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    May‚ 2017 The Great Gatsby Essay Symbolic Objects People express themselves in many different ways‚ one way is taking pictures of nature to cope with grief and to express themselves. Like as with “photography is full of symbolism‚ it’s a symbolic language. You have to be able to materialize all your thoughts in one single image” (Sebastiao Salgado). People use symbolism everyday to help them describe situations. Especially those who are authors‚ like Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. An analysis

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    Daniel Simmons Davis Adv English 11 12/10/2012 In Fitzgerlad’s “The Great Gatsby”‚ the reader knows Wolfsheim is related to organized crime in the 1920’s and is associated with Herman Rosenthal and his illegal gambling operations‚ which is supported by the facts presented in “The New York Times” as well as Wolfsheim’s quotes from the book. There is evidence in “The Great Gatsby” and “The New York Times” that Wolfsheim meets in the same café as Rosenthal to organize their illegal gambling operations

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    In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ color is expressed in a variety of ways. The author uses color to emphasize his vision. The use of color throughout the novel further advances the emotion and irony between the characters relationships. To fully understand the meaning behind the color‚ it is important to identify the environment in which they are used in. White‚ green‚ gold and more are colors that Fitzgerald wants the reader to visualize a more in depth meaning. This

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    The Valley of Ashes: “ This is the valley of ashes – a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke‚ and finally‚ with a transcendent effort‚ of ash-grey men‚ who dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.” (26) The valley of ashes is located between West Egg and New York‚ the characters need to pass through here to get to New York‚ when they pass through here the characters

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    CHARACTER TRAIT ANALYSIS : NICK CARRAWAY AND JORDAN BAKER By Laurentia Editha 11 IB 1 / 8 In the book‚ two characters named Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker were introduced. These two characters then slowly grow into being each other’s love interest‚ but despite this‚ they are very opposite to each other. The most evident difference may be noticed from how they behave. Jordan‚ being a more buoyant and sanguine female character‚ often shows rudeness in certain circumstances. Such example is

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    Color is a drive behind the world. A thing that helps people describe what something is‚ who a person‚ and what kind of person they may be. Color is more than just a look or a style‚ it can describe who a person is beneath the color coat they may wear. Color determines who a person is in many stories and goes deeper than thought. The extensive use of Color is key in The Great Gatsby and helps find out who people really are. Gray is a color used in The Great Gatsby that describes hopelessness

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    People see color everywhere‚ in schools‚ at work‚ when walking outside. Every inanimate object has a way of expressing emotion to the human eye by color. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the colors white‚ gray‚ and green throughout the novel to create an emotional connection with the reader. This type of connection gives the reader a better understanding and a visual image of what is being described. Fitzgerald uses white as a way to express dominance or superiority to other races. “The idea is if we don’t

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    daisies in their hair felt that the flower made them feel free from guilt‚ sin and corruption. In the story The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Daisy the character) and Daisies (the flowers) are of great significance‚ as well as the colors yellow and white‚ which are sporadically spread throughout the book to define the surroundings of life. Fitzgerald explains the book through what colors mean and symbolize‚ to give a deeper hidden meaning that you have to search for. In the story there is this

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    Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ exposes the corruption and greed of the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald is able to captivate readers’ attentions through his employment of color symbolism. Fitzgerald portrays important messages in the novel by his symbolic use of colors. Colors play an important role in Fitzgerald’s descriptions of the lives of Jay Gatsby‚ Nick Carraway and many of the other characters in the novel. Fitzgerald uses the colors white‚ yellow‚ and green to express

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    In The Great Gatsby you will see a lot of references to colors. Some of the colors include green‚white and yellow. All the colors have special meaning behind them. The novel‚ The Great Gatsby ‚ is like a mystery behind a painters palette. F.Scott Fitzgerald uses the color green to represent hope throughout The Great Gatsby. “Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light‚ minute and far way‚ that might have been the end of a dock.” In this quote the color

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