Girl with a Pearl Earring Theme Essay

It is easy to be loyal to the family when times are simple and uncomplicated. It doesn’t require a lot of effort, but when times are hard and dangerous, loyalty is more precious and meaningful. Life is less complicated as demonstrated by this statement of Dedé, “This means that

     Considering all the treatment methods used at Mclean Hospital, harsh physical treatments were rarely productive. Methods such as seclusion, ice-baths, Electro-shock therapy, and even the Hospitals atmosphere itself can make one wonder how anyone came out of there better than they went in. It seems odd that people teetering on the edge of sanity were subjected to such horrible treatments. Although such treatments sometimes worked, it in no way outweighs the horrible side

When she began creating beautiful artwork in school and was being commended by other teachers and students, she gained an incredible sense of self worth and put her painful childhood in the back of her mind. (19) She grew up to be a very strong, independent person and she did not care if she was judged, as long as she liked who she was. As a result of her father leaving when she was young, she felt that males were not good enough for her and she developed a strong sense of feminism. In fact, for awhile, Georgia explored her sexuality and dated predominantly women for a significant part of her life. This factor did effect her painting, but not in a sexual way. She painted images that were ‘close ups’, allowing you to see deep into them and to be close to them. She yearned to be close to someone but was afraid to be hurt again. Georgia’s non-traditional lifestyle did affect her life, but did not force her to create sexual female images. “It may be more accurate to read her drawings as intimations of a less literal and more profound view of reality.” (Peters 29)

Most pieces of art have a deeper meaning than what is simply expressed on the surface. Through emotions, symbols, and motifs, an artist can portray a unique story; however, despite the use of creative symbols, distinct stories can show a similar theme. Two such examples are the short film Destino by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which share the common theme of “the struggle of obtaining dreams”. Based on what is shown in these works of art, it is a challenge to attain dreams.

The discovery of oneself is a very prominent theme throughout the stories of Pleasantville and Autobiography of a Face. It’s not just the word self in these pieces of literature it’s more like discovery and how the characters in these pieces find themselves as they thought they were and in new ways. It’s about facing difficulty and challenge to see what lies ahead on the other side of the wall we call adversity. Looking at the movie Pleasantville the theme of self occurs constantly. In the beginning, in their normal world, Bud and his sister are both just trying to fit into whatever crowd they can.

In the book by Timothy Brook, Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World, the author analysis several paintings of the Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. In these several paintings, Vermeer, beautifully depicts scenes from daily life. His paintings are from the Dutch Golden Age and are incredibly realistic and the way he shows light and color are strikingly gorgeous. Although Vermeer’s painting skills are developed the subject of his paintings illustrate quite simple subjects, showing middle class daily life and tasks. However, Brooks takes readers past the beautiful colors we see on the surface and digs a little deeper into each one, going in and unraveling the scene to analysis things like globalization and world trade in the 1600s.

When Pearl enters the novel, Hawthorne uses specific details when describing her. He describes her physical appearance as; “beauty that became everyday more brilliant, and the intelligence that threw it’s quivering sunshine over the tiny features of this child.” (81-82). Combining with her ravishing beauty, are the exquisite dresses that Hester has made for her to wear. With Pearl’s adorable looks and charming clothing,other children viewed her as unusual and strange.

The persona of ones inner self may radiate outwards and influence people's perception of their character. Edna Pontellier, in The Awakening by Kate Chopin, began to transform into a new person and started to discover her true self which came to the attention of the people around her. At first her true being was only thoughts. It then translated to actions which altered the way people felt about her and what they thought about her. Her actions illustrated that Edna was truly pathetic.

Since Georgia O’Keeffe defines Albert Stieglitz as this woman artist’s source of talent, it also derives how her painting should be interpreted from him. Both fictionalized and real Mr. Stieglitz perceive O’Keeffe’s art in the same manner, which is in psycho-analytic terms. As a result, Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings are understood as being interconnected with her gender. In the television film, Stieglitz makes one critic declare, “Her great, painful, ecstatic climaxes makes us, at last, to know that when women feel strongly, they feel through the womb. They paint through the womb. Images of O’Keeffe’s flower paintings are presented alongside art critics’ comments like this and reinforces the concept that they illustrate the female genitals.

The book Girl, Interrupted is about a teenage girl Susanna Kaysen. At the age of 18 she voluntarily sent herself to the McLean hospital. In the beginning of the book the Susanna was talking to a psychiatrist she has been seeing for awhile, she has had a couple of suicide attempts so she started seeing that doctor. The doctor had recommended Susanna to go to McLean to help her be anti-depressive and help cure her borderline personality. Susanna ended up being in the hospital for 2 years.

Edna’s heart, mind and soul is captivated by painting and she shows that by creating her friends which are important to her. Edna not only paints her friends but sketches them as well. This sketching is introduced when Edna ask her friend, Adele Ratignolle is she could sketch and paint her. Edna thought Adele was similar to Madonna because of how poised and put together Adele was. “Never had that lady seemed a more tempting subject than at that moment seated there like some sensuous Madonna…” (22) As Edna sketched Ms. Ratignolle, she makes a smudge against the sketch and then throws it out; here we get a glimpse that Edna is somewhat of a protectionist. She will not accept

In this manner my strong family values further shows that I display the characteristics of an affiliative person since I “value relationships above all else” (International, Affiliative, 2011)

Gretel represents the change that occurred in a whole generation of German Youth (Hitler Youth) during WWII, she starts as a child with dolls then abandons these for propaganda in the hope of gaining power in the eyes of Herr Lizt, Kotler and her Father

Even though my family is close, we place value on the differentiation of self, a concept developed by Murray Bowen (Hutchison, 2015). Each of the members within the family have unique personalities and methods of living life. Each member in my family has always been encouraged to express one’s own opinion and to be independent. We converse about our conflicting opinions, but we are usually respectful and still support one another.

In today's world what we wear and how we present ourselves can say a lot about who we are and the stories we can tell. Without speaking a word to another person someone could decipher many things about me based on a necklace that I wear. My necklace could reveal many different aspects of who I am. it could reveal that I am close with my family. It could also be determined that I value the sentimental value over the monetary value. As a gift from my grandmother I have many personal attachments to this necklace, it will allow people to think certain things about me, and it can reveal a lot about who I am; but there are also things that it doesn't show.