A Hazy Shade of Winter

When you think of winter what do you usually think about? I think about the freezing temperatures, the ice, and the snow. However, in literature winter can be symbolic of many things. The dark, sadness, old age, and death are just some of the things winter can symbolize in literature. The songs “California dreamin’” by the Mamas and Papas and “A hazy shade of winter” by Simon and Garfunkel are both about winter but mean very different things. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor will

not mean that the horses are literally much bigger but means that the horses are closer to the audience. Atmospheric perspective means that the objects in the foreground is clear and crisp, and the things in the background is less clarity, and become hazy. In this painting, the color is vibrant in the foreground, and the color becomes bluish-gray in the background. The mountain looks vague, and the horses and the houses are really clear. The artist used all those methods to create the illusion of space

Adjusting my midnight blue tie, I hurried down the sidewalk to St. John’s Baptist Church. Sunday morning, and I was barely awake, the thick fog blurring my vision. If you haven’t already guessed, I’m the enterprising young fellow that springs out of bed at five o’clock every weekend to ring the church bells, waking up my dead and dying little town. This Sunday was muggy as usual, the sun never showing up to greet me. Skipping up the cement steps, I took hold of the clammy oakwood door to let myself

small cottage and smiled. This would be a pleasant place to grow up, one where a boy might climb the towering trees and look out across the Lower Town, or rest in the shade after a hard morning of chores and playing. But without a father, the pain of loss would always linger in the background. Percival paused beneath the tree shade for a moment and took in the home 's appearance. Someone had taken their time to build the structure. The wattle-and-daub home was small, but carefully built with clean

Throughout the history, art has played an irreplaceable role in shaping the culture by allowing human beings to express themselves. Art is a great tool to thoroughly explore and understand the story of humanity. Specifically, the oldest artifact was found in Africa, where humanity initiated. This artifact was dated to 30,000 BC, when humans struggled to survive in harsh nature, yet a sense of creativity was still kindled in them. Since then, art has become a timeless story-teller of human civilizations

I knew I had to. I’d seen it in movies all the time. But this time, it was so different. She was so different. Slowly, I turned. My vision was blurred. Faces were hazy. Outlines. Colors. Basic shapes. Specifics were gone. I could barely read. Maybe that was a good thing. Still, it took me no time to spot them. Talking. It was fine, I guess. Better than before. She leaned against the wall, drink in hand. Some kind

slightly open, holding their cups of tea with both hands, like children mirroring one another. “I asked who Joachim is,” Doro finally says, putting her cup on the coffee table. Helena’s pulse jumps and she glances towards the door. What if this isn’t really Doro? Does she actually know this woman, or did she somehow find out about Helena’s amnesia, and decide to use it to her advantage? Con her way into an apartment where only a defenseless invalid is home. “I heard you,” she says slowly. She puts