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    say. It’s time to leave you and enter into the Creation. And your dead body just the welcome mat I need. Say what? He ast. Shock. All rounds the table folks mouths be dropping open. You took my sister Nettie away from me‚ I say. And she was the only person love me in the world (Walker 202).” “You was all rotten children‚ I say. You made my life a hell on earth. And your daddy here ain’t dead horse’s shit. Mr. reach over to slap me. I jab my case knife in his hand (Walker 202-203).” Throughout the entire

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    Does Color Really Matter When It Comes to Auto Insurance? When you purchase auto insurance‚ there are a lot of factors your car insurance company considers when they quote you an insurance rate. For instance‚ they take into consideration your age‚ your driving record‚ and how far you drive to and from work. One school of thought that’s prevalent is that they also consider the color of your car. Auto Insurance Companies Are Color Blind The truth is‚ the color of your car doesn’t affect the rate you

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    In The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker illustrates the lives of a female African American before the Civil Rights Movement. A novel that describes female empowerment‚ The Color Purple demonstrates the domestic violence women faced in the South. Walker tells the story through Celie‚ a young African American girl who faces constant hardships until she stands up for herself with the help of her closest friends – other women undergoing the same difficulties. Even though men controlled females in the South

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    Mrs. Black Period: 9 4 March 2012 Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Authors often use color symbolism in their writing to show a deeper meaning. Often‚ these colors associate with a particular feeling of object. Fitzgerald is no different in his work‚ The Great Gatsby. It is discernible that Fitzgerald uses a multitude of color references in his writing. The ones most easily recognizable are the use of yellow‚ white and green. There are however‚ such colors as silver‚ blue and red that lack obvious

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    summer time. Blue is a color which stands for loyalty‚ honesty and trust and it can be quiet‚ reserved and even sincere. You can be sure that you can rely on blue to take over the control and to do the right thing when times get tough. Just think of the wonderful things which are blue like twilight‚ the sky and the oceans‚ seas‚ rivers and lakes. Remember that the sky is reflected in the waters and can make them a wonderful blue especially on a clear‚ sunny day. This color can be soothing and is

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    wildly important because African Americans were not treated the same as the white race‚ much less women. Celie is able to overcome all the race stereotypes that were a part of the society and environment in which she lived in. Love is a theme in The Color Purple as well. In the story‚ love is not only romantic but also familial. Celie feels love towards her sisterhood (Gupta‚ 2010) Nettie‚ who she protects and looks over all the time. Both her Pa and Mr.___ show no love towards Celie‚ but she experiences

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    Appearances Can Be Deceitful In the story “The Scarlet Ibis”‚ James Hurst symbolizes pain and beauty through the color red. The many examples of the color red throughout the story are used to communicate the idea that ignorance towards what is below the surface of what a person can see can prevent people from seeing the pain and suffering that is hidden behind what is shown on the outside. In the middle of the story‚ while Doodle and his family are eating dinner‚ they are graced by the presence of

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    Character Color Analysis"The Great Gatsby"‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is discusses social classes‚ and focuses on the theme of a fading social order. This theme is shown in the relationships between the characters and undoubtedly in the characters themselves. Throughout the novel‚ Fitzgerald not only uses color symbolism to set the scenes and events‚ but he also uses it to present‚ describe‚ and shape every single character. Gatsby is one of these characters; his choices‚ decisions‚ ideas‚

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    Colors are everywhere and part of everyday life but there’s a lot we don’t know about them. Colors can represent love or depression‚ colors do more than you would expect of them. Colors are even used for a type of light therapy called Chromotherapy. In Chromotherapy you are exposed to a light in the form of a certain color. This form of therapy is used for all different types of illnesses and problems. At the other end of the spectrum there is people who can’t perceive colors at all‚ these people

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    Nurturing to Challenge and Change the abuse patriarchy make a person reshape through the Silent of their Voice The Color Purple by Alice Walker portrays a black woman who starts off in the narrative as a powerless object and who later on becomes a woman with a strong identity. In setting of the novel is in the early 1900‚ Jim Crow is the time. Black women were treated poorly by whites and by the black men within their community. In The Color Purple‚ Walker demonstrates the woman as an object treated

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