Ariel Gunitskiy: Once A Vast Sea Of Tropical Forest

In across the Causeway Hill uses the effect of sound throughout the chapter to create a sense of splendour and Isolation.

Music Plays behind us. The bass upon the speaker fill the room. Kai and I wait, silence between us but music fills the air around. The room, a little messy, dribbled paint on the floor, and the smell of Acrylic and pencil shavings linger. The bell for lunch breaks both the music barrier and silence. Kai and I are awakened from out daydream.

When Columbus describes the environment of the land they have discovered, he gives it much praise. Columbus gives a vast description of Hispaniola, saying that the mountains and trees are beautiful, but then saying that they were as lovely as the trees in Spain. Speaking of the mountains Columbus said, “They are most beautiful, of a thousand varied forms, accessible, and full of trees of endless varieties, so high that they seem to touch the sky, and I have been told that they never lose their foliage. I saw them as green and lovely as trees are in Spain in the month of May.”

The novel is able to share how music is of great importance and is able to affect people’s moods and thoughts.

Wind instruments accompany drums to create an uncanny aura. The absence of sound effects until the girls reach the forest focuses the attention of the audience on the characters. Sound effects are introduced immediately after they set foot in the forest. This technique creates a contrast in the girls' mood - previously being sinister and silent,

The luxurious tone of Daisy’s voice snatches the attention of all who are nearby, urging them to listen to her siren-like cry. While at Nick’s house for tea, “ the exhilarating ripple of [Daisy’s] voice was a wild tonic in the rain” takes Nick on a journey, causing him to “follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with [his] ear alone, before any words came through” (85). Making Nick stop and listen to the bobbing rhythm of her voice, Daisy captures Nick’s ear and guides it on a riveting expedition. The voice leads Nick’s ear in a consistent pattern of up and down coercing him to listen to every beat. Daisy’s voice is unique in the sense that “it was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again” (9). With the use of a metaphor, Daisy’s voice becomes an arrangement of notes resembling a song, arranged in a specific lyrical pattern. Fresh in the mind of those

As environmental and suitability movements continue to evolve and grow, the importance of bringing society from a state of awareness to one of consciousness is key to their long term success. Finding a way for people to have an emotional connection and reaction to the issues that face our world today as they relate to sustainability will likely be the turning point for more universal support and

Then, it comes out of nowhere. The biggest climax, suddenly brought on like a wave crashing against a cliff’s edge. The oboe melody recurs again, this time less sorrowful than inviting. Come back, it sings. And the flute comes skipping over the sound, the sun rising from behind black clouds. But the melody it plays sounds out of place, lower than and not as bright as what it could be. My fingers twitch, following the flute countermelody as if I were up there playing with them—as I should be.

According to the author of “Taking the Lead” Felice Silverman, “the introduction of LEED v4 represents the next step in the evolution of sustainable design, but it’s interesting to note that as we learn more about creating green spaces, new concerns continue appear”. The example she gives deals with encouraging people as designers to see products earn third-party certifications, and designers should remember to look at more than just the single-attribute benefits of products. Designers need to be able to arm themselves with the best information on sustainability there is, and continue to review process, systems and products that could potentially cause harm to the environment and the people

Lester Browns Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization is one of a few books published that reveals in depth planning to ecological sustainability. Lester Brown is the President of a non-profit research organization titled “Earth Policy Institute,” which he founded in May of 2001. Mr. Brown has developed a four step plan to make the Earth a cleaner and better place. Throughout this paper we will be weighing the pros and cons of Lester Browns four step plan. Lester Brown’s plan has lots of upside but remember; nothing is free, everything produced has an opportunity cost. Mr. Brown is an intelligent human being, but fails to recognize the damage that can be made in producing “environmental-friendly” objects such as electric cars and windmills. It is also important to understand that every plan created for achieving ecological sustainability will have tremendous downsides. It is a good start, but humans are still decades, maybe even centuries away from creating the correct plan to achieve ecological sustainability. To understand the entirety of Lester Brown’s plan, you must break down each step individually. It is also important to comprehend that Lester’s results from each step could very well be correct but the process of each could do more harm than good.

There, in the music, I picture my childhood home, the apartment haunted with the gray shadows of a financially bankrupt past, and I open my eyes to my parents’ many sacrifices. When I push the tempo, I see my father getting off a plane at O’Hare International Airport, working industriously to make money; when I pull, I see him falling prey to the Great Recession, losing his business and the fortune he had humbly accumulated over the past decade. When I decrescendo to a piano, I see an eviction notice offhandedly taped on our door; when I crescendo to a forte, I see my childhood home again, this time as a turbulent war zone. Vibrating the G with as much force as a 7.3 magnitude earthquake, I resolve the tonic [final resolution tone]

Thumping Speakers: an Analysis of “Loud Music” What do you need to escape from? Music can be any person’s escape from their daily struggles. In “Loud Music”, Stephen Dobyns a young girl and her father escape from reality through the vibrations of their booming speakers.

Sound is a very powerful tool that people in everyday life use to portray certain emotions to whomever is the intended audience. In written essays it is much more difficult to have the same types of emotions and language portrayed. When verbally communicating an essay, the author is able to get sarcasm, jokes, and emphasis on certain points across much easier than if they were presenting the same ideas in a written essay. In this particular podcast, The Sunshine Hotel, the majority of the podcast is conducted as if the listener is being taken on a tour of the hotel. The overall tone of the podcast is very inviting to the reader and welcomes them to explore the hotel with the owner of it.

These words lead to the image of a big bear sitting on a tiny stool while banging on a set of jungle drums. Imagery used adds, clarity, power, and layers of meaning. (Tunnell, 2008) Use of dialogue. The bear is polite and honest towards the other animals when he tells them their music is very noisy. He is however, willing to have a go at playing with the band instead of going off to sleep.

Forests are usually a beautiful place. They are filled with all different types of animals and noises. You can feel the sun on your skin as it shines in between the trees. The lush greenery around you makes you appreciate the nature. In Koshu, Japan, this is not the case. Aokigahara, is a forest placed below the Fuji Mountains. Unlike most forests, this one reeks of death and darkness. The fourteen squares miles are filled thick with trees. Tall trees that are so close together that the sun does not seem to make an appearance. This forest is eerily quiet. Birds and insects do not chirp or sing. Animals are not seen running around on the ground or up in the trees. The silence can overwhelm you as the cold, dark forest surrounds you. This is said to be the perfect place to die.