Gray

In 1890 playwright Oscar Wilde published his one and only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray which tells the adventures of a man named Dorian Gray and his painting, which can be surmised from the title. Dorian wished that the painting, created by his friend Basil Hallward, would get old and be one that is marked by life instead of himself. He had been recently told by Lord Henry Wotton that “[Y]outh is the one thing worth having,” (Wilde, 34). The interesting part of this otherwise ordinary tale…

beliefs by family members. They are taught to be this way or that to fit in with the norm of their culture, their deemed to be Black, White, Asian, Indian, or Hispanic. However, I believe in the color gray meaning that I do not see color or stereotype. The color gray is said to be an unemotional color, gray is the color of compromise being neither black nor white, but it’s also solid and stable creating a sense of calm in this all chaotic world. In our society we place people in a stereotypical…

The gray participation award that is in my bedroom wall. Everyday I wake up it mocks me as I smile. Ironically, this award was something I treasure the most. My parents tell me “Why do you have that on your wall instead of your first place trophy.” I replied to them“The award serves as a daily reminder of my imperfections.” Eight years ago, there was a Chinese essay writing competition. Our class required people to go ,and I was chosen write the 300 word essay. I went to the test destination…

To understand radiation safety, one must first be familiar with the term radiation. Simply put, radiation may be defined as energy traveling through space as waves or high speed particles. There are two types of radiation, ionizing and non-ionizing (e.g. Heat, visible light), they are differentiated by how they interact with matter. Non- ionizing radiation is essential to life, but excessive exposures can cause tissue damage. Ionizing radiation has sufficient energy to ionize atoms and…

The reason I chose Horace Gray as my Supreme Court Justice is that he was the deciding justice on some landmark decisions in United States’ history. For instance there is United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) as well as Ball v. United States (1896). Another reason I chose Gray as my Justice was due to the fact that he appeared to be really intelligent. He accomplished many things at a much younger age than normal people would. For instance he enrolled into Harvard at just the age of thirteen. He…

The picture of Dorian Gray was published in July of 1890. It was written by Oscar Wilde and it was first published in Lippincott's monthly magazine before it was published into a personal novel. One thing that made the book such a hit was the historical controversy that comes with it. When the story was first published into the magazine the conflict of the time changing was highly argued. In fact before Wilde published The picture of Dorian Gray into a book he was urged to censor some parts of…

Beauty in Gray I am lost because there is an injustice filling my body; I am aware that I cannot escape this feeling inside of me. What is inside of me is not the problem, however, the outside is. It’s not perfect, it never will be, no matter who I am, what I accomplish, what I become. Perfection is my everything, why should I be anything at all if not perfect? We come into a new age of people, a new age of tolerance, albeit I still feel secluded individually. Though these times are changing…

The class readings consisted of Jose Antonio Vargas “Not legal Not leaving” article in Time Magazine, Ronald Brownstein’s “The Gray and The Brown”, Victor Nee/ Hilary Holbrow’s “Why Asian Americans are becoming Mainstream”, and Douglas Massey “Immigration Policy Fiasco”. All having to deal with the issue of immigration and generational culture gaps the can ultimately divide American politics. In talking about the generational culture gap there is are many levels, and I think one is learning the…

and misguided individual. Driven by his desire to fulfill his lustful temptations, he evolves, the man in the frame, into an individual so vile one cannot stand near without inhaling his moral corruption. Physically, the man of the portrait, Dorian Gray, as having sold his soul to retain his current health and beauty, remains ageless and pristine as he continues in the pursuit of all his wants. However, as time passes, the portrait ages and fades, collecting the years of sin and immorality of…

the world, in several cultures and societies, women have been valued significantly less than men in so many aspects and circumstances. In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, the manner in which women were valued throughout the Victorian era is emphasized through the interaction between the main male characters, Dorian Gray and Lord Henry, and the main female character, Sibyl Vane. (Wilde voices his beliefs through the character of Lord Henry.) This novel expresses that women do not…