Through the Looking-Glass

Racial Perception When looking at the first chapter of The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, Alice is trying to make the cat see the looking glass using the same perception that Alice is using. The same thing can be seen when looking at how certain races will create their own perception for other races and then force them on the children of their own race. They will pass the perceptions from generation to generation this can cause people to have perceptions about different races like African…

country music, my sister's eyes glued to the screen, and I think I started falling asleep once again. Then I heard the crash. There was glass all over me, next the sound of skidding tires on the cement, leading to another loud and horrifying crash. I tried to get out of the car, but my door was bent shut. My dad came to my side and pulled me through the shattered glass of the window. He brought me to the hill up a side of the street and sat me down. Right then I heard sirens. Someone from the…

Following the immense political gains for the rights of women in many countries around the world by 1920, the world was left with the question: what next? Would more, social, rights be granted? Should they be? In the late 1920’s and 1930’s these questions were addressed in the rhetoric of writers as well as prominent political figures. Two separate stances when answering these questions have been exhibited in the works of influential figures at this time. The first, given by Virginia Woolf in…

While some books may directly correlate to their titles, others--many of which are highly recognized--use a title that is not straightforward, but instead becomes increasingly meaningful as the reader progresses through the novel. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus uses the innocence of a mockingbird to teach his children important values about life. The mockingbird is a recurring motif throughout the book and often helps explain why Atticus makes certain choices. Although…

Analysis of “Knowing What You Believe” by Quassim Cassam Introduction: In the article “Knowing What You Believe” by Quassim Cassam talks about how the transparency account doesn’t support epistemically immediate. He defends the views about that the belief of P is epistemically inferential and therefore not immediate, which he bases it the transparency. Cassam starts by defining the notion of transparency and gives three questions in which he plans to answer. Then he continues on to talk about…

“Life of a soldier, looking at the glass ceiling” Taj Atkinson Teaser: I hear and see dead people all the time, can you imagine seeing hundreds of dead faces every day for the rest of your day. I see the children running to random villagers asking for help and the pain in all their faces is painted in red. Well I couldn’t either until now of course, I see them when I’m sleep, and even when I eat, I wake up and sleep in an infinite nightmare. Maybe the…

the artwork. Performance art is the new way of performing art, in the way of using self-performance or physical representation to delivered the message or represent art. Through The Artifact Piece, James is lying down on the glass box which it has sand on it. He is shirtless but simply covered with a towel. I can see that through his denial of him, he is nicely dressed up and care about his daily living basic, (shaved, trimmed the beard.) On his side, there are a bunch of papers or document, and…

use of the color white helps to create an open space because artificial lights can reflect better”. The polish stone floors help to spread more light throughout the building as well. The roof of the building has a glass and a steel frame structure. Pridmore says, “A light-filled glass and steel structure with a large atrium”. (219). The main idea is to spread a lot of natural light into the building and create a beautiful open space. The steel structure can help to create a unique design and…

evaluation of the “Ceiling Glass”. An essay in a college magazine. Thesis: In American today there is no “glass ceiling” for women. We have seen women reach higher job positions. This was done by using education and encouraging women to be ambitious. A woman can have both a successful career and a thriving personal life. Women now have rights in place to protect them from work place discrimination. Tone: Fairly formal, analytic and persuasive I no longer believe that women have a glass…

The sounds of the rainforest are played through speakers, the deep hiss of a monstrous snakes that could stretch the length of the aquarium, and playful lemurs jumping from tree branch to tree branch. The visitor is introduced to the wild land of Madagascar. The country of Madagascar is home to wild looking creatures. “Over 80 percent of Madagascar’s plants and animals are endemic, which means they are found nowhere else…