The Hollow

Lorelai Gilmore is a thirty-two-year-old White American, single mother who lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter Rory in Star Hollow- Connecticut. She got pregnant to Rory at the age of sixteen and did not get married to Rory’s father. Lorelai comes from a very wealthy, educated and high-demanding family, but her early pregnancy deeply impaired their relationship. Therefore, she tries to stand on her own legs and works as a manager in a Hotel. Her daughter Rory is above average intelligent…

The desolate “death’s dream kingdom” in Eliot’s the Hollow Men reiterates the darkness of modernity trapped in an allegorical purgatory of their own creation, accentuating the inadequacy and inaudibility of mankind’s prayers and religion to redeem them from their earthly limbo. The fragmentary “eyes”, “lips”…

a dream is only as big as a dream, it would no longer be a dream if it were real. Fitzgerald speaks of the "American Dream" as a dangerous false pretense — An illusion. It is like a siren's song, seductive and charming, but in reality terrifyingly hollow, only a deception to lead its ill-fated victims to their demise. Fitzgerald uses his characters portray roles of both the siren of the "dream" and the poor sailor that falls victim to it. In this essay, we will explore two characters on the two…

Like Parent, Like Child “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” -William Shakespeare How we are is shaped by what we choose to be, but is also influenced by our parents and their actions. In the tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, he is grieving over the death of his father King Hamlet. Just shortly after that, his uncle Claudius takes the throne and marries Hamlet’s mother, his sister-in-law. Hamlet is shocked that his mother easily forgets and marries…

The writing I selected was a paper submitted to my history professor detailing the accounts of the 2nd Punic War in Carthage. This was a comment on the fairly powerful passage from “The Punic Wars” by Adrian Goldsworthy, which focused on the conditions and treatments of the slaves in the Punic War. They were given barely enough food to survive, and they made to march many miles. Civilians were very sympathetic to the slaves, but if they tried to feed the slaves, the food would be stolen by the…

in early 2004 developer Steven Ribeiro started construction on Independence Station in downtown Independence Oregon. The site was proposed to be a 3 story, 57,000 square foot commercial and residential complex. "It has the potential of becoming one of the top four green structures in the world" stated Ribeiro. The town was scecpital of of complex though, with it going up right on the main street, concerns of the constucion causing a nusen to the town were buzzing all over. After a few months…

He jumped off the porch and sped through the woods to Alivias’ house. Devin leaped up into the old maple tree outside of Alivias’ window. He could hear her toss and turn in her bed. Liv, just relax and breathe deeply, it’s just a dream. An echoic voice said in a comforting whisper. Who’s that? Devin thought. I’m Lawson. The echoic voice replied. Lawson, as in Alivias’ brother Lawson? Devin asked. Yes. But you’re dead. How are you talking through Alivias’ mind? I’m not sure, when I died I…

1984 is not an exact prediction of today’s society in my opinion because the people depicted in the novel live far stricter and much more oppressive lives than we do today. Winston even tells us so, “‘Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow not less but more merciless as…

“The Allegory of the Cave”, poses an important rhetorical question, rooted within the short story, “Flowers for Algernon”. This short science fiction story, written by Daniel Keys, is told from the first-person daily entry logs of Charlie Gordon. A hollow man at first, Charlie is plagued with the burden of very low intelligence; he struggles with reading and writing. Eventually, Charlie is enrolled into a lab experiment, in which he will undergo an operation to triple his I.Q. The effects are…

Weakened Wood, Sticking Windows and Termite Droppings If termites have been munching on your home for a while, they have changed the shape of your home. This can cause windows, frames and doors to stick. If you knock on the wood, it may sound hollow or appear weakened. Likewise, termites may cause decking and wooden fence posts to break down and collapse. If termites are present, you may notice termite droppings. Known as frass, the termite droppings are a by-product of the wood that the…