Kay Boyle

self-educated German alchemist, developed processes for the production of sulphuric, nitric, acetic, and hydrochloric acids (Flavell-While). Another contributor is Robert Boyle, who is best known for Boyle’s law which relates to the volume and the pressure of air. This has influenced our knowledge of gasses and their density relating to pressure ("Boyle 's Law."). The alchemist’s belief that all elements consisted of the same material and could be deconstructed and reformed into new, shaped Sir…

In Anton Chekhov's 1904 play The Cherry Orchard, a Russian family who is used to a life of riches begin to experience the hardships of poverty. Due to an extreme amount of carelessness and selfishness, the mother of the estate Lyubov Andreevna Ranvskaya loses the funds that have been allowing her to keep her family in a comfortable position financially. Throughout the play, Chekhov uses many items to represent symbolism, such as the cherry orchard itself to represent the golden age of…

write about is Robert Boyle. Robert Boyle was born on January, 25, 1627 in Lismore Republic of Ireland. He died December, 31, 1691 from paralysis. Robert Boyle was known as ,"The Father of Modern Chemistry. " He was the youngest of the family and the most favorited according to his family. At age eleven Boyle was pulled out of school and toured at the Great Earl's new English base and eventually dispatched on a grand tour of Europe with his older brother. In 1665 Robert Boyle had moved to…

Slumdog Millionaire In the Academy Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle, Boyle constantly used flashbacks to tell the story. In this film the main character, Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), was on the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The show was made to be very difficult so that nobody would win. When Jamal continuously got the correct answers, the men running the game show claimed that he was cheating. The film began to flash back and forth between three different…

Marya Hornbacher is the author of Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. Throughout her autobiography she recounts her struggles of having eating disorders and her battles to overcome the episodes. Hornbacher eloquently describes the physical and mental toll brought on by bulimia and anorexia. As a child, she had obsessive thoughts in having a thin figure, along with being observant with food she and others ate. Her memoir aims to give readers an insight into what people with eating…

Arthur Miller’s timeless play, Death Of A Salesman, showcases the tragic downfall of the protagonist’s life. Throughout the play, Willy Loman is faced with a series of challenges including a strained relationship with his sons and a dead-end job. These challenges take a toll on Loman’s psyche and as the play progresses, his mind slowly deteriorates causing his mental state to diminish. Willy Loman’s suicide implies that he was dealing with heavy emotional conflicts as well. In many scenes, Loman…

Over the course of her memoir An Unquiet Mind, Dr. Kay Jamison recounts her experience with bipolar disorder both as a clinician and a client of psychotherapy. To better understand this experience, her journey can be analyzed through a series of lenses including theories of genetics and life stress. Both the way the theories let us see Dr. Jamison’s experience, as well as how her experience informs our understanding of the theories are examined. How these theoretical approaches are consistent…

In his short story “Greasy Lake,” T. Coraghessan Boyle uses setting to show corruption of a today’s youth, created desirable atmosphere, and really show the inner character. He does this by centering the story at the Greasy Lake and using the Lake as both a setting and character. Greasy Lake is described by the narrator in very blunt terms and tells you what to expect. However, the narrator see’s the lake as the cool place to hang out and forget about there boring college life. The lake is…

As the narrator enters the lake, he beings feel trapped by it, “The ooze sucking at my sneakers. (Boyle 5)” This contrasts with the voluntary attraction he had felt to the lake and the life of “badness” and to his instinct to escape into the lake, because he can no longer leave, if he did, he would be spotted by the men. In the midst of the turmoil of…

that focused on a short story out of the “T.C. Boyle Stories” book. The final paper I wrote was an exploratory paper on a subject from one of my last three papers. After writing these papers I have improved as a writer greatly but I still believe that I can improve. As I stated earlier the first paper I wrote was a narrative paper on an incident that changed my life. The most life changing moment in my life was when I suffered a career ending…