The cold air whips me across my face; the sudden blast of the sharpness pierces my skin. My silent guardian does its best to protect me from the harsh elements. This small piece of headwear stands for much more than ‘just a hat.’ This simple, perfectly rounded, mauve coloured beanie has helped me survive through many a winter. I have loved hats for as long as I can remember, even as a young girl, I have always relished the opportunity to change who I am from just a swap of a hat. One day I am the sheriff, the next day, a pilot. As I got older, my purpose for hats changed- whether it was to stop people from seeing my out of control hair, or to keep me warm- the magic slowly started to fade. Until, there came a day when I was strolling through …show more content…
a shop, and I saw it. It was a hat like none other. It was a beanie, with one sweet little pom pom on top of it. I was overpowered by an unexpected surge of happiness and belief. Could this be the one? Was this the one thing I needed to rekindle my love for the little things in life? The answer, yes. Of course it was. I knew I had to find a new hat and at last, my search was over. It felt as soft as clouds and as cosy as a hug. The simplicity of the object made the meaning behind it so much greater. It was because of this simple, cute hat I became a child again and started to once again value the smaller things in this world. Children tend to be more amused by the simple things in life than adults; which is why the hat was necessary.
It felt as if I was seeing the world through the eyes of a child, all because of this strange piece of knitted fabric, without having to go back in time. Yet staring back at the small piece of cloth in my hand got me thinking. Why was such a dull colour used for an object full of wonder? It was as if no thought was really put in to the hat. Granted, the pom pom was a nice touch but it seems like most hats have one. This question started a whole new conversation in my head. Was the producers’ choice of colour reflecting how they were feeling and how it did not matter what colour this insignificant object was? Was my future job going to leave me tired and broken? It made me wonder if life was structured around work, and if work made life worse. I began to think there was no relationship between me and my hat. After all, it was just another thing in my life that made me happy; but maybe instead of over thinking an object, we can just be grateful that it is with us. It was a necessity when winter came, a fun addition to an outfit, but for the rest of the year it would just sit on my shelf getting lonely and weak. I could always find a need for it, but at the end of the day it was just another item of
clothing. Just like with people my feelings for my hat changed, but I could always rely on it. I have had to say ‘good-bye’ to some people, but I have also had the opportunity to greet new friends, but one thing I know that will never walk out of my life is my beanie. I know it will always be there to keep me nice and warm on even the coldest and harshest of days.
The hat that I created is a bird flying out of a cage with the words free underneath the bird cage to symbolize that the bird is finally free. My inspiration for this hat came from two unrelated pieces of art in the Artforms book. One of my inspirations was an art sculpture called Grim Boy by Lara Schnitger. When I first saw her sculpture in the book, I thought it was a bird because of its beak-like head and fur but after reading about the sculpture I learned that she actually used mixed media including various dark colored fabrics, beads, and fur to represent an unhappy teenage boy. The suggestion of a boy from hell influenced me to have the bird on my hat flying away to be free from “hell”, which is the cage. My second inspiration for my
First,the symbol in “The Jacket” supports the overarching theme: Appreciate what you have. In fact, the boy with the jacket despised his jacket, “...that jacket, which had become the ugly brother who tagged along wherever I went.”He compares the jacket to an ugly brother. He says that since he has to wear the jacket and he cant get a new one for awhile it is like a brother that never leaves you alone and follows you. Yet later on he eventually gets use to it.” The teachers were no help: they looked my way and talked about how foolish I looked in my new
On Christmas day as they were traveling through the Dawson trail in the Arctic, Cap mentioned the cold. He says that sometimes it was so cold that your lashes froze. Cap describes it by saying, “Talk of your cold! through the parka’s fold it stabbed like a driven nail” (Service 709). It was so cold that your skin feels the pricking that is felt when jumping into a cold pool. Although Cap did not make his promise to Sam McGee, yet one can assumed that the weather would still be cold after the promise was made. He faces the bitter cold while finding a place to cremate his friend. Later on in the narrative poem, the body of Sam McGee that was tied to the sled caused more weight for the dogs to pull. The “ [...] dogs were spent and the grub was getting low” (Service 711). McGee’s promise caused the dogs to get tired faster having to pull the extra weight. The food was getting low and Cap couldn’t do anything about it, because he couldn’t get to a village or town quickly with the body of his friend weighing down the sled, and the meager amount of food cause him to have little energy. Set on keeping his promise, Cap refuses to leave the body of his comrade in the cold arctic, resulting in him having to face the severity of his
For example, Miss Brill’s fur scarf represents more than just an important piece of clothing to her. To Miss Brill, this fur scarf is a companion which Miss Brill can share feelings with and talk to. Mansfield’s use of personification in, “What’s been happening to me?” said the sad little eyes. Oh, how sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown!” (241) depicts Ms. Brill revisiting her fur scarf that she had during her youth years. As Miss. Brill brings the fur scarf back to her life, she is no longer a rogue. Towards the end of the story when Mansfield mentions, “The box that the fur came out of was on the bed. She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, without looking, laid it inside. But when she put the lid on she thought she heard something crying” (246), Miss Brill starts to put the fur scarf back into the box after she was teased by the boy and the girl in the park for her age. This represents a sense of rejection that Miss Brill is feeling the rest of the world. Miss Brill thinks that she is young, beautiful, like the children in the park that is running around. However, she does not realize that her time as a young w...
of men and boys dressed in the practical gear of an easygoing era. Or he should be. The. This is less an analysis than a wish. The electric charge of the isolated image — which provokes a flinch away from thought, a desire to evade the the hoodie’s recent history of reception.
Material politics is about the relationship between fashion and social action. This paper will examine the material politics of the zoot suit and the headscarf.
Well sir, it’s hot out today. It’s not necesssary that I wear my hat on this weather,
Clothing and personality are of importance because they go hand in hand by keeping an individual satisfied on an everyday basis. Everyone has their own attitude and sense of style, but regardless of the type of personality and clothing, they can affect the individual and those around them. Due to the denotation that society tends to tag along with divergent styles, affects an individual in the way that it can either construct a day memorable for affirmative or pessimistic reasons. Nicole Cooley emphasizes this idea in her article, “The Language of Clothes”, by relaying the experience of a little girl who found herself to be unattractive; consequently, composing dreadful days. There came a moment, though where this girl decided to wear her grandmother’s aged clothing, and through this she was able to see herself through her grandmother's eyes, now viewing someone beautiful and worthy of living (Cooley). Cooley expresses the fact that the clothing of one can affect their personality, explaining why so many people experience lousy days. A prime example being the little
The serial position effect has been studied extensively for many years. Researchers have designed a variety of different studies in order to analyze and explain both, the primacy and the recency effect. The primacy effect is the tendency for the first items presented in a series of words to be recalled more easily, or to be more influential than those presented at the end of the list. On the other end, there is also the recency effect. The recency effect is the tendency to recall the items located at the end of the list. Many studies have been designed to analyze how the primacy effect works and its accuracy. For instance, research compared the primacy and the recency effect (Jahnke, 1965). Forty-eight college students read lists of 6, 10, and 15 English words in a counterbalanced order. Twenty-four of the students were given instructions for the immediate serial recall of the list; while the other half of students were not aware that they would need to recall words from a list. Both groups received a total of 12 different lists. The words were read at a rate of one word per sec without any emphasis on specific word. In addition to that, the participants’ responses were recorded in an interval of 30 seconds. Results showed that the recency effect is stronger for free serial recall and for a longer interval than primacy effect (Jahnke, 1965). When instructions were given for a serial recall, primacy effects were stronger and recency effect weaker than when instructions were given for free recall. As the length of lists increased, the recency effect became stronger and more accurate.
Metaphorically and spiritually, the cloth may be seen as the little boy’s soul. Another metaphorical representation of the little boys soul
...o contextual influences and past experiences. Therefore it is almost impossible to pre-empt the ways in which others will perceive you. Over time ideas will change and therefore alter the ways in which we look back on past clothing choices. Whilst symbolism in fashion may no longer be subject to laws as it was in the 14th century or defined by strict social rules in the 17th century, the clothes we wear are still today subject to imposed social ideals. Apart from distinguishing one status group from another, a style of dress may also aid group cohesiveness, provide the individual with an identity and a feeling of belonging, and communicate the wearer’s attitudes and interests. The ways in which we interpret others and present ourselves for interpretation is the only true way that we can be individual. Symbolism in clothing may not seem as obvious or important nowadays as it was in times of extreme social bigotry, but it is still highly prevalent and has remained one of the most effective ways to project our desired image to those around us. ‘The state of a person’s clothes is synonymous with self respect and is a sign of responsibility’ (www. Pemberley.com/janeinfo/vebleis7.html)
This hat system was coined by the L0pht (pronounced “the loft”) one of the most well know old-school hacking group on the internet. This hat system was implemented to give the middle ground hackers, like the members of L0pht, a category to call their own that kept them from being associated with the criminal hackers, also known as black hats, and the corporate hackers and network maintainers, known as white hats. (Lemos, 2002) Since black and white made up the extremes the middle group that consisted of both would be deemed Grey hats to signify their neutrality and diversity. Each of these hacking cultures has their own set of allegiances but, these allegiances do not always remain the same for all hackers across the hat class. One of the best examples of this shifting allegiance is the Black Hat hacker.
Most royalties consider wearing a crochet product symbolize wealth and power. During these days, crocheting and knitting is the pleasure of many people. It has developed as an art of creating very good crochet crafts and designs.
I started wearing what I wanted and not just what was popular. I didn’t have close connections with my friends at the time either. Most of them gossiped all the time, and that’s just not me. I had been stuck in my shell for way too long in fears of being an outcast. The first day of trying to come out of my shell I was made fun of, but I didn’t care near as much as I thought I would. These people are making jokes about me but don’t have any clue who I am, what I’ve been through, or what my future holds. So why even give them the time of day? I kept on wearing what I wanted and actually made life-long friends who were into the same things as I was. It does not matter what you wear or how you look honestly. The only thing that should matter is what’s inside of you, and you shouldn’t be discouraged to express that in fears of someone not liking you. “Those who matter don’t mind, those that mind don’t matter” (Theodore Suess Geisel.)
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