The Birthday Party

One day each year, on the day of his or her birth, a child along with family and friends gather together to celebrate another year of life. For most children, a birthday party is exciting for a few key reasons: presents, friends, and cake. Though these things are exciting, the reason for celebration is much more. A birthday party is a celebration of another year of growth and development. It is a celebration of milestones that have been accomplished and encouragement for those milestones to come. The milestones accomplished may seem subtle from year to year, but collectively you can see a child grow from infant to toddler to child and eventually adolescence. Each stage has its own goals and each is a prerequisite to the next. For this project,…

Birthday Party Videos Project#1 Yamilette Gonzalez The University of Arizona Birthday Party Videos Project#1 Introduction: For this project I decided to compare and contrast two typically developing children of ages two and five. I chose the videos from the list provided to the class, which where girl #2 on the 2-year-old column and girl# 1 on the 5 year old column. My hypothesis based on what I know from this course so far and reading a couple of articles on the web, is that the…

“One vote for Dakota,” my dad said as my heart jumped in surprise. I was at my “Survivor” themed birthday party, and I was nervous at the thought that I could be the first one eliminated from my team at my own birthday party. I had experienced a similar feeling of trepidation four months earlier when I attempted to eat a three-pound burger and a pound of fries in an hour at Fuddruckers in Jackson. I had only five minutes left to complete the challenge, but my stomach was on verge of exploding.…

WWE Tickets Birthday Bash Birthday Party is a short story describing how a man’s seemingly small birthday party leads to an argument between him and his wife. Due to the opposition between the characters’ appearances and their actions, readers consider whether appearance and reality are equivalent. Through diction, symbolism and tone, the author creates a situation where the character’s appearances are not the true representations of themselves. The wife represents the innocent female archetype…

60th New Orleans Masquerade Themed Party Talk about more than 100,000 reasons to celebrate! Tina Knowles’ 60th birthday ball was certainly that. Being the mother of music idols Beyonce and Solange surely speak volumes, and a blast was had by all. Her children chose New Orleans, a place of family beginnings to wine and dine their mom. No doubt, Tina will remember her 60th birthday party for a long time. The A-list of entertainment stars included Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Rowland, Kris Jenner and…

In “Birthday Party” Katherine Bush describes an event; better yet, an occasion where one was not pleased with the actions of his fellow spouse. In the particular relationship, the wife & the husband went out for dinner and at the end of their lovely dinner, the wife planned a surprise. To explain the surprise or the outcome of it, Bush uses an abundant amount of literary devices. Bush uses a literary device to reveal the setting of this surprise. By utilizing imagery, she provides the reader to…

In the short story, "The Birthday Party" by Katherine Brush, the author utilizes imagery, repetition, and irony. Through those literary devices, the author promotes the idea that the couple is unhappy and having problems within their relationship. These literary devices portray the image of being in a toxic relationship. The author identifies a couple and grasps sudden attention towards them. The author, demonstrating imagery states, "They were a couple in their late thirties, and they looked…

Matt and El Patron are two characters that prove the importance of the theme of power corrupts. Matt is the first example of how power corrupts. Matt has been given power at El Patron’s birthday party because he is his clone, and El Patron wants Matt to have the childhood he never experienced himself. When Matt was in “prison”, he was bullied by Tom and has held a grudge against him ever since. Matt has used his newfound power to move Tom to the “baby table”. “It’s my party, and I get to say who…

Why was Catsica created? Really, Catsica was only created to send some pictures from a birthday party. However, it became something much more than that. Catsica is more than just a club, a band, or texts. Catsica is a collaborative group that is constantly expanding. Catsica empowers and inspires its members. Catsica is about communication, risk-taking, and caring. Catsica is about balance, principles, reflecting, thinking, and being open-minded. The most important part of Catsica is dedication.…

In Katharine Brush’s story, “Birthday Party,” the writer illustrates how differently people take surprises. She uses imagery, diction, metaphor and tone to portray that it is not everyone that takes surprises happily; some take is as an embarrassment. First, the writer uses imagery and metaphor to reveal that they are a couple. With the use of imagery, the writer describes the physical features of the man’s face , as it is “round,self-satisfied with glasses.” The man’s physical features,…