Peony

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…

“Who are you?” I’ve always felt that this question is nearly impossible to answer. There's so much material buried deep in our subconscious and unconscious minds and sometimes those aspects of ourselves that we conceal or repress have a greater sway over our identities than we think they do. The unconscious mind is also the source of our dreams, hence the title of my piece, Je Rêve (I Dream). When I was assigned this project, I had a difficult time figuring out exactly what medium I should use…

came to Cinder to get his android fixed. Since then, Prince Kaito “Kai” flirted with Cinder several times, even when his own father was affected with the plague, a very deadly disease that was spreading through New Beijing, which also murdered Linh Peony, Cinder’s sister. Prince Kai decided to make the “first move” by asking Cinder to a ball that was coming up. But, she rejected him due to the fact that she was…

When reading The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, keeping Jandy Nelson’s life and times in mind is essential as it gives the reader a deeper understanding of the novel, shedding light onto the grander theme of loss of innocence. For example, Lennie expresses her feelings in free-verse under a stone in Gram’s garden “Grief is a house/ where the chairs/ have forgotten how to hold us/ the mirrors how to reflect us/ the walls how to contain us/ Grief is a house that disappears/ each time someone…

The museum was designed to leave vast amounts of space between works are art, so the viewers are able to focus on the particular work of art. By spacing art on large blank walls, the museum guides the viewers to look at the significance of the artwork. According to Gilman, works of art, once they are put in museums, exist for one purpose only: to be looked at as things of beauty (Duncan, p.432). It allows visitors to look at a single image and contemplate the methods of creation, meaning, and…

will know that yours is a classic love written in the stars with this poetic floral statement. Lady In Pink: What better complement could there be for a blushing bride than a bouquet of pale pink blossoms? Carry a riotous bouquet of stunning pink peonies for a sweet, carefree…

Heat Study Fragile peonies grow from newfound subdermal magma. The gentlest wind rustles the petals into a swarm, rendering mirrors useless. This heart is a frog, and God invented both boiling and proverbs. But what blame can be assigned for creation, for states of matter? No, one cannot hate God for trying to erase the pain of existence. But Psalm 23 has no effect on me because yea, as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I know that He created the valley, and, in His sovereign ty,…

This paper will discuss how The Story of the Western Wing, The Peony Pavilion, and The Peach Blossom Fan all share a common theme in which a young woman defy the social constraints and expectations imposed upon her by society in order to live a life on her own terms. The Story of the Western Wing was written during the Yuan Dynasty and during this time period, Confucianism teachings shaped the political and social structure of the society. Confucianism established several expectations for women…

winning an award in the sixth grade for perfect grades or scoring a goal in a soccer game, Baylee and Trevor had already accomplished those things. I guess that is just how it is when your siblings were state qualifying runners, basketball stars, Peony Queen Runner-Up, class presidents, and a whole other list of achievments. It felt as if I was not striving to do achieve anything for myself, but trying to catch up with my siblings. This did help motivate me to do my best, but in the few…

The poem, “The Fish”, by Elizabeth Bishop focuses on providing a detailed explanation of a fish that the speaker has caught. Throughout the poem, the speaker incorporates her conflicted attitude towards the fish. The poem uses numerous literary devices such as imagery, paradox, diction, and tone to convey the thoughts and feelings behind the speaker’s changing perspective and to show its meaning because although the fish itself means very little literally, it serves as a symbol for the speaker’s…