In the book, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson. ... Since the war started Ishmael Chambers, a white man, had to see Hatsue, his secret child hood love leave him to go to the internment camps. ... He had made an agreement with Carl Heine, a white fisherman, who had kept Kabuo's family's land for them during the war. ...
His hair was blonde, nay, it was white. White like snow, white like the icy moon that shines it's light through space into the whites of my eyes. ... Snow covered the streets like blankets of clouds. ... "Yes, she is." he grinned, his white teeth sprouting out from under his light stubble. ... It took off towards New York and looking down through the clouds of white I thought I could see the top of his perfect white head or rather wished I could. ...
My mistress's eyes are not at all like the sun; Coral is much more red than her lips; If snow is white, then her breasts are certainly not white as snow; If hairs can be compared to wires, then hers are black. I have seen roses colored red and white But I do not see such colors in her cheeks; And some perfumes give more delight Than the breath of my mistress I love to hear her speak, but I know That music has a more pleasing sound than her voice; I also never saw a goddess walk; But I know that my mistress walks only on the ground. ...
In the harsh white landscape of Starkfield, red stands out just as Mattie stands out in the harsh landscape of Ethan's life. ... "The cold red of sunset behind winter hills, the flight of cloud-flocks over slopes of golden stubble, or the intensely blue shadows of hemlocks on sunlit snow"(18). ... "The sunrise burned red in a pure sky, the shadows on the rim of the wood-lot were darkly blue, and beyond the white and scintillating fields patches of far-off forest hung like smoke"(28-29). ... As Mattie takes a seat on the sled in front of Ethan, her red hat tumbles into the piercing sno...
Just two scenes after Juliet's secret marriage to Romeo, Juliet is idolizing Romeo as some sort of God, "Come night, come Romeo, come thou day in night, for thou wilt lie upon the wings of night, whiter than new snow upon a raven's back"" (3.2.17-19). ...
The majority of the 152 Sonnets Shakespeare wrote focus on love. Shakespeare wrote poems of admiration as well as poems of suffering because of love and separation. Shakespeare often used metaphors in his descriptions. Sonnet 18 is a poem of admiration and glorification of Shakespeare's lover. Son...
Jordan Baker, a good friend of Daisy's, recalls the day in which she first saw the two together: "When I came opposite her house that morning her white roadster was beside the curb, and she was sitting in it with a lieutenant I had never seen before," the lieutenant being Gatsby, "They were so engrossed in each other that she didn't see me until I was five feet away," the world does not matter to them when they are with each other. ... She took it into the tub with her and squeezed it up into a wet ball and only let me [Jordan Baker] leave it in the soap dish when she saw that it was...
David Guterson writes SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS with descriptive events to convey messages to the readers. ... Shigemura to "stay away from white men, and marry a boy of your own kind whose heart is strong and good. (64)" Why does Guterson write this line? ...
As little girls, we grew up to the stories of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Beauty and the Beast. We based our dreams on these tales of love at first sight, being swept off our feet and falling for our Prince Charming on a white horse; we dreamed of our first kiss being the most memorable moment of our life; we dreamed of being so beautiful that when our prince looked at us, he couldn"t look away; we dreamed of being saved. ...
"I spend my Valentines Day with three marvelous ladies" Can you date with three girls in one Valentines Day? Well I spend my Valentine's Day with three horrible and peculiar girls. Usually I don't have any special program for the Valentines Day as I have no such special person to celebrate with. ...
He goes on to compare white snow with her brown colored breasts, and her hair that looks or feel like wires growing on her head. She doesn't have the red and white cheeks most beautiful women are supposed to have and her breath stinks; unlike any perfume he has ever smelled. ...
The novel "Mad Shadows" was written in the 1960's by Canadian author Marie-Claire Blais. The characters live in a universe where false love occurs within basically all three main characters. Within these characters, outer beauty reflects no truth about their inner beauty, and their love for others i...
Othello's tragic flaw lies in his nature: as a blackamoor living in Italy, married to a white woman, he is naturally pre-indisposed to jealousy. ... Being one of the highest-ranking officers in a seemingly all-white army, Othello does not become a general by being timid, but rather by acting with authority and force. ... Othello vows to spill none of Desdemona's blood, stating: "Yet I'll not shed her blood, nor sear that whiter skin of hers than snow, and smooth as monumental alabaster."" ...
George Eliot wrote Silas Marner in 1861. It is probable that she was influenced by William Wordsworth who was one of the "Romantic Poets" who wrote at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The Romantic poets put strong emphasis on the natural world and celebrated beauty and simplicity. It is for ...
The snow is very deep and John has to walk, he tells Ann that he must go as his father is old, he must go to help his father do work and to make sure he is okay. ... So she starts to paint the kitchen white, as the storm keeps on getting worse. ... In the morning time, Anne and Stephen find John dead and frozen to a fence not to far from the house, but there is a mysterious spot of white paint on his hand. ...
