Patrick Roy

There are many things in this world worth waiting for. Love, surprises, and rare occasions are among these cherished things that we as humans wait for. Even though I believe Edie made the wrong decision in waiting for Mr. Watters’s letter, somehow by a twist of fate she found her true love while waiting for a false one. The list of things in this world that are worth waiting for is quite a lengthly one, but I have three main things that I feel are at the top of the list. Love is something…

An author flinches as a memory begins to resurface. Recalling the painful experience as if it were happening again, he transcribes it onto paper with each agonizing keystroke. When examining Ernest Hemingway’s works compared to his life experiences, the correlation between them is obvious. Hemingway found his inspiration in the most unlikely of places: from a lake in Michigan where he spent his summers as a boy to the medical wards during World War I. However, his experiences brought him to the…

still in there nature to be wild. How will animals learn how to survive in the wild if they were born into captivity? Every year, wild animals in captivity act in a wild way and end up hurting humans. For example on October 3, 2003 Siegfried and Roy at the mirage Resort and Casino in Las Vegas,…

Love and family are unable to triumph over the class boundaries. Ammu and Velutha, like many others who have tried to love across classes end up paying a heavy price. In The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy she develops the story and leads us to the theme through three literary elements. Roy uses the way she develops her characters, the setting the authors point of view to get us a clear image of the theme Real characters have a way…

concept of life in the major context to that of the marriage. Divakaruni is an amazing story teller who conveys the important factors of family, marriage and love between the spouses. There are so many couples in this novel like, Sarojini and Bimal Roy, Mr. and Mrs. Boses, Mitra and Seema and Rajat and Korobi. Divakaruni articulates that relationship has different layers of interpretation with their own contribution to the marital life, by stating two extremely contrary couples: Sarojini and…

Love is a motivation for people to fight, defend, and mature for. Lucius Apuleius' myth, Cupid and Psyche, tells the story of the strength and determination of the mortal needed to regain a lost love. Francesca Lia Block's modern retelling, Psyche's Dark Night, emphasizes the many issues that affect relationships and explores the pain that accompanies dating. The retelling offers a new look into love and whether or not it is worth all the pain that accompanies it. The updated setting and…

opportunities or even responsibilities. This idea represented by the playwright and screenwriter, Tony Kushner in his drama called “Angels in America a gay fantasia on national themes”, in which, the story focuses mainly on the characters: Prior Walter and Roy Cohn, who receive a definite time of living due to their illness called Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDs. Initially, the news of their…

As a boy, Roy Lichtenstein was inspired by advertisements and comic strips. Lichtenstein was able to make his art work look like it was printed off a giant printer. He was recognized as one of the leaders in the Pop Art movement which included Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenbirg. Lichtenstein’s art provoked debate over the ideas of originality and the fine line between fine art and entertainment. Roy Lichtenstein’s most famous works would be his collection of comic strips,…

In The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy, the love laws intervene with the family’s social life because the characters cross their social boundaries for love which breaks these laws that are set up by the caste system in India. The Kochamma family lives in Ayemenem where the caste system is dictated. Each member of the Kochamma family, Ammu, Estha, Rahel, Chacko, Baby Kochamma, Mammachi, and Pappachi, have a downfall due to the caste system, the Love Laws. The Love Laws are rules…

Hey this is my podcast commentary on a book the god of small things especifically focusing on a page 298 and the character baby kochamma If i had to choose a character from this novel that I hate the most, it would probably be Baby Kochamma. In the novel She acts very selfis as well as shelf-centered. We would probably consider her as the antagonist of this novel. Who is she? Her real name is Navomi Ipe Kochamma is basically a title of honor for a woman Lives with the rest of the family…