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    Money cannot buy happiness. What are your views? From my point of view‚ happiness does not always increase in direct ratio to the rise of money. Happiness is an emotional state-of-mind. Different people’s happiness may vary as their expectations may affect their level of happiness. For example‚ a child can be easily contented by receiving a toy as a gift. Whereas‚ an adult may need a bigger trigger‚ such as a job promotion‚ to make him feel happy. Happiness can be gained through relationships‚

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    Grand Theft Auto has been on the market since 1998 and since then 30 million copies have been sold (A Guide For College and Beyond‚ 2010‚ p. 494). After reading the article‚ The Color of Mayhem by Michael Marriot‚ I found out that over the years issues of this and many other video games have risen dramatically. Racial stereotyping‚ discrimination‚ and violence were explained as the most looked at. Parents are suspecting kids are learning ways from the game they are playing. Is the video game actually

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    How has America used the issues of “race” or “skin color” to define its character? How do we classify a group called “Afro- Americans”? Who and what are they and how did they emerge on the American scene? Why is the issue of “skin color” important in America? Are there implications or consequences of America turning into a “color blind” society? What difference would it make?   To assess the way America uses skin color to define its character is too vast of a question. In order to make a serious

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    Rough Draft: Ethan’s Colors Symbolism approach to interpretation has so many possibilities—so many paths to consider! An exciting approach to interpretation and criticism‚ comparable to hunting‚ finding the symbols‚ an object or image that‚ although interesting in its own right‚ stands for or suggests something larger and more complex—often an idea or a range of interrelated ideas‚ attitudes‚ and practices (Murfin & Ray 391)‚ practiced by finding the repetition of colors throughout Edith Wharton’s

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    Description Behind Colors The Great Gatsby‚ was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and began selling in the 50’s. The book was taken place in the 1920’s‚ also known as the “Jazz age.” Jay Gatsby sees a green light across the bay and decides it is time to re-meet the love of his life‚ Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby sets up Daisy for Tea at her cousin’s‚ Nick Carraway house‚ who happens to be Gatsby’s neighbor. Gatsby enters with a white suit‚ gold vest‚ and silver tie. To show off his success‚ his bright‚

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    silence. The Color Purple explores the issues of racism‚ sexual roles‚ men‚ and social injustice. From the very first page the readers are confronted with harsh images and intense scenes that show a sorry lifestyle. Through the use of strong female bonds Alice Walker illustrates not only the need to resist patriarchal ideals but the unraveling of a path for women’s rights. The incomplete woman plays the role that is exploited with a warped spirit

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    introduces many color symbols that have their own meaning and relevance to the story. Fitzgerald used a lot of colors to give an insight to the lives of the characters. The color green represents the future. The color yellow represents money and death. Lastly‚ the color white represents innocence. Each color symbol has a meaning and functions together to support the central theme of the book which is gaining wealth and reaching your dreams or in other words the American Dream. The color green is a

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    000949501 COLOR Harmony Definition of terms: Chroma refers to amount of intensity that a color has Red is very bright with a high intensity Grey is very “dull” and has a low intensity Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color Pink is light and has a high value Maroon is dark and has a low value Background Works: Betty Edwards

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    was the color red. In the beginning it showed two girls dancing and sweeping and just having fun while doing both at the same time‚ but one of them suddenly stopped because of what she saw‚ it was a little bush of red berries or maybe a red flower but she and the other girl rushed over there and pulled it out of the ground and buried it then went back to sweeping. The little village that was living in the plain thought that red was a bad and dangerous color and they didn’t need that color around the

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    the author‚ L. Frank Baum uses colors to symbolize a variety of things. When he wrote his story he probably had a specific plan in regards to what color was going to symbolize what. Colors can be used to symbolize a variety of things like the mood of the story‚ a character’s feelings‚ the temperature in the story‚ or even be symbolic of something in the real world. It would be left up to the reader’s interpretation of the story to see if they were able to uncover what Baum intended.

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