Wall

I had not taken but two steps into the recess when I hit some cold, hard object. I stood in wonder, while my friend jumped on the opportunity to put me in chains. I was stuck to the wall. He began to play upon me, imploring me to return. He walked over to the other side of the tunnel, and put the flambeaux into the sconce. I saw him moving his arm. I couldn't tell what it was he was doing. It became apparent almost immediately. He…

clutter on the floor. Cate’s hand flew to her mouth to stifle her yelp, so she wouldn’t wake Sarah, and steadied herself by placing her hand on the cool walls. However, she recoiled when she felt a wet sensation on the walls. Blond curly hair swung into her face as she whirled around, pulling her hand from the damp wall. “The pipe leak in the wall must have finally seeped through,” she muttered softly to herself, and gingerly stepped out of the room.…

“I would prefer not to,” is a phrase made famous from Herman Melville’s Bartleby, the Scrivener. This story is told from an anonymous lawyer’s perspective about the addition of Bartleby to his firm as a scrivener, and Bartleby’s peculiar attitude and mannerisms at the workplace. Throughout the short story, the lawyer continues to ask Bartleby to do jobs for him and he replies with, “I would prefer not to.” It is later found out that on the weekend, the lawyer made a stop by his office and…

different vibrant colors stationed at each desk, my own being purple. A cushy rug with a checkered pattern displaying the alphabet fills space between the desks and the chalkboard. The wall to my left has the sticker board marking how many teeth each student has lost. I had six stickers, although most kids had more. On the wall to my right were individual pockets, each containing six cards, and every student had their name written on their pocket. The six cards were the six colors of the…

walks into the sumptuous period bedroom of Palazzo Sagredo, Venice immediately observes the elaborate leaf like pattern stuccowork on the ceiling; putti (cupids) bearing garlands of flowers joyfully fly about the space ornamenting the ceiling and walls. The compelling fresco work, inner chamber dome, and fluted Corinthian columns draws further attention. On the ceiling, above the bed alcove has a dome with these love-inspired mythical creatures flank the gilded frame of a painting by Gasparo…

Ma and Papa had and still have a very large part of my heart. They were my everything. Ma and I went to temple every Tuesday evening. I never understood anything I learned, but these shared occasions brought Ma and I closer together. She taught me the basic and most important things that would later shape my being. She trained me to excel in school and was not afraid to discipline me when she saw fit. She loved me with everything she had and truly made me feel safe. Papa also did the same. He…

figure it out eventually. My writing process is like hitting a brick wall but once I get started I find my writing interesting. From the readings, I learned to write everything down in my first draft and not be ashamed of what I write. As you walk into my bedroom, the first thing that you see is my warm pink walls. The pink walls keep you calm and comfortable. Also you will see my flat screen television that is mounted on the wall and next to the television you see a poster like picture of…

A. Norms/pg. 45 Ch. 2: Expectations of "right" behavior. In this video "World 's Most Dangerous Gang" there are many different norms of M.S. 13. There is a norm where if you die the rest of the gang go around town graffiti the walls with cross, tombstones, and the person who died 's name. Another norms is that your protect your territory no matter what. Another one is that you are in the M.S. 13 gang for life, if you leave the gang they will find you and they will kill you. If there is a…

In Book 7 of the Republic, Plato beings it with Socrates giving a scenario about the people living in a dark cave all their lives. They are bound to a wall, unable to turn their heads to look on either side of themselves or behind themselves. There is only a fire behind them to illuminate a wall like screen in front of them. Behind the wall are the puppeteers who have puppets and the prisoners hold artifacts. All the prisoners see are the shadows from the screen, so they are forced to believe…

backwards to show how his instability, and backed into the wall. As soon as he made contact with the walls, they began to move in a rippling motion, moving Othello with them, almost trapping him. I interpreted the movement of the flats as a representation of the breakdown of Othello’s mental faculties; I thought the way the walls enveloped and trapped Othello foreshadowed how his life would change now he had killed Desdemona. The way the walls boxed him in were symbolic of a prison cell,…