Stinky Research Paper

    Dias de los Muertos is a Mexican Holiday that honors and celebrates friends and family who have passed away. The celebration originated nearly 3,000 years ago when the Spaniards arrived in Central Mexico and viewed a similar ritual being celebrated by the Aztecs.  Through the years Dias de los Muertos has evolved and flourished beyond Mexico, and now it is even celebrated in certain regions of the United States, Guatemala, Brazil, and Spain. Every November 1 (All Saints’ Day) and November 2 (All Souls’ Day), the celebration takes place. On the first, which is called Dia de los Inocentes (Day of Innocents), children who have died are honored and their graves are decorated with toys, sweets, white orchids and baby's breath. On the second, which is called Dia de los Muertos, the adults are honored and their graves are decorated with bright orange marigolds, the Mexican flower of death. During the celebration, family members go to the gravesites and clean and decorate their loved one’s grave with beautiful flowers, food, drink, and a photo

In ‘I kneel to pick frail melancholy flowers among ashes and loam’ a tone of loneliness and sadness is established as the persona enters. Harwood describes the violets as ‘frail’ and ‘melancholy’, terms that arn’t usually associated with flowers. This is also explored in the juxtaposition of ‘ashes’ and ‘loam’. Ash is symbolic of death and decay which contradicts the ‘loam’, symbolic of life and birth. The persona’s dark and unpleasant perceptions reveal their uncertainty and state of mind. The present tense indicates the persona’s adulthood and their sense of longing and unsatisfaction conveyed through the nostalgic delivery of

One of the most universal symbols of beauty is the flower. Their delicate buds hold such great beauty, while being so fragile and temporary. Despite their magnificence, flowers must remain stationary. It is a prison, yet no one thinks beyond the simplicity of a pretty flower. Like women, flowers are seen at face value without any concern for the lack of freedom, opportunity, and expression they have. Women are meant to be seen just how society expects and not any other way. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, female characters face the serious consequences of societal expectations and views on sexuality. Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses the motif of flowers to symbolize women and their virginity to demonstrate the confinement of women in society.

In Willa Cather’s, “Paul’s Case”, several different references are made within the story in relation to flowers. In many cases, the flowers resemble life and the journeys that one goes through. On the other hand, flowers resemble death and how easily it can creep up on a person. Both these symbols can be recognized in the story of the young protagonist; However, the true reason the flowers are so prominent in the story is to resemble, and therefore predict, the life of Paul. Like the flowers, Paul will bloom and prosper and be beautiful, but if the flowers spend too much time trying to live in a non-compatible season, the flowers will wither away and die like Paul.

The weeds that grow from the grave are visible signs of someones sin. For Dimmesdale, who notices these weeds, they represent his worst fear and, strangely, his greatest longing – exposure. He comes to believe that his sin will also sprout from his heart somehow, that his sin will reveal itself to the town without his knowledge, as the weeds grow from the sinner’s grave without his permission. He makes his fears manifest when he carves the A upon his own breast, and flagellates himself in the night, marking his body with the evidence of his sin. Likewise, the poisonous plants that grow uncultivated in the wilderness can be viewed as the product of sin, which will gradually poison the sinner and even cause his death if it is not rooted out.

Oh gosh, was I a succulent? I particularly resented plants of the crassulaceae family ever since my own, Soda Pop, had died the year before. Soda was doomed from the start, a sun-sponge in sunless Seattle, but I held faith that if I toiled, he could grow. Lips quivering into a smirk with the prospect of defying his fate, I dumped a melted glacier over his cracking soil. After the overwatering, I sang countless show tunes into Soda’s butter-sauce yellow pot (intended to remind him of the sun, of course), attempting to coax him back to life, but stubborn Soda rejected all attempts at resurrection and my parents finally declared him legally dead.

The narrator, wanting to relive Easter as he did when he was religious, purchased lilies, associated with the holiday, to celebrate. He describes having these flowers as "pure folly,” for he feels foolish for believing that the lilies would somehow inspire the feelings he used to feel on Easter. Since the narrator is no longer religious, the holiday will never make him feel as it once did; nevertheless, the narrator still recalls how he once watched children "cradle / candles that dribbled hot white on their fingers / chanting Latin—just to fashion Sevilla’s Easter” (7-9). According to the poem, the sight used to sadden the narrator, but he can no longer feel the same emotion. He also remembers "mucking through streambeds with the skunk cabbage raising / bursting violet spears" (10-11). A symbol of perseverance and optimism, skunk cabbage holds its shoots upright and ready for the return of spring even as its leaves die in the chill of winter. The narrator formerly fostered hope in the truth of his religion, but now he no longer believes. Despite this lack of faith, he clearly still misses how he once felt; this doubt did not come of the narrator’s own

Many people today hold on to the topic of immortality because they find it so difficult to say goodbye to a loved one. Placing flowers on graves is a popular way to remember the deceased. Even years after the person has died, the family members and friends still go to the gravesite to reminisce. People find it

My hero’s name is Water Women and she has water superpowers. She can fly and also shoot water balls from her eyes. Apart from her water powers she also very strong; she really does have muscles! She also carries a water gun and holds a shield that’s both bullet and fire proofed. The shield has the acronym W to stand for Water Women. She wears a water bottle hat just in case she runs out of water for her gun. She also has sidekick Watery and he also supplies her with water. Watery can shape shift into many forms for example, cars, animals and even a house. He is flexible and very reliable.

Moldy homes not just look ugly and unappealing. These black and filament fungi can actually cause mold poisoning. While most people may not be able to recognize the typical moldy smell, they can actually fall sick because of the possible mold poisoning. Molds can detrimentally affect your health. While you will find some symptoms, you may not be able to cure it with the conventional medicine. Plus, it is difficult to diagnose the mold toxicity too. That’s because most of the mold toxicity symptoms are similar to flu, common cold and fever conditions. Also, some symptoms are nonspecific in the case.

Moreover, Crosby mentioned that the most toxic part of the plant is its flower, but you should keep

Inducing throwing up is a practice used for various purposes. The most common being expelling dangerous substances that may cause food poisoning or pills. It should be done after consulting your physician.

Defecation in the open is a serious problem for the Chinese community. Lots of children still wear crotchless pants and no diapers for the ease of relieving themselves whenever and wherever they want, even in public. Although this trend has shown a decline, still there are a substantial number of children defecating in the open and occasionally even adults. However, indulgence in such activities is out of habit than the lack of toilet facilities. For eg: there were reports of Chinese kids relieving themselves in the aisle of the airplane even when the toilet facilities are adequate and in abundance. So, just a friendly advise if you are visiting China, don’t be disgusted and watch where you

The pink petals begin wither and fall as Morrie grows more dependent on his aides as well as Mitch. As his death approaches, so does the death of the plant.

They are in disguise, so even Florizel doesn’t recognize them, but the audience knows who they are. Perdita and Polixenes begin to have a discussion about breeding flowers. This is appropriate to the occasion, as flowers often represent spring and rebirth. However, this seemingly docile conversation actually contains allusions to, and imagery of, old age, death, and decay. Right away, Perdita remarks, “Sir, the year growing ancient,/ Not yet on summer’s death, nor on the birth/ Of trembling winter.” (4.4 92-94). This seems like an overly grim way of saying that it is springtime, and right away it introduces the fact that this exchange is going to be more complex than just a discussion of flowers. Perdita again alludes to death when she mentions,