Calvino

A proverb, effortlessly composed by Italo Calvino and firmly respected by Frances Wright-Tellado. This classic philosophical proverb has said to have captured her rules of odyssey. The novel embodies chapters of her assiduously planned future, held between God’s hands. But as she hikes through each word of every favorably written page, the future still remains a conundrum. Her still mystifying fate is yet to be seen through her own crystal eyes despite calamities pulling her down between handwritten

I am a designer at heart. I started as a graphic designer fiddling with Adobe Photoshop and applied my skills in Adobe InDesign for school publications. As I grow as a designer, my perception of design has evolved into a vehicle for problem-solving and innovation across disciplines. I love everything about design: how we interact with it and how we manipulate it; how we affect design and how design affects us in turn. I value the design process as a way of thinking and improving, of learning how

I read this last Halloween for book club and I absolutely loved it. Frankenstein was so good that I have actually bought several others similar to it, Dracula for example, because I loved the gothic themes that run through it. The 4th point that Calvino makes in his essay, that every rereading of a classic has just as much discovering as the first time, is relevant to this novel. The first time I read the book I completely missed out on several different themes and bits of symbolism in the book,

What is comedy? People often find themselves amused by simple things such as jokes, a prank, a person making funny noises or an act that creates laughter. Comedy can be defined as a style or genre that consist of jokes or irrelevant acts which sole purple is to make people laugh. Some well know comedians today such as Kevin Hart, Sarah Silverman, and Dave Chappelle has very well taken the genre to heights beyond expression. These famous comedians probably would have as successful if it was not for

Cities of Desire and Thin Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino creates an assortment of paintings through descriptive words and images. While various cities are written similarly, they certainly not the same and each contain their own qualities. The pair of cities that follow that theme is , Zobeide city of desire and Armilla city of Thin. Both cities depict naked women, but each is as different as night and day. Beyond the walls of Zobeide lies the desire to see the entity that had brought many

Folly of Science Exposed in Shelley’s Frankenstein and E.T.A. Hoffman’s Sandman In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and E.T.A. Hoffman’s Sandman, elements of science are portrayed in a negative light, warning the reader of the dangers of the unknown. Many aspects of science and technology are portrayed from alchemy and robotics in the Sandman to biology and chemistry in Frankenstein. The stories feature similar main characters that break the boundaries of conventional society in order to investigate

But like Italo Calvino says, a work read at a young age and forgotten still “leaves its seed in us,” and I believe that's true. An experience that I do remember, however, is being at my old house with a board book about a litter of puppies. I distinctly remember being in

What Makes To Kill A Mockingbird a Classic? What qualifications are needed in a book to consider it a classic? Some factors that take part in making a book a classic are; addressing universal concerns, shifts a person’s point of view on life, test of time, universal appeal, makes connections, etc.. To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic book because it stands the test of time, addresses universal concerns, makes connections and shifts a person’s point of view on life. The book To Kill A Mockingbird

narration and editing (p8, Mazierska). As he considers, Wong’s works share the similarity with several postmodern authors. “The notion of alternative temporalities is central to the narrative organization to postmodern novels, such as those of Italo Calvino and Alain Robber-Grillet.”(p17, Mazierska and Rascaroli). James Udden also argues in “the Stubborn Persistence of Local In Wong Kar-wai” that Wong’s popularity is credited to his typically post-modern philosophy of denying his Hong Kong identity and

Italo Calvino, Italian journalist, once said, “a classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” Books can help build a meaning for the reality around you. They construct a perspective within the world’s issues. The words in these books can strike a chord within people’s hearts, minds, and actions. Suzanne Fisher Staples, author of Under The Persimmon Tree, uses her words and her voice to describe the plight of civilization in Afghanistan and Pakistan–the mistreatment of women