death are a few words associated with one of the most popular birds in the world. The raven is commonly seen in works of art‚ literature‚ and movies to set the tone or scenario for things that are coming next. In Poe’s‚ “The Raven”‚ the ebony bird symbolizes grief upon the man who is trying to forget his recent lost love‚ Lenore. The raven represents loneliness‚ void‚ and demise from the moment he tapped on the window until the bird spoke for the last time. The worst feeling a person can experience
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irreconcilable‚ or cruel. In the story‚ Shirley Jackson uses the “black box” to describe the evil side of the tradition. The “black box” represents symbolically for many things such as the death‚ and outdated tradition. In this story‚ the black box symbolizes the evil side of the death. The narrator states‚ every year the towns’ people are gathering for a lottery drawing in the town square. The story originally makes the black box and the lottery seem like something good. People rush to gather for the
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Frederick Douglass once said “The mind does not take its complexion from the skin” Many people in the town of Maycomb feel that colored people are less important because of their skin. Life is too short to only see the outside of people. In “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper lee‚ The story takes place down South in a town called Maycomb. In this small town there is racism‚ discrimination. kindness‚ and innocence‚ Symbolism is issued throughout the novel by Harper Lee to introduce the topic of racism
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her face “with a soft and constant light in it. It was not the hysterical light of electricity but – what? But the strangely comfortable and rare and gently flattering light of the candle (5).” Although this is not the most obvious or significant point of fire’s creative power‚ it is the one with the most lasting effect. It is inferred that Montag is squirreling books for many years‚ but he does nothing about it until he meets Clarisse. The candle Montag notices finally pushes him to do something
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to stand apart from all the “phonies” of the world. However‚ the fact that Holden refuses to wear the hat while in the presence of people he knows is a representation of his need for acceptance‚ despite all he says about his indifference regarding what other people think about him. This means that the hunting hat is a representation of the main conflict in the book‚ which is that Holden has to balance his need for freedom and isolation with his desire for social relations. The Ducks
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the green light represented money‚ in which Gatsby felt was what will win Daisy’s undesired love. Gatsby’s realization and dream of good health and fortune sadly faded as Nick realized: "Gatsby wanted to recover something‚ some idea of himself perhaps‚ that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then‚ but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly‚ he could find out what that thing was." (Page 117) Gatsby’s vision of the American
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From literature we learn that people are deceiving and opportunist seeking personal desires and wealth. In The Crucible Betty says “you did‚ you did! you drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill goody Proctor” (Miller 148). In this quote Miller demonstrates how much a person is willing to endure to reach their goal. Miller also displays the evil embodied amoung us that is willing to destroy anything in its way for desire. He also shows us the truth of how cruel the world
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he didn’t have courage even though in the end‚ it turns out he does and the Wizard of Oz also ensures him of
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like way that because he thought Gatsby was fake. Jay Gatsby- Both the racketeer and romantic idealist. He was a high-class rich man. He loves to show off and have parties. He was a fake person because he pretended to be something he was not. He does not tell the truth about his parents being wealthy and where he is from. His parents were actually poor farmers. He was in love with Daisy and wanted her to leave her husband Tom. Gatsby would do anything for Daisy. He think that he is wealthy
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leaves he gives her his hunting hat. Holden does this on page 233 of The Catcher in the Rye‚ ”Then I took my hunting hat out of my coat pocket and gave it to her. She likes those kinds of crazy hats.” Holden giving Phoebe his hat is giving her
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