Mount Holyoke

In his painting, The Oxbow, he presented the view from Mount Holyoke in Northampton, Massachusetts. This area was known as a hotspot for tourists for its time. (Fiero 20) He used a highly detailed painting to show a dark storm rolling in from the left. With blue skies on the right, this left to right position would…

Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (which won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2001). Joseph Ellis was very interested in this topic because he indeed is one of the nation’s best scholars in American history. He was a history professor at Mount Holyoke since 1972. He was also fairly interested in how men were…

Analysis Paper In “College is a Waste of Time and Money,” Caroline Bird analyzes the actual importance of a college education to the future of an individual. Bird suggests that, despite the contrary common belief, there are many better investments than paying for a college degree, concluding that for most students it is not worth – both financially and non-financially – to go to college. Overall, Bird presents her point of view in a straightforward way, and she also accesses many interesting…

younger sisters and herself met her father in New York where he has received a scholarship and based his enterprise. After 3 years of saving money he was finally able to pay for their Visas. In 1975 Elaine received her B.A. in economics from Mount Holyoke College and in 1979 she received her BMA from Harvard Business School.…

Dickinson was educated at Amherst Academy and the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in her school years. She was a very bright student despite her missing long stretches of school due to both illness and depression. In 1848 she left the school for good, with no known reason. Her early influences as a teenager were…

Mothers and daughters have good bonds with each other, but some of them end up in conflicts. This is a part of a life skill between mothers and daughters. The relationship with the two must create boundaries to help improve their relationship. The mothers’ job is to manage their daughters and help them fix the problems, such as break-ups with boyfriends or help with their schoolwork. The daughters’ job is to obey their mothers’ rules and follow their guidelines. Mothers and daughters can be a…

Loc Van Art History I Breta Petraccia Water jar (shoulder hydria) with Athena, Herakles, Apollo, and Hermes Water jar (shoulder hydria) with Athena, Herakles, Apollo, and Hermes is an Ceramic Ancient Greek vase that was placed at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. The vase was colored with black slip at the negative space (back ground). The positive space where the design was divided into 3 main parts on the vase was colored with red pigment. Only one half of the vase (one side) comes with the…

Emily Dickinson was born into a rich and powerful Christian family with firm beliefs. She lived in the nineteenth century, from 1830-1886. She grew up the town of Amherst in Massachusetts. Dickinson was educated; which was not that common for a woman who lived in during the era of the industrial revolution. She did some traveling throughout Massachusetts in her earlier years of life. However, toward the late 1860s she kept herself secluded from society. Many let their imaginations run wild about…

extraordinary young woman. The book is so well written. The reader becomes so involved in Samantha’s life. There will be anger. There will be laughter. There will be tears, especially upon reading the poignant essay she wrote on her application to Mount Holyoke College. Young people of all academic abilities should read this book. It explores thoughts and ideas everyone has at some time in one’s life. As Samantha describes her feelings of depression, and her dealings with friends, and her…

Blaire Lewis Gary Boyer ENG 112 14 June 2017 Death as a Figure Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson is an emotional poem that utilizes personification, foreshadowing, and metaphors to enhance the meaning. This piece of literature stood out to me due to its syntax, form and interesting theme of mortality, along with the opposing force of immortality. It’s not until the end of the poem that you find out the story is told within the speaker’s memories of afterlife, for the…