Icebox Essays

plums taste, saying, “they were delicious / so sweet / and so cold,” (10-12). This suggests that the plums were looking quite alluring. It could be assumed that the writer was hungry at the time as well, which could have brought on the visit to the icebox, allowing the writer to see the mouthwatering plums. Without even thinking much about it, the writer falls into temptation after seeing such an appetizing food item. Lastly, the writer eating the plums shows a victim falling into temptation. The poem

“they were delicious so sweet and so cold.” (Williams) plum hitting my own lips as I was about to take a bite out of it, just as the writer might have imagined the reader thinking as he wrote this piece. I also picture the icebox, “I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox”

admirable in his effort to save and protect his children. Unfortunately, it is common in these times that men have kids and fail to step up to perform fatherly duties – Blaze is a great role model to these men going far lengths to save his children from Icebox Bob. Perhaps this comic can spark their interest in becoming a great

picture of the store. "-licorice recently sucked in a child's cheek, dill-pickle brine that had leaked through a paper sack in a fresh trail across the wooden floor, ammonia loaded ice that had been hoisted from wet cracker sacks and slammed into the icebox with its sweet butter at the door, and perhaps the smell of still-untrapped mice." (Welty, 149) she goes into vivid detail describing the various smells as you enter the store. This type of sensory imagery makes you remember your own experiences going

United States imperialism affected Alaska by the US not owning Alaska and in 1868 the US bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. This is known as the treaty of Russia. Most of Alaska was unexplored at the time William H. Seward agreed to purchase it on March 30, 1867. The Seward folly made an increase in imperialism. The decision to buy Alaska helped the United States out by stopping Spanish and Russian expansion into the United states and it made the United States about 20% bigger. And

Thirty-seven year old Salvador Alvarenga, a fisherman living and working in Mexico, loved his 25-foot long canoe shaped boat. On November 18, 2012, he planned to be with it in the deep, tranquilizing waters of the Pacific Ocean. He had nothing holding him back, his daughter lived in El Salvador with her mother. Ezequiel Córdoba, Alvarenga’s 22-year old crewman, and Alvarenga loaded the boat with thousands of pounds of equipment that would soon be filled with a variety of seafood. He had known there

The short story “Thank You, M’ am” was written By Langston Hughes, in the story a boy named Roger came into an altercation with a women named Luella Bates Washington Jones. The setting of the story takes places on a sidewalk at eleven o’ clock. In the beginning Roger attempted to steal Mrs. Jones purse. When he went to snatch the purse he could not control his balance and fell on his back allowing Mrs. Jones to grab him she continued to hold him until she knew when to let go. Meanwhile, a conversation

the reader the steps to apology: #1) recognize the error, #2) analyze the repercussions, #3) make a meaningful apology, and finally #4) prove your condolences by not repeating those actions. First he says, “I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox”, this is step one, recognizing the error. Then he says, “and which you were probably saving for breakfast” showing step two, the effects of his actions. Next he says, “Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold”, exemplifying the third step

hair by force. The prizes being involved with intercourse go against the wholesome concept of the carnival. A couple of the objects are associated with the consumption of alcohol. “Finny’s icebox” (132) and “a forged draft registration card” (132) were also included in the prizes at the carnival. Finny’s icebox contains

asleep dreaming of their Christmas morning and visions of Santa in their heads. He Snuck into each Whos’ houses taken all their gifts, stockings, Christmas trees and even the decorations inside and outside of their houses. He even went into the who’s icebox to steal all the food for their Who-feast. As he was at the last house, a little who named Cindy-Lou Who came down the stairs and startled the Grinch. He told her some lie and took her back to bed. Then up the chimney he

Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock is a fillm full of symbolism and motifs that provides viewers with a bigger meaning. It shows these rhetorical appeals through Hitchcok’s eyes that would not be recognized if not analyzed. Through these appeals I have recognized the window as being a symbol and marriage and binoculars as motifs. After understanding much more than what the eye anitially sees when viewing this film there is a fine line between understanding what is going on in the film and observing

The film was about the lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt. But episode 1 is mostly about Theodore Roosevelt so I just decided to write about what I learned about him.What I learned about Theodore Roosevelt was that he Started out in law school when he decided he was going to move over to politics and run for president.I learned that On October 27, 1858 he was born at his family’s Manhattan townhouse on 20th street.As a kid he suffered frequent colds, fevers, headaches,cramps, and

fled back to the Honduras last april due to her application for asylum in the U.S. is still pending. While she was trying to get to the U.S. she was kept in the holding cell along the U.S./ mexican border which is also named the Hielera spanish for “ icebox “ because it was over air conditioned and it was very cold. She was treated very inhumane while trying to get to the U.S..health care, The health care that they had was none. They couldn’t help themselves through when they got hurt by border control

face. (pg.110) Mrs. Jones basically cared so much about people she offered to wash the face of the person who tried to rob her. Once Mrs. Jones and Roger made it to her home the story explains, “She heated some lima beans and ham she had found in the icebox, and made the cocoa, and set the table.”(pg.112) Mrs. Jones cooked Roger food after she had found out he hadn’t ate that whole day.

“I focused, therefore, on how something as grotesque as the demonization of an entire race could take root inside the most delicate member of society: a child” “My mother’s anger humiliates me; her words chafe my cheeks, and I am crying.” “Sometimes their words move in lofty spirals; other times they take strident leaps, and all of it is punctuated with warm-pulsed laughter—like the throb of a heart made of jelly.” “What I felt at that time was unsullied hatred.” “It was a most uncomfortable, patently

I sat on the porch of my house, overseeing the town. Stamps, or also known as the Black Stamps, had segregation. From schools to shops, everywhere blacks were seen less than whites. It limited what we could do, affecting all of our lives. That apparently, was not abnormal in the United States at the time. Here, is where I was born and will cease to exist. Stopping at the store to buy provisions, ¨Momma¨ sends Bailey with things up to my house. I prefered Marguerite, because I was meaning to have

links to the reference to the ‘icebox’ at the beginning of the poem (l.4). There is an expectance, just as in Bernstein’s poem that for literature to end, it requires a full stop to clarify its finality. This lack of punctuation leaves the reader in a state of suspense, and question of what the consequence of eating these plums were, we’re left to wonder whether the speaker is held responsible for their actions or not. We are also in fact reminded of this ‘cold’ ‘icebox’ where the plums were found,

The Coachella Valley History Museum actually started with a man called Dr. Smiley. He made a house with adobe bricks and built that house in 1926. The house is now the main building of the History Museum. Smiley was a rich doctor that came here in 1920 when his car broke down and had to be repaired. When Dr. Smiley’s car was repaired he wanted to leave the valley but could not because he loved the valley do he built the adobe house. Dr. Smiley also worked in the railroad company like most people

It was only 384 square feet. The product that they were known for is the Original Chicken Sandwich. The other items on this menu was a “Midnight Sandwich,” this was just a ham and cheese sandwich. Another item on the menu was a coconut icebox pie. Chick-fil-a has 1,900 restaurants. Chick-fil-a is located in 39/50 states in the United States. On Chick-fil-a appreciation day the serve about 326,000 customers. On Chick-fil-a appreciation day their total sales are about $15,350,000. Chick-fil-a

populated with immigrants and ex-farmers. Women have to do lots of work, but the majority are replaced with inventions, making their work much easier. Canned goods also cut down the time needed to prepare meals, fresh food can be stored longer in an icebox. Supply of capital was crucial for America’s rapid industrialization because it allowed businesses to invest in new technology and expand greatly. More money means more factories and better tools, leading to faster production and growth. Cash flow