The Light at the end of the Tunnel Time is a funny thing. One second you’re wishing to get through the day‚ and the next you are praying for just one more moment. My mom had been sick for years; she had more health problems than anyone I have ever met. When she was down at the hospital in Chicago over Spring Break undergoing a major surgery‚ my brother and I had high hopes that she would make it through successfully. When we were finally able to visit her on Easter‚ my parents had some big news
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Use of Symbolism to Reveal a Character’s Personality in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a love story about one man’s desire to climb the social ladder and to marry the girl of his dreams. In this novel‚ Fitzgerald uses imagery and many symbols to reveal significant aspects of the central character‚ Jay Gatsby’s‚ personality. The green light reveals hope in Gatsby’s future. His mansion is also a symbol‚ representing his wealth but also how he still wishes
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which is simply‚ yet powerfully titled “Smokey Bear is a White Racist Pig”. In this chapter‚ Kosek insightfully argues that Smokey Bear is a symbol of the exclusionary‚ racist and nationalist history‚ that is engrained in the U.S. Forest Service. What has allowed Smokey to become such a long-standing symbol‚ even with all this tension and hate filled history? Kosek opens by portraying the disdain that many local residents have for Smokey in New Mexico‚ claiming the bear is a constant reminder that
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mothers and homemakers‚ resulting in many hardships. The narrator receives a prescribed cure of ‘home rest’ to overcome her sickness by a high standing doctor‚ her husband. John Bak‚ who studies literature‚ states in his article that “John prescribed what many nineteenth-century physicians
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example‚ different objects and colors are used to symbolize traits and personalities for characters in the novel. There is a great variety of symbols used to demonstrate the society of the 1920’s‚ Gatsby’s hopes‚ and the extravagant life of the rich. The Valley of Ashes can be used to symbolize the 1920 society. Located between West Egg and New York‚ it is a desolate industrial wasteland full of garbage‚ ashes‚ and soot. The Valley of Ashes symbolizes the ruin and poverty of the people; they suffer
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In “ The Yellow Wallpaper” by Gilman‚ an important symbol is the Yellow Wallpaper‚ which represents the unknown woman’s illness and life. Throughout the story as the woman’s mental health gets worse‚ the wallpaper pattern gets more unbearable. She becomes obsessed with the atrocious pattern‚ and repulsing color. When the narrator and her husband arrive at the mansion‚ she knows she is depressed but nothing too serious. And when she first sees the wallpaper‚ she thinks it’s disturbing‚ but she can
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blue Munchkins‚ the yellow Winkies‚ and the green Emerald City. Each of the color schemes symbolizes an important region in Dorothy’s journey. While facing many problems and obstacles they manage to get to their ultimate destination which is the Emerald green City. In the story Dorothy must follow the Yellow Brick Road in order to locate the Emerald City. Even though the road will take her to Oz in hope that he will send her back to Kansas. When she ends up in the Land of Oz‚ she is greeted by the
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The green light presented in the novel by Scott Fitzgerald symbolizes Gatsby’s longing‚ hopes‚ and ambition of having Daisy and reclaiming her love. The “green light that burn[ed] all night at the end of [Daisy’s] dock” symbolized a his unattainable dream and the shattered‚ desolate fantasy at the end of the novel (99). The color green is associated with ambition‚ greed‚ and jealousy and the light is a source of reality and essentially knowledge. The green portrays Gatsby ambition to be wealthy and
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Bell‚ but no national monument can compare to “Ol’ Glory” herself‚ the American Flag. Everyone that looks at this flag sees red‚ white‚ blue‚ and the stars and stripes‚ but many Americans look past its physical appearance and feel passionate about what it all represents; those Americans see patriotism‚ devoted love and support for their country. America has
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The Great Gatsby: Symbolism Symbolism plays a huge role in The Great Gatsby‚ they help add to the understanding that we get from the novel itself. Fitzgerald uses many symbols throughout the novel such as colors to symbolize a character’s inner thoughts and feelings. The symbols are very much tied into the story to make implications more real. Fitzgerald conveys the spectacular lives of the ugly‚ rich‚ poor and the desperate through simple colors and objects. In the middle of the Valley of Ashes
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