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    The Flame Of The Tank

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    the plastic plants, and over the slightly fluorescent blue pebbles covering the glass bottom of the tank. Two of the walls of their confinement were completely blank, a slate of white that separated them from their neighboring tanks. The other two walls though, were more interesting. One looked out into a hallway, the walls lined with fish tanks. Humans occasionally filled this hall, staring into and tapping the glass of their tank. The other wall however, looked out into the ocean. An endless expanse

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    In the books Candide, The Glass Menagerie, Their Eyes were Watching God, and My Name is Asher Lev written by Voltaire, Tennessee Williams, Zora Neale Hurston, and Chaim Potok, they are all discernibly different stories, yet they all appear to share the common theme of perseverance in varying degrees to find that happiness is not always awaiting them. I have found that the various symbolic language combined with each author’s different style of writing not only makes each story unique, but they also

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    Taking risks and trying new things is a thrilling moment for me. I can usually pride myself on being adventurous when it comes to trying new food. Either trying a type of cuisine foreign to me or choosing a new restaurant, I can always say that I will try anything at least once. If it is a dish in a restaurant I have never tried before, or something that a family member or friend made, I always think that nothing is so appalling that one bite may kill me. It is an exciting time for me, as I might

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    In unit two of the semester, the class focused our attention on drama. As a class we read three very good play’s Oedipus the King, Death of a Salesman, and The Glass Menagerie. While all three of these plays were well written and had their share of both dynamic and static characters, the reader can’t help but notice that the mothers in all three plays were secondary to their male counterparts. The question posed is whether or not the mothers were nurturing, the answer was not easy to come by since

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    in life, where do you turn? In the case of the Glass Siblings, the answer to this question is spiritual enlightenment. Specifically, they are interested in Eastern religious philosophies. References to these philosophies – such as Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism – are found throughout the Glass novellas. The beliefs of the various members of the Glass family are frequently revealed through the children they encounter or observe. Throughout the Glass stories, small children are portrayed as spiritually

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    The terminology of ‘the glass ceiling’ defines a variety of barriers that prevent qualified individuals from advancing higher in their organization and the phrase glass ceiling is used most often in regards to women in the workforce (Adair, 2009). In addition, the glass ceiling was a term coined by an American newspaper, the Wall Street Journal, a couple of decades ago to describe the barriers that prevent women from reaching the top ladder in both economic and political fields (Williams, 2006).

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    Sean Connelly Prof. Chiang-Schultheiss English 102 07 December, 2015 Escape From Reality Every character, with the exception of Jim O’Conner, in the play, The Glass Menagerie written by Tennessee Williams, has their own forms of escape from reality. This reoccurring theme holds the play together and can be considered the main emphasis of the entire play. The most obvious examples are from Tom, Laura and Amanda Wingfield; however, there is one character that is bound to be over looked in the realm

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    the outside world The Glass Menagerie is very interesting because William 's play relates to alot of people and their situations, people can learn alot from it alot whether they connect to Amanda and her past or to Laura and her lack of confidence and being in a world of her own or to Tom and his internal conflict about abandoning his family or staying with them. Laura 's life is all about her glass menageries what happens when her glass unicorn breaks? What happens when a gentleman

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    Chronology ). The instability in his family was both marital and medical. The psychological disturbances that appeared in many of his family members were great influences on his writings. Thomas L. King, in his journal “Irony and Distance in The Glass Menagerie” discusses the impact of

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    Monuments & Meanings Essay In the country of Iraq and France stand two monuments that hold a distinct purpose in cultural background and architecture: The Ziggurat at Ur, and The Charters Cathedral in Paris. Despite the difference in time, and place the people who built them shared a goal and a dream. Through the importance of their faith, they used that strength to guide them. The people of Ur and Paris created a sanctuary for their god, used that place as an edifice to worship, took the time to

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