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The book I read for the second quarter is John Muir Father of our National Parks by Charles Norman. John Muir was originally from Scotland and he moved to America in 1849 with his father Daniel and his brother David, his mother and sisters to follow shortly after. Conservation is highly valued by John however this book also shows another theme, value education because it often leads to a better future. John and his brother David are constantly learning throughout their childhood on the…

In older times, men always held authority in society. Detectives, police officers, and all the high ranking jobs were taken by males. In Susan Glaspell’s story, Trifles, things are shaken up a bit. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover evidence that could put or keep Minnie Foster out of jail. A bird with its neck snapped, hidden away. The death of it was very similar to how John Wright was killed, with a rope around his neck in bed. Their husbands search through out the Wright household to figure…

Best and Worst In the novel, “The Lovely Bones”, there are many events that occurred. My favorite part of the novel was when Jack Salmon, the main character’s father, began to suspect his daughter’s murderer and sought to find evidence to put him behind jail. Even when everyone else had lost hope in finding the suspect, Jack did not. He pestered the police again and again in hopes of catching the person who killed his daughter. It was interesting for me since Susie’s mother didn’t show as much…

Frank Lloyd Wright is a world renowned architect, designer, writer, teacher, leader, and visionary. Wright was an inspiration to many, paving the way for all architects and designers to come. Wright’s unique mind conceptualized new principles of architectural design that would become the new modern style. From coining the term “organic architecture” to designing one of America’s most famous homes, Frank Lloyd Wright was truly deserving of his acknowledgement as “the greatest American architect…

Born 1867 Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the first architects who found a new style based on interpretation of planes and abreast masses. He was influenced by many aspects of his life, firstly, when Wright’s parents split up he had an obsession with showing an ideal family living space. His early influences came mainly from working at his uncle’s farm and the “froebel blocks” (Curtis since 1900, page 75) his mother brought him, which he used to create various geometric shapes and patterns.…

Irony of Irony The Lottery, All Summer in a Day, and A Jury of Her Peers all include irony. Irony is something happening in the opposite way of a prediction, has an amusing result, or is only clear to one view. Dramatic irony, directed to movies or plays, is shown in A Jury of Her Peers. For example only the women that knew the evidence was found because they hid the it from the other characters in the story. Situational irony, an unexpected outcome, displays in All Summer in a Day and The…

he movie the group decided on is called Dead Silence, and the chosen clip is when the main character of the film, Jamie, was at a funeral burying his dead wife, Lisa. His wife was killed by a possessed ventriloquist doll named Billy. The main cast of the movie are in attendance, Jamie being desperate for answers stumbles across the Billy’s owner’s grave, Mary Shaw. In the funeral scene we see a good example of Chiaroscuro Lighting in Zettl’s book. All the people are wearing dark clothes and you…

The poem I created was based from the play by Susan Glaspell called “Trifles.” In trifles the reader finds out about the murder of Mr. Wright, where he was found strangled to death. Throughout the play the men which include the County Attorney, Mr. Hale, and Mr. Peter spend most of their time trying to find evidence on the killing while ignoring the small details believing that they are meaningless. Even though the women Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters are discovering details that could help solve the…

Susan Glaspell's Trifles (1916) begins with the entrance of three men and two women into the kitchen of the Wright household the day after a neighbor, Mr. Hale, finds Mr. Wright's dead body. The men of the story are the county attorney, the sheriff, and Mr. Hale: They are there collecting evidence, and believe Mr. Wright's wife, Minnie Wright, killed him while he slept. The women, Mrs. Peters; the sheriff's wife, and Mrs. Hale are gathering items to take back to Mrs. Wright. When the men…

One of the most important character in the play was Mrs. Wright who suspected of killing her husband, Mr. Wright. Mrs. Wright sent to prison for the crime. They opened an investigation about the crime to find out who really killed Mr. Wright. Several people led the investigation including Mr. Hale and his wife, the sheriff and his wife, and the County Attorney who was curious one among all to find out what happened. While Mrs. Wright was in prison, they were investigated at her house to find out…