, Pearl exists between the two worlds of light and dark: one of her mother’s public expiation and the other of her father’s hidden sin. As Dimmesdale’s guilt…

Anton Chekhov does an exemplary job of establishing Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov character in, The Lady with the Dog. Gurov is a middle aged Russian man under forty with a wife and three children. Despite being married he possess misogynistic views, disliking his wife and women in general, he is quite a strange character because though he is a misogynist he carries out numerous affairs claiming that women like him and that he likes them. On multiple occasions he accouters Anna Sergeyevna whom he…

Times Square of a new age of optimism and harmony after the Japanese surrender in World War II. It depicts “a U.S. Navy sailor grabbing and kissing a stranger, a woman in a white dress,” later identified to be a nurse named Greta Friedman (V-J Day Kiss). When asked about this iconic kiss, she states “That man was very strong. I wasn’t kissing him. He was kissing me” (Daily Mail). After more analysis of the photo, the forceful nature of the kiss becomes evidently clear. The firm grip of the man’s…

Trujillo Antes De Dios Author’s Note: From 1930 to 1961, the Dominican Republic suffered under the regime of Rafael Trujillo, arguably the harshest US-backed dictator Latin America ever saw. As a military dictator, Trujillo was known for his violence, obsession with order, and racism to the extremes of genocide, instilling fear in the hearts of all his subjects. This story reflects two typical days in the subject’s life. At his request, the subject’s name has been changed. Rafael Ocaña wakes,…

Raymond Carver is a popular American short story writer. Carver’s short stories consisted in a collection that all connect in one way or another. For example, in the collection, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? , all of the short stories are a continuation of the previous short story. Raymond Carver writes each story in a way that they all relate with a twist. He makes his readers think and figure out the hidden clues in each story. Carver’s main subject in majority of his work focused on…

them right up. Another annex member that shows compassion for others is Peter. Peter shows that he cares for Anne when they are in his room talking, “Then suddenly he grabs her arm and turning her around, holds her awkwardly in his arms, kissing her on the cheek.” Peter is Anne's hero because she feels like she is all alone in the annex and nobody understands her. She longs for someone to talk to, and Peter is just that person. Peter gives Anne what she needs, a…