The Glade

Did you know Viva La Vida by Coldplay is about the French Revolution? It is true. The French Revolution was so significant there were songs being made about the event centuries later. The French Revolution took place in France from 1789 to 1799. The people of France revolted against King Louis XVI because France had economic, political, international, and social problems as well as an ineffective ruler. The French government could have taken action to prevent the revolution from happening such…

Societal Factors in The Great Gatsby vs. Their Eyes were Watching God In our society, social status has always been a major factor in determining one 's identity and maintains reputation, whether it depends on race, class or heritage. The comparisons and contrasts that can be made between the novels The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald and Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Hurston are that the main characters struggle to find their identity and fit into their formal societies. Janie and…

7. View of San Francisco in 1850 (George Henry Burgess) Principally known as a California painter, George Henry Burgess was from a vast group of craftsmen. A long-lasting inhabitant of San Francisco, he likewise made intermittent visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Conceived in London in 1831, he learned at the Somerset House School of Design in London, and worked in a lithography shop in the city. The California Gold Rush pulled in George's two siblings, Charles and Edward, and in 1850, he and his…

written with descriptions of ‘shores fledged with palm trees’ and ‘high ledges of pink granite’, utopian visions that share something in common with life before human intervention. Simon’s depiction mirrors that of Jesus – he takes himself away to the glade in the forest to meditate and he arrives at a number of truths the other boys are unable, or oblivious, to see. Simon’s conversation with the Lord of the Flies also parallels the confrontation between Jesus and the devil during Jesus’ forty…

One of the most blatant symbols in Euripides’ Medea is the poisoned diadem which Medea’s children deliver to Creon’s daughter in an act of rancorous spite. The malevolence of Medea’s words nearly seeps from the pages when she declares to the chorus exactly how she plans to enact her vengeance. MEDEA. I will send the children with gifts […] and if she takes them and wears them upon her skin she and all who touch the girl will die in agony. Such poison I will lay upon the gifts. (page 26) Notice…

Logan Killicks and Janie’s marriage began the inevitable cracks within the confines of her quintessential love. Janie and Logan were the same side of different magnets— polarizing and repelling. Their marriage was not founded on love, it was a transaction. Logan desired the concept of Janie— a beautiful, attractive, and young woman that embodied femininity and womanhood—who he can parade around town as his. His idea of a marriage was founded under the assumption that his money and safety will…

Looking back at my short life I seem to have 20/20 vision. I see the choices that I have made and the outcomes that have happened. I would like to share a very important choice that I’ve made about joining the Navy. It’s been eleven years now since I made this life altering decision. In the year 2002, I was sixteen years old and in high school wood shop. I remember my teacher Mr. Cox making an announcement to the class. “Everyone that would like to receive extra credit can go take the…

When you're having a Crohn's flare, you'll be dealing with symptoms that include abdominal pain and cramping, diarrhea that can be both sudden and explosive, gas, bloating, nausea, and more. If you have a career and can't just stay home, or if there is an event that you simply must attend, and can't get out of or postpone, or an important meeting, you may want to keep the fact that you have Crohn's disease to yourself, and hide the symptoms that you're having as best you can. It is probably…