Marigolds

The barren soil does not allow the marigolds to blossom just as the cruel, unforgiving society does not provide the resources necessary for Pecola’s growth. Although Claudia and Frieda believe they’ve failed Pecola because their seeds never sprout, it is clear that the soil is ultimately to…

“ Ellis invented flying powder. He sprinkled the powder on his tin cup, and the cup began to rise up the chimney.” An unusual twist of an original story is phenomenal. . . cinderella is a boy? If you’re on the lookout for a magical book that has you wishing it was real, “Cinderellis and the Glass Hill” by Gail Carson Levine is the book for you. This is an excellent short book as it is only 104 pages, it is also told in 3rd person omniscient, but this speculative fiction has the reader wanting…

In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, Donna Okaro, Jovanna Dollins, and Michael Gregorash helped Collin College’s Student Life organize an event called Dia de Los Muertos. On October 18, 2016, from 11 am to 1 pm in the Central Park Atrium the event shared the history of Dia de Los Muertos and provided the opportunity of decorating a sugar skull of our own. Dia de Los Muertos is Spanish for Day of the Dead. Although the tradition originated from Mexico, other cultures acknowledge the festivity…

The April 1999 excerpt of “Killing Time” by Simon Armitage narrates the Columbine High School Massacre and comments on the subsequent political debates using flowers and botanical language to represent the violence and weaponry. This poem presents a tragic and horrific event that was fresh in the minds of Armitage’s original readers, evoking the horror and sadness with its descriptions of each murder while also showing the wonder the public felt at the massacre with the beautiful descriptions of…

1. Vincent Bruzzese takes in scripts for as much as $20,000 to evaluate them with a team to try and predict box office success based on past trends in movies. They create a 20-30 paged report based on their findings through his company, the Worldwide Motion Picture Group, and they have access to focus groups of moviegoers to help trends as well. Their notes include recommendations range from minor issues, to major rewrites to create a more appealing movie to all audiences.
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Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is a traditional Hispanic holiday that is celebrated in Mexico during that last days of October and the first days of November. This holiday stems from many different traditional Aztec rituals that have been carried on throughout history. It is a celebration of life and death, and is spent in remembrance of those who have passed. People prepare all different kinds of foods to celebrate and honor all the people that they have lost. They believe that on…

ritual is based on symbolisms of the catholic and Mexica tradition, which belong to the syncretism of the Mexican culture. For example, the marigold flowers are known as zempasuchitl, and in the Mexican tradition they symbolize the death. They are the symbol of the death and they are display in altars and graves. In many homes, people would leave a trail of marigolds from the front door of their homes to the altar, as a way for the deceased to find their way back to their homes again. During…

Comparison paper I’m comparing the book the bluest eye and the movie the color purple by comparing the lives of both main characters celia (the color purple) and pecola (the bluest eye). I will compare how pecola and celia got raped, i will also compare how they have both been mistreated by men in that age and i will include more about how they grew up and the struggles they went through being women in that time period, including how they both are trying to archive something and there are…

‘What?’ it seemed to ask, ‘What What What What What?’ The marigolds bloomed in sweet contentment, and the pastoral quiet of the scene led him to lay his head down and seek refuge in the green lap of the earth. Imagine his surprise when he felt behind him the form of another human: and Lali, she of the roguish look…

Have you ever sat in a garden, just watching all the bystanders around you? Maybe you are glazing at the flowers, or even the grass. Then, something magical occurs a butterfly lands as if it just traveled the world. There are many ways you can look at this photograph. The enchantment of this photo can be look at by color, the meaning, and what this photo symbolizes. First, the meaning of this picture can spark different thoughts in your mind. For example, maybe you are thinking of yourself or…