Through the Looking-Glass

Virginia Woolf’s The New Dress has many themes and literary devices. The story shows the style of stream of consciousness that Woolf uses. Virginia Woolf’s writing style is creative because many people do not use it in today’s writing. Woolf’s writing style of stream of consciousness uses Mabel’s thoughts and events that happened. Woolf decided to write in a stream of consciousness style, and her choice of writing let her use flashbacks as a literary device. She was able to use flashbacks and…

paper letter “e”, a paper is a solid dry object like dust particles or a feather. Part B, we used onions, blue methylene and water. It's called a “Wet Mount” since we used a liquid substance (blue methylene and water).Wet mounts are used with a piece glass concave slide and a solid object for viewing it. A drop of water or other liquid substances is dropped onto the object and a cover slip is slid on top of the liquid. The tension of the surface of the water automatically will close the cover…

cannot excludes what most all buildings these days has been looking to be. The search of being sustainable, ecologically correct, and green efficient is one of the important aspects of this project. Between the many sustainable features presents in this building, there is a radiant cooling and heating that improves the building’s energy efficiency and it supports the health and comfort of the library. The radiant system also permits the glass curtain wall to be transparent to the maximum without…

by time and location, each ‘temple’ was created at a height of understanding by architects and masons who surpassed all others in their craft. Both temple and cathedral were constructed to induce a sense of awe and terror in the viewer so that by looking upon them one might be brought into an encounter with the divine. The Greek Temple in Athens, begun around 440 B.C., was the crowning achievement of the age and symbolized the culmination of man’s search to bring to light the order inherent in…

For centuries the American dream has been depicted through film, books, and propaganda. Though highly advertised now, the American dream was originally created as a marketing tool to get others to come to America in search of riches and wealth. Two films that depict various aspects of the American dream are Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard and Mike Nichols’ The Graduate. Whether it is Norma Desmond’s blindsided view of Hollywood or Benjamin Braddock’s search for love from all generations, both of…

small art exhibitions, where the artists walk freely among their fans and the paintings lack any bulletproof glass. While the technique and dedication invested into the paintings were impressive, the meanings of the paintings were self-evident a majority of the time, perhaps because I was not looking at the qualities that made it genuine. Would I be able to say the same if I were looking at a famous work of art such as “Virgin of the Rocks”? It is difficult to guess just sitting here in front of…

back without finding at some point or another their ancestors integrated into the United States in some shape or form. Throughout our history immigration has brought out strong opinions from within our country, today I will be taking a closer look through the writing of Robert J. Samuelson entitled “The Hard Truth of Immigration” and the writing of David Cole entitled “Five Myths about Immigration”. Both well respected authors give contrasting opinions on the subject of immigration in the United…

After gulping down the first glass everyone got refills. Refill after refill no one could stop drinking the tea. “Drink as much as you would like” Clara insisted with a smirk on her face. Everything seemed perfect. All I wanted to do was relax at the shop and drink some more tea…

convoluted plot, Chandler writes the The Big Sleep like graceful explicit poetry through the narration of Marlowe as he enters his fever dream of endless nights and manic characters. Chandler’s writing has style and tone that creates a kind of literary noir that allows the reader to dive into the many possibilities of the genre. Analyzing…

on you.” Those words lingers through my mind when I drive down that country road, which was a deadly road that brought destruction in my life. It was late September, my parents and I was taking my mom to her work because she was on call, and everything turned ugly all at once. This event all started on a chilly late September evening, my parents, and I was on the way to dinner with my aunt and my uncle, in Springfield. I was in the backseat in my car seat just looking at the scenery go by in the…