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According to Aleida Assman, “While memory is indispensable, as a view from the inside, to evaluating the events of the past and to creating an ethical stance, history is needed, as a view from the outside, to scrutinize and verify the remembered events.” Assman presents memory and history as necessities. Moreover, she argues that memory and history act as checks on each other, maintaining a balanced perspective through their coexistence. Here, memory signifies something remembered from the past by

The "flapper girl" trend peaked in 1926, leaving materials such as silk, chiffons, georgettes, crepes, and voiles in high demand. Beads, sequins, and feathers also adorned the fashionable dresses. Coco Chanel, a role model for the flapper, provided many styles, including the popular single strand of pearls. Corsets were no longer popular, but instead

dress, also called a “hooverette”, around her family but wouldn’t usually wear it in front of anyone else. To shop, run errands, attend a tea, or see a matinee, she would wear her afternoon dress. These dresses were usually made out of silk or rayon crepe and had puff sleeves, belted waists, and large yokes and collars. For an elegant event a woman would put on her evening gown. These dresses were often fitted in the waist and slim through the hips, then they would ease out just above the knees and

For Design week, I attended an open house for Polara Studio. After the event my original self-assumption was that I had started out with a naive mind set. I thought it would be fun to include my little family in visiting other designers in the Portland area. I very much enjoyed sharing my love for photography with my family but felt insecure about my professionalism shortly after. I had thought that my family would have appeared as too much of a distraction. When we first entered the studio, Muffy

and wind all the way to Notre Dame Cathedral. It took us a couple of tries to actually make it over to the cathedral. However, getting lost in Paris just adds more to the trip. You never know what you are going to stumble across whether it be a cute crepe stand or a monument. When we finally arrived at Notre Dame, it was everything I was expecting and more. Even without the sun shining through the stained glass windows, the atmosphere inside is one of respect and admiration. I even came across the Chapelle

In his book The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald observes the values and stereotypes of early 20th century American society through the lens of Nick Carraway, a young, working class man who gets absorbed into the lavish lifestyles of the rich and powerful. Fitzgerald examines societal beliefs about women of the time through Nick’s perceptions of the wealthy Tom Buchanan’s wife, Daisy, and Myrtle Wilson, his lower class mistress. The first time Nick interacts with Daisy in the book, he comments on

“She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can. Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty”(Fitzgerald 18) This is how Nick in "The Great Gatsby" physically described myrtle. Who is Mr. Wilson’s wife and at the same time Tom Buchanan’s mistress. However, due to Freud psychological theory myrtle is a character who is in living in denial to control her unstable sense of self.

else was waiting and my aunt was giving each of them money to go get something to eat.I chose a place called “Wraps” it was extremely delicious that waiting in line for a half hour was worth it.They served things that were similar to burritos and crepes.

My family is mixed with a range of nationalities on both my mother and father's side. On my father's side, his family mainly comes from Haiti and the Caribbean Islands. All seven siblings of my father were born outside of the United States, expect him. In the 1900's, a lot of his siblings immigrated from Haiti to America. My aunt, Francoise, is an immigrate and I did a project on her immigration in the seventh grade. She told me during the interview that, "it was a busy transition and being without

Berets, baguettes, wine, crepes, romance, and art; when thinking of American culture these are not the words conjured into one’s mind. One could thank the French and Indian War for that. The outcome of the war, as well as, the war itself was a catalyst for the Revolution. It made a financial and cultural impact that has shaped us into the country we are today. Though the British won the war, the financial burden of the war lead to many conflicts that eventually boiled over. After the war the British