Midnight

Within “Frost at Midnight,” Samuel Coleridge validates the importance of self-reflection through solitude. Coleridge creates a scenic image of the world around the speaker during the time of his solitude. During his time alone, the speaker reflects about his childhood and the aspiration he has for the infant child sleeping in the cottage. The importance of solitude demonstrated in “Frost at Midnight” by the feelings the speaker has, the time intervals from present to past, and the speaker’s self-reflection during his time alone. All these specific purposes are to show how the speaker moves from being uncomfortable with solitude to being hopeful and optimistic about the opportunity he has being alone during reflection. The feelings associated…

Once every year at Grand Valley State University, students, faculty and members of the surrounding community unite to walk for twelve hours, from sunset to dawn. Together, they become a reminder to anyone who has ever felt the pain of cancer in their lives, that they are not alone in their fight, and that someone celebrates their life. This event, Relay for Life, creates an unparalleled environment for community involvement at Grand Valley and, for one night brings people together to make a…

December 24th isn’t just Christmas Eve, it’s also National Egg Nog Day. Egg Nog is a chilled, sweetened, dairy-based beverage traditionally made with milk or cream, sugar, whipped eggs, and sometimes rum, bourbon or brandy is added too. It is a beverage severed around the holiday season, it can usually be found on store shelfs a little before Thanksgiving but only is available until New Years. There are a few ideas of where egg nog first came about, but it is sort of a mystery. The name “egg…

Midnight in Paris and the segment “Tuileries” from Paris je t’aime share similarities in the aspect of love and Paris. Gil and Inez in Midnight in Paris are engaged in the beginning of the film, but as the film continues and the storyline starts to unfold it is seen that this “happy” couple truly isn’t happy. Gil is in denial of his relationship to where he doesn’t see that Inez is having an affair with Paul. He gets wrapped up and lost in the idea of Paris in the 1920s and begins unknowingly…

Every story has a purpose; the main character has a goal to reach and to do so they must go through a trial to suppress. Though it is often noticed that the character doesn’t recognize their full potential until they are on their journey. In the movie Midnight In Paris, Gil’s aspirations are shown in the beginning credits. The movies overall setting is defined but the protagonist 's goals, needs, and wishes are also presented. The movie also identifies the ideologies of the protagonist and of…

I wrote about a important ride from lexington and concord to warn the rebels that the British were coming and by using that I will explain how the author used fictional and non fictional information from another story. Johny tremain was written by Esther Forbes. The Midnight Ride was written by Jesus Garcia, Donna M Ogle, C. Frederic, R. Singer, and Joyce Stevos. this paragraph is about the time that the midnight ride took place and johny tremain took place. The times both took place in the…

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War is written by Tony Horwitz: a bestselling author and journalist who has taken the time to tell an essential American story. The book covers the events surrounding the raid on Harpers Ferry and the complex character of John Brown. Horwitz thesis explains that the raid on Harpers Ferry is the spark that lit the fire of secession and Civil War. John Brown grew as a descendent of Puritans and soldiers from the Revolutionary War, and…

many to be his finest work ever. The book was well received when published in 1925, however it was only until the 50s and 60s that the book was portrayed as one of the greatest American novels ever written. F. Scott’s other novels were not as successful as The Great Gatsby, and since then other creators have made work that mirrors F. Scott’s novel. In 2013, director Baz Luhrmann adapted the book into a movie with the same name The Great Gatsby and attempted to capture the essence of the…

Midnight in Chinatown In SFMOMA, the work that attracted me the most is “Midnight in Chinatown” taken by Williard E. Worden in 1903. As the name suggests, the photography depicts the Chinatown at midnight by using a long shot. There are Chinese traditional buildings along on the sides with dim lantern lights reflecting on the surface of ground. The photograph has a grey tone overall, which enhances a sense of quietness. The photographer uses the technique of perspective to suggest the endless…

Every Story Has Two Sides Is there two sides to every story? In the novel, “Inherit Midnight” by Kate Kae Myers, two perspectives of the protagonist, Avery VanDemere, are shown. Avery VanDemere feels as if her life is dreadful. Not only was she stripped from her parents at a very young age, but she is not allowed to be with friends, and her only company is the mansion's servant and cook, all because of her grandmother, Justine Vandemere. Contradicting Avery's perspective of her life, her…