Sweetness

“Appearances make impressions but it is the personality that makes an impact” (unknown). Frank Pemberton (a.k.a. Bob Stanley), from Alan Bradley’s The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, is a horrible murderer with an appearance of a “film star” (125). The protagonist, however, is a lively eleven-year-old girl who loves her family. While there exist differences between Flavia and Mr. Pemberton, their similarities are striking. The contrast between the characters brings out Flavia’s special…

Sweetness and Light, by Hattie Ellis, is about the history and biology of bees. Bee biology is the main study being covered throughout the entire book. It is very interesting to learn that there is evidence of bee existence for over 800,000 years. In Africa there is cave art of bees that allow biologist to predict their time beginning time of existence. There are three types of honeybees which are the queen, drone, and worker bees. The queen bee is the head of the hive that has the most…

Before the book, “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” ends, there will be four main things that will happen. To begin with, Flavia will probably end up solving the mystery before the inspector, because she has more information than the inspector. Because of this, it makes sense that she would figure it out first. Secondly, one could assume that Horace Bonepenny was murdered by Dogger. Dogger seems like he’s suspicious and he seems to know about the events that have gone on between Bonepenny…

Sidney Mintz in Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History interprets the Caribbean history by analyzing the Caribbean production of sugar and its European consumers. Mintz approaches the methodologies of cultural history, Marxism historiography, and anthropology in analyzing the production and consumption patterns, plantation slaves and industrial workers, and the usage and its meanings in modern culture. Mintz claims that sugar necessitated European imperialism, and that empire…

Sidney Mintz was heavily influenced by the ideas of Karl Marx. His mother belonged to a Marxist organization when he was a child and he continued to discuss Marx’s ideas with the Mundial Upheaval Society at Columbia (Smith). In Sweetness and Power, Mintz touches on Marx’s ideas of historical materialism and the separation of production and consumption within that system. Mintz’s object of study is sugar as a commodity and a means of subsistence (Mintz 1985: 6). His approach leaves room for…

All throughout history famous people have been trying to answer the question: What is oppression? But the real question is: Who of these people best convey their point of view? Toni Morrison, author of “Sweetness”, Martin Luther King, writer of “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, and Kendrick Lamar all state their views on oppression. But who of these people best conveys their views on oppression in today’s society? That is what this essay will try to answer. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. best conveys…

and sour taste intensities of 2% sucrose single solution, 0.05% citric acid single solution and 2% sucrose & 0.05% citric acid binary solution show an increase in sweetness, and an evident decrease in sourness. Keast and Breslin (2003) examined that a low concentration mixture of sweet and salty solutions will present increase in sweetness intensity and decrease in saltiness…

but I've always thought that, and that's how I have coped with the passing of family members in the past few years. Stephen Dunn says that a sweetness "makes sense of what it means to be alive", and I agree. We take life for granted a lot of times, and we live without that sweetness. But once we truly feel the pain and emptiness of death and loss, that sweetness is gone until we can accept death as she comes. She is bittersweet. This past summer, my great aunt passed away due to a car wreck.…

differently, the control this trauma has over their lives is evident. For Bride, the root of her childhood trauma lies with how she was treated by Sweetness. Before she began calling herself Bride, she was Lula Ann. As Lula Ann, she was subjected to a childhood filled with neglect. She was raised strictly and denied attention and physical affection. Sweetness raised Lula Ann at a distance, not allowing her to grow close to her. Lula Ann’s girlhood is partially defined by her lack of a strong…

skin she hated—bed without supper, lock me in my room—but her screaming was the worst” (31). Bride’s intention of getting in trouble did not go the way she wished. Instead of getting hit, Sweetness punishes her in a way ‘without touching [her] skin’. She made punishments that are as much painful but resist Sweetness from…