The House of the Rising Sun

In the novel House of Sand and Fog there are many symbols that we see develop and grow in meaning throughout the book with using two different points of view: a unfortunate woman, Kathy, who just lost her home and husband, and a previously wealthy immigrant struggling to earn the love back from his wife, Colonel Behrani. The main symbols we see on the two sides of the story that eventually become intertwined with conflict are the image of home and fog. Countless times the idea of home is used to…

“May I come and wait on your galley till the storm is over, Calixta?” (Chopin 1). This quote shows that Alcée is forced to find shelter in Calixta’s home. The use of the storm to build up suspense is shown as Alcée is drawn to Calixta’s house in order to escape the upcoming storm. Alcée asks Calixta if he can stay on her porch until the storm passes. The fact that these two are drawn together builds up suspense if the reader is aware of their past. As the storm worsens Alcée is forced to…

renewable resources and significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels. Whether someone wants to admit that climate change is a pressing issue, or that it is not caused by man, it is a fact that fossil fuels are limited and will one day be depleted. Sun, wind, and water are non-polluting, renewable, and efficient. My proposed solution is to replace these greenhouse gasses…

The Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province is a painting in a collection of works titled Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji, by artist Katsushika Hokusai between 1830-1833. However, even though the series is named thirty-six views, Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province is the fifth of an additional ten paintings added onto the original set of thirty-six due to the overall popularity of Katsushika Hokusai’s work. The series, as the title states, contains thirty-six various views of Mt.Fuji and the areas surrounding the…

People have always strived to explain the unexplainable. The Ancient Greeks were mystified by the rising and setting of the sun so they created a myth to explain it; Helios, the sun god, rode, “a golden chariot which brought the sun across the skies each day” (Cartwright). Toru Okada, Haruki Murakami’s protagonist in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, finds his life in upheaval: after having a mid-life crisis and quitting his job, both his cat and wife disappear and in their place, more and more…

Similar to how the sun is symbolic of life today, the sun provided ancient Egyptians with light to grow their plants. Thankful for the sun’s gift of light, the ancient Egyptians regarded the sun with great respect. This is clearly evident in the poems because the authors of the poems praise the sun. For example, the sun is used to express the beauty of a man’s lover in the poem The Sister Without Peer: “The handsomest of all! She looks like the rising morning star.” Through this comparison…

period. Building off the findings of Hipparchus, Ptolemy invented a means of predicting the movements of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars – all the while in compliance with the Earth-centered teachings of Aristotelian cosmology. Not one to avoid controversy though, Ptolemy introduced the rogue theory of epicycles – smaller circular orbits in addition to the main…

In Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Because I could not stop for Death” is an excellent accurate depiction of her expectation of death and her journey to afterlife. The death can be frightening topic for many, but not for Emily Dickinson. Emily’s tone and attitude in this poem is notwithstanding and carefree as she dares to challenge the death. In this poem, Emily completes her thought of her perspective of time, immortality, life, negative, aseity, and death itself. This poem contains six stanzas and…

Overview In May, there have been secret meetings right here in Philadelphia, speaking of change in the constitution. We have just found out yesterday of these meetings and there is a split with the people, are we okay with these changes? Or are we angry that they have held these in secret wanting to change our government? They have been discussing ways to improve our government and have come up with many ways to revise it. Many well known people that have been apart of these meetings are George…

Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun have challenged society’s cognitive model and helped shaped the American culture we know and live in today. Throughout the 1950’s, America saw a rise in African-American families facing extreme racial prejudice, poor education, inferior standards of living, and lower incomes. In Fact, in the 1960’s the average African-American family had an income of $3,233, compared to an income of $5,835 for white families ("The Postwar…