The Hundred Dresses

Mathilde wants a necklace for the ball but she doesn’t have one so she borrows one from a friend. She loses the necklace and spends 10 years trying to pay it off. Then she finds out the original was fake. The story’s closing is ironic because we thought Mme. Forestier would be angry that Matilde lost the necklace but then we find out the original necklace was actually a fake. The narrator paints a mostly sympathetic picture of Mathilde. I think this because at the start it makes you feel bad for

In the novel The Great Gatsby the author did a good job using symbolism by using colors. Every color meant a different mood or feeling.The use of colors makes the overall book more visual and comprehensible. Fitzgerald used the colors green,white,and gold to bring his novel to life for the reader. F.Scott Fitzgerald uses the color green in the novel to express the wealth and money some of the people have.”I glanced seaward and distinguished nothing except a single green light minute and far away

One of these pastimes was the growing popularity of the movies. Large movie palaces began to pop up across the country, which had the ability to seat hundreds of viewers at a time. At the time, seeing movies only cost a quarter so people of all social classes could see these films. “For a quarter, Americans could escape from their problems and lose themselves in another era or world.”(Music Radio and Sports

that the older generation considered was only for men at the time. The young women however were having none of it and continued to defy social expectations by wearing short and revealing dresses, becoming bolder and striving for independence. These women were known as flappers do to their energy and flapping dresses and these types of women were here to stay. A magazine article from the 1920’s states, “The flapper movement is not a craze, but something that will stay.” (doc 3). This expert from the

Advertisements has a huge influence on the everyday American consumer. The total amount of money spent on media advertising last year, 2015, was around one hundred and eighty-nine billion U.S. dollars. Mass corporations understand the power such ads could change the prospective of the consumer. It has been led to believe that the ads that are out for viewing main purpose is to change the way one views a topic or object. Advertisements are designed to follow the times, not led it. The main objective

out of school, stacking rocks and stuffing the smoother better looking ones into their pockets. This courtyard where the children played was where the town’s people were gathering. Jackson writes “in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours … still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon diner” (290). The place and time that this story was set illustrates how people were not that advanced and that

Bubonic plague shaped the world when it killed off nearly half the world population in the 1300s. This became the the chosen time period for Poe’s story, “The Masque of the Red Death.” The story takes place in a medieval abbey and involves the death of hundreds. Multiple of his stories have been considered to be in the gothic genre. “The Masque of the Red Death” presents itself as a gothic story when it exhibits gothic elements such as an eerie setting, mentally unstable main character, and a supernatural

First of all, Adri treats Cinder with cruelty, especially because she does not allow Cinder to go to the ball like her sisters. Adri forces Cinder to fix their hover and buy a dress with her own money, unlike her sisters who got new, hand-stitched dresses from her mother. This is also depicted when Cinder is forced to work as she is the sole earner of their household after Garan, Adri's husband, dies. Another example of Cinder getting treated badly is when she is not allowed out of the house until

contributing to the wedding’s autumn theme. People were scattered around in the grand ballroom of the hotel, either eating the scrumptious food or congratulating the newlywed couple. While women and men dressed in couture dresses and pressed suits, the little children wore petite cupcake dresses or a little suit and tie. After everyone situated themselves an hour later, the dancing commenced, and the social atmosphere greatly increased. Joyous laughter and countless dance styles pervaded the dance floor

Professional, HR Inappropriate, Casual Islander, The Flamboyant Fashionistas, and Office Uniform. In an organization that consists of at least 10 different departments and one hundred and fifty plus employees, personality is displayed through a variety of workplace fashion. The Business Professional. Slacks, suits, and formal dresses or skirts should be worn when there are important meetings being held at City Hall. While City Council meeting days are designated days that business professional attire