...In the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck focuses on how the Joad family faced struggles while moving to the West. Rose of Sharon is Pa and Ma’s daughter who is expecting a baby with Callie. Throughout the novel the reader gets to see that Rose of Sharon is an important character because she has changed dramatically. Rose of Sharon went from being a selfish and dreamy girl to a matured woman. Rose of Sharon has always only cared for herself. She always dreamed about having her family together and having a good life. She never really wanted to be around other people and liked to complain: “she [is] pleased with herself, and she complains about things that [do not] matter” (129). Rose likes to complain a lot to Connie about how she needs him to do demanding...
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...The first story, ‘A Pair of Silk Stockings’ utilizes long and flowing sentences to develop the distant and dreamy tone of the story, “She went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things- with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers.” (Chopin, 87). The long sentences and smooth cohesion between sentences reflect how Mrs. Sommers is blissfully trapped in a seemingly endless illusion of wealth. In the same way, ‘Things That Fly’ utilizes long and flowy sentences to add to the ‘rambling’ aspect of the conversational and detached tone, “Please God, just make me a bird- that’s all I ever really wanted-a white graceful bird free of shame and taint and fear of loneliness, and give me other white birds among which to fly, and give me a sky so big and wide that if I never wanted to land, I...
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...conejo, dos gánsteres (ratoncitos), un gato y un perro. Mi madre, es una mujer sumamente preocupada por sus hijas. Ella es la matriarca de la familia, ella es alegre, juguetona, soñadora y muy inteligente. A mi madre le fascinan las platas y los animales; ella tiene un jardín en la parte trasera de la casa, el cual cuida con mucho esfuerzo, también tiene muchos pájaros, una tortuga, un conejo, dos gánsteres (ratoncitos), un gato y un perro. My mother is a woman extremely worried about their daughters. She is the matriarch of the family, she is a cheerful, playful, dreamy and very intelligent. The plants and animals, love my mother She has a garden in the rear of the House, which cares for with much effort, also has many birds, a turtle, a rabbit, two gangsters (mice), a cat and a dog. My mother is a woman extremely worried about their daughters. She is the matriarch of the family, she is a cheerful, playful, dreamy and very intelligent. The plants and animals, love my mother She has a garden in the rear of the House, which cares for with much effort, also has many birds, a turtle, a rabbit, two gangsters (mice), a cat and a...
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...work in Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Background Robert Schumann composed Kreisleriana, op. 16 in four days in April of 1838, consists of 8 fantasies for piano, dedicated to Chopin[1]. Like Schumann’s Fantasiastucke, op.12, Kreisleriana is inspired the tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann. In Kreisleriana, Schumann aims to transcribe the novel into a musical work. In Hoffmann’s 2 sets of Kreisleriana essays and novel Lebensansichten[2], Kreisler is a fictitious figure who Schumann described Kreisler as an “eccentric, wild and gifted Kapellmeister.” On the other hand, like his Carnival op.9, he also expresses his dual personalities through Kreisleriana, Florestan and Eusebius, “Florestan is impulsive, passionate, humourless; Eusebius is dreamy and reflective.”[3] In addition, like his other compositions, Kreisleriana is a testament of his love to Clara Schumann, as the “Clara” can be discovered throughout the whole work. Therefore, three characters can be found in this work, including Kreisler, Clara and Schumann. In this article, selected musical elements in Kreisleriana will be investigated and analyzed, including the setting of tonality, motivic design and chord progression, and how these elements achieve transformation of a literary work into musical composition; furthermore, the meaning behind that. Tonal scheme In Kreisleriana, the tonality setting is one of the main features in Kreisleriana. There are two main keys: G minor and Bb major. In the G minor sections...
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...away from home. When the watching parent is described in the story of “The Red Hat” as one whose "heart stretches, elastic in its love and fear”, you can feel those emotions because you have experienced them. Although no one has to explain what "wavering in the whirlpools of change" means you have lived through that uncomfortable experience when home seems strangely empty, routine is broken, and you are forced to accept that your child will not always be with you The main themes that I analyzed was: independence, change and letting go. In this poem I found that independence was a way for parents to let their son walk to school alone when he was clenching to their hands not too long ago, “Where two weeks ago, holding a hand, he'd dawdle, dreamy, slow, he now is hustled forward by the pull of something far more powerful than school,” (Hadas 1994) .During the short story we understand another important theme: the importance for his parents that their son leaves their protection and safety and try to defend himself This is a short story written from the point of view of a mother who is watching her son walk to school on his own for the first time. As this may be the literal meaning, the general idea of the story is the emotions and thoughts of a parent watching...
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...Marcel Duchamp “Fountain” in 1917 it was simply a urinal. This shows us that with Dadaism they were able to create art even from objects that would normally not be considered art. Surrealism as an art movement officially started in 1924. In 1924 The Surrealist Manifesto written by Andre Breton was published. Many of the artistic pieces of this era are dream like. Some type of art to wonder and marvel at, not an art of reason. ("Dada," n.d.) Surrealism is thought to have been formed as a reaction to Dadaism art movement, which was a protest of the carnages of World War 1. Surrealism was more focused on the positive outcomes of change happening in the world at that time. The common themes that can be seen in many of the paintings are the dreamy imagery that has an exaggerated analysis of reality. This is thought to produce a more truthful interpretation of what the mind may have experienced through dream. Salvador Dali used a technique which was coined ‘critical paranoia’ ("Dada," n.d.) The technique is very visible in...
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...The Rainbow Quatrain Christina Rossetti Sestet Repetition Boats sail on the rivers, Lyric And ships sail on the seas; (alliteration) Rhyme Scheme: AAAAA But clouds that sail across the sky (consonance) Tone: dreamy Are prettier than these. Theme: nature Rhythm There are bridges on the rivers, (hyperbole) As pretty as you please; But the bow that bridges heaven, (metaphor) (imagery) (symbol) And overtops the trees, And builds a road from earth to sky, (metaphor) Is prettier far than these. The tone of this poem is dreamy because the author is making a picture inside her head that a rainbow is looking more pretty. on one side than the other side that has bridges and boats, ships, clouds that are moving. The theme of the poem is nature because it talks about trees, clouds, and water. Poetic Summary: This poem is about boats, ships, clouds, and bridges. It says that clouds that sail across the sky are prettier than boats and ships sailing on the rivers and seas. Also the poem talks about bridges on the rivers and the bow that bridges heaven, but the bow that bridges heaven is far and prettier. ...
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...This was a rewarding experience as it taught me to be organised and methodical while concurrently enhancing my communication skills. Waitress, Dreamy Donuts — 2013-2014 - Dreamy Donuts was my first job, at which I both prepared and served food, engaged in customer service, opened and closed the store, re-stocked food and performed general cleaning duties. - This experience taught me customer service skills, how to operate an EFTPOS machine and till, as well as how to multi-task and solve problems under stressful circumstances. Babysitter — 2013-2017 A casual babysitter for three families (Children aged 3, 8, 10,13 and 14). Education Applecross Senior High School, Perth, Western Australia- Graduated 2016 Completed Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria- Bachelor of Biomedicine, 2017...
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...Brian Bedell Music concert report #4 April 21, 2014 For concert report number 4 we could attend a music concert either on campus or somewhere nearby. The concert I chose to attend was Sentgeorge Studio Recital on April 21, 2014 at 5:30. When I got there they had no handouts unfortunately but I took recordings and got one of the singers names and the name of her song so I could write about it. When it came to this concert I believe the lyrics were very important, without them it would have just been a piano playing. Not that there is anything wrong with just the piano playing but having the words with the piece helped show the emotion or why the piano was all the sudden playing Forte instead of piano. Of all the people who sung tonight I believe all but maybe one was in another language besides English. The song I focused on was in French. When it came to the audience I do not think any of them knew the music unless it was the teacher sitting in the front or other music students. I could not understand any of the words and since there were no handouts I had no copy of the music to go along with. Instead I listened to how the voices changed with the pitch of the piano, at that point you can at least tell when there is high emotion or if the song was very mellow. With the words alone the concert would not have been effective. To me without it I probably would have gotten up and left. As bad as that sounds I think you need both to have an effective song. The music accompanying...
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...Character Sketcher of the Tale of Despereaux Despereaux Tilling * Brave * Polite * Sickly * Different * Dreamy * Conforms * Infatuated * Love-sick Despereaux is a sickly mouse who always ran temperatures and fainted at loud noises. The moment he was born, he was classified as “different”, because he was born with his eyes open and had large ears. Then, as he grew up, he became more and more different by letting a human touch him and even speak to a human. Despereaux could hear the music which the other mice couldn’t hear and he could read. He always read the story about a knight and a fair maiden, and he was almost the only person who knew about love. Despereaux is polite as he says words like “pardon” and speaks softly, unlike his brother Furlough. He is dreamy, because when Furlough told him that he was in a lot of trouble with the mouse council, he didn’t seem scared at all and was still talking about love and bravery. Despite being different, Despereaux also makes an effort to not be a disappointment to his parents and usually conforms and does what he is told to do. His infatuation for Princess Pea made him so lovesick that even when he was sentenced to the dungeon to be eaten by the rats, he was still dreamy about love. Furlough Tilling- * Law-abiding * Rude * Betrays * Hard-hearted Furlough is the brother of Despereaux. He is a law-abiding mouse, in that he thinks Despereaux should be punished for committing an illegal...
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...A Gift for My Mother There is a big difference between a child and an adult because a child sees things differently than an adult and they do not think about the consequences of their actions. A child do not always know what is right and wrong, even if they do it in a good sense. The short story, “A Gift for My Mother”, published in 2011, written by Viv Mcdade. The main character in the shorts story, is little Lucy from Africa who sees that her mother and father are having problems, then Lucy try to solve the problems on her own way. Lucy is 10 years old and she has a childlike ability to admire the nature around her when she is out to find flowers to his mother. She describes in detail how each flower and plant looks like. Her fascination with nature is pure and unspoiled. ”The leaves of the Msasa trees were shiny, and the sun made it look as if there were diamonds on the big granite boulders.” (ll. 46-47) She also uses the shadows from the trees to measure how late it is. It shows us that she is a young girl who has a different view of the world. ”By the time I got home the long grass was making shadows across the path...” (l. 62). Lucy is a little girl who wants to make everyone happy. She thinks that if she picking flowers for her mother, will she be in a better mood. Since it only works temporarily, Lucy tries to make her mother happy to get some money by selling flowers. ”I longed to give my mother something so beautiful and precious...” (ll. 58-59). Without...
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...How does Tennyson use setting to build the character of Mariana? As a character we can see that Mariana is completely combined with her setting; all of her surroundings affect her and the way she acts. “The broken sheds look’d sad and strange” this shows that they almost didn't belong there; it depicts sad emotions with gloomy imagery in the world with lost love. The sense of them being broken could reflect Mariana as damaged, showing that something significant has happened in her life to change her and as a result become sad. From the beginning I can see that in Tennyson’s own introspection is through the use of psychology, he uses descriptions of the natural world to portray the psychological status of the character. The setting could also be seen that it is being affected by her. Tennyson describes it as “Flower-plots were thickly crusted, one and all: the rusted nails” the use of the words ‘crusted’ and ‘rusted’ are used to display the symbolic message of goodness being buried beneath a significant amount of resiliency. It also presents the strength of something that has now decayed and turned brittle. The crust hast been described as ‘thickly’ which shows the significance of how long it has stayed there and also how hard is will take for it to be uncovered; this could be a reflection of Mariana and how long she would have to wait for her lover/companion to come. The natural order is affected by her; her stagnation is not through her language but through nature; therefore...
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...Out of the Dark is a dreamy sparsely written novel by Patrick Modiano. It follows they story of a man looking back on his time as a young drifter in Paris, where he meets a woman named Jacqueline. He eventually become involved with her and the go to live in London together. On day she disappears, only to reappear 15 year later at a party, and again in the distance. In the essay I will discuss a passage in which the protagonist, while drinking in a café, spots Jacqueline with another of his acquaintances, Cartaud, and doesn’t attempt to talk to them, but then calls after they have entered Cartaud’s office. In this passage of Out of the Dark, Modiano shows the paradox of the protagonist’s desperation for companionship coupled with his inability to achieve it though a change from calm to frantic tone, urgent syntax, and the symbolism of his inaction and his ended phone call....
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...“Gah! There’s nothing to wear!” Reed Van Kamp flopped on his bed, fumbling his delicate fingers through his slightly untamed blonde curls. Reed never had a problem with picking out clothes. In fact, clothes.. Well, there was never a shortage. (Especially when his mother is Hidle Van Kamp, the fashion editor.) It was today, his first study date with Charlie. That is, if they actually get around studying. As nerved racked as he is, he was really looking forward to it. Especially, when it came to Charlie. Despite being unsure of his sexuality, Reed knew he was into boys in a big way. And Charlie, oh Oh Charlie - all Reed could think about was those beautiful blue dreamy eyes that Charlie has. He always had the tendency to start being all giggly thinking about Charlie. “You were standing at the edge of devastation…” “Ooof!” Reed found himself on the yellow padded floor in his dorm. Reed, despite knowing that he’s a klutz, never really cared to actually take good care of himself. But he was thankful for Kurt, who helped him put up the pads around his room, he doesn’t even dare to imagine what kind of injuries he would get if the room wasn’t padded. “Hey Reed, I’m coming over in ten. Try not to injure yourself while getting ready alright?” Wait, wha - ? Charlie was coming in ten. Reed is hardly dressed up, as he tried to ninja his way through the piles of clothing he has thrown around trying to find the perfect outfit for their date, he found a really preppy vest...
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...together. The man continues talking, this time about how he studied the mind while he was in Russia and is unable to complete his sentence because he takes notice to his companion walking out on him. When it's time to pay he asks the waiter not to charge him for the cream since it was untouched. This story reveals how time does not change people. It doesn’t matter the experiences that people have been through or their status improvement, people’s manners will always reflect who they really are. In addition, the character in the story that mirrors this idea is the man. At first sight, the woman was surprised how he had changed. She saw another man in hi m. “He was certainly far better looking now than he had been then. He had lost all that dreamy vagueness and indecisions. Now he had the air of a man who has found his place in life, and fills it with a confidence and an assurance which was, to say the least, impressive. He must have made money, too” (750-751). She was surprised to see him in those conditions. That is the reason why she insisted in making eye contact, even if he ignored her the first time. It did not take too long for her to realize that he may had changed superficially, but he was the same self-absorbed egoist, that she dated 6 years before. “She was thinking how well she remembered...
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