Hourglass

messy cables to trip over. It was a dream that was out of my reach. But years passed and that dream became reality and the many hours I spent tinkering with it, the many hours of pure enjoyment that I have experienced, has become but grains in the hourglass of time for I cannot bring it back. Just as how I cannot bring my radio back. For time has passed, and the radio has become a thing of my past, an antique. But I do know that I shall never give it away, for it housed my dream. My Radio dream.…

Raven Crowe Moore 3 English II 9 October 2015 1950’s Fashion The 1950’s were a time of change and happiness after World War II. People were recovering from the war and what it had caused. Everything was booming during the 50’s, the economy, the suburb boom, and what people call a ‘baby boom’, which referred to the recorded 3.4 million babies that were born in the United States. People were confident with having children during the baby boom, because they thought the world held nothing but peace…

The meaning of life from a teenage perspective is explored through Lauren Oliver’s “Before I Fall”. The journey of the main protagonist, Sam Kingston, is one that everyone can relate to in some way. Through continually repeating a day, she learns and gains knowledge of people’s and her own views on life but also loses her superiority to other characters and changes her outlook of life because of death. Through the complicated and brilliant use of literary devices Oliver presents the experience…

those luscious / long brown bones, that wide and crusty / pelvis. ha HA, oh she wanted so much to be serious / but she never stops smiling now” (lines 7-10). Marilyn Monroe’s figure was long admired for her supple, slender limbs with an exaggerated hourglass figure. Grahn carries this dynamic even further with a description of her skeletal bones as “luscious” and her pelvis bone as sexually appealing, illustrating how even the somber and morbid depiction of Monroe’s skeletal remains cannot…

torso are interconnected, space between the areas not carved out, curtailing the ability for free motion. Hatshepsut’s legs are tall and lean, resembling a “long dancer’s” (MET). The hip, curving into her thighs are slim, not giving an exaggerated hourglass silhouette. Her feet parallel a kayak, extremely extended and skinny. In comparison, they look large for her frame, portrayed as relatively wiry in ratio to their oversized, unrealistic quality. Her face has an unmistakably feline…

The change of seasons in America 's northern midwest will vex you, distort you, like the sorceress you saw in a movie when you were young and the world was still strange, or the recurring dream you have where you try to run but your legs won 't move. They cycle in disparity, some lasting an eternity, some gone before you can turn your head. The seasons are unpredictable and unfair- first they are gentle as your mother 's touch, and then they are inexplicably violent, like a vengeful god…

The play possesses different types of supernatural and magical creatures and objects that advance the plot forward. The love-in-idleness flower represents the magical aspects of the play. “Legend says that at one time all pansies were white, and it was not until they were pierced by cupid’s arrow that they gained the purple and yellow colors. With the colors, however, came the magic power to be used in love potions,” (Szondy). Magic advances the plot forward and not only causes, but resolves…

Translation always seems to get the best of its readers. More often than not translation is an efficient way to get a message, thought, or story across. It enables individuals to understand and communicate across the globe without having to necessarily be “fluent” in that specific language. Although it is useful in day to day language, it can also hinder the meaning or message that one is trying to convey. Like a current in the ocean, conversation can go from one direction to a complete opposite…

P&G brought in Polypropylene to replace Polyethylene for the back sheet from the chemical industry. Two American chemists working for Phillips Petroleum of the Netherlands, Paul Hogan and Robert Banks, invented the material in 1950’s. Polypropylene is similar to its ancestor, polyethylene, and shares polyethylene's low cost, but it is much more robust and can be blow moulded. More importantly, it provides a cloth like look and a softer and natural feel that mothers demanded. It provided the…

For those interested in improving their social status, wanting confidence, and desire to have that beautiful Barbie body should STOP! Say ‘goodbye’ to that thought, and say ‘hello’ to that beautiful person standing in the mirror staring back at thyself. Being perfect is the pressure that is forced upon women, teens, preteens, and even young girls. Society’s standards are too high for girls, and that pressure is forced onto them to become someone they’re not, rather than to be happy.…