The Glass Castle

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Plastic Flamingo I Amid the orange resin flower-pot The one object that did not belong Was the pink plastic flamingo II I stared into the eyes Of the pink plastic flamingo And she blankly stared back She had no emotions. III Her eyes could never shut. The pink plastic flamingo could never sleep. IV The lush lawn Was where she belonged The classroom Is her prison V The pink plastic flamingo’s legs are rigid. Her legs are numb. No matter what the…

Back to the Future was released on July 3, 1985 starting Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown. In this movie Doc Brown invents a time machine out of a car. While visiting Doc in a mall parking lot so Doc can show off his latest invention Marty accidently time travels back to 1955. Here he meets his young parents Lorraine McFly (Lea Thompson) and George McFly (Crispin Glover). While is 1955 things begin to change when his mother starts to fall in love with him and not…

The Cathedral of St. Paul, designed in 1905 by Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, at the time was referred to as “a modern building” (Cathedral of St. Paul, n.d.). It was designed in the Beaux Arts style popularized between 1893-1929, considered a “revival style” and characterized by heavy ornamentation, large features and “heavy masonry”. Roman arches and columns are often used in this style (Architectural Styles.org, n.d.) That style can be seen in the arches, domes, symmetry and lines. One of the…

In the play The Glass Menagerie. by Tennessee Williams there are many aspects of his life that mimic the life of the characters in the play. Williams grew up with his family: mother Edwina, sister Rose and his alcoholic dad, Cornelius. He had a very unfortunate childhood because of his disease and became really close to his sister Rose for the same reason. In the play, the people in his family are represented by the characters of Laura, Rose and Tom (himself). This play is autobiographical…

The Glass Menagerie In the play The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams’ style of writing is very descriptive and illustrative, making the reader comprehend the story clearly. Williams successfully uses symbolism throughout the play to implement the theme of escape; creating a better understanding of the true meaning behind the play for the reader. The theme is built up by using symbolism. For example, Toms excessive use of alcohol, Laura’s glass collection, and the Wingfield’s fire escape.…

Do you think French Gothic cathedrals are a logical development from Romanesque churches? How do you react to the tall interior spaces of Gothic? Do you find the stained glass windows effective and producing magical religious…

Mid-Term Project (Philip Glass) For my mid-term project I chose to do topic Four and that was to select an artist and give some brief history about him and incorporate his music and how it connects to our class. The famous classical composer I chose to select was Philip Morris Glass. I feel as though he is an artist that caught my eye and really wanted to talk about. Philip Glass was born January 31st, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. That’s one main reason he stood out to me because he comes…

This quote examines an internal conflict. Laura’s choice of completely devoting herself to her work made her sacrifice other joys in life. It reveals that Laura is a hardworking and successful person, but still isn’t satisfied. This conflict repeats itself throughout the book.Laura’s conflict here reminds me of a similar conflict this dude from Disney's Princess and the Frog. They both were so devoted to their jobs that they neglected their love life and friendships. This quote shows a change…

The Glass Menagerie, a play by Tennessee Williams, is a memory play set in St. Louis in 1937 just at the start of the Great Depression in America. The Glass Menagerie focuses on three completely different characters, their dreams, and each individual’s inner struggle to face reality. Laura Wingfield and Tom Wingfield obtain certain weaknesses, which include self-consciousness and the incapability of making the decision to remove oneself from their current circumstances which ultimately inhibits…

In O’Connor’s article, Confinement and Isolation in Menagerie, she claims that confinement is one of the main themes in The Glass Menagerie. She does so by highlighting Tom and Laura’s experiences. She first addresses Tom’s situation and how he is both physically and emotionally confined to the apartment and his family. He is confined to his dead-end warehouse job because he has to support Amanda and Laura. “This confinement keeps him from fulfilling his dreams” (O’Connor). When it comes to…