Dangling Wire 'And Diptych' By Robert Grays

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” Even we live in the moment. It’s also a scene of crossings, bridging past and present. People struggle ahead but often obsess themselves with the past and present.

In the novel The Martian Chronicles a chronology of events showcases humans as selfishly naïve parasites who drink the Earth dry of life, and who trek to Mars for a second opportunity. As a result, time acts as a motif that allows the structure of the narrative to function as a means of immersion and sequence, to accentuate upon the content of Earth’s ecological impact attributed by humans. More specifically, time functions as both a structural instrument of organization in the narrative and as a means of satirizing the circular impact humans have on ecology. In addition, time embodies a construct that in relation to the universe remains situated and ever-flowing, but cyclical in the reoccurrence of history, when referencing human nature and the ideas connected through it. Thus, the novel presents itself as a

In E.B. White’s essays, “Once More to the Lake “and ‘The Ring of Time”, he demonstrates two different interpretations of time and how time is used to symbolize meaning in each piece. “Once More to the Lake” is an essay that is derived mostly from White’s personal experience while “The Ring of Time” is an essay that mostly examines a teenage girl performing at the circus, in the eyes of White. Both these essays give the reader insight of how the author uses the theme of time to show different aspects to the storyline. In White’s essays, he uses similar strategies that reflect on the past and foresee the future, use other individuals as vehicles to access an alternative temporality, and demonstrate his own perceptions and visions in order to

In the daytime, in the hot mornings, these motors made a petulant, irritable sound; at night in the still evening when the afterglow lot the water, they whined about one’s ears like mosquitoes” (White, 462). When reading Whites essay, it was clear that all the changes, especially the technological changes, bothered him the most. He wanted to instill on his son the memories he had as a kid. But, as the poet Jorge Luis Borges said in his poem The Art of Poetry, “To gaze at a river made of time and water and remember Time is another river.

“In a Dark time” by Theodore Roethke gives a retrospect into the inner turmoil’s of finding oneself through a haze of doubts in till reaching a moment of clarity. Each section of the poem describes a different emotion, or inner thought that spirals from fear of death, to emotions of desire. The use of imagery between nature and uncertainties of the narrator give a glimpse into Roethke’s own mind during the time he wrote this poem. Without hundreds of pages Roethke created a poem that connects readers to their own self-doubts and struggles of finding ones way again.

One past experience determines an entire future. In “Hands”, Sherwood Anderson describes Wing Biddelbaum as a nervous, conservative, reclusive man with a disturbing past. Wing has been forced into hiding the things that define him the most, his hands. Throughout the short story, Anderson takes the reader for a journey through Wing’s life leading to a development of empathy for the main character. Overall, Anderson’s extensive characterization of Wing makes him a easily relatable character and allows a connection to form between him and the reader.

I chose to change the cover of my book for many reasons. To begin with, the original cover does not clearly specify what the book is about. Although the cover shows that the book is about technology, it does not explain the actual story. There aren’t any ID’s, police badges, prison bars, telephones, court scenes, or actual computers. In my opinion, random colored squares everywhere does not explain much of anything. Although the cover doesn’t have much in common with the book, the person running in the corner of the cover does, but I decided not to keep it in my new cover. My book cover is definitely a better idea for the book Ghost in the Wires.

A year has passed since I initially applied for the iLead program. At that time, I applied for both the iLead and the DCSS Aspiring AP Program. While I did not get in the iLead program, I did get the opportunity to take part in the DCSS Aspiring AP Program. The Aspiring AP Program has done much to help me clarify my future goals. This time last year, I was still unsure if I wanted to pursue a future role in administration or if I wanted to continue to use my leadership skills in a teacher leader role. As a result of the Aspiring AP classes and the shadowing experiences that are part of that program, I am now sure that I do want to pursue an administrative position. I would like to use the leadership experience and skills that I have developed

The process of discovery is often, a rigid and gruelling journey which leads an individual or group to formulate new perspectives as truth is uncovered. Exploring new worlds, people and places, thrilling the individual to reevaluate their understanding of the world and society transforming perceptions. This is explored in the reality documentary series directed by Ivan O’Mahoney’s ‘Go Back To Where You Came From’ which encapsulates the hardships of asylum seekers catalysing the participants emotional and intellectual rediscovery. Furthermore, Edgar Ellen Poe’s poem the ‘Raven’ examines the impacts of stress and anxiety of a heartbroken lover antagonised by the presence of a raven achieving self-discovery provoking an emotional and

I have always wanted to ride a roller coaster ever since I was a little kid. After a while of asking my parents to go to Cedar Point they finally said “yes.” Eventually we went to Cedar Point and that’s where it began.

Much like how The Time Machine by H.G. Wells inspired great interest in time travel (and even coined the term “time machine”), similarly iconic works in popular

Time is a key point in these two stories; they both create an illusion of time. Although it is more visible in “A Place Where Time Stands Still”, the reader

Time is a permanent fixture in our world. It is with us the moment we take our first breath and when we close our eyes for the last time. We use it to arrange events, change our appearance to look as if time has had no effect on us, and attach it to special moments in our lives . Szymborska explores our relationship with time, and our aspiration to rebel against it, in her works “Museum” (30), “Landscape” (70-71), and “The People On The Bridge” (218-219) found in Poems New and Collected (Szymborska, 1998) by portraying time as an antagonist, showing how humans fight time, as well as their attempts to achieve immortality through detritus objects and art.

When I travel back in time, to that critical turning point in my life that changed me forever, expressions of my emotions still, pains my soul and bleeds verse after verse on a tarnished canvas with yesterday’s blood instead of smeared printed words stored up on my bookshelf. As recollected history over my memories considering tense moments couldn’t release or erase my pain, for they have etched themselves in my heart and tear-stains left behind.

Nicholas Udall is rarely mentioned in high schools and colleges, but when one researches him in Misperception and Protestant Reading in Gammer Gurton 's Needle, he is given the title of father of English comedy. One might even be now wondering why they have yet to be taught about him. He wrote English comedies, including Gammer Gurton’s Needle, which have influenced writer for as long as records can show. The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg should put on a production of Gammer Gurton’s Needle because it is a well-adapted play, that still has productions almost 500 years later. If the school did a production of the play it would also bring attention to Nicholas Udall and all he has done.