Symbolism Analysis: Gatsby’s Clock Have you ever wanted to turn back time and relive the past? In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Fitzgerald tells a story of a man named Gatsby who was once poor and became wealthy in order to get Daisy‚ a girl who is a part of the “old money” society. He attempts to accomplish this goal by establishing a friendly relationship with Nick‚ who is Daisy’s cousin. Unfortunately‚ Gatsby’s goal of getting Daisy and reliving the past backfires and vanishes forever
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Daisy is also shown. When he waits outside her house in almost a stalking manner just to make sure she gets to bed safely. While he is standing out there‚ his pink suit is described as glowing underneath the moon (Fitzgerald 153). This pink suit symbolizes his love for Daisy. This general color can also mean something completely different. It can also be a symbol for death or dangerous events. An example of this death color is shown in this quote from the end of chapter 8: “The touch of a cluster
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The Alchemist In the novel‚ The Alchemist‚ by Paulo Coelho symbols and allusions are used to show the balance of sacrifice in relation to reward. The conflict of the story is the tension Santiago has with himself in whether or not to try to find a treasure in the Pyramids of Egypt. He wants to leave his simple life as a shepherd and pursue his Personal Legend to find the treasure. He later finds out that the treasure was buried where he started‚ the sycamore tree. One of the many symbols the
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Message Delivered with Symbols Paulo Coelho uses characters‚ terms‚ and objects to represent abstract ideas to stimulate the readers in his novel‚ The Alchemist. The title itself refers to a character in the story that helps the protagonist to in accomplishing his dream. Although the alchemist is not the protagonist of the story‚ he symbolizes the author’s message: self-discovery and the potential in all people. There are two major themes in the story: achieving one’s Personal Legend‚ and the presence
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represent characters’ 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
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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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