Essays on Dusk

‘Georgia Dusk’ is a poem of 28 lines in which the author, Jean Toomer, creates the mood that impacts his mood of the readers. (Toomer) After the first reading of the “Georgia Dusk,” we can imagine a colorful, optimistic picture of the industrious life in Georgia. However, if you look at the situation more skeptically, the realization comes that the poem draws attention to the destructive nature of the African American community. The light and dark imagery used throughout the work indicates that the darkness, though brings a break from a long day of work, brings danger and chaos ...

Page 1-3: Astrid Elio’s Apartment. Evening. Astrid is sitting in the kitchen looking at her computer The first thought that came to Astrid’s mind was, “this can’t be right!” But this was the fifth time that she had run the test through the advanced analytics on her computer, and no matter what configuration she put in, the results were always the same. She ran it over and over in her mind, “Calixte, her fiancé, was a vampire!” Moreover, he was the newer strain of vampire, which were being called vombies. Vombies were different from older vampires ...

45 years old Hispanic male patient, who works for a constructions company, complains that two days ago while at work he experienced difficulty in breathing accompanied by coughing and short of breath. The difficulty in breathing and chest tightness increases at night when it gets cold. The patients state that he is allergic to cockroach droppings dust and grass pollen. Recently, he received a letter from management warning him of being laid off if he does not improve his work output. This has caused his stress levels to rise and in an effort to cope with the pressure of ...

Art and Architecture

1. Camouflage in Art and Fashion: The Embodiment of War 1.0 Introduction Shopping malls are a place where war in the popular culture is obvious because of images ranging from the clothing displayed that is made with camouflage-printed fabric to the war movie posters at the cinemas. The culture of war is hard to avoid and somehow the idea of war seems to be comfortable to the consumers of goods and images in the mall. The world resembles the shopping mall in the way war is embodied throughout popular culture. War shapes our bodies while defining space and identities ...

Principles of War

The Battle of Chipyong-ni was a war held in Korea where the American and French armies were readily attacking the Chinese, who had invaded Korea with their intentions rather unclear. The war took place between 13 and 15 February 1951 and is probably one of the shortest yet most memorable battles of the 20th century. One of the major principles of war that has been highlighted by the Battle of Chipyong-ni is the need to attack the enemy during the nightfall. American troops learned the hard way that the best time to attack was at dusk after an ambush ...

Poetry is an art where the poet plays around with words to pass a message that is always hidden in a few words. Poets concentrate in using a few words imaginatively, arranging the words in a creative ways such that a very long story is told in very few words. Also, poetry has to sound as good music to the listener. Poets from different parts of the world always take reference in things that are found in their environments. This fact is what always brings out the difference in the way in which poems from various regions of the world can be compared and ...

Introduction

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown, like all good stories, has all the ingredients that keep the reader interested. The Story starts off when an innocent young man goes on a journey across the forest. He is a married man from the village of Salem who takes pride in the community and its leaders. His illusions regarding his society are refuted when he realizes that many of the people in his town, including his wife and the religious leaders are going to attend a Black Mass. Although one is not able to tell whether the story is a nightmare or a true story, it ...

“Winter Evening” by Archibald Lampan is sometimes a difficult poem to grasp. In short, the poem uses dramatic imagery and flowery vocabulary to describe the change in time of day. Literally, the poem is a theatrical representation of a winter’s day fading into night. The paper will discuss several things such as the poem type, the speakers, the speaker’s attitude, and tone. The paper will also discuss methods and techniques used by the author to convey meaning throughout the poem. The poem is one simple stanza. It is free-flowing, void of any rhyming poetry. It is not a particular type ...

D.H. Lawrence "Piano" The title of the selection is "Piano" and the author is D.H. Lawrence. First publication date was in 1919. The poem is set in the dusk, and the place is cozy without external distractions, so that the main character can indulge in thinking about past. The singing of a woman takes him back to memory that is pleasant. The room where they are located is comfortable, so that he can relax enough to receive mental images. The main character is a man who is grown-up but feels nostalgic about his past. He how safe and ...

WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2: THE X SCENE

Part one Dusk. Pounding sound of heavy rain. Fully dressed, X lies on the bed, gazing at the ceiling. After a moment, X gets up slowly and walks to the dresser. She stares at the mirror, at the woman that she has become. With calculated but daring movement, she opens the drawer and stares at the black, hidden weapon. Almost immediately, with a reflex action that is forced by her emotions, she turns her eyes away and concentrates on making herself look good, just like instructed. With dignified movement, she opens the make-up drawer and selects what she thinks befits ...

Thesis Statement: The role that women played in colonial Virginia played a significant role in the growth and development of the social and economic construction of their societies.

History: Women in Colonial Virginia What were the Roles of Women of Colonial Virginia? Introduction Throughout history, women have always had an influential role in the growth and prosperity of their communities. These roles varied depending on the race of the people, geography of an area and the time period. America essentially had three significant groups of women from different backgrounds who have played varied roles in their communities ...

Its central beliefs and the Five Pillars

Islam is a monotheistic religion which considers Allah to be the one and incomparable God and the Holy Quran to be the verbatim of Allah. It is next to Christianity in terms of popularity and has more than 1.6 billion followers (Kettani, 2010). It is one of the fastest growing religions in the world (Foreign Policy, 2007). This essay deals with illumining the central beliefs of Islam and its Five Pillars. Also, it discusses that which of the Five Pillars is easiest to follow and which one is the most demanding.

Monotheism is one of the central beliefs of Islam. ...

Introduction

Leonardo da Vinci is widely considered as one of the greatest painters and artists of all time. He is one of the most diversely talented artists ever to have lived especially in the ancient eras where art was not fully discovered. He was an Italian Renaissance polymath given than he combined many skills including those of a painter, scientist, anatomist, botanist, mathematician and musician and also a sculptor (Grack, 18). Leonardo has been described by artists as the archetype of the Renaissance man with many referring him as a man of a feverishly inventive imagination. Despite the recent times awareness and admiration of ...

In the world, Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity. Arguably, it is the fastest growing in the entire world. In fact, its population is approximately 1.3 billion. The Muslims, who are the followers of the Islam religion, live in almost all the countries in the world. Islam as a religion originated from Arabia, and then spread to other parts of the world, especially southeast and south Asia which carry half of the entire Muslim fraternity. Islam have its origin, believes, ways of worship as well as its principles. In fact, they are guided by five pillars which each ...

Goya’s aquatint No. 43, “El sueño de la razón produce monstrous” (El sueño) or “The Sleep of Reason produces monsters,” has been subject to many complex interpretations. As part of eighty fantastical and bizarre aquatints of his 1799 collection, “Los Caprichos,” El sueño dramatically illustrates a conglomeration of symbols. This work appears to represent Goya’s dream of an enlightened Spain. The allegorical significance of so-called monsters ominously hovering over a dreamer is, in some ways, ambiguous. Some interpreters have claimed that the print represents evil in the guise of ominous bats. Others emphasize the ...