Flowers

Day in the Life: Elena Flowers Photos of her two, young daughters and their painted handprint artwork decorate the office of Elena Flowers, PhD, RN. She is a mom, but she identifies as a researcher and professor too. “In April, I am volunteering at my daughter’s school for DNA Day to talk about my job,” Flowers said. “I appreciate that my job allows me the scheduling flexibility to do that.” While her job allows for flexibility, it can also cause her to work for several hours on a Friday…

This novel received the Nebula Award for Best Novel of the year, which was awarded by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Additionally, it is acknowledged as a work of science fiction. Yet, nowhere in the book does it mention aliens, outer space, or mutated superhumans derived from a science experiment gone wrong. Unlike the typical science fiction story, Daniel Keyes focuses on the impact that science and technology has had on the protagonist, rather than the world. Though this story does…

Success is something everyone wants to achieve and many are willing to do anything to feel successful. If someone wants to reach success they need to put in effort, practice everyday and willing to go through failure. Many well known scientists, authors, and therapists like Carol Dweck, Angela Duckworth, Jay Mathews, and Daniel Keyes agree with this statement because they shared information and thoughts through articles and videos. Effort is the first step to being successful, Based on Carol…

A final flower inspired image of Daisy appears in her flashback to her original romance with Gatsby. In an exquisite romantic moment the two shared an impactful kiss in which Daisy, “blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete” (Fitzgerald 111). As Gatsby wrapped Daisy in a curtain of his love, she fell for his pleasing nature indefinitely. She opened up to him and revealed her beautiful petals of love and purity. Almost magically she was transformed and forgot to worry…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s use of flowers as a symbol demonstrates different character identities throughout the story. One way Lee symbolizes character identities is through Miss Maudie's Azaleas. At the end of chapter eight Miss Maudie says, “Always wanted a smaller house, Jem Finch. Gives me more yard. Just think, I’ll have more room for my azaleas now” (73). This is Miss Maudie's response after her house burnt down which demonstrates that she sees the positive qualities…

he Flowers,” is a short story written by Alice Walker, the story talks about how a child loses her innocence to a traumatizing event. The main character, of this story is a young girl named” Myop” is enjoying a morning in the summer by picking up ,flowers when she comes upon the decaying body of a man who has been hanged. She is exposed to racial discrimination at an early age ,which is traumatic for a kid her age. The Flowers is a story of how a child loses her purity, and how it can be lost…

The passage “The Interrogators” is a short extract from “Our Flowers & Nice Bones”, written by Christopher Middleton. It describes a cold, isolated village, apparent suffering from the aftermath of conflict. The village is likely in a Northern, Eastern-European country, due to its weather and inhabitants. The passage follows two interrogators and their search for a secret thought to be kept by the town. Their goal is met with resistance from the residents. This resistance is due to obvious…

In my opinion, Frost’s statement about his poetry does accurately reflect his poems as they all contain both a literal and a metaphorical meaning. This can clearly be seen in al of Frost’s poems that I have studied which include, “The Tuft of Flowers”, “Mending Wall”, “The Road Not Taken”, “Out, Out- “, “Spring Pools” and “Aquatinted with the Night”. In all six of these poems a message is conveyed both directly and indirectly. Frost uses everyday, ordinary people, living normal lives as the…

The Flowers “And the summer was over.” Quoted in the short story “The Flowers”, written by Alice Walker. Myop’s summer has just ended. Ten year old girl loses her sweet innocence. Just by accidentally wondering upon something no child would want to witness. Myop is a young girl full of life, untroubled, and comfortable with her surroundings. “She was ten, and nothing existed for her but her song, the stick in her dark brown hand, and the tat-de-ta-ta-ta of accompaniment.” She and her parents…

Flowers in the Attic By V. C. Andrews Author Biography: Virginia Cleo Andrews was born on the 6th of June in 1923 in Virginia. In her teenage years, Virginia was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis that would later on keep her in a wheelchair. Upon completing high school, she would go on to complete a four year art course that she was able to take at home. She created a successful business for herself by selling her artistic abilities, but she soon realized that she wasn’t satisfied. She…