Kiss

Sox fans, in “The First Kiss” that baseball is just a game and it is simply meant to be played for fun. Updike uses strong metaphors, to portray his point Updike uses a recurring metaphor throughout which describes the Red Sox fans as being a monster. Updike starts out by having “the many-headed monster” endeavour hope towards the new season. The monster keeps returning for more even though “last year [they] broke its monstrous big heart”. The fans “braced for the first kiss of another prolonged…

Barker and Taylor (2007) state “Whether it be the folklorist’s search for forgotten bluesmen, the rock critic’s elevation of raw power over sophistication, to the importance of bullet wounds to the careers of hip-hop artists, the aesthetic of the authentic musical experience” (pp. ix) as it rejects music which could be labeled as artificial, pretentious and commercialized. The term authentic could have several meanings and connotations. . Barker and Taylor, (2007, pp. ix) describe it as a…

get the newly wed couple to kiss during the wedding reception. There are many options out there that range in interaction and possible embarrassment. Here are a few popular games that I suggest. Demonstration: Come up in front of the head table to demonstrate how you would like the bride and groom to kiss. Kissing Dice: Roll the big foam dice with several options including: Bride & Groom kiss, the person rolling has to kiss someone, do a dance for the couple to kiss, roll again. Trivia…

A Simple Kiss It was a time of grief and despair. A moment in time full of complete and utter chaos. All hope was lost during the terrible World War II. That is, until it was all over with the many photos and symbols giving the people a sort of excitement that the awful time has finally passed. The famous poster named “The Kiss” successfully combined the positions of the people in the image and the perfect moment to make a compelling reassurance that the war was truly over, successfully making…

Using an unexpected kiss under a sudden thunderstorm, Len Roberts’ “First Kiss,” depicts a young boy’s vague sense of loss, and his awareness, of his own adolescent storm approaching. Throughout the poem, three major shifts are evident in order to illustrate the young boy’s transition from childhood into adolescence, and his ignorance of the change. The poem begins with a thunderstorm coming over a sandlot which is described as, “that blue-black cloud came over the sandlot with drops of rain as…

in relation to the performance of Kiss Me Kate. To me, this saying illustrates how one thing can manifest or hold true in another way. In other words, how what someone thinks or believes in their mind, becomes clear on the outside or even in reality. For example, if you were to flood your mind with negative thoughts about what you couldn’t do, you wouldn’t accomplish very much; only a positive mindset will help someone achieve his or her goal. In the case of Kiss Me Kate, the actors playing…

"Happiness can exist only in acceptance" -George Orwell. If You Kiss a Boy, by Alex Sanchez, is a story about a 13 year old boy named Alex who is in a confusing and difficult part of his life. During his tough teen age years, Alex is discovering his sexuality and figuring out what is right and wrong. During the story, Alex has certain experiences that lead him to believe that he may be gay. Alex has heard that being gay is wrong, that it is a sickness, and that people who are gay are perverts.…

In excerpt of Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen he uses various literary devices to stress the idea that winning the race is as essential to Abraham Okimasis as breathing. By using characterization of the location and vivid imagery, Highway conveys a tone of dramatic suspense during the last leg of Abraham Okimasis’ race. To introduce the reader into the last leg of the race Highway decrives the harsh conditions that were taking place. Highway describes the air as” so crisp, so dry [as] Abraham…

Carolyn Dinshaw, in her study “A Kiss is Just a Kiss: Heterosexuality and its Consolations in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, writes, “When, after all, is a kiss ever just a kiss?” (223). This quote roughly sums up the work Dinshaw does in the article revolving around the tale of the famous Sir Gawain and the kisses he shares not just with the lady, but with his host Bertilak. Dinshaw believes that the interactions between Gawain and this lord and lady consolidate Christian heterosexual norms,…

want to share all my new favorites with you. Films Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List – an iTunes exclusive (and only $10). I was lucky enough to win a contest to attend the screening and meet Victoria Justice, Pierson Fode, Leon Thomas III, and Lucas Gabrielle. No Kiss List is about two best friends, Naomi and Ely, who are best friends living in New York. While Naomi is in love with Ely, Ely is into guys, so they created the No Kiss List to prevent a rift in their friendship, however that changes…