Weaving

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald How does the writer use settings? The different settings in the novel contrast heavily with each other, and the description of each place alludes to the events that will take place within the surroundings. We are first introduced to East Egg and West Egg, which are massively different from one another, despite only being separated by a ‘courtesy bay’. Residents of East Egg come from ‘Old money’, their families have always been wealthy, and they are…

The Anglicization of North America In the late 1600’s, colonists from Britain began building a fast growing civilization in the newly discovered land of North America. The population flourished and rapidly multiplied, forcing the colonists to return back to a process called Anglicization. This process entails reverting back to the traditions that forced the colonists to leave Britain in the first place. Going back to British traditions resulted in multiple lapses in developments in the new…

They would also supervised the slaves. Women also had the responsibility of cooking and weaving. If the women lived in a wealthy home, they would have a completely separate area of the house. The men of the household were not allowed in this part of the house. If a woman was poor in Greece she would often work outside the home, to help support…

If you have ever sat in a hospital, waiting for a baby to arrive, you must have experienced more or less of the emotional rollercoaster that was the night of my niece’s birth. Everyone will forget those grueling hours of stiff chairs and twinges of worry when you think it has been too long. What everyone, or at least I, will not forget, is the wash of emotions when seemingly out of thin air appears a new presence in the room- one that is simultaneously tiny and so extremely big. Some of the…

The Holocaust Memorial The definition of holocaust is: destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war. Most people associate the word holocaust by the slaughter of jews during World War 2. World War 2 started on September 1, 1939 and after a long fight of 6 years, it ended on September 2, 1945. The war involved multiple countries; on one side were the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy and Japan. On the other side were the Allies. They included, Britain,…

Chapter 15: Why was northwestern Europe the center of economic growth in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? Northwestern Europe experienced strong economic growth for the following reasons: Population growth, increased agriculture productivity, enhanced trade and manufacturing practices and colonial expansion to other countries/continents. France and Britain opened up profitable trading routes to the Americas and the Caribbean. The political shift was from expansionism to international…

Ovid begins his book Metamorphoses with the creation of earth. The world began with a single element called Chaos, it was found throughout the land until the gods created light and order. With the new earth came the creation of plants, animals, and the human race. However, the gods soon realized the ruin that came with each human. The gods summoned the great flood, which was a fresh start for the earth and its inhabitants. The gods spared all the animals and two humans to repopulate the earth.…

Amelia Anderson Ms. Slevin and Mr. Richardson The Odyssey 19 November 2017 Forceful females Women in The Odyssey were very important and powerful. Homer shows the different ways that men and women are valued in Greek society. The women are often given less freedom and expected to act in a certain manner, such as being faithful to their husbands. The men in the Greek society do not control the outcome of the women’s lives and actions. Although the men often control large parts of the…

darkness once more. The world around her was like a distorted night sky, gyrating across rippling ocean waves, lit by the moon. Everything was so nebulous, still. All around her were thousands of strange bloods of indistinct colours, mixing and weaving and colliding in every direction, all so vibrant yet seeming to be plunged in the inscrutable darkness. To Cadence, it felt like she had awoken from her sleep, and that her blurred vision was just her waking up, but…

“Now these rooms can however you want them to be. There is no limit.” My sister Violette walked me through the bare witgril rooms. The rooms were originally reserved for the king and queen, but have since been replaced with bigger and more glamorous rooms for my sister when she became queen. I have changed a great deal over the six months that I have been at the palace. I have filled out in my bosom and my hips, but I was kept small in the waist by a tightly laced corset. I have groan accustomed…