Descriptive Essay : ' The Hummingbird '

Ruby throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) are a species of hummingbird that is common in the eastern half of North America and Central America. This species is known as the smallest bird species in northeast North America, weighing as little as two grams and as much as five grams. They are the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi river, and are usually green in color. Males are distinguishable by the red throat patch they have, which is called a gorget. Young males look similar to females, except for a tiny throat marking that is evident.

The effect of the dashes in “by long-continued succession of notes and phrases, by swoops, bleats, echoes, rapidly repeated bebops-I mean rebopped bebops-...” represent the short pauses that someone would hear in Birds musc.

Imagine living in a civilization that practiced human sacrifice and ritual dances, and then one day that civilization no longer exists because another culture decided to conquer them. These people are known to modern society as the Aztecs. In Graciela Limon's novel, Song of the Hummingbird, she illustrated how a culture like the Aztecs or Mexica, can quickly diminish when there are people such as the Spanish that have very limited understanding about certain subjects. Some people may say that the Aztecs were slaughtered because the Darwinian principle of natural selection even applies to mankind. This concept was perceptible when the Spaniards marched with horses, advanced technology, and armor. But through this novel,

The “Hummingbird’s Daughter” by Luis Alberto Urrea proved to be a novel full of Mexican culture and identity, focusing on such intricate detail all the way through. One character in particular, Don Tomas Urrea who is the father of Teresita, plays a very important role throughout the book being a father, for Teresita, a friend for some, and a ‘patron’ for most. Although at the start of the book this man is not fairly distinguished, reading deeper into the novel the reader is slowly hooked to how humble and courageous Don Tomas can be. Being the head of the family a lot is expected of Don Tomas, he has to be fierce in front of his men, at the same time a good leader for his workers, and eventually up to the point of playing the role of a father to his unexpected daughter Teresita.

Writing, as described by E.L. Doctorow, is an exploration. In her novel, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott explores the writing process, providing her insight on stylistic, theoretical, and instructional points. These points are essential in the composure of a book and are prevalent in many literary works such as Tim O’Brien’s The Things they Carried. In his book, O’Brien relives his time on the frontlines of the Vietnam War, telling fictional stories of life before, during, and post war. The novels are tied together with O’Brien’s use of character development, dialogue, and design setting strategies as discussed in Bird by Bird.

“Bye Bye Birdie”, a musical by Michael Stewart is about a vastly known rock star, Conrad Birdie, who gets drafted by the army, causing a frantic ruckus within his fan base. The news of him being drafted spreads far and wide and though his fans march against it, there is nothing they can do. Meanwhile, a struggling songwriter whose song was supposed to be featured in Birdies upcoming movie, begins to plunge into a frenzy, since this feature was supposed to be his rise to fame, in a way. Seeing that he will no longer have a song in Birdies movie, Rosa, Alberts lover and longtime girlfriend, goes on a mission to somehow give him the break he deserves. Thus, she plans and plans and eventually she devises an idea. Albert will write a song

The book setting takes place in Mexico City in 1583 at a convent. Father Benito Lara was a Franciscan monk around 27 years old with a medium build, lean, clear tone, chestnut color hair thin to baldness identifying himself as the new confessor at the convent. The father was approached a private corner where an older woman Huitzitzilin 82 years old also known as Hummingbird frail with yellowish tone skin, small face, skeletal, dark marks, stringy white hair waiting to stated her last confession. Openly of her conversation with the father, Huitzitzilin describes her people splintered by the Spaniards, cast out, rooted out and beaten. The people had suffered from hunger and pestilence and felt like foreigners in their own rural area, these were powerful words coming from Huitzitziln. Zintle was the cousin of Huitzitziln and her first love during the Spanish Conquest of Mexico also the father to her unborn child. Huitzitzilin was different from others that was instructed about the aborigines of Mexico because the way she spoke about cultural repression of European religious, the struggle between gender oppression and duties of being a woman. Women are considered of less importance even in our world today, where we are supposed to have equality.

portray the early life of Ernesto Galarza, it also does a tremendous job of capturing the essence of

One night while driving in a new boy’s car, Connie sees a strange guy pointing at her but thinks nothing of it. On a Sunday afternoon, after staying home alone from a family barbeque, she hears a car coming up

You don’t know why it’s so light where you are, you don’t even realize that you’re no longer-

Her top and doors are absent, just as a coaster car, letting her passengers experience the beautiful outdoors as they drive along. The wind slapping across my face grows stronger as Sadie’s speedometer gradually ascends. However, unlike a roller coaster, hands and feet do not have to maintain inside the car at all times. My foot rests on the warm fender as I fly down the road. The only feature keeping me from falling out is the dainty fettuccine seatbelt wrapped across my lap, tightening, like a mother holding her child, as I come to every stop. Among every turn and curve, I am a boat being hit by a wave, tilting and swaying side to side. Throughout the ride, smells of sustenance and freshly cut grass penetrate my nostrils. For these reasons, Sadie, most literally, has an “open-door” policy. She is open for all to see and experience. As well as the freeing feeling of driving along in Sadie, there is a sense of inclusivity amid Jeep Wrangler

You walked into the casino cautiously, your arm looped through your friends. Somehow she had convinced you to join her. She loaned you one of her dresses, the tight silk hugging your curves, making you feel confident yet exposed. The plum color bringing out your complexion. Of course once you two were seated at the bar she found her next target and pulled him to the dance floor, leaving you alone.

Joe Milosch was born in 1947 in Detroit Michigan and formally educated in the public schools and at San Diego State University. He has multiple nominations for the Pushcart and received the Hackney Award for Literature, and the Mira Costa Excellence in Literature award. He was First Runner up in the Steve Kowit Poetry Contest and has won the Tennessee Middle State University Chapbook Award. He was a finalist in the Chapel Jazz Poetry Award and the Tennessee Middle State University Chapbook Award. Poetic Matrix published two collections of his poetry: The Lost Pilgrimage Poems, and Landscape of a

Echoed steps within the hollowed space cause a silence filled with excitement and anxiety. Drawn once again to the smoothed ebony and ivory. I take my set upon a worn leather pedestal. I glide my fingers along my old worn music sheets, feeling a rhythm of bumps. Ready to play. My fingers find their home within the glassy landscape erupted by the familiar risen small keys. Within a few notes, I’m no longer in the room but back where I began.

The short story "The Birds" was written by Daphne du Maurrier and was filmed and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It has a very interesting and suspenseful plot. The short story was well written and the film was well played, both are very similar. Although, they have a few differences the film and short story have the same mood and theme. Would the differences in the film and the short story affect the suspenseful and frightening plot?Alfred Hitchcock did an outstanding job filming the movie matching it with the short story. In both the short story and film flocks and flocks of gulls, robins, and sparrows join each other.