The Broken Vase

Over the years, we have restored some of the great masterpieces of this culture, and they are now displayed around the world in public locations. In addition to vases, we've worked on major projects, including large, architectural stucco sculpture, elaborate jade mosaic funerary masks, and monumental Maya stone sculpture. Other projects involved the restoration of carved shell and bones, as well as painted and decorative

he describes her faults, along with her attributes, creating a more realistic view about relationships. In stanza 1, he states “ My clumsiest dear, whose hands have shipwrecked vases, at whose quick touch all glasses chip and ring”. Nims is explaining that she is very clumsy and rough to the point that she has broken vases and and chipped glasses. He also refers to her as impulsive, always late and standing out in a crowd in stanza 3 where he states “ Unpredicatble dear, the taxi drivers’ terror.

life. Many of the daughters in The Joy Luck Club depend on their mothers in ways they wouldn’t have expected, take Lena for example. Her mother had “...the mysterious ability to see things before they [happened].” (149). She used the symbolism in her vase as a way to warn Lena about the impending destruction of her marriage, and this later proves to be true when Lena and her husband file a divorce. In the story “Rules of the Game” (89), Waverly Jong becomes a national champion in chess after one of

I believe Hurst wrote this story to show how destructive it can be to change people. Now, change can be a good thing. However, it becomes dangerous when you attempt to change someone into something they aren't. Brother should've left Doodle how he was. Instead, he tries to change Doodle’s core being. Which adds to the theme that Hurst was trying to convey through this story. This story had a very dark tone in my opinion. Death was a prominent theme throughout the plot. By identifying this early

if she doesn't respond his apology since she remembered what happened to Clayton, Chris's brother who suffered from a heart broken syndrome after Joan, a beautiful woman, dumped him in front of the sea of people last new year. Wanda felt sorry for him regardless of Clay who was not kind to her most of the time, he still a cool person. She can't imagine how pain is a broken heart can be, though. Some said it was as if you couldn’t find happiness anymore. Your family and friends were there with you

Symbolism is often used by authors to get an idea or theme across to the readers. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, Brother has an ill sibling named William Armstrong, or as Brother would call him, Doodle. When Doodle was born everybody thought he was going to die, until he seemed coherent to what was going on around him. Brother then wanted to teach him to walk and run before school started, so he was normal like other kids. He succeeded in doing so, but he was ashamed because he did it for selfish reasons

drive to reach our pot of gold. I should have admitted defeat, but my contumacious narcissism wouldn’t allow it. Doodle’s eyes popped round like two radiant cerulean buttons. Even death did not mar the bird's grace, for it lay on the ground like a broken vase of sanguine flowers. “Dead birds is bad luck!” Shouted Aunt Nicey, “Especially red dead birds!” “Brother! Brother, don’t leave me! Don’t leave me!” The knowledge that our plans had come to naught was bitter and the streak of cruelty buried deep

aspects of the government. The government had laws because of the common sense of right and wrong so then the people that had broken the laws would be punished. If you didn’t break the laws than you wouldn’t get punished because you hadn’t broken the rules in the government. The laws would apply to everyone no matter of the amount of power that person had. If the person had broken the laws then normally the family would suffer too, the children would automatically be outlawed with the person. The Pharaoh

You have lots of cars that are stuffed in your house and some of them can be delicate and heavy while others are unbreakable. The cars in your house whether easily broken or non-breakable have to be packed in a cautious manner because you cannot take any chances especially, those cars like picture frames, crystal cars, vases and other cars that can be destroyed even with a touch of the minor mistake. The car carriers in Hyderabad prepare a well detailed plan to move these kinds of things. You

the Ibis, it is too late for Doodle and Brother must move on; Doodle would not want him to mourn forever. Finally, when the Ibis falls out of the tree and dies, Brother states how “even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red