What was going on in Chicago in the late 60‘s and early 70‘s? - There was a lot of construction going on. The City was getting bigger and getting modernized and expanding with new skyscrapers‚ buildings and expressways. The Mayor of Chicago was Richard J. Daley Sr.. Chicago had not grown much since the Great Depression. Daley was a big part of the growth in the 60‘s and 70‘s. The 1968 Democratic Convention was held in Chicago. There were lots of civil right issues at the time. There was the Chicano
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Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are many symbolic meanings. One of biggest symbols in the book is the Owl-Eyed Man in Gatsby’s library. Another symbol in the book is the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckelburg on the Oculist’s sign in the city Valley of Ashes where Myrtle lives. Scott Fitzgerald wants us to look at the big pictures instead of staying in the little box that we look look through while reading his story. Noticing the very small things that could symbolize what he is writing about helps
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 2? In chapter 2 Tom takes Nick to meet Myrtle‚ his lover‚ in the Valley of Ashes‚ where her home is. They all then go to New York‚ to the apartment bought by Tom for Myrtle‚ and Myrtle organises a ‘party’‚ during which she argues with Tom‚ which ends with him punching her. The purpose of this chapter is to show what Tom Buchanan is like‚ and how he acts towards other people and his money. Also‚ the reader is prepared to meet Gatsby as the party
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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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The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are many instances where symbolism is used. For sample‚ the green light at the end of Daisy Buchanan’s dock represents the hope that Gatsby has that someday he and Daisy will finally be together. Symbolism also helps bring the theme of the novel to light. The most notable theme in this novel is love can make a person blind. Love plays a major role in the novel. All the actions of Tom‚ Gatsby‚ and Daisy are in direct relation with who or what they love
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The quintessential American novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ says‚ “The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg‚ Long Island‚ sprang from his Platonic conception of himself … he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year-old boy would be likely to invent‚ and to this conception he was faithful to the end” (Fitzgerald 98). In this classic rags-to-riches tale‚ a poor young man sees what the world has to offer‚ and he does everything he can to have it all. He constructs a new identity
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personalities and characteristics. In the Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald uses the colors green‚ gold/yellow‚ grey‚ and blue to exemplify the characteristics of a person or place The most used color of the whole novel is green. Green symbolizes money. In the story money is the center of the characters’ lives. Gatsby thinks that having a lot of money will win over Daisy. Which he later finds out is not the case. Green in the novel is used to describe new money‚ the money Gatsby has. Symbols of Gatsby’s money include
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with a lot of friendships developed right from my neighborhood. Except for vacations to Florida‚ most of my friends never left Canton and went to the same elementary‚ middle and high school. Our parents drove us to school‚ enrolled me in Lacrosse‚ baseball and football. I grew with‚ what I consider‚ a very normal American childhood. During the summer before my sophomore year in high school my father had to relocate to Chicago for one year that gave us an opportunity to live there. We moved in
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learn the bond business after fighting in the war. Spring also reflects the hopefulness Gatsby had for the future in which he wants to rekindle his relationship with Daisy. As spring gradually turns into summer‚ life seems to be in full swing in the novel. In my opinion‚ summer symbolises abundant vitality which can be seen through the description Nick gives to Myrtle Wilson. “She was in the middle thirties‚ and faintly stout… but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the
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The Telephone By Alexander Graham Bell [pic] The invention of the telephone is the culmination of work done by many individuals‚ the history of which involves a collection of claims and counterclaims. The prerequisite for the development of the telephone goes back to the year 1833 were Carl Friedrich Gauß and Wilhelm Eduard Weber invented the electric transmission of signals in Göttingen which set the fundamental basis for the technology that was used in all inventions
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