Through the Looking-Glass

fifteenth. The medium of the work is oil, and the dimension of the Memento Mori is fifteen and a half by sixteen. The subject of this painting is the skull and the long glass bottle. The term Memento Mori is a Latin word that means remember you must die. It depicts a picture of a skull on a table on top of a stand with an orange glass bottle beside it. The style of this is Painterly abstraction. The skull is color yellow, orange, white, and the color dark blue is in the skull mouth, eye sockets…

works, Serial Podcast, Ordinary People, and The Glass Castle come similarity. They relate not only in comparing the themes but comparable in modern society. The theme heartlessness leads to abuse or death, matches in all three texts. In current times, we see this problem more often than necessary. Three current events relating to the three works include, “Choking Game Leads Students to Death”, “Boy Killed Himself After He Was Bullied for Being Good-looking’, and “California Girl’s Escape From…

intricate patterns and details that determine the behavior of an individual and how they interact can be identified by looking at the symbols that influence their lives, such as words or gestures. Symbolic Interactionism, a micro sociological perspective that was heavily influenced by Erving Goffman, Charles Horton Cooley, and George Herbert Mead, is a concept that analyzes society through the personal meanings that people place upon actions, objects, and daily occasions (Appelrouth & Edles…

physical appearance, but our appearance of our bodies in mediated through what we imagine others think of us. Cooley said the first we image how we appear to others. Secondly, the self idea developed in relation to how we imagine others perceive or judge us. Lastly, the self idea emerges through the self feeling or attitude one develops toward themselves. This is based on how we believe other perceive us. The concept of the “looking glass” can be used to show the role of conflict and the role of…

such as cell phones and computers, only 34 percent of glass containers, and 30 percent of plastic bottles and jars." (Kraft) By looking at how little we recycle we can see that we are wasting a lot of energy and resources because we have to remake the products with raw materials. Even though recycling helps the environment it takes a lot of energy and produces lots of greenhouse gas emissions. Not all things should be recycled though, "Glass is an even worse recyclable. To reduce greenhouse gas…

breeze and while looking up walking down the streets you see building sway back and forth like a twizzler your flopping around. Chicago is beautiful like a rose in the park. Chicago has big city lights that glow so bright you can see it from the bottom of the Mitten. In Chicago you see lots and i mean lots of pizza places. The pizza is so good the cheese running down feeling like ramen noodles. Chicago is so amazing just looking up in the sky and seeing Willis Tower with glass boxes sticking…

are certain rules and roles one has to take to make their families proud and to not bring shame to them and their family name. With that said, I strongly believe that because of my culture, I am more sensitive to the generalized other and the looking glass self. “All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances (William Shakespeare; As you Like It).” This quote from…

On Thursday September 22, the entire class met at 9:30am in front of the windmill. There we were told the route through the Cedar Dell Pond we were heading in and shown naturally occurring jagged rocks from Professor Broadrose. While still standing by the windmill we were told to look over the pond area and imagine there were no trees, this would be a Tundra. This is what existed 9-11 thousand years BCE. The day was hot, at this time there were no clouds in the sky. To begin we did a survey…

The Glass Castle The Glass Castle, written by author Jeannette Walls refllects a beautiful memoir of her childhood. The focus of the story includes Jeannette 's struggles as a child and having to grow up in a dysfunctional family. The protagonist of the novel being Jeannette Walls herself , describes the brutal yet honest truth behind growing up within the circumstances of an unstable home of her alcholic father and her mothers rather rustic lifestyle. With the use of theme, symbolism and irony…

prevalent in the Revenant. Hugh Glass, the main character is put through many difficult challenges and his one fighting drive is his family because all he had was his family. To me family is everything to the point where I would do anything to save anyone of the members. Family allows one to be and grow strong, fight through anything, and it teaches how life can be; I would risk my own life in order to save the life of my parent. The movie starts with Hugh Glass telling his son, Hawk, never to…