Nostalgia

Through analysis of Lee Burdette Williams’s article “”Safe” is in the Brain of the Beholder”, it is clear that she deliberately employs a blend of pathos and logos to relay her message that, while freedom of expression is important, students and educators alike must be considerate of the needs of others. In her article, Williams uses precise language, including pathos to probe her readers’ emotional and empathetic sides, as well as logos to add believability and substantiate her argument.…

Everyday, people make choices that intentionally or unintentionally change the course of their and other people’s lives. These choices are ones that change the way the decision makers are seen, and the way that that person continues through life. Choices like these can be found in short stories especially, usually in order to make a statement or convey a theme efficiently. In a short story written by Tom Godwin examined here, a captain of a starship makes the choice to kill a young girl to avoid…

E.B. White’s essay, “Once More to the Lake” is a story about how the narrator, who grew up going to a lake in Maine, returns with his son when he is older. He describes all the great memories that were made with his family at this lake, specifically mentioning the times with his father. When he arrives back to the lake, he comments on how everything has stayed the same. However, everything he describes appears to have changed from when he was a child. The narrator mentions a series of things…

The gunshot echoes off the hills like a ghost dancing in the night. The fire blazes outside with strong fervor, and a certain nostalgia is here, in the darkness that likens them back to a time long ago. The land once belonged to a man that the grandfather, then a young man, helped out in his spare time. When the man passed away, he willed it to the young man, now grandfather, named Gene Greer. After the grandfather’s death, the land split between his four warring children. The land,…

For the majority of the years before high school, I never really had an art class. It was quite sad since art and music were what I had looked forward to at the age of five. It wasn't until the fifth grade, I discovered my love for art. Although I wasn't taught any basics on how to do art, up until high school, I would still try and draw characters I loved, like Pokémon or Nintendo characters. I remember asking my mom to buy me computer paper just so I could draw Pokemon characters clearer…

The simplicity he uses adds a level of charm and nostalgia to his paintings. In Dusk on Lower Broadway, Lie uses a simple array of mostly primary colors. Primary colors are used to contrast the important elements of the painting; the buildings begin as red, but blend into blue to show the contrast of distance…

Doug Glanville’s essay “Still Standing” Is a thought provoking reading that talks about how a protesting football player made Glanville ask a very powerful question, “Why do we salute the flag?” The essay is mainly about how Glanville was raised to pledge the flag. Also how he had this pre judged mindset as a kid due to parents and media that he later finds out is clearly wrong. The essay begins about how he first heard about Colin Kaepernick and his protest and how he immediately relates it to…

bandleaders such as Mike Moreno on guitars, Gonzalo Rubalcaba on keys, Matt Penman on bass, and Jeff Ballard on drums. “Desolated Tango”, which could perfectly fit in Charles Lloyd’s world-jazz repertoire, opens the doors, carrying a good amount of nostalgia and sadness at its core.…

It was an extremely easy choice for me when we were told to pick our topic for the senior project. I immediately decided that I wanted to focus on the injustice that the elderly have been experiencing for quite some time now concerning depression and other mental illnesses. Researching and studying the causes and effects that elderly depression can have has truly been an eye opening experience. It has been fascinating seeing why psychologists and therapists have generally been glazing over…

Eastwood and Harlem, both small neighborhoods in America, are weighed down by the world’s view of them; poor, predominantly black, violent and in need of “help” (Ralph 9). In Renegade Dreams, Ralph tells the story of activists, gang leaders, patients and teenagers while constantly refusing to portray them as victims. He gives us a glimpse into Eastwood, “a community that was battered but far from beaten.” Caught in the bonds of racism and poverty, the Fontenelles appeared Parks’ article A Harlem…