Stairway to Heaven

The simple, straightforward title of the poem “Mother to Son,” by the African-American poet Langston Hughes (1902-1967), finds both the speaker of the work and the person to whom her words are discussed. The very first line of the poem is typical of the rest of the work in its use of phrasing that is colloquial—that is, in this case, phrasing that implies one person speaking to another. Yet the phrasing is also colloquial in the sense that it is ordinary, unpretentious, and informal. By…

What are the top learnings from your 2016? What will you remember to bring into 2017? I asked myself the same questions. What things made 2016 remarkable and unforgettable? What happened this year that helped to make me who I am? What ah-ha moments shed the outgrown skins and heralded new beginnings? What contributed to me being the best version of myself that will carry me into 2017? Without exception, each and every person experiences growth and change, joy and sadness, abundance and…

I uses the accompanying section of J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye": "Furthermore, the band began playing one of those truly moderate tunes, similar to "Stairway to Heaven" or "Freebird" that most likely have truly extraordinary verses or something however the melody itself simply is terrible recently dreadful. At that point this genuine fake person, with the hair all slicked back on the highest point of his head remained strong with the Sax and did a performance. I nearly passed on. That…

The Protestant Reformation was a major reform of the Christian church in response to problems that were found in the Catholic Church. Many people started to break away and form new Christian churches. The 1500s were times of alteration in and transformation of the church, and of social and political structures. Baptist, Anglican, Presbyterian and many other denominations of the protestant church are prominent in today’s society. However these types of churches did not always exist, and to…

Reality is a malleable concept that differs from individual to individual. Due to unique characteristics of personality and differences in how people perceive the world, there is no one definition of an absolute reality. The world around a person can be viewed through any lens the individual pleases. In Sack’s “A Mind’s Eye”, the reader is presented with the various realities of people that have gone blind and how each of them differ in how they choose to approach their blindness. Similarly, in…

Ancient Maya Geography Mayan civilization occupied most of what is now the Yucatan Peninsula. In the early days in Mayan society, they were situated around Mexico, and Central America The Mayans built small huts with thatched roofs, usually one-room. The walls consisted of interwoven wooden poles, and dried mud. Huts were used primarily for sleeping, cooking and other daily chores took place outside. Decision Making The King or High Priest were at the top of the Hierarchy The King was believed…

Salvador Dali is a master at displaying surrealism. He was able to apply surrealism in this painting. He placed an architectural masterpiece on the beach. The main focal point is a bridge that transforms into a stairway because of a dream. Additionally, there are elongated figures that are performing a dance. This would not be suspected because of the setting of the background of the painting. Dali was also able to display form in this painting. With the bridge or staircase, the viewer can tell…

religion” and how it lacks the topic of resurrection (Starry Night Analysis, Artble.com). Through his letter, it is clear that Van Gogh is referring to death as a peaceful entity. The dark black bush on the lower left can also be portrayed as a stairway to heaven from a viewer as the height of the bush is tall enough to look like as it’s reaching the…

I will never forget the first and last time I heard my dad scream. I was in third grade, and my class had recently finished up our unit on crayfish. The school had decided to allow students to keep them as house pets when the class was done with them. The student just needed permission from his or her parents. I longed to have a crayfish. Prior to the third grade, the closest I had ever had to a pet was a snail that I had watched for my neighbors while they were on vacation for a few weeks. I…

culture. The White Temple and ziggurat of Uruk(Kleiner Fig 2-2) is forty feet above ground level, looking over the city center. The structure had several chambers, and waiting rooms where priests would wait for the gods’ to descend from the heavens. The stairway that leads up to the temple, but does not end at the front of the temple instead changing direction a few times, using a bent-axis plan, that is normal for the Sumerians temple structure(Kleiner 33). The Olmec’s structure is at La Venta,…